tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post1897051517433262399..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Getting down to businessTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-53638333878906958482010-07-30T18:47:10.926+01:002010-07-30T18:47:10.926+01:00If I want to spend a penny
Or have a little poo
in...If I want to spend a penny<br />Or have a little poo<br />in the bowl... and there isn't any<br />- will I get 1p back in lieu?broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-82501022288093249132010-07-18T06:53:01.443+01:002010-07-18T06:53:01.443+01:00Follow dwittkower's links above for Zizek'...Follow dwittkower's links above for Zizek's musings on such matters, Rog.<br /><br />Very true, notRuairi. Perhaps the real advantage of the sit-down model is the trusty seal it offers when cheek meets seat.<br /><br />Not necessarily a change, Barry. Just parlay that experience into another pastime. Performance poetry, perhaps?<br /><br />This Philip Davies bloke certainly does, 9/10. I'm hoping against hope that they'll bring back Brass Eye, just to catch him out.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-17489574204276119702010-07-17T15:53:19.381+01:002010-07-17T15:53:19.381+01:00"We in Britain are rightly proud of our toile..."We in Britain are rightly proud of our toilets”<br /><br />Good heavens. The mind boggles. Although it does show that today's politicians must have a blandly patriotic opinion/soundbite on absolutely everything.9/10ths Full of Penguinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380841087786085974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-31656083300127573682010-07-17T01:36:37.215+01:002010-07-17T01:36:37.215+01:00I work part-time in a bathroom/kitchen showroom. M...I work part-time in a bathroom/kitchen showroom. Most of the time I'm by myself, with little or nothing to do. <br />To amuse myself I often lift the 'soft-close' lids and seats of the loos and watch them slowly lower down to close. It's actually quite comforting. <br /><br />No doubt time for a career change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-79947462812244185742010-07-17T01:36:32.998+01:002010-07-17T01:36:32.998+01:00I work part-time in a bathroom/kitchen showroom. M...I work part-time in a bathroom/kitchen showroom. Most of the time I'm by myself, with little or nothing to do. <br />To amuse myself I often lift the 'soft-close' lids and seats of the loos and watch them slowly lower down to close. It's actually quite comforting. <br /><br />No doubt time for a career change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-931590927613115462010-07-16T12:25:17.357+01:002010-07-16T12:25:17.357+01:00The only thing I have against squat toilets is tha...The only thing I have against squat toilets is that there are too many variables. We've all suffered... y'know... explosive...notRuairihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191615061577189850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-49416313088110171142010-07-16T10:55:26.268+01:002010-07-16T10:55:26.268+01:00Always with a finger on the Shitegeist eh, Tim?
B...Always with a finger on the Shitegeist eh, Tim?<br /><br />Bringing up the rear, I'm reminded of the old German toilets with a little shelf for you to inspect your work in detail before pulling the flush.<br /><br />In some tabloid newspapers it's called proofreading.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-30376706685127624262010-07-16T02:28:41.453+01:002010-07-16T02:28:41.453+01:00Indeed, Richard. It's actually much easier to ...Indeed, Richard. It's actually much easier to clean a squat toilet, you just hose everything towards the hole.<br /><br />Now we're getting to the other subject, Annie; the use of the hose or other water-based method of cleaning one's person, versus paper. Wonder if any UK shopping centre would dare to install a proper Japanese toilet, with air driers...<br /><br />Billy: I suspect there's a hard core of Mail readers who think all Asians come from France, because they all smell funny.<br /><br />Never seen one, Geoff. Sure one could arrange some sort of swing contraption, and dangle the individual over the hole.<br /><br />Exactly, MIT. I've seen many doctors recommend that the best way to use western toilets is to squat with one's feet on the rim. Knees up, Mother Brown.<br /><br />As I said, Z, it just depends on what you're used to, and personal preference. I find it quite difficult, but people who've been brought up with it cope just fine. So the Rochdale mob appear to be doing exactly the right thing. And they've annoyed some shouty morons as well, which can't be bad.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-82258228471973153612010-07-15T23:18:29.709+01:002010-07-15T23:18:29.709+01:00I've never mastered the knack of using one wit...I've never mastered the knack of using one without the risk of drenching my clothes and have to undress my lower half. I have no idea how an Indian woman in a sari manages, especially when then cleaning herself from a tap.