Want to use your iPad on the toilet? (http://www.amazon.com/CTA-Digital-Pedestal-Stand-Holder/dp/B00AQT653G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)
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Quote4.0 out of 5 stars Read the fine print February 25, 2013
By T. Kim
This is a great product but to get the full potential out of it, you have to purchase the additional apps from the apps store and, unfortunately, they are not cheap. Without the additional apps, this is just a holder but if you get the bidet app then it becomes a refreshing bathroom experience. My favorite app though is the butt wipe app. Now you don't even need to awkward reach back to wipe. You just open the app, stick your butt on the iPad and it does all the wiping for you. How did we ever live without this!
Notice also the "Frequently Bought Together" link to the child's potty with an iPad holder.
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 21, 2013, 04:05:26 PM
Want to use your iPad on the toilet? (http://www.amazon.com/CTA-Digital-Pedestal-Stand-Holder/dp/B00AQT653G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)
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Quote4.0 out of 5 stars Read the fine print February 25, 2013
By T. Kim
This is a great product but to get the full potential out of it, you have to purchase the additional apps from the apps store and, unfortunately, they are not cheap. Without the additional apps, this is just a holder but if you get the bidet app then it becomes a refreshing bathroom experience. My favorite app though is the butt wipe app. Now you don't even need to awkward reach back to wipe. You just open the app, stick your butt on the iPad and it does all the wiping for you. How did we ever live without this!
Notice also the "Frequently Bought Together" link to the child's potty with an iPad holder.
Then there's the all-in-one iPoo'd :hyper:
ipads are uncool.
The paper is backwards on the roller.
And two phrases you will never hear me utter...
"Pooing is cool" and "About the sky..."
Quote from: hbelkins on June 21, 2013, 11:20:25 PM
The paper is backwards on the roller.
It is? It looks perfectly fine to me. It's when the paper is put over that it is backwards.
For some reason I came to know HB's over-the-top method as "old granny style" during my formative years.
I have always hung the paper roll down the wall.
But I think the real rule there is that you don't change it when you visit someone else's house–or, if you change it for your own use while you're in there, you put it back the way your host had it before you exit the room. I know some people who say "it should be over-the-top" and so they will reverse the rolls in other people's houses. That's rude.
There is a positively epic Wikipedia article on this subject (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation). It's serious business! :sombrero:
Quote from: Duke87 on June 22, 2013, 10:40:32 AM
There is a positively epic Wikipedia article on this subject (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation). It's serious business! :sombrero:
I remember when Leno interviewed the inventor of the Tilt-a-Roll. Brilliant idea that instantly resolves this dispute:
http://www.marketlaunchers.com/batts.html
Quote from: Duke87 on June 22, 2013, 10:40:32 AM
There is a positively epic Wikipedia article on this subject (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation). It's serious business! :sombrero:
In other news, do you prefer the toilet set up, down, or put the lid down?
I
always close the lid after use, even in other people's homes. Anything else is unsanitary.
Do you want to know why I prefer it to come over the top?
Do you really want to know?
If the paper has some sort of embossed pattern, with it coming over the top, when you fold the paper for use, the protrusions on the embossed patterns stick out, helping with the cleaning when you wipe.
Quote from: Brandon on June 22, 2013, 05:02:19 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 22, 2013, 10:40:32 AM
There is a positively epic Wikipedia article on this subject (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation). It's serious business! :sombrero:
In other news, do you prefer the toilet set up, down, or put the lid down?
I always close the lid after use, even in other people's homes. Anything else is unsanitary.
In someone else's house I put the seat and lid the way I found them.
Quote from: Brandon on June 22, 2013, 05:02:19 PMI always close the lid after use, even in other people's homes. Anything else is unsanitary.
You would hate most disabled toilets then - they don't have lids, just seats...
OK, if we're going to have this conversation...
My toilet is a little on the small side (hey, cramped NYC apartment). As a result I find it is awkward for me to sit on with the seat down (the hole is too small), so I sit directly on the bowl and the seat is perpetually left up until someone female visits.
My TP is always "over", although I have no justification for that preference other than that that was the way it always was in my house growing up.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 22, 2013, 05:11:55 PM
Do you want to know why I prefer it to come over the top?
Do you really want to know?
If the paper has some sort of embossed pattern, with it coming over the top, when you fold the paper for use, the protrusions on the embossed patterns stick out, helping with the cleaning when you wipe.
Nothing stops the user from doing that when the paper is under.
With regards to keeping the seat down, even though I live alone, I do it because if I keep the seat up my Lab will drink from the toilet, and get mad when I close it. I normally keep the roll over, but right now it's under. I don't really care one way or the other.
We used to have a cat which couldn't figure out the underhanded roll, so we adapted. The kids both figured it out soon enough.
Quote from: Brandon on June 22, 2013, 09:58:01 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 22, 2013, 05:11:55 PM
Do you want to know why I prefer it to come over the top?
Do you really want to know?
If the paper has some sort of embossed pattern, with it coming over the top, when you fold the paper for use, the protrusions on the embossed patterns stick out, helping with the cleaning when you wipe.
Nothing stops the user from doing that when the paper is under.
I know. I'm still trying to figure that one out. You rip the paper off the roll–whichever way it's hung–then fold it however your heart desires. Personally, I just wad mine up into a ball, so it's a moot point. We hang ours over the roll in our house, but my parents hang theirs under the roll in theirs. Somehow, I've managed to survive the horror.
Then there are those who store the toilet paper vertically, either on a holder designed that way or just set down on the back of the tank, a shelf, or a counter. Again, somehow I've managed to survive in those situations. Maybe I'm just more adaptable than some people...
Quote from: Brandon on June 22, 2013, 05:02:19 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 22, 2013, 10:40:32 AM
There is a positively epic Wikipedia article on this subject (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation). It's serious business! :sombrero:
In other news, do you prefer the toilet set up, down, or put the lid down?
I always close the lid after use, even in other people's homes. Anything else is unsanitary.
I always close the lid, but not because poo flecks might land on my toothbrush or whatever else is considered unsanitary. I'm not a germaphobe. The reason I close it is so things don't fall into the toilet. It's no fun fish a bottle of aftershave out of the toilet bowl, especially if your kid forgot to flush last time he used the john.
Quote from: Duke87 on June 22, 2013, 08:19:51 PM
My toilet is a little on the small side (hey, cramped NYC apartment). As a result I find it is awkward for me to sit on with the seat down (the hole is too small), so I sit directly on the bowl and the seat is perpetually left up until someone female visits.
I nearly always pee sitting down. Less messy that way. But I squat instead of sitting probably every other time I poo. I find that it straightens out the "tubes" better and makes for fewer danglers. I stopped squatting on toilet seats after having broken one or two that way, so now I squat directly on the rim of the bowl.
This thread is rapidly degenerating into a TMI-fest.
Or turning to poo, if you will. :-D
Quote from: hbelkins on June 24, 2013, 01:41:59 PM
This thread is rapidly degenerating into a TMI-fest.
Or turning to poo, if you will. :-D
Time to flush it, perhaps? (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sherv.net%2Fcm%2Femo%2Ffunny%2F1%2Fshit-emoticon.gif&hash=fb8681cfb498d2661d073d9ed59b7037e7c7e183) (http://www.sherv.net/emoticons.html)
Quote from: hbelkins on June 24, 2013, 01:41:59 PM
This thread is rapidly degenerating into a TMI-fest.
I'm sorry but, when you clicked on a thread that said "Pooing is cool" in the topic, what exactly did you expect to find?
Quote from: kphoger on June 24, 2013, 11:04:07 AMBut I squat instead of sitting probably every other time I poo. I find that it straightens out the "tubes" better and makes for fewer danglers. I stopped squatting on toilet seats after having broken one or two that way, so now I squat directly on the rim of the bowl.
