British Expats - Pet Peeves?

I suppose it's the best they can do and better than nothing.

The most unhygienic toilets I experienced were those while in the Army in Malaysia. Many of the restaurants and bars had the squatter type toilets with a handle of some sort to hang onto while you did the deed. If ever there was a breeding ground for diseases those squatters were it but it was either holding onto that handle or ending up with your arse hitting the porcelain, a very definite possibility after a few pints of the local brew.

Sounds like the ones I experienced in Italy. These had porcelain foot pads, so were quite posh.

The ones in Indonesia, did no have a handle to hold onto. Next to the hole was a barrel filled with water and a saucepan / scoop to wash the bits down with.

scrubbedexpat091

Feb 9th 2017 7:11 am

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Your assuming everyone has a morning #2 call of nature.

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Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12175630)

I was told they were used as douches and since I never used one myself I accepted the explanation. My first thought on seeing one for the first time was that they were foot baths.

Anyway smelly feet or smelly butts the norm as far as I'm concerned is to answer the morning call of nature first and then take a good cleansing shower afterwards. Bidets are short cuts for lazy folks IMO

dc koop

Feb 9th 2017 7:12 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12175633)

I'm pretty sure they are for cleaning your arse, but I've never used one so I can't be sure. Suppose you could clean off your old chap in one as well if you were really determined.

It's not that hard to wipe your arse properly though, I'll give you that. However the internet is also full of people who don't think you're supposed to polish your rusty sheriff's badge in the shower as well, so what do I know about anything?

The only thing that's self harmful about taking showers is not to be caught taking a pee down the plug hole

mrken30

Feb 9th 2017 7:13 am

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Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12175662)

The only thing that's self harmful about taking showers is not to be caught taking a pee down the plug hole

And definitely don't get caught pooping down the plug hole, unless it's somewhere like Indonesia

dc koop

Feb 9th 2017 7:13 am

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12175660)

Your assuming everyone has a morning #2 call of nature.

I do... always have. A bowl of oatmeal and a cup of hot strong tea does it every time

dc koop

Feb 9th 2017 7:16 am

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 12175664)

And definitely don't get caught pooping down the plug hole, unless it's somewhere like Indonesia

I must remember never to use a shower stall on my next visit to Indonesia

SultanOfSwing

Feb 9th 2017 7:17 am

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Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12175662)

The only thing that's self harmful about taking showers is not to be caught taking a pee down the plug hole

Not washing your arsehole properly is arguably more harmful ...

mrken30

Feb 9th 2017 7:19 am

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Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12175667)

I must remember never to use a shower stall on my next visit to Indonesia

I couldn't quite do the no toilet paper thing when I was there. I am guilty of not doing what the natives do.

Anian

Feb 9th 2017 8:12 am

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Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12175651)

Anyway bidets take up too much room in a bathroom

When I was in the middle east they had little squirting jets attached to the side of a regular toilet bowl. I guess the water they have there is somewhat warmer though, a squirt of ice-cold Scottish tap water on your starfish would certainly wake you up in the morning.

moneypenny20

Feb 9th 2017 10:16 am

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How on earth do you get flu and killer diseases from a small area of leg flesh touching a loo seat for a couple of minutes? :confused: The apparent paranoia over a plastic seat is bizarre.:blink: if you're wandering around with weeping boils or broken skin uncovered then you're probably more minging than the last person who sat on that loo.

dc koop

Feb 9th 2017 10:45 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12175670)

Not washing your arsehole properly is arguably more harmful ...

Go outside and use a garden hose with a high pressure nozzle on the end. You'll have the cleanest, healthiest, shiniest arse hole in Gotham City.

dc koop

Feb 9th 2017 10:47 am

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 12175766)

How on earth do you get flu and killer diseases from a small area of leg flesh touching a loo seat for a couple of minutes? :confused: .

If you had broken skin on the part of the leg that touches the seat that could put you at risk

dc koop

Feb 9th 2017 10:57 am

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I don't remember the part of Paris I was in but I used a toilet that was straight out of Star Wars. It looked as if it was made of stainless steel and when you put the admittance fee (one Franc) into a slot the door slid open, the lights came on along with classical music. Apres crap procedure was standard with toilet paper but I was told by someone later on that the whole toilet fixture went into an immersion tank and was completely sterilized

Down the street a few blocks they still had one of the old pissoirs where on passing you avoided contact with the bloke looking over the partition taking a leak and also hopefully avoiding eye contact with you

dc koop

Feb 9th 2017 11:02 am

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 12175672)

no toilet paper thing o.

:ohmy: Disposable paper undershorts or one hour laundries doing a brisk business?

moneypenny20

Feb 9th 2017 11:07 am

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Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12175787)

If you had broken skin on the part of the leg that touches the seat that could put you at risk

But if you're a person concerned by germs on a toilet seat you'd have a plaster on the damaged skin. If you had broken skin and you sat on a probably unhygienic ring of tissue paper, said tissue would be stuck to your broken skin when you got up. Those dispensers of 'gaskets' aren't hermetically sealed, they're in the loo with all the millions of germs.

Living puts you at risk.

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