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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI don't know about you, but I don't want to have to learn yoga in order to take a dump.
Disclaimer: Yes I know it's a urinal, but there's no joke in that.
Aristus
(66,274 posts)I saw a lot of them when I was in Saudi Arabia.
bluesbassman
(19,358 posts)Saw a lot of floor level urinals in Europe, but never saw anything like that!
I suppose that's part of the reason they ban alcohol consumption in SA, be tricky navigating that thing after tying one on!
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)If you travel to the near or far east they are often more prevalent than toilets. If you venture outside the tourist areas many aren't stocked with toilet paper and sometimes in 3rd world countries you'll see stripes on the wall where people have wiped their ass with their hand and smeared it on the wall.
It beats digging a cat hole or taking a shit over a trough with everyone watching, but not by much.
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...you know they probably were left by somebody who normally uses squat toilets. For real.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Y'all can take a summer lawn chair and customize it. [img][/img]
rug
(82,333 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,672 posts)HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)No big deal.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)But honestly, the human colon expels best when in the squatting position, so it's actually a good healthy design.
Well, as long as nobody accidentally steps in it.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,360 posts)and for that matter, the rest of the West that uses what Americans are used to as a toilet.
Humans had been squatting over a hole in the ground for centuries before anyone thought to make a seat at knee level.
On the other hand, the West invented toilet paper.
In certain cultures, it is taboo to use your left hand to eat with, because that is the one wiping your ass.
WITHOUT toilet paper!
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Fortunately, Japan is conscious of its aging population, so the stalls with traditional toilets often have hand rails so that you can get back up after you've squatted.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)The toilets in Tokyo with the heated seats, the built-in bidets, music and dual flushes...I didn't wanna come home!
mnhtnbb
(31,370 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Dont sit on the toilet
Turns out I had been going to the bathroom incorrectly for 40 years. To explain: Human bodies were built to squat in the fields, not sit on a toilet. If you squat while moving your bowels, youll a) do it a lot faster and b) help prevent hemorrhoids, which affect 70 percent of people at some point in their lives.
Initially, I thought this was New Age crazy talk, but there are actually several studies to back this up, including one by an Israeli scientist who compared subjects who defecated on a high toilet with those who squatted over a plastic container. The squatters averaged 51 seconds per movement. The sitters, 130 seconds. And the squatters also rated the experience as easier.
You can even buy an apparatus on the Internet called Natures Platform. It fits over your toilet and turns your flush American Standard into a third-world hole in the ground.
My wife didnt think the Natures Platform went with our décor, so its been discarded. But an easy compromise: Put your feet on a stool while doing your business.
http://blog.ajjacobs.com/
Shrek
(3,975 posts)I need the top of my thighs for my IPad.