Disgusting? Depends ...

Ah, Lunar New Year: a time to buy flowers, lucky kumquat trees, and stock in Depend.

From AP:

Alongside food and fire crackers, Chinese are adding a new item to their lunar New Year shopping: Adult diapers. Sales have soared ahead of the holiday as travelers prepare for long trips home aboard trains so crowded that even the toilets are jammed with people ...

In Foshan, a southern industrial city with a large migrant population, supermarkets report diaper sales have risen 50 percent since the main travel season began ...

The problem arises from the need to sell twice as many tickets as there are train seats to accommodate the crush of travelers. Those without seats must find some place - any place - to put themselves, including in overhead racks, between cars, and in the usually stinking toilets.

Just purchasing a ticket can mean lining up for hours.

Wow ... an occasion when the Chinese prefer not to gamble.

After reading that, I'm grateful none of Mabel's relatives live in the mainland.

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