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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWould you use the Russian Olympic toilet buddy system?
And who would you share the bathroom with?
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Yes, I'd use the toilet with a friend | |
1 (17%) |
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Yes, I'd use the toilet with a friend while holding hands | |
1 (17%) |
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No, but I'd try to use both at the same time | |
0 (0%) |
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No | |
4 (67%) |
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Not sure | |
0 (0%) |
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Other | |
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)some funny stuff posted there....
Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)I think I'd give up showering and shaving for two weeks. Maybe eating too.
I wonder if this is the Russian's way of getting a competitive advantage.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Putin's idea is to do whatever it takes to ensure the Russian teams win!
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Only a Republican is full enough of shit they need two toilets.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)Definitely not a No. 2.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)and takes a shite! She's says, when a girls gotta go... and besides her shite doesn't stink. yeah, right!
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)Right?
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)jakeXT
(10,575 posts)patricia92243
(12,595 posts)but can't figure what that guy is up to. (lower left corner)
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Small piece of natural sea sponge tied on the end of a wooden stick. The stick has a loop of leather at one end.
Toilet paper did not exist in Roman times so the Romans used a "spongia" instead. This was a sea sponge attached to a long stick. Roman public toilets consisted of a long marble bench with holes at the top (to sit on) and holes at the front - for the sponge sticks. Most Romans wore long tunics, with mens reaching the knees and womens being longer, and probably nothing underneath so it was easy to use toilets communally. You would sit on the toilet, (possibly chatting to friends) and when you were finished you would push the spongia through the hole at the front, wipe your bottom, rinse it in the channel of running water by your feet and leave it in a basin for the next person to use!
http://www.objectlessons.org/health-and-beauty-romans/sponge-on-stick-ancient-rome-replica/s69/a349/
trof
(54,256 posts)Whew.
UTUSN
(70,695 posts)Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I've never seen the communal squats, but I have seen the squatters (I call them shitters). I always aim for the backboard. Yeah I know, TMI.
Aristus
(66,366 posts)Saw them when I was in the Gulf in 1991. They also had 'thrones'. Used those instead. Habit...
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)a la izquierda
(11,795 posts)In fact, in crowded bars, I have shared stalls. It's not a big deal. But number 2? No. No way. I need peace and quiet.
And once, when I was in Mexico for Day of the Dead, the only available toilet was locally known as a P'urhepecha toilet. Basically, a hole in the earth covered by a piece of plywood, with a hole cut out. You squat. Indigenous women wear long skirts for a reason. Well, I had tight jeans on. Two of my girlfriends had to hold an arm each so I didn't fall in the hole...it was an experience.
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... in case one of them breaks or gets clogged?
It's always nice to have a backup loo.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)Nyet!
Shrek
(3,979 posts)Or plug in my IPad.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,835 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)This was a common WWII-era barracks latrine design. This photo shows 4 of the 5 toilets in a barracks latrine at one Army post...
http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforums.yuku.com/topic/28773
steve2470
(37,457 posts)I absolutely hated it. Throwback to WW2 eh ?
DinahMoeHum
(21,787 posts)Medvedev and Putin, standing up to pee. . .K-I-S-S-I-N-G
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)That's where his head belongs.
petronius
(26,602 posts)Not sure which is which though - probably wouldn't want to get them mixed up...
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,431 posts)Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)For a while in the army we used ones like that roman one posted upthread - two rows of toilets, no stalls, and they faced each other, so you had to avoid eye contact with the person across from you, or learn not to care.
Number 1, Number 2, or for us women, Number 3. People are remarkably adaptable.
trof
(54,256 posts)I was on the crapper one morning and Miz t. came in and brushed her teeth.
I said "I guess the honeymoon's over?"
"Looks like it."
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts):hugs: