I remember we saw them once in northern Italy at a public toilets ground. I didn’t know they were called squat toilets or nile pans then. I just remember being surprised to see them in Europe as I always thought they were an Asian thing. In most public toilets now in Kuwait there are regular Western style sit down toilets and there are also the squat hole in the ground type.
In Kuwait it is called “adab Arabi” but obviously it is not solely used by Arabs as many Asian countries do too and it is the preferred more sanitary method.
Now the squat toilet has been introduced in a public shopping centre in the U.K
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Speaking from personal experience, squat toilets are very difficult
1) In heels
2) If you are drunk
3) Tight jeans
4) All of the above.
Maybe it would be okay if they had some kind of support structure like steel bars or something you could swing from…
lol most importantly, given the challenging nature, how to cope with such situations? am always intrigued about such things. am like a child in these things.
i’ve seen girls with 1), 2) squatting outdoors to do their toilet. they seem to manage somehow.
lol @ support structure
well one thing for sure, squatting would give you thighs of steel and flexibility
sit your shit ,
shit is shit isn’t ?
@Fons
sure but as snr says it is always intriguing to delve into such subjects
oh my gAaaaaaad, my water bottle techniques will be uncovered
why are you worried about it being uncovered? share it with the world
They are impossible in pantyhose! We had to stop at a state run rest stop once way out in the middle of nowhere and they had these. I ended up having to strip shoes and hose off to use. I just couldn’t manage and be sure I would not hit the hose.
@ Christina
omg what a vision I had!!
Squat toilets are made for women who wear dresses and nothing underneath so they can be lifted up during the deed
How can they be more sanitary?
Stuff splatters everywhere!
Yuck.
If I absolutely have to, I use them.
Why the UK would introduce them is slightly beyond me though
Older people and people with knee problems will have problems using them.
*shakes head*
while searching for photos on the Internet, I found some pretty clean looking squat toilets which was surprising as the ones I have seen traditionally are quite horrific looking and of course there is the splattering and the stench
but it is more sanitary I suppose than sitting on a public toilet which one should not do anyway
I never sit on the toilets, but at least they don’t splatter, bbbrrr…
I’ve seen clean ones in Korea, but also a good share of horrific ones.
Just found one from Korea (incl the high heel part, sort of
):
http://nicoleb.org/b2/index.php/i-have-to-or-maybe-not
And a nasty example from Ahmadi, Kuwait:
http://nicoleb.org/b2/index.php/the-other-day-at-the-police-station
I spare you the one with the dump still in it,…
thanks for the photos
some people have probably never seen one
and those legs! Nice pedicure
LOL – thanks
Nice shoes, nice blue metallic nail polish !
funny in-between-sight.
But that baby-bath in the middle ?
I did 1 & 2 in Korea
Am guessing you are referring to Desert Girl’s list above?
Yepp
Gross! I would hold it forever before I went in one of those. I tried in Spain and it wasn’t pretty. @ DG – heehee
If you’ve got to go, you will go anywhere
I notice no men have added their two fils (cents/pennies) and that makes me wonder (except for SNR who enjoys this topic immensely and Fons who has a philosophical outlook on such matters)
Thought you have a fuggy day in London Town, that’s why I relax on the subject. I,m coming, look out, Splash SPLASH !
May be we are different in our belief systems but in metabolism we are united. Hurray Hurray !
Sometimes when I do my shopping in the supermarket and look around, I wonder if people see what I see. ?
Most of the products are food products and we all going to change it in shit.
Look that lovely lady in that seductive dress, this day she eat out her shopping cart and then the intestines, viscera take over the work, tomorrow she’s busy to press it out.
All this colourful funny packed products in this fresh supermarket we are going to change in … well , you know.
Old young fat skinny, all together.
From my Morocco visit (one month) I remember the first times as not easy but once used to , ah . . .
And now, well a regular bowel movement each morning for showering so it is a combination, sit the shit and use the shower to clean.
Hallelujah anyway !
http://www.google.nl/images?hl=nl&q=mouth%20shaped%20toilets&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Nothing special, Cheer up the possibilities …
there is more than sit or squat.
What an interesting way of looking at food….and imagine what would happen to food businesses if everyone thought of the same thing
Let us pray for it !
what are you inferring here my dear
?
nothing
I think it is a learned process. You can’t get it right on the first try and never try it as a newcomer to the process wearing white tennis shoes. Yes, there is splatter unless you are able to successfully hit the hole (and there is nothing in there). If you’ve ever witnessed little boys trying to perfect their aim at the toilet, it is the same process. You have to learn to shoot, aim, and hit the target.
Jewaira – you reminded me of women wearing skirts w/o underwear: When I went to Iraq, women walked through the desert and I couldnt figure out how/where they went to the bathroom until I saw one squat in a long dress – in an open area – miles from anyone/thing. Aha moment….
I guess in some places (UK maybe?) squat toilets might not work as well with hose, Spanx, La Perla…. all the added equipment. Spanx and a squat toilet might be like firing a slingshot (at least in my case). Oh, not pretty.
@ DG
The phrase “going commando” is applicable here…and what freedom too
and learned process it is….
I remember once a work colleague lost her Cartier ring down the “adab” as she washed. I wonder how many other treasures have sunken to the depths of the Kuwaiti sewage system?
Physiologically speaking, squat toilets are best suited for emptying of bowels and ablutions. Interestingly enough, sanitary designers and architects have put their heads together so that we can now go native (squat) on a Western.
Personally, though, I prefer my Toto to one of ‘em fusion toilets.
@ Ablution Central
I assume you’re referring to this
http://naturesplatform.com/
What if someone with underdeveloped thigh muscles toppled over? What a mess
I can’t stand the smell in Squat toilets.
How are you, lady J
Am doing fine
Enjoying time off with family
I honestly find it nasty! I hate them! I think it should all be toilets! I don’t think I have the balance to remain squatting! loool
best poll of the year :p