Cleanliness over thrift

Since our son is working part-time for "bubkes" (almost nothing) as a lab assistant while studying full-time for his PhD in physics, he's been looking for a cheaper place to live. But when we spoke with him on the phone the other day, he made it clear that there are limits to what kind of accommodations he deems acceptable. As he ever so delicately put it, "If the toilet is white on the outside and black on the inside, I'm not going to live there."

Apparently, we raised him right. :)