Today in my English class for some reason we got to the subject how to say “I am going to the bathroom”. A friend of mine said he would say “I am going to take a number 2″ my teacher said it wouldn’t be very polite and “I am going on the toilet” would be to more proper way to say it. After that I shared a story: Once I asked an old lady where the toilet was. She totally shocked answered, that a young polite boy never ever asks for the toilet, he would ask for the bath- or restroom. After telling this, my teacher threw his hands in the air and says:
“All Americans are hypocrites!”
and he added America makes movies like American Pie but don’t say toilet. How ironic! =D You need to understand the sarcasm and irony of my teacher at this point. So don’t feel to offended. I would call it cultural difference 
PS: Let me know how you would say “I am going to the bathroom”! 
August 27th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I think it sounds better to say you need to go to the bathroom instead of the “toilet” at least when you say you are going to the bathroom that can leave open possibility’s such as washing your face or hands. If you say you need to use the “toilet” people know you are going to use the toilet. So it sounds better to say bathroom and leave it up to people’s imagination. Being tolerant and having respect for people, much less human rights is not the main stay in most other countries except in the US. And, we are becoming so diversified that the new cultures that come to our country, find it difficult to leave old bad habits behind.
August 28th, 2009 at 7:49 am
AHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
yeah, well, pffff, it’s true! xD
How is #2 vulgar? If you said, “Yo, teacher, I need to go take a $h!t.” well that might get you a little talk, but, #2? Where’s your English teacher from? xD
Much Love from college
August 28th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
@ right. But as I said it is not better or worse it is just a different way to say it and in a different culture.
@Lara: hehe #2 was just funny
and not proper British English xD And my teacher likes it proper 
I mean if you don’t know what it means its like “wait what? what is taking a #2? xD”