Canadian Snowboarder sends tweet about the bathroom in Russia

[Ichingcarpenter]

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Well that's interesting... Sochi rules in the bathrooms!! #haha #olympics pic.twitter.com/xacSVimwXY












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[Common Sense Party]

1. So I'm guessing the bottom right one is no injecting yourself with a syringe

Question: Why would someone shooting up sit on the bathroom floor with their legs spread wide like that? Wouldn't they sit on the toilet?

[calimary]

5. Either that, or it looks like the figure is about to throw a bomb into the toilet.

[savalez]

6. I thought it was "no playing"

[2pooped2pop]

34. perhaps that is a toy boat he was gonna float in the toilet with the logs

already in there?

[aikoaiko]

9. Glory hole came to mind.

[giftedgirl77]

27. Good to know someone is on the samepage as me...

[xfundy]

28. You're dirty minded. I like you.

[Whisp]

15. It looks like: No writing on the Walls to me.

The fishing one is The Best!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

18. No baseball

[tridim]

30. No "wide stance" ?

[leftynyc]

2. Men can't pee standing up? (n/t)

[Mike Daniels]

19. There looks to be "splatter" in the left side of the picture...

Perhaps it's "don't pee on the seat"?

There has to be more to the one that looks like "no fishing" otherwise one has to wonder just what the hell is the toilet draining into.

[Luminous Animal]

22. Less splatter and keeps the bathroom cleaner.

[MicaelS]

23. Perhaps they have German style toilets.

http://asecular.com/~scott/misc/toilet.htm

he German toilet's shortcomings are not limited exclusively to Number Twos. It is almost impossible for males to urinate while standing without soaking the bathroom. Urine sprays everywhere. There is a technique, but is tricky and requires a certain degree of penile agility: bestride the toilet and direct the stream vertically down into the hole at the front of the shelf. If you are sufficiently flexible and accurate, it's relatively clean, though it makes one hell of a noise.

The alternative, of course, is to pee sitting down - the dreaded Sitzpinkel. Herein lies the source of much gender conflict, for German women have become increasingly militant in their efforts to encourage or enforce the Sitzpinkel Rule. It's not uncommon to see little stickers on the underside of toilet lids, reminders to less civilized males that they really need to embrace their feminine side and sit the hell down.

An American friend was once at a party where, on his way to the bathroom, he was accosted by the hostess who demanded loudly in front of the other guests that he not pee standing up. The male counter-reaction has been predictably lame, only a few sad jokes here and there. Me, I've made promises, I've tried to be good, but somehow the instinct not to Sitzpinkel runs very deep. I just try not to spray.

[tblue37]

26. SITZPINKEL! OMG! I LOVE that word! nt

[MADem]

48. OMG, that is one of the most hilarious articles I've ever read!

Italian toilets have more of an incline, but they enjoy the same irritating "skid mark" characteristic!

[MADem]

31. Typical rule on trains in Europe as well as other public areas.

The train rocks and the floor ends up covered in pee, otherwise. Same deal with people who just can't aim, are drunk, whatever.

They have logos that say, in essence, "Sit down to pee."

[3catwoman3]

38. If you have ever shined a black light...

...around the porcelain throne that the men in your family use, you might be persuaded that this is a good idea everywhere.

[MADem]

45. "Take a seat" is the custom in my family, anyway.

Then again, we were raised in places where the whole ready-aim-fire thing wasn't a point of pride.

[Duer 157099]

3. And why no fishing?

Seriously, that just seems wrong.

[snooper2]

4. at least masturbation is okay!

just don't fish

[zappaman]

40. Well, it is the best place to catch brown trout!

[NightWatcher]

7. You and me going fishing in the pot

Now that song will be stuck in my head

[Laffy Kat]

8. You can't vomit in the toilet? Where would they prefer you throw up?

[Aerows]

10. I think that is

don't drink out of the toilet.

[3catwoman3]

11. Does anyone REALLY...

...need to be told that? Anyone human, that is. Cats and dogs don't count.

[Aerows]

35. ?

you would think not, but as long as you are making disclaimers you have to cover them all?

[Laffy Kat]

20. Oh. That's different. Nevermind.

[Tikki]

12. When I worked the '84 Olympics in LA at the UCLA venue as a security guard, we were warned...

ahead of time that the European and other athletes would nick into whatever bathroom was handy..
...guys in the girl's bathroom, girls in the guy's bathroom, whatever…

Sure enough, I was at a sink washing my hands and a male athlete came and and went into a stall.

