Squat Toilets gotta love em(not)

[TingTongJohn]

You want to know how good the staff is at room cleaning at your resort or hotel check the sprayer by the toilet(It may gross you out) Then again maybe its best not to check So in ending the 2 dirtiest things in your room will be the remote and the opps there is no more T.P have to use the hose system.

[traveller2]

[quote="margaretcarnes"][quote="Takiap"][quote="Frank Hovis"]



And Franks' comment about slippery floors also puzzles me because those grooved bits on either side of the squattie pan are there for placing the feet in the least slippery place.
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Grooves can be slippery when wet too, hence my misadventure (maybe there was more than just water on them, but I didnt do a close inspection).

[Takiap]

You want to know how good the staff is at room cleaning at your resort or hotel check the sprayer by the toilet(It may gross you out).

I take it you don't live here? I can assure, no matter how fussy you are with cleaning, the nozzles on sprayers always end up looking stained and/or discolored. This is not dirt from the last person't ass, but instead, it's the mineral content in the water, such as calcium for example.


Now think about it...........Thais prefer squat toilets since they don't need to make any physical contact with a toilet seat on which some stranger has just sat, so again, can you honestly see them inserting a sprayer in one of their private enclaves?

Admittedly, toilet hygiene in Thailand leaves a lot to be desired, but I have been informed that it's a million times better than in many other countries. I sure hope I never have the pleasure of visiting such places............

[pharvey]

Get some practice in at home with the "Sandun-Evaco Toilet Converter"

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[TingTongJohn]

You want to know how good the staff is at room cleaning at your resort or hotel check the sprayer by the toilet(It may gross you out).

I take it you don't live here? I can assure, no matter how fussy you are with cleaning, the nozzles on sprayers always end up looking stained and/or discolored. This is not dirt from the last person't ass, but instead, it's the mineral content in the water, such as calcium for example.


Now think about it...........Thais prefer squat toilets since they don't need to make any physical contact with a toilet seat on which some stranger has just sat, so again, can you honestly see them inserting a sprayer in one of their private enclaves?

Admittedly, toilet hygiene in Thailand leaves a lot to be desired, but I have been informed that it's a million times better than in many other countries. I sure hope I never have the pleasure of visiting such places............

I do live there part time and if it is only discolored thats cool and its not dirt I have seen..Wait back that up o.k I hope its only dirt..I do not disagree in the least but I have also seen some that what is on them there is dirt(sawasdee khrap) but with a good wash of boiled water from the coffee system I am happy. I do not dip the nozzle in the urn I pour the water on it and wipe o.k just so some will not worry.

As I work for the airlines I should tell you all of the stories I have heard of the number of toilet seat broken in the lavs( at a cost of like 150 $ each time) as the asian clan used to squat toilets stand on the toilet in the aircraft breaking the seat on over seas flights. But I am impressed by the fact they stand on a toilet in flight and still have good aim by the way with all the bumps and turbulence(I hope).

[dtaai-maai]

I used to work at the port of Dover. I was once approached by a very large Nigerian gentleman in full "I am a prince in my country" regalia, who asked me, very politely, "Excuse me, sah. Where is the bathroom? I need to wash my membah."

[TingTongJohn]

I used to work at the port of Dover. I was once approached by a very large Nigerian gentleman in full "I am a prince in my country" regalia, who asked me, very politely, "Excuse me, sah. Where is the bathroom? I need to wash my membah."

Well as a gentleman and you were talking to a prince you should have offered to help as he is royalty.

[bill]

i arrived in thailand to work in 2000. i was appalled when i soon discovered hole in the ground toilets. they were everywhere and often you could not find a western shitter anywhere. my mission was to never use a hole in the ground. so it became a habit for me that wherever i went in thailand my primary goal ,before all others, was to find the location of real toilets. i refused to go to wife's house in suritanni because they had no proper facilites and there was nowhere around with one. i would stay in a hotel. upon one arrival the entire clan dragged me into the shower room and proudly showed me a newly installed throne. i stayed and used it , dispite water all over it all day long. eventually i had to buy toilet paper and hang a curtain around it but i could now stay with family and shit in comfort. oddly the entire clan soon became lovers of my hearts disire and lines became common waiting for the shitter. a couple of american friends said that not crapping in the hole in 3 years was my greatest accomplishment in thailand. maybe they were right.

