University puts up posters giving foreign students lessons in how to use Western loos
on 02/11/2012 at 05:28 AM
Quite surprising. I was under the impression that all the schools were making a big effort to go the Asian route and install squats all over, making sure that they didn’t face towards Mecca or wherever. Not just the schools either, but malls too.
A quick bit of ‘net research shows this is a never ending debate, with fans for both the sitter and the squatter everywhere. Nearly a third of the world uses the concept, from the most basic style of just squatting in the dust to the fancy Japanese models with perfumed cleaning sprays, background music, and warm air jets.
Another minute looking around shows that squats are quite common in France and Italy and most of southern and eastern Europe, and become the norm nearly everywhere else that isn’t Canada or the USA. Toilet paper doesn’t exist; bring your water bottle and know how to aim it.
In theory the deep squat makes #2 easier.
Perhaps there is room for compromise. Somebody could build a half-height sitter that would put you mostly in a squat position. Give it a built in power spray. Rodger just installed a sprayer and is having all kinds of fun with it.
didn’t see any squats in Paris when we were there. but maybe more attuned to UK and USA at the time.
I have to admit, when I was in Pakistan, I could have used some instruction in using the loo. I had no idea. I just left the shit. They may have found it by now. Certainly didn’t want to take it with me.
Yes, that’s an old George Carlin joke.
02/11/2012 at 09:37 AM