Tikki
"that's the way of the World…" FLIPPER

[3catwoman3]

13. And how about the...

...tandem toilets?

I'd burst first - no how, no way!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25848800

[VanillaRhapsody]

14. Are there live fish in the toilet bowls in Russia?

[jakeXT]

16. They have puking into the toilet, but they don't have drinking out of it

http://coed.com/2014/01/15/neknominate-or-die-the-most-extreme-nek-nominations-of-2014/

[Glassunion]

17. That sucks

1. Ok to poop.
2. Not ok to evacuate a shit-ton of kidney stones.
3. No praying.
4. No upper deck'ers.
5. If you drop your phone... Just let it go. Cause man, it's gone.
6. No ninja mortar attacks.

[Blue_Tires]

21. So the top right one is "Don't piss out marbles?"

or are those supposed to be bullet holes?

[gaspee]

24. It's supposed to be splatter

From what I can see. I guess it means don't make a mess that someone else is going to have to deal with.

[Vashta Nerada]

25. No fishing in the toilet?

There goes my afternoon.

[tblue37]

29. What does #4 (second down in the right and column) mean? nt

[MADem]

32. Do not attempt to use a throne-style toilet as a bomb site one...!

No "footprints on the seat" as it were.

That IS a problem in the Middle East. Really.

This is the preferred crapper in some parts of the world, where the "squat" holds sway:

[GoCubsGo]

39. No relaxing and reading a good book on one of those things.

Unless one finds reading while squatting to be comfy and relaxing.

[MADem]

42. You'd be surprised....!

It is custom in many homes, in many small villages, to have no furnishings--or very few--in the main rooms. Maybe a very low large table to put dinner dishes on, but sometimes not even that--a cloth right on the rug will do. Many, many rugs--expensive, beautiful ones--but no chairs. Sometimes a few cushions for the older folk....but the bulk of the population will either just sit on their asses or their haunches. Some will prop their backs against the wall and sit in just that "on the crapper" fashion.

It's a question of training the muscles. When you're used to it you don't worry about balancing or anything like that!

That said, if you're in a public crapper, reading ain't easy, because they are wet/messy rooms. In a private home, with a hook for your clothing (it's easier to take stuff off) it is possible to have a nice little read, if that's your custom!

[starroute]

33. No squatting on the toilet seat

Some people recommend it as a healthier and more natural position.
http://wellnessmama.com/7013/a-proper-way-to-poo-squatty-potty-review/

It seems to be a thing in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan#Squat_toilet

But squat toilets are custom-made to facilitate it. Perching on the seat of a regular toilet is far more problematic.

[Aerows]

36. The caption kind of cracked me up

"Please squat a little closer!" That sounds like a deranged pop tune in the making. "Come on baby, squat a little closer!"

[3catwoman3]

37. You don't understand misery...

...until you have tried to use one of those in-the-floor varieties on a fast moving train while having motion sickness.

[MADem]

43. You need a bucket and a grab bar or two!

And a hook for your clothes, to keep them away from any splashback!

[3catwoman3]

46. As a woman...

...our clothes are of no help whatsoever. Skirts and pants were equally challenging to keep "out of the way", so to speak.

There were grab bars, thank goodness.

[MADem]

47. The thigh comes in handy as a platform, if there's no hook!

For trouser wearers, it's either take those pants halfway off and balance the removed leg in a bunch on the thigh, or be very careful as to how far one pulls those trousers down. It's like a damn geometry exercise! For those in a skirt, either hike the thing up and tuck it into its own waistband, or pull it up over the head!

I look for a hook--it's easier to just take off anything ya don't want to get wet! Sometimes, you can wedge your clothing into the grab bar but one has to be careful that it's secured so it doesn't drop on the filthy floor! Bombs away!!!!

[zappaman]

41. Squatty potty!

http://www.squattypotty.com

[Art_from_Ark]

49. Japanese squat toilets are going out of favor

A squat toilet can actually be quite nasty, especially if one's trousers or dress comes in contact with it.

[jmowreader]

44. The middle right one is understandable

Squat toilets are popular in Russia.

The middle left one is a bit strange: if you're not allowed to puke in the toilet, where ARE you allowed to?