This would be a tough choice. Does one need to point to Mecca while sitting on the bowl, or while standing in front of the bowl? If they were a drinking lot, then kneeling to the porcelain god could also have a say in the proper placement of a toilet. - Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: Met History To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 18:26 Subject: Re: [BP] An urgent debate In a message dated 1/13/05 7:14:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I met an American architect who had done a considerable amount of work in Qatar. He had a curious problem in that what was wanted by the people in Qatar was the replication of American sprawling suburb, the sort of developments that would have clover-leafs, curved and branched side streets ending in small circles. They had the money for it, and that is what they wanted. The difficulty he expressed was that the orientation of the toilets towards Mecca all had to all of them be the same, what is the direction of a toilet? christopher