Technical writers aren’t very funny, so this is something of a rare and unintentional exception. Darren Barefoot has assembled a bunch of examples of bizarre technical illustration. The link to the site on learning to use Japanese toilets is worth checking out
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lucie
29 August 2003 at 5.33 pm
I just checked ou the toilet link. Not only is it odd and entertaining, but you get to see a different breed of toilet that you are instructed to “straddle” or “squat” to use.
Red Wolf
29 August 2003 at 5.39 pm
What it really needs is instructions for the rural Chinese hole in the ground toilet — always a fun experience. Also of note is the very cool pictogram found near some Chinese toilets that inspired the travel book… No Shitting In The Toilet