Shitty Melbourne #1
Many years ago, but not as many as you think, there was a guy who would pick up your dunny can from a hole out the back of your outside toilet and replace it with a clean one. It was a shitty job but from stuff I've read it wasn't as bad as it sounded. My mum told me the local dunny guy was so good at it when her mum had the squirts he took the dunny away and replaced it before she spilled a drop of liquid brown. When a house was being built the first thing built was usually the toilet for the tradies to use. That was one reason why the shit collector had a job for years after most outdoor toilets were gone. As you can see in this photo they were huge and had clips to seal it on the side so the guy could prevent spills. If he spilled any the local council insisted he had to clean it up asap. In the book "The Dunny Man" by John Gardner, it described the end result of the rare spill as "You'd have more gravy on you than a Sunday roast" The dunn...
