We’re barely a month past the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, which means that the efforts to get London ready for the 2012 games are well underway. London wants to make sure everything is perfect for their return to the world stage, and they want to make sure everybody is happy. Especially all those people who are going to need the bathroom.

You see, when you host an Olympics you aren’t just hosting the games and the athletes who are going to participate in them. You’re also hosting people from all over the world who have come to watch the Olympics, and that means you’re going to have a lot of different cultures and religions to deal with, and you want to do everything you can to make everybody happy. That’s why, to appease all the Muslims who will be visiting the country for the games, London has decided to make sure that their toilets do not face Mecca.

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