The first time the gentle stream of warm water hits your derrière, it’s quite startling. By the second time the water hits its mark, you’re a convert. Why on earth would you use your hand and paper, when a machine can pleasantly and perfectly wash your bum? These exquisite toilets are everywhere in Japan and yet can barely be found in the United States.
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Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
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Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
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Re: Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
I always think of the Japanese toilet in 'The Simpsons'. The one that announces, pleasantly, "I am honored to receive your waste."
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Re: Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
Stopped using toilet paper 3 months ago and haven't looked back. :-) Now cleansing like the other half of the world. One less expense to worry about. This process would certainly be easier if the water shot out of the toilet though.
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Re: Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
You could rig up a pressurized valve onto the toilet water before you go two-zies in it and it would sit there pressurized until you release the pressure valve and it shoot ups at your bottom. Just drill a hole in your toilet bowl and turn it somehow into a valve that only would accept clean water. I would have to think more on this and now I'm in ponder-mode.doodle wrote: Stopped using toilet paper 3 months ago and haven't looked back. :-) Now cleansing like the other half of the world. One less expense to worry about. This process would certainly be easier if the water shot out of the toilet though.
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Re: Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?
...So... Don't you have to wipe your butt to dry it after you hose it off? I feel like any stream of liquid strong enough to clean away "the remnant" would also deflect all over the place. Do people sort of just pull their pants up over a wet butt? Doesn't adding water spread bacteria...?