A Land Far Away

I must say I am getting used to these squat toilets common around asia (more common in some parts than others). The first few uses were born of desperation, but I find they help with getting things moving and they're good exercise for the thighs. I might get one installed when I get home.

But, more importantly, I used the TOILET OF THE FUTURE yesterday. It was a public toilet in a smallish (for Japan) city somewhere between Hiroshima and Kobe. Not only did it have the usual options the toilets in the hotels I've been staying at (automatic flush when you sit down, front and back wash (spray and wash options), spray water pressure adjustment), but it also had a disinfectant dispenser for the toilet seat, which is not something I've seen since Amsterdam and a motion sensor flusher (which you wave your hand infront of, rather than the annoying motion sensor flushers that flush whenever you make the slightest movement while still sitting down). Also, and most importantly, the toilet seat was heated!

I could have stayed in there all day!

But I didn't.

And not one frackin' pic of the crapper extraordinaire? How do you expect us to believe your fantastic throne tale, man?

Brother Humphrey wrote:And not one frackin' pic of the crapper extraordinaire? How do you expect us to believe your fantastic throne tale, man?

Indeed. As they say on these connected tubes of the internets (which, I should remind you, is not a truck),... PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!

Please flush before taking pics.

What the hell man! In america all we get is low flow toilets that can't flush toilet paper let alone turds. Now the japanese have toilets that makes dropping dookie easier? I demand pictures of this futuristic robotic squat toilet.

On this subject - maybe there is some serious differences in anatomy, or "usage philosophy", but when sitting on toilets in the northern US and Canada, I often found myself in danger of, ah, how can I put this, ah, dipping my end into the cold water contained within.

How do you folks manage? Do you hold "it" outside the bowl when going for solids?

Mayhem wrote:On this subject - maybe there is some serious differences in anatomy, or "usage philosophy", but when sitting on toilets in the northern US and Canada, I often found myself in danger of, ah, how can I put this, ah, dipping my end into the cold water contained within.

How do you folks manage? Do you hold "it" outside the bowl when going for solids?

Worry not. Once you're exposed to the cold fridged temperatures of the north you will shy away so quickly you'll fear "it" disappeared into your belly.

I can't upload pictures right now as I am on the road! You will just have to wait for my blog when I get back!

I have also experienced that here in Asia, Mayhem. I found it particularily noticable in Singapore.

Also one toilet type I am yet to brave is the trench toilet. I have only encountered this once, and in a department store. I decided to hold it in and go to the department store across the road (which only had squat toilets, but that's better than dumping in a water filled trench shared by all the other cubicles!)