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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:09 AM
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Olympics crisis over squat loos
(Couldn't the BBC pick a file photo of a toilet not all stuffed with toilet paper and...??) :scared:



China is rushing to install sit-down loos for its 500,000 foreign Olympics visitors, after complaints that venues had only Asian-style squat toilets.

A lack of Western-style facilities was a common complaint after some 30 test events at Games venues, officials said.

"A lot of parties have raised the question of toilets... We have told the venues to improve on this," said Yao Hui, deputy head of venue management.

He said bathroom renovations were already under way at three key venues.

"Most of the Chinese people are used to the squat toilet, but nowadays more and more people demand sit-down toilets," said Mr Yao.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7304246.stm


SQUAT TOILET----------->
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:12 AM
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1. That's what we used to call a "bombsight" crapper.
You hope your aim is good.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 09:23 AM
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19. What I want to know is what is the protocol if you miss.
Actually, no I don't.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:13 AM
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2. That's the Asian culture; I've used those albeit unwillingly. Ya
gotta go... For anyone with arthritis or any kind of debilitating disease, they are no fun. And then there's the water bucket with the scoop to 'clean' yourself. Hmmm. I'm a spoiled American, but I prefer the western loos, too.
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oscarmitre Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:39 AM
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4. I find American crappers
very off-putting. The water's too high. I get splashed. I prefer the Brit/Australian loos. It's a cultural thing of course.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:43 AM
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6. I didn't know the Brit/Aussie loos were different.
Do tell! :popcorn:
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:53 AM
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8. Basically the water level is much lower.
The design of the toilet is quite similar, but the level of water is much lower in the bowl. The "flush" is also usually a bit more powerful in terms of water pressure, cleaning the toilet bowl when you flush.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:56 AM
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9. That makes too much sense; someone needs to alert the US! nt
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:59 AM
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10. Actually, they're quite similar to toilets you do find in the US.
Usually in public facilities like airports and the like. It's just that Americans usually don't have those kinds of toilets at home, whereas the brits do. I can't speak for the Aussies - I've never crapped there.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:10 AM
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13. "I can't speak for the Aussies - I've never crapped there."
I think I've just discovered my new sig line.

:spray:
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:19 AM
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14. Oh Jeez..
Another improperly toilet trained foreigner. American toddlers learn that a couple sheets in the bowl keeps the water from splashing. I didn't realize that that bit of intellectual property was reserved solely for Americans.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 09:56 AM
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21. I like the dutch ones....
With the inspection shelf!

:D
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 11:16 AM
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24. You should look for a toilet trainer with that feature for littlegreen
The "look at my poop" stage is coming up, ya know.

This is the best book for the bathroom "reading area:"

http://www.amazon.com/Toilets-World-Morna-E-Gregory/dp/185894337X
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 11:59 AM
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25. You know, I think I might get that book,
slip it into the bathroom and wait for the Mrs. to notice.
She'd love it!

:rofl:
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 01:00 PM
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27. ahh, yes, the inspection shelf!
I remember that from my trips to Europe, but can't remember exactly which countries feature such toilets...
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ProgressiveFool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 01:26 PM
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28. Must be the same as the German ones...
I always suspected that the fact that Germans got a chance to inspect their product before flushing it had a lot to do with, well, something. National character or something.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:14 AM
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3. Talk about 'not ready for Prime Time'
The Olympics this year are going to be at once hilarious and appalling. China's about to take a huge pratfall on the world stage, and I could not be happier.


I might even watch it for the first time in decades.
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oscarmitre Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:42 AM
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5. Do you really want China
to lose face? You know that's a big no-no right? Who can tell what might happen if they're severely embarrassed. Maybe it's part of their dastardly plot to take over the world? Insult them and off they go like a - er - Chinese firecracker. Perhaps you'd best not get what you wish for.
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 07:50 AM
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7. Oh, for heaven's sakes
I've used squat toilets in Asia with no trouble and I'm a fat, middle-aged, arthritic woman.

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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:52 AM
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18. Hey baby...
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 12:04 PM
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26. Yeah, but have you tried them while intoxicated? n/t
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 01:31 PM
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29. It's more natural. It takes less effort to pinch a loaf.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:00 AM
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11. Classic...worry about toilets while Tibet burns behind wall of secrecy
How convenient that this is available as a diversion.

I only wish some Olympians had the crust to raise the forbidden Tibetan flag during the opening ceremony.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:01 AM
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12. I kind of like the European loos....
The water level in the bowl is low, but the flush is quite powerful.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:23 AM
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15. question for that last photo
is those ridges for show or traction?
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 09:46 AM
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20. Drainage?
It means if there's any spillage or splashing, your feet aren't standing in it.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 11:04 AM
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23. good point
those ridges look slippery when wet, not reliable for traction
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:30 AM
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16. Back in November, 2004
my husband and I went to China to bring our daughter home. I had been to China before and knew to expect squat toilets as the norm. I don't like them, but I can use them if I have to. What I didn't expect to have to do was give demonstrations to the women in our adoption group on technique. It made any Chinese women in the rest rooms laugh and, along with seeing our adopted children, whom many Chinese call the lucky ones, broke some of the natural tension.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:44 AM
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17. I'm pretty sure my knees would snap if I used that kind of loo.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 11:02 AM
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22. for anyone who's "gone" in the woods,this looks like a piece of cake...
"for me to poop on!" (in the immortal words of Triumph the insult comic dog)
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