[dtaai-maai]

a couple of american friends said that not crapping in the hole in 3 years was my greatest accomplishment in thailand. maybe they were right.

EDIT: Thinking about it, I haven't crapped in the hole once in 8 years...
I've tried a few times, though not lately, but never managed to persuade my body that this was a perfectly normal position for such a function, and once in Khon Kaen province went 4 days before I had to give up and urgently find a decent hotel.

[hhfarang]

^ same same!

[TingTongJohn]

In that final moment where push comes to shove just treat your squat as a sitdown..the perks are with your cheeks firmly planted on the non slip foot tread is as follows..No way to miss but may have issue on splash back..But do not ponder the past guests of said toilet accomadation or the facts that they may have missed the mark or such..Sigh and become one with the Porcelain for in slowing of time as you seek understanding all is perfect till reality comes to light..Spoken with knowledge that this has been attempted.

[Frank Hovis]

In that final moment where push comes to shove

If push comes to shove then you've clearly not been eating enough som-tam! There should be no need for pushing or shoving, in fact holding it back should be the challenge !

[wpcoe]

Now this may knock down the smugness of the bum gun brigade (and probably gross everybody out), but a friend "in the business" told me that bar girls and boys will use the bum gun as a makeshift enema if they anticipate anal sex: they actually insert the nozzle head up the toward the sphincter and use low pressure.

Of course, in my sick little mind, I asked what about the girls using it as a douche, and there was an eye roll as if to say, "of course, your moron!"

Think about *that* the next time you use a bum gun in, say, a hotel room...

Not sure if serious.

100% serious. The first time I heard it was my "paid partner for the evening" explaining that anal sex was off the menu for the evening. I had a fancy-schmancy bum shower attachement with a shower head too big to insert. Honest injun.

My guess is, your friend is talking crap. In fact, I know he is since the Thais are far too concerned with personal hygiene to stick a public bum spray into a place where the sun don't shine. You'll hear plenty of equally absurd tales the longer you stay here.

"Talking crap," huh? Well, perhaps more literally than perhaps you meant. The "public" bum spray was the one in my well-sanitized (I hope) bathroom. After the above-mentioned scenario, I talked to some folks in the trade (male and female) and they confirmed the ablution process. Believe it or not -- AYOR -- just be aware of the sanitary consequences for the bum spray nozzle.

[TingTongJohn]

Now this may knock down the smugness of the bum gun brigade (and probably gross everybody out), but a friend "in the business" told me that bar girls and boys will use the bum gun as a makeshift enema if they anticipate anal sex: they actually insert the nozzle head up the toward the sphincter and use low pressure.

Of course, in my sick little mind, I asked what about the girls using it as a douche, and there was an eye roll as if to say, "of course, your moron!"

Think about *that* the next time you use a bum gun in, say, a hotel room...

Not sure if serious.

100% serious. The first time I heard it was my "paid partner for the evening" explaining that anal sex was off the menu for the evening. I had a fancy-schmancy bum shower attachement with a shower head too big to insert. Honest injun.

My guess is, your friend is talking crap. In fact, I know he is since the Thais are far too concerned with personal hygiene to stick a public bum spray into a place where the sun don't shine. You'll hear plenty of equally absurd tales the longer you stay here.

"Talking crap," huh? Well, perhaps more literally than perhaps you meant. The "public" bum spray was the one in my well-sanitized (I hope) bathroom. After the above-mentioned scenario, I talked to some folks in the trade (male and female) and they confirmed the ablution process. Believe it or not -- AYOR -- just be aware of the sanitary consequences for the bum spray nozzle.

Well thats the last time I use the sprayer to brush my teeth

[STEVE G]

For anyone who has to stay upcountry and can't manage a squat toilet, at a plumbing supplier in Buriram I came across a sort of toilet seat on legs stool thing for sale that would do the trick. I think it was actually designed for the elderly or infirmed who might be unable to use a squat.