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Thread ID: 111997	2010-08-19 17:02:00	Using A Tamil Nadu	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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1129607	2010-08-22 10:35:00	Well, I have a comment. Try doing that on a train rocking and rolling through China... It is not pretty. Been there, done that. :xmouth: You could watch the rail tracks flying past down the hole ... the main trick was not to, a) not pee in your shoes and, b) have things fall out of your pocket and down the hole. That toilet in the video was like a first class loo compared to some I've used on my travels through Asia. I mean it actually had a door!!! Not all do. I went into one public loo and was greeted with the sight of this elderly woman's naked rear end. In this loo you just squatted over an open trench (feet either side) that ran through the room. No doors. The guys definitely had it easier. Other loos I've used in hotels had the squat hole in the middle of the bathroom (nothing to use for balance) and it also served as the shower drain hole. Bags not go looking for the soap if you drop it!!	Jen (38)
1129608	2010-08-22 10:44:00	I thought if done correctly your bum does not get wet? Um, how does that work? I thought you were supposed to wash your bum using your left hand and water from the dipper? If so, how can your bum not get wet?	John H (8)
1129609	2010-08-22 10:50:00	Been there, done that. :xmouth: You could watch the rail tracks flying past down the hole ... etc I grant you that us males have it easier except for once a day if you are regular; then we are all equal. However, as well as trying not to pee in my shoes (urk), I encountered another problem. I never worked out how to keep downed trousers out of the (ahem) fluids on the floor of a Chinese toilet. Shorts were fine, but how do you do the squat and manage long pants at the same time... I once saw an advantage to being a woman in terms of toileting - a documentary set in a high valley in Pakistan, hosted by Virginia McKenna. No trees around, or decent sized rocks to go behind, and lots of curious Pakistani men. She wore a full length skirt, and used that as a modesty screen. Just squat in the river bed, spread the skirt out wide, and there you go.	John H (8)
1129610	2010-08-22 10:50:00	Dunno was just trying to sound smart by copying what the youtube comments say :lol:	--Wolf-- (128)
1129611	2010-08-22 10:55:00	I never worked out how to keep downed trousers out of the (ahem) fluids on the floor of a Chinese toilet. Shorts were fine, but how do you do the squat and manage long pants at the same time...I had these 3/4 length pants that had elastic pull ties on the hem. Pull the legs up and then tighten the elastic to keep them up. :thumbs: Just been digging through my photo archives and found these two pictures from my trip around Vietnam and Southern China. One is of the toilet on a boat and the other in a home stay in a traditional Dong Village.	Jen (38)
1129612	2010-08-22 11:04:00	I had these 3/4 length pants that had elastic pull ties on the hem. Pull the legs up and then tighten the elastic to keep them up. :thumbs: Just been digging through my photo archives and found these two pictures from my trip around Vietnam and Southern China. One is of the toilet on a boat and the other in a home stay in a traditional Dong Village. Hygienic looking eh? I must remember the trick of elastic pull ties! Somehow though at 65, I can't see myself wearing them - hmm, maybe I could take garters with me! My older daughter has travelled to heaps of places, and poo'd her way through Africa without benefit of facilities. She came home after some years of this and stayed with her grandmother. In the morning GMa asked her (at 25 years of age...) if she has moved her bowels today... I gather GMa received a wee lesson in the realities of life...	John H (8)
1129613	2010-08-22 17:13:00	Looks like I opened a real 'stinker' here . Glad to see, however, that upper-management is even commenting . Thank-you, "J" - you know who you are! But - and I gotta ever-so-gently ask this - what type of 'facilities' do youse guys have in Upsidedown Land? Because: If some vestige of health returns (or even ceases dwindling quite as fast as currently), there may be a trip to Sheepland in my near future if the 'facilities' are something I can recognize and even use before I would have to take a plane ride back here for a 'movement' on familiar turf . This reminds me of the skit where Richard Pryor (he had his own TV show for a while - Really! He did!) went into the head in the Star Wars Bar scene (excised from the actual released movie, of course!) and you shouldda seen all the weird urinals in the Men's Room - fixtures with sucking devices and large invasive porcelain contraptions on hinges and swing-away arms with fluid receptacles for the other life forms . I can't find that full vid, but here's the first part of that scene:: . youtube . com/watch?v=0kJkhEcQ44k" target="_blank">www . youtube . com Personally, I like my own personal, private "toilee" and wonder if it'll fit in the overhead compartment on the plane?	SurferJoe46 (51)
1129614	2010-08-22 20:23:00	One is of the toilet on a boat and the other in a home stay in a traditional Dong Village. That first one looks disgusting. I don't like the idea of the hand washing - soap afterwards or not - how many other people washed their pooey hands with that soap? Ick.	pctek (84)
1129615	2010-08-22 21:27:00	But - and I gotta ever-so-gently ask this - what type of 'facilities' do youse guys have in Upsidedown Land? Well, much like you'd expect, but with a low water level, not the swimming pool style of toilet that I understand exists in the USA . Worth noting, if you ever get here, that if you ask for 'the bathroom' you'll probably be directed to a room that does not contain a toilet . Surprisingly, this room will contain a bath, a shower and a basin . If you need a toilet, ask for a toilet!	Paul.Cov (425)
1129616	2010-08-22 22:04:00	Imagine if you had a case of explosive diarrhea LOL Which wouldnt be hard eating the local cuisine	Gobe1 (6290)
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