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- rodcohen77, on 01/14/2008, -7/+121This is a society where people are not used to use "normal toilet" like we do. Most of the toilets in Cambodia are still the old fashion ones.
- TwineHornet, on 01/14/2008, -1/+87It's actually pretty important to have these signs up, especially in Cambodia, because if they use their traditional method on this style of toilet, they can slip and hurt themselves.
- bbkingadrock, on 01/14/2008, -1/+48http://www.relfe.com/toilet_seat_constipation.html
There is precedent... - Armor1901, on 01/14/2008, -1/+41What, they don't use the three shells?
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -5/+42YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG
- Lane, on 01/14/2008, -2/+33Ok imagine a hole dug in the ground. yup thats it.
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -2/+31a ditch in the street in front of your house
- stackered, on 01/14/2008, -2/+26Ohhhhh! Thats what I've been doing wrong...
- jahurt, on 01/14/2008, -0/+23One of these...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet - sgtbutterscotch, on 01/14/2008, -0/+20"Arguments against squat toilets... People tend to lose their balance when using a squat toilet." lol
- Klowner, on 01/14/2008, -0/+19Imagine a sink, now put that sink into the floor and put a flusher handle on it.
- nicku, on 01/14/2008, -1/+18Dugg. For when on a holiday in Cambodia....
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -0/+16I think it still may work the first way....
- Gman1223, on 01/14/2008, -0/+14Try pulling your pants down before going.
- vervalsing, on 01/14/2008, -16/+29It's...a...toilet in Cambodia! It's tough kid, but it's life. It's a toilet in Cambodia, don't forget to have a wipe.
- Pilot85, on 01/14/2008, -1/+12Squatting is good for you!
- chrisinsocalif, on 01/14/2008, -0/+11Try using the toilet paper next time, not the pants.
- down4twenty, on 01/14/2008, -0/+11i cant believe i just read all that
- lead2thehead, on 01/14/2008, -0/+11In Cambodia, the traditional toilet consists of a hole in the floor. You squat over the hole and do your business. It is understandable that people would make this mistake. Here's what a "squat toilet" looks like.
http://baanjochim.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/squa ... - stillasleep00, on 01/14/2008, -0/+10I pretty much had to do that at the gas station yesterday...
- headzoo, on 01/14/2008, -0/+9Squaters. I've seen far too many of them, and every time I see one I think, "What happens when you're old, and can no longer stay squated like that for 5 minutes?"
- smacksaw, on 01/14/2008, -3/+12They have these in every single Chinese mall in Canada - and they are often stolen. You'd be surprised how many toilet seats are broken from people squatting on them and piss sprayed everywhere in the stalls.
I think that when we welcome new immigrants from abroad we should give them a manual telling them how to sit on a toilet and explain that flushing paper is alright - we don't need a garbage can filled with *****-covered paper smelling up the stall. But you can't flush too much paper. How to fold the paper into good squares, etc. - M4v3rIC, on 01/14/2008, -0/+9This is an "old fashoined" toilet
http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/images/squat ...
You have to squat to use these. Since most of the country uses the old fashioned toilets, they must be instructed on how to use a western toilet properly. - KloroFormd, on 01/14/2008, -0/+9Fact: The vast majority of the time, the bathroom door handle is dirtier than the toilet seat.
- supermajic, on 01/14/2008, -0/+9I don't know if I'd call them an old fashioned toilet. A squat toilet would be more appropriate.
- RikkiTikki, on 01/14/2008, -0/+8A porcelain, sometimes metal hole in the ground. You squat above it, then there's a well next to it with a small bucket and you pour your own water to flush. It takes awhile for a girl to learn how to "aim" into the hole correctly. Note: When you go to Cambodia bring your own toilet paper anywhere you go because most places don't have it.
- xyzman29, on 01/14/2008, -0/+8I hope this is a joke. They use SQUAT toilets in asia because they believe our western style toilets are unhygenic and bad for your bowels. They also prefer to rinse their bum, as they think toilet paper is unhygenic and bad for waste too (and they're right!).
- lead2thehead, on 01/14/2008, -0/+8Dugg for obscurity.
- zaklampert, on 01/14/2008, -0/+8a few friends and i have been practicing this for a while. one method is to have something to elevate your feet while you are sitting on your toilet. try it. the first time it smells amazingly bad, but you feel really really good after it's all over.
- nyx210, on 01/14/2008, -0/+7Sit down.
- smacksaw, on 01/14/2008, -0/+7As long as you refrain from eating Taco Bell, you don't have to do anything extra.
- deornoth667, on 01/14/2008, -4/+11+1 for the Dead Kennedys parody. I cant believe no one else got that! Nicely done.
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -