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johnslat



Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dear Vertical,

"BRING YOUR OWN TOILET PAPER"

What?? You mean they've stopped stocking toilet paper in every supermarket and corner store?

Regards,
John
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Vertical



Joined: 10 Oct 2010
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Location: Saudi Arabia
PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Johnslat,

the corner cafe does stock packs of 10 rolls. But when you arrive at 4am, they're not open yet.
My point though, is that there is a distinct absence of toilet paper in the toilets wherever you go here.
Strange thing though Confused , every toilet has a shower and some even have a whole bath. (Even my flat doesn't have a bath! Mad )
Don't tell me what that shower is for!! I think I'd rather remain ignorant for fear of the picture an explanation might conjure up. Shocked

Vert
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scot47



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Most of the world lives without toilet paper. That is why running water is provided in toilets in KSA. It is for washing your ****** after you have a *****.

In other words, it is for cleansing the rectum after a bowel movement.
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Bebsi



Joined: 07 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, for the hell of it, I will tell you anyway what that shower thingie is for:

It's for washing the seat of all the semi-dried-up, sticky pee that will have accumulated there. It's also for washing the dried up pieces of toilet paper that have clung to the inside of the bowl.

Oh, someone said it was originally designed for cleansing the anal region, as Scot has pointed out. The problem I've always had is this: when your trousers are around your ankles (and you're already struggling to keep them off the wet floor), it becomes logistically challenging trying to aim and spray at the intended area, without wetting and/or soiling one's legs or one's garments, and then trying to dry off afterwards.

I can be more graphic if you wish Laughing
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed



Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I installed one in my 'merican vacation home and now I rock-n-roll all day and night long! Laughing

Since I don't perform ablutions in the "hurt locker", I have NO tactical problems...

NCTBA
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trapezius



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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it becomes logistically challenging trying to aim and spray at the intended area, without wetting and/or soiling one's legs or one's garments, and then trying to dry off afterwards.


Are you serious? Are you lacking even that much motor control and body awareness? I mean, there is adjustable pressure, the thing can be aimed anywhere easily, and can be maneuvered easily as well, and you are still having trouble? Drying off? That's what toilet paper is for, and if there is no toilet paper there, you take tissues (or paper towels from the sink area) with you.

I can't live without one....

Here is the most ironic thing in the world: 99% of them are made in the following countries (it always say on the opposite end of the nozzle area): Finland, Sweden, Italy, USA. So... what do they make them in those countries for? Confused. I wonder if they are specifically manufactured for the Muslim world (profits are profits), or if they actually are used in the countries of manufacture for other purposes?
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veiledsentiments



Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you talking about the sprayer itself? We use them in kitchen sinks in the US.

VS
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
When I 'splained what we were going to use the parts for to the lady at Lowe's...can you imagine the look that she had on her face? Laughing

NCTBA
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veiledsentiments



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Most American think a bidet is for washing your feet. Cool Sigh...

But just to show that we are not the only ones, a Canadian woman teacher thought it was a urinal... Cool

VS
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johnslat



Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dear NCTBA,

"When I 'splained what we were going to use the parts for to the lady at Lowe's...can you imagine the look that she had on her face?"

Oh my - that was a Lowe's blow.

Regards,
John
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