Christchurch earthquake: toilet humour offers relief

Quake-ravaged Christchurch residents are finding relief from their grim predicament with some good, old-fashioned toilet humour.
With working loos in short supply and reports of portable toilets being stolen in the wake of the quake, hundreds of families have taken to their backyard with a shovel to craft makeshift toilets.
The fruits of their labour are being showcased on a website where people can vote on their favourite designer dunny or "long drop".
The site, www.showusyourlongdrop.co.nz , has been inundated with hits as quake-stricken residents who have gone two weeks without an operational sewerage system upload their masterpieces.
Lambert's Lavatory, an "upmarket outhouse", is the dunny du jour at the moment, voters loving the signage that directs girls into the loo and boys into the bush. Also a favourite is The Shed, a corrugated iron knock-up complete with plastic chair with the middle chopped out of it.
The website is the work of Christchurch man Jason Moore. The website designer, 31, said he felt guilty that his house was fine after the quake and "wanted to help out by putting some smiles on people's faces".