<br /><br />A (British) friend of a friend declares he's unable to empty his bowels unless squatting, so he hops on to the seat like a pixie on a toadstool. Debating this, opinion was divided whether it risked a fissure or severe splashback, depending on the strain or softness of the evacuation.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-45828506027250689552010-07-15T22:41:16.347+01:002010-07-15T22:41:16.347+01:00"Can't read the Daily Mail while squattin..."Can't read the Daily Mail while squatting..."<br />Thanks for the laugh. <br /><br />A couple of days ago I read (or heard on radio) that ladies of mature years who suffer from incontinence can improve sphincter function by putting their feet on a footstool and keeping the spine straight while emptying the bladder.<br /><br />Or they could learn to squat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-55729747474501224772010-07-15T20:27:03.344+01:002010-07-15T20:27:03.344+01:00Are there disabled squat toilets?Are there disabled squat toilets?Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-78383182975498635622010-07-15T19:04:28.738+01:002010-07-15T19:04:28.738+01:00Don't they call squat toilets "Turkish&qu...Don't they call squat toilets "Turkish" toilets in France.<br /><br />Blimming Islamics.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158459069493765198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-82616842711611984542010-07-15T18:43:38.290+01:002010-07-15T18:43:38.290+01:00I have nothing of value to add to this, except to ...I have nothing of value to add to this, except to say that my friend once brought back a brand of toilet roll from Thailand called "Sit and Smile".Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-27813383205155381852010-07-15T14:58:29.798+01:002010-07-15T14:58:29.798+01:00Well over 30 years ago I used to go fishing on Dov...Well over 30 years ago I used to go fishing on Dover Harbour's Western arm. There was only one public khazi on it and it was a squatter. Unfortunately there wasn't a pissoir so it was usually in a pitiful state. <br /><br />Goodness knows what they're complaining about - go into any gents' stall over here and it's pretty bloody obvious that hardly anyone's capable of using a bowl correctly anyway. You certainly wouldn't catch me sitting on one unless I could disinfect it first.<br /><br />When I worked at the Twyfords factory for a while a few years ago, we made and sold them. They went under the name "Arabian" I recall.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313387849115278988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-15727873183747140862010-07-15T13:31:43.530+01:002010-07-15T13:31:43.530+01:00I suspect the Mail readership would suggest that t...I suspect the Mail readership would suggest that that just proves their point, Spin.<br /><br />But old Slavoj doesn't address non-European plumbing, DW. How uncharacteristically ethnocentric of him.<br /><br />BWT: if you have a healthy digestive system - and that can be assisted by a squatting posture - there should be little or no time to read while doing one's biz. Whether it's the Mail or one of my books or your own fabulous debut novel.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-5772245349715441222010-07-15T13:21:37.674+01:002010-07-15T13:21:37.674+01:00@ Spinsterella - Yes. Squat toilets used to be cit...@ Spinsterella - Yes. Squat toilets used to be cited as evidence of French decadence. In fact, a major reason to fear crossing to the continent in general. Surprised the Mail missed the Asian-French axis of evil.<br />But - in defence of Philip Shipley - well, not of him personally - but of what he's quoted as saying. Public bog provision is something of which a country can be proud - the more the better. COuld do with more women's bogs though.<br />And - as the Daily Mail reader cited pointed out, it's not so comfy to read squatting as it is sitting. Although one might another use for the Mail in a squatter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-6671876574881895852010-07-15T11:30:52.614+01:002010-07-15T11:30:52.614+01:00Zizek might argue that this is a most fundamental ...Zizek might argue that this is a most fundamental and strangely honest place for a struggle of principle and identity.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwTJXHNP0bg<br /><br />http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n17/slavoj-zizek/knee-deepdwittkowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970194887488027797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-9886742800704086702010-07-15T11:05:57.728+01:002010-07-15T11:05:57.728+01:00I vaguely remember from my interrailing days that ...I vaguely remember from my interrailing days that they had squat toilets in France, not a particularly Islamic or Asian country last time I visited.Spinsterellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611660308963083276noreply@blogger.com