We had one in the house I used to live in. We used it as a kind of bookcase.
If I want to wash my arse I'll have a shower. We have this stuff called 'toilet paper' that means you don't need to squirt water up your backside every time you take a dump.
Hmmm. Do continental types do very runny or sticky turds? Is it all the olive oil?
edited 18th May '12 12:17:05 PM by InverurieJones
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'Not since I left Italy. It was weird at the beginning.
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Would you wipe your hands in paper instead of washing them?
Wipe as much as you want, with toilet paper you won't get completely clean. Not as if you used water and, you know, soap.
Showers work, but, well, they are more time-consuming and they waste more water. You cannot have a shower every time you go to the bathroom.
edited 18th May '12 1:39:01 PM by Carciofus
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.![]()
On the other hand, I think that Northern Europeans tend to shower more often than us Italians, so perhaps it averages out. When I was in Italy, it was common to shower only once every two or three days, at least when it was not summer; and everybody I knew did the same, as far as I know.
Here, everybody showers every single day.
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.I don't think they do (except for certain female times of the month). In fact, I think washing them too often (or washing them with soap) might actually be bad for them. They have a symbiotic population of microorganisms, you don't want to disturb it.
Aaaand now I've probably grossed everybody out.
edited 18th May '12 4:45:49 PM by LoniJay
Be not afraid...Eh, yeah, it gets gross down there at certain times of the month, but I've never had an infection so must be doing something right?
Never used a bidet and I find them a little intimidating. Some friends of my parents in England have one in the guest bathroom and for the longest time I thought it was some kind of urinal.
It's a thing that squirts water at your butt. It's like when you flush the toilet halfway through your business to keep from clogging it and it splashes up on your butt, but on purpose.
The parts you wipe are far enough up the crack that it's basically closed off during normal operation. If anything, squirting water at it would just spread germs all over the area unless it's got a shitload of alcohol in it or something. In which case really cold stuff down there, AGH.
Fun fact, nobles used to wipe with a feathered goose neck.
edited 18th May '12 9:38:56 PM by Pykrete

... do you have a bidet? I know it's a rather awkward question, but in Italy it's kind of a given to have one, while it looks like it's not the same for other countries.
P.S.: I added this conversation under "It Just Awes Me!" because it awes me.
edited 17th May '12 3:33:45 AM by Belfagor
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