Interesting, and a bit funny--third world toilets
Hi all;
I give you permission to laugh a lot as you look at these pictures. This is the type of toilet used in wealthier homes and in public toilets in India, Asia and the middle east. You don't use toilet paper, you use water to wash off.
when you get there, keep clicking "next" (top right) to see instructions on how they use their toilet.
I just had to share it with you because my husband just bought 5 "Normal" toilets for the home he lives in. They feel pretty luxurious now. When we had Asian exchange students in our home, one time my parents accidentally walked into the bathroom and found a man squatting over the toilet with his feet on the toilet seat. She left quickly and didn't understand what she had just seen until today when I showed her how he used the toilet in his own country.
The picture in that link is the most luxurious bathroom I have ever seen of all the pictures I have seen of those types of bathroom/toilets. Most are very dirty with water on the floor so your clothes get wet and you pee on your clothes as you squat over the hole to pee. Most don't have water pipes, or hand held showers like this, just a bucket of water and you don't use toilet paper, you wash with water.They actually consider OUR way quite filthy, because we don't wash our bottom after using the toilet. They have a saying "never make love to someone who uses a western toilet unless they shower first."
So this is what my husband deals with. You always remove your pants first so you can squat, so it takes them longer to use the bathroom than us.
Bluebirdy
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