Throughout Asia, signs like this are common:
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unless you have one of these it must be hard to balance (and you really don't want to fall off!):
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I agree that squatting is better for pooing. I've also heard it said by someone that their chiropractor recommended squatting (not on the toilet) for 5 minutes a day as something good for the back - something we always used to do, until we started building privies with seats.
Chiropractors are quacks.
Quote from: NE2 on June 24, 2013, 06:30:22 PM
Chiropractors are quacks.
Chiropractorsheep are quackbaas.
Quote from: english si on June 24, 2013, 05:59:49 PM
unless you have one of these it must be hard to balance (and you really don't want to fall off!):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anorak.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FPedestal-squat-toilet.jpg&hash=0f7aa1c73cc9b5825745673ad8d8a1e5c0197379)
Not really. I'm skinny, which helps matters, since I can sit back on my haunches rather easily. I also have a decent sense of balance. Plus, there's usually a counter, rail, or wall within reach to support myself on if need be.
The only real downside (besides leaving shoe prints on the toilet bowl rim) is that the splashes go higher. :bigass:
Quote from: kphoger on June 24, 2013, 11:04:07 AM
I nearly always pee sitting down. Less messy that way.
In Germany it is proper etiquette for men to sit down to pee on non-urinal toilets for exactly the reason you mention. It contains the splashing. My sister observed that the task of cleaning the hall bathroom at my parents' house got a lot easier after I moved out since with no men regularly using it anymore there were no more little yellow splatters all over the place to wipe up.
QuoteBut I squat instead of sitting probably every other time I poo. I find that it straightens out the "tubes" better and makes for fewer danglers.
Yep. Back in the jungle we didn't have toilets to sit on and squatting was the natural way to poo. Our bodies are designed accordingly - things absolutely slide out better when you squat compared to when you sit. However, you can get much of the same effect by leaning forward and, if that's not enough, buy lifting your knees up too.
Quote from: english si on June 24, 2013, 05:59:49 PM
Throughout Asia, signs like this are common:
http://www.vagabondish.com/wp-content/uploads/sign-sitting-toilet-malaysia.jpg (http://www.vagabondish.com/wp-content/uploads/sign-sitting-toilet-malaysia.jpg)
The reason for that is that in much of Asia these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet) are common:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F8%2F87%2FJapaneseSquatToilet.jpg%2F450px-JapaneseSquatToilet.jpg&hash=5dae9fd6fa30f8459bc0906df1fd9f4565a9ebb5)
which are designed to be squatted over, not sat on.
Quote from: Duke87 on June 24, 2013, 10:11:37 PM
you can get much of the same effect by leaning forward and, if that's not enough, buy lifting your knees up too.
And then pulling yourself back up out of the toilet after you've fallen in.
Quote from: Duke87 on June 24, 2013, 10:11:37 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F8%2F87%2FJapaneseSquatToilet.jpg%2F450px-JapaneseSquatToilet.jpg&hash=5dae9fd6fa30f8459bc0906df1fd9f4565a9ebb5)
which are designed to be squatted over, not sat on.
This could also end badly.
–I've fallen and I can't get up! And I'm going to need a LOT of toilet paper!
Quote from: kphoger on June 24, 2013, 10:23:28 PM
This could also end badly.
–I've fallen and I can't get up! And I'm going to need a LOT of toilet paper!
This happens anyway when you have to poo and ralph simultaneously. If you're lucky your toilet is next to the bathtub.
Quote from: Duke87 on June 24, 2013, 10:11:37 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 24, 2013, 11:04:07 AM
I nearly always pee sitting down. Less messy that way.
In Germany it is proper etiquette for men to sit down to pee on non-urinal toilets for exactly the reason you mention. It contains the splashing. My sister observed that the task of cleaning the hall bathroom at my parents' house got a lot easier after I moved out since with no men regularly using it anymore there were no more little yellow splatters all over the place to wipe up.
