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kermo

Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: I finally understand xxx... but I still don't get yyy... |
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I've been here a couple years, and last week a light went on in my head about those bumps on sidewalks and in subway tunnels. They're for the blind! They warn people about upcoming intersections and lead to bathrooms. Big "aha" moment.
But I still don't understand what the hell an "etiquette" bell in the toilet is. I've never pressed it, but is someone really going to come running and bring me some toilet paper? Or do I press if I see a lack of etiquette? Spitting in the bathroom! BEEP. Banging on my stall door repeatedly. BEEP! Any ideas?
So if you have an idea about the "etiquette bell" then go ahead and share.
I'd also love if someone wrote a similar sentence, like "After all this time, I finally realized ___________, but I still don't understand ______________." |
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SeoulShakin

Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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I believe someone presses the etiquette bell so that others around you can't hear you doing your business. If you feel you are going to be particularly... loud, or you are just shy, you hit the etiquette bell so that it will kind of camouflage your sounds.
I've never used it personally, but that is what I'm told it is for. |
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numazawa

Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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So much for the ejector-seat theory. |
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animalbirdfish
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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I've never seen these etiquette bells. Where are you guys finding them? By the sounds of it, though, I'd say Ms. Manners comes running in when you press the button and starts into an on-the-spot etiquette lesson.
"Ms. Manners recommends that you light a match, sir." |
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peony

Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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yeah those bells, chimes whatever in the bathroom are to mask the sounds of farting, peeing and whatever else you do whilst on the toilet
isnt that a bit too obvious though? might as well just do the courtesy flush instead |
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pastis

Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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numazawa wrote: |
So much for the ejector-seat theory |
I'm going way off topic, but your post just reminded me of a pretty funny, if screwed up, video of Japanese toilet pranks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWghpUOLtZA |
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kermo

Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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peony wrote: |
yeah those bells, chimes whatever in the bathroom are to mask the sounds of farting, peeing and whatever else you do whilst on the toilet
isnt that a bit too obvious though? might as well just do the courtesy flush instead |
A bit obvious? The going-into-a-stall-in-a-washroom-and-closing-the-door thing is a bit obvious too. Next time I'm going to hang a sign on the door that just says "Reading Room" and play a tape at max-volume of pages being turned.  |
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krats1976

Joined: 14 May 2003
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: I finally understand xxx... but I still don't get yyy... |
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kermo wrote: |
But I still don't understand what the hell an "etiquette" bell in the toilet is. I've never pressed it, but is someone really going to come running and bring me some toilet paper? Or do I press if I see a lack of etiquette? Spitting in the bathroom! BEEP. Banging on my stall door repeatedly. BEEP! Any ideas?
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I only just figured out the etiquette bell thing at the airport on my way out Korea this last time. Only took me 3 years. |
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JongnoGuru

Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Have Asian women taken potty etiquette to a whole new level unknown to their Western counterparts? It seems they have. I suppose a woman can "courtesy flush" anywhere flush toilets exist. But this "tinkle bell" thing, will it transcend continents and cultures? How long before that becomes a standard feature of the finer women's public potties in the West? Seriously, do you see it catching on there? Why or why not? |
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cuckoo for kimchi

Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Location: somewhere lost in time and space...or korea
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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SeoulShakin wrote: |
I believe someone presses the etiquette bell so that others around you can't hear you doing your business. If you feel you are going to be particularly... loud, or you are just shy, you hit the etiquette bell so that it will kind of camouflage your sounds.
I've never used it personally, but that is what I'm told it is for. |
There is a bell so people can't hear you having a dump...you have got to be shi*ing me....pun intended..... |
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the eye

Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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This thread is a hoot.
Thanks. |
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tzechuk

Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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kermo wrote: |
peony wrote: |
yeah those bells, chimes whatever in the bathroom are to mask the sounds of farting, peeing and whatever else you do whilst on the toilet
isnt that a bit too obvious though? might as well just do the courtesy flush instead |
A bit obvious? The going-into-a-stall-in-a-washroom-and-closing-the-door thing is a bit obvious too. Next time I'm going to hang a sign on the door that just says "Reading Room" and play a tape at max-volume of pages being turned.  |
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH... Kermo, you crack me up, dear! |
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billybrobby

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:58 am Post subject: |
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JongnoGuru wrote: |
Have Asian women taken potty etiquette to a whole new level unknown to their Western counterparts? It seems they have. I suppose a woman can "courtesy flush" anywhere flush toilets exist. But this "tinkle bell" thing, will it transcend continents and cultures? How long before that becomes a standard feature of the finer women's public potties in the West? Seriously, do you see it catching on there? Why or why not? |
you'd need a g*ddamn air raid siren in the men's room. |
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pet lover
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: not in Seoul
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:20 am Post subject: |
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JongnoGuru wrote: |
Have Asian women taken potty etiquette to a whole new level unknown to their Western counterparts? It seems they have. I suppose a woman can "courtesy flush" anywhere flush toilets exist. But this "tinkle bell" thing, will it transcend continents and cultures? How long before that becomes a standard feature of the finer women's public potties in the West? Seriously, do you see it catching on there? Why or why not? |
I remember seeing them in America. |
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sarahsarah

Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Location: Bundang
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:06 am Post subject: |
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But it totally doesn't sound like a real flush. Everybody would still know you're poopin! |
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