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Subject: Re: When your toilet is a hole in the ground Posted on: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:43:19 +0200

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:37:21 GMT, JMiller
wrote:

>On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:08:50 -0700, "Stan de SD"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"qvzyx" wrote in message
>>news:45hke.3h7.19.1@news.alt.net...
>>>
>>> The hardest thing about using the hole in the ground toilets is trying to
>>> concentrate on dropping your turd while at the same time worrying about
>>the
>>> creatures crawling out of the hole and up your ass. Depending on what
>>> country you're in it can be anything from bugs and scorpions to rats and
>>> snakes.
>>
>>I guess I have been spoiled by the "benjo" toilets in Japan, which are at
>>least clean. Takes a bit of practice to get the old Norden Bombsight lined
>>up, but once you do, you can appreciate how Asians are so adept at squatting
>>for extended periods of time...
>>
>Are those benjo toilets the fancy-ass toilets with the heated seats
>and the water spritzer for cleaning off the dingleberries really good?
>Wish they'd bring them to America already. We think we got the best
>of everything but the Japanese have us beat in the shitting
>department.

One thing that really impressed me in Japan was the toilet design
where there is a tap and sink above the cistern which refills it. You
flush, and the fresh water flows in. That is where you wash your
hands. A great idea that should be in place everywhere with water (and
hygiene) problems.
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