Of course Germans also build shelves into their toilets to catch the poo for further inspection.
The
German Poo Shelf Toilet, for those who are unfamiliar, is explained below. I have personally only encountered these in Poland, not in Germany itself. I suspect they're remnants of the GDR days and, like separate cold and hot water sink faucets, are both less common in western Germany and also seeing more modern upgrades in eastern Germany. I had no problem using GPSTs during my time there, but they do make for a more pronounced odor until you flush.
Quote from: Banterist.com
Next to the infamous Squat-hole toilets of Asia and southern France, the German Poo-Shelf Toilet is undoubtedly one of the least pleasant methods of waste removal - assuming you're like most folks and don't feel the need to get to know your waste. It finds itself here in western Poland because this region was once part of Germany until the Germans got all riled up and tried to take over the world. They're better now, but the legacy of their doody-tech remains.
The Poo-Shelf comes from a period in German history when Germans were less interested in world domination and apparently more interested in spending quality time with their feces. That, or they were prone to accidentally eating their wedding rings and needed a toilet that allowed them to conveniently rummage through their dung before dispatching it to the abyss. Those must have been fascinating times and I'm quite glad I wasn't born in them.
I don't know how many such devices are in existence. Perhaps they're quite rare and I was simply lucky to stumble upon such a specimen. All I know is that upon encountering the German Poo-Shelf Toilet, one is forced to solemnly contemplate the reason such a horrible mechanism exists, and what demon designed such a thing.
Rather than whisking your waste away, the GPST simply lets it sit there, mere centimeters from your rump, so that you might think about the brief time you had together. When you're done reminiscing - or when the odor of a pile of poop begins to negatively affect the ambiance of your bathroom - you simply pull up on the flushing mechanism to send your creation on to the Great Beyond. However, if the flushing mechanism doesn't work - well, you're on your own with a shelf full of poo and a toilet designed so as to render the plunger useless. Good luck and God bless.
It should also be noted that any gentleman who chooses to stand up and use the German Poo-Shelf Toilet for the purpose of bladder-emptying can be expected to enjoy as much splash-back as one might get from say, peeing on a coffee table. The toilet, in all aspects aside from cigarette butt and chewing gum disposal, is utterly useless.
Those who believe in intelligent life in outer space often say that any culture advanced enough to achieve space travel would probably not make themselves known to us until we too have reached a certain level of civilization. I take that to mean the elimination of war, and every German Poo Shelf toilet currently in existence. Although stopping warfare is a tall order at the moment, I encourage every able-bodied soul to grab a sledgehammer, get to Germany, and start swinging.
Quote from: Darkcreek.com
This is a horrid toilet bowl design, found in older buildings in Germany. There is a dry flat shelf right underneath one's posterior, upon which poop falls. It just sits there, for the entire performance, smelling up the joint. Several flushings are required to wash everything down the drain, and it leaves a skid mark as a present for the next person. Males who use these toilets to urinate tend to spray everywhere.
WHY? Why would anyone design something so evil? Perhaps it was for health or scientific reasons - so that people could inspect what came out of them & identify any problems. Or, maybe it was to conserve water - no bowl to fill, less water wasted? Or, maybe nobody in Germany knew how to build a toilet except sick, sick, twisted Nazi Fecalpheliacs. Or perhaps it's a joke they play on the tourists. A national joke. That's gotta be it!
Quote from: Jens R., in response to the above (Darkcreek.com)
"There are two basic designs in Germany. The first is called the "Tiefspueler" . An image of a Tiefspueler toilet bowl is here: http://calfarme.biz/downloads/bioflush.JPG The second is the Flachspueler – what you called a poo shelf. The Tiefspueler has the problem that because of the greater distance between the user's behind and the water level (of the water inside the bowl), there is the significant risk of water splashing up as the excrement falls into the bowl – wetting the occupant's posterior, which, I assure you, is *gross*.The Flachspueler solves this problem by having what you called a "shelf" , where the poo comes to rest until it is flushed. There is a small and shallow puddle of water on the "shelf" (if there isn't one then the toilet is either defective or a misdesigned copycat Flachspueler not made in Germany and made by manufacturers who don't understand the entire concept of the thing). The puddle is there to prevent the poo from sticking to the shelf and from leaving the skid marks you mentioned. The distance between the water level of the puddle and the user's bottom is much less than with the Tiefspueler and there also is much less water that the poo drops into. This avoids water splashing up and wetting the user's bum, but at the cost of potentially stinking up the place. That's why a lot of Germans have Klosteine (look it up) in their loo, or ventilators or both.
The Flachspueler is also more suitable for hospitals where the stool may need to be visually inspected (no kidding, I'm a qualified [male] nurse) or where stool samples may need to be taken. But both German designs allow workarounds to their respective shortcomings:
Tiefspueler users can put a bit of toilet paper into the bowl before sitting down, so the water won't splash as much when the stool drops into it, and Flachspueler users may flush several times, to remove poop as soon as it is deposited, so stinking up the place can be avoided." Thanks Jens!!
Yeah, I'd feel uncomfortable using a squat toilet.
Re: Wikipedia article about TP orientation... We see where that site's focus is.
Quote from: kphoger on June 24, 2013, 10:23:28 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 24, 2013, 10:11:37 PM
you can get much of the same effect by leaning forward and, if that's not enough, buy lifting your knees up too.
And then pulling yourself back up out of the toilet after you've fallen in.
What kind of huge-mouthed toilet do you have that it is possible for an adult to fall in? :hmmm:
What kind of fat ass do you have that it is not possible to fall in? :bigass:
Way more information than I needed.
HB, you and I have a point of agreement. And I can't justify it, other than the fact that my wife hangs it the other way. We don't have a cat.
Quote from: Duke87 on June 25, 2013, 09:21:25 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 24, 2013, 10:23:28 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 24, 2013, 10:11:37 PM
you can get much of the same effect by leaning forward and, if that's not enough, buy lifting your knees up too.
And then pulling yourself back up out of the toilet after you've fallen in.
What kind of huge-mouthed toilet do you have that it is possible for an adult to fall in? :hmmm:
I wear a 30-inch waist, and I need a belt to keep them up. Leaning forward and lifting my knees, I become the perfect shape to slip right in there.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2Fpoo_zps13771a28.png&hash=c7351095fcfa94399c6fd6284f42a17013089116)
Okay, you're small. Still, while I could totally see someone with a 30 inch waist falling in attempting to squat over a bare bowl, is that really possible with the seat down?
Returning to the original topic of iPads in the bathroom, I just received a survey from Food & Wine magazine asking about whether I read their digital edition. I told them one reason I prefer the print edition is that I do most of my magazine reading while sitting on the toilet and I prefer to handle a paper magazine instead of an iPad screen when I'm doing that.
As far as falling into the toilet goes, in our powder room we have a framed poster from Michie Tavern in Charlottesville showing "The Necessary" (an outbuilding containing a four-holer toilet facility with a rope overhead) with the following text: "Notice Ye All: If ye bottom falls through ye seat, do not call the proprietor. Use ye rope to pull ye out."
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 27, 2013, 03:06:54 PM
Returning to the original topic of iPads in the bathroom,
Quote from: Duke87 on June 26, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
Okay, you're small. Still, while I could totally see someone with a 30 inch waist falling in attempting to squat over a bare bowl, is that really possible with the seat down?
Maybe, maybe not, but it's more likely by assuming the position you describe.
Well, OK, I suppose, my way, there's the possiblity of your foot slipping and ending up covered in water and poo.
Which is more likely? Let's get a scientific study going. We need volunteers.
Quote from: kphoger on June 29, 2013, 02:10:57 PM
Which is more likely? Let's get a scientific study going. We need volunteers.
If "viatology" is the scientific study of roads, what would one call the scientific study of bowel movements?
I know ... "viatology." :bigass:
I sure to God hope there's a poo-ing forum out there that has random off-topic discussions about highway signs.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on June 30, 2013, 11:45:32 AM
I sure to God hope there's a poo-ing forum out there that has random off-topic discussions about highway signs.
It's got to be a rather shitty topic. :-P
Quote from: jeffandnicole on June 30, 2013, 11:45:32 AM
I sure to God hope there's a poo-ing forum out there that has random off-topic discussions about highway signs.
http://www.poopreport.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10422&p=161141#p161141
Quote from: NE2 on June 30, 2013, 07:41:26 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on June 30, 2013, 11:45:32 AM
I sure to God hope there's a poo-ing forum out there that has random off-topic discussions about highway signs.
http://www.poopreport.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10422&p=161141#p161141
Ho-ly-poo.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 29, 2013, 05:51:14 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 29, 2013, 02:10:57 PM
Which is more likely? Let's get a scientific study going. We need volunteers.
If "viatology" is the scientific study of roads, what would one call the scientific study of bowel movements?
I know ... "viatology." :bigass:
"Scatology" is a thing.
Quote from: kphoger on June 25, 2013, 10:01:35 AMThe German Poo Shelf Toilet, for those who are unfamiliar, is explained below. I have personally only encountered these in Poland, not in Germany itself. I suspect they're remnants of the GDR days and, like separate cold and hot water sink faucets, are both less common in western Germany and also seeing more modern upgrades in eastern Germany. I had no problem using GPSTs during my time there, but they do make for a more pronounced odor until you flush.
The washout toilet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washout_toilet)--which is the name in English for the
Flachspüler or
Hochspüler--is not anything to do with East Germany specifically. The one example of it I have seen is in a private house built in the 1950's in Bruchsal (near Karlsruhe in far western Germany) by the parents of a distant cousin-in-law. My experience of toilets in the former DDR is admittedly limited to Berlin and Dresden, but all the toilets I saw in those places had the conventional bowl profile.
In the US, toilet bowls tend to be very shallow with a large-diameter pool of water. In Britain, toilet bowls tend to be very deep with a small-diameter pool of water just above the spout. I don't recall that the British design is better than the American one in terms of backsplash, but it does get the coproliths into a small package that flushes readily at the cost of making it somewhat more difficult to assess their quantity and consistency. Most continental European toilet designs I have seen (as far north as Sweden and as far south as Spain, Italy, and Greece) represent a compromise between these two extremes.
I am personally not a fan of squatting on the bowl rim since this means putting one's feet in urine splash. It is also difficult to impossible to do on toilets whose bowl rims are rounded (very common in public bathrooms) or narrow (another feature of British toilet design). It is possible to get a lot of the benefit just from squatting with feet on the floor.
Quote from: J N Winkler on July 01, 2013, 09:21:22 PMcoproliths
leave it to JNW to come up with a scientific synonym for "turd".
Quote from: J N Winkler on July 01, 2013, 09:21:22 PMat the cost of making it somewhat more difficult to assess their quantity and consistency.
"I know what you're thinking. did he fire six shits? or only five?"
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 09:28:47 PM
Quote from: J N Winkler on July 01, 2013, 09:21:22 PMcoproliths
leave it to JNW to come up with a scientific synonym for "turd".
Well, yeah, but then he went and ruined it by using "urine splash". :)
Quote from: J N Winkler on July 01, 2013, 09:21:22 PM
The washout toilet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washout_toilet)--which is the name in English for the Flachspüler or Hochspüler--is not anything to do with East Germany specifically. The one example of it I have seen is in a private house built in the 1950's in Bruchsal (near Karlsruhe in far western Germany) by the parents of a distant cousin-in-law. My experience of toilets in the former DDR is admittedly limited to Berlin and Dresden, but all the toilets I saw in those places had the conventional bowl profile.
My pooing experience in the former East Germany is also quite limited. In fact, I really only recall using one toilet there; there may have been more, I don't know. At any rate, I've still seen more of them outside Germany than in Germany.
http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/tulsa-man-inside-white-water-park-toilet-arrested-as-peeping-tom
By the way, who doesn't think pooing is cool?
Quote from: kphoger on July 08, 2013, 04:02:23 PM
By the way, who doesn't think pooing is cool?
The great Alan does and doesn't.
Quote from: kphoger on July 08, 2013, 04:02:23 PM
By the way, who doesn't think pooing is cool?
I don't. It's a necessary bodily function; no more, no less. Is peeing cool too?
And in my world, it thunders. The sky never cracks a roo.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 08, 2013, 10:47:21 PM
Quote from: kphoger on July 08, 2013, 04:02:23 PM
By the way, who doesn't think pooing is cool?
I don't. It's a necessary bodily function; no more, no less. Is peeing cool too?
There is no greater feeling than peeing outside in the crisp morning air.
Quote from: Duke87 on June 24, 2013, 10:11:37 PMQuote from: kphoger on June 24, 2013, 11:04:07 AMBut I squat instead of sitting probably every other time I poo. I find that it straightens out the "tubes" better and makes for fewer danglers.
Yep. Back in the jungle we didn't have toilets to sit on and squatting was the natural way to poo. Our bodies are designed accordingly - things absolutely slide out better when you squat compared to when you sit. However, you can get much of the same effect by leaning forward and, if that's not enough, by lifting your knees up too.
My take on the "sitting versus squatting" debate: it is not slam-dunk in favor of squatting. It may straighten out the rectum and part of the descending colon, but it can also result in a much faster defecation, with far more intense muscle contraction, a more rapid increase in blood pressure to a higher level, and (paradoxically, given the claimed benefits of squatting) an enhanced likelihood of tenesmus.
I think diet is more of a factor than is perhaps appreciated by the health journalists who advocate squatting. A person with a bad diet (lots of refined foods that produce dense stools) is probably better off squatting, while a person with a diet heavy in fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain cereals (very rich in soluble and insoluble fiber, which promote large and not very dense stools) is more comfortable in the sitting position and more likely to rise from the toilet with a feeling of full evacuation.
We actually wrote three pages on this topic, huh?
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 11, 2013, 06:18:02 AM
We actually wrote three pages on this topic, huh?
We have a long way to go. Check out this legendary 42-page thread from another forum:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375921
http://www.newson6.com/story/22786745/witness-describes-arrest-of-keystone-lake-potty-peeper
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 11, 2013, 07:51:25 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 11, 2013, 06:18:02 AM
We actually wrote three pages on this topic, huh?
We have a long way to go. Check out this legendary 42-page thread from another forum:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375921
Wow! There are
so many great quotes just from the first page of that thread!
Quote from: STEALTH-WRXso how do you apply it. put some dust in your hand and then pat your nuts?
Quote from: JGardwhen I apply...
heh, don't picture this!
I lay on my back, get all spread eagle style, and spray, pour, shake, whatever, the powder there....then gently pat into place
Quote from: pink-iWhat if it gets in your pee-hole?
Quote from: Neek
Quote from: Rebelious Youth
SWEET! I'm going to buy the blue bottle tonight. No more of that wimpy yellow bottle stuff.
Don't do it...step up to the green and stay there. Yellow is for pussies, and Blue is just plain nuclear nut-melting toxic junk-burner.
And, from Page 2:
Quote from: kenshiro
Quote from: Remy E. LeBeau
Has anyone taste tested it to make sure a chick can teabag ya without getting ill? I think these are things we should discuss....
Dude I was thinking the exact same thing, but I didn't say it cuz I didn't want to sound like a pervert.
So, yeah, we have a long way to go.
Pooing is scientific: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/18/1180961/-Taking-the-Piss-Out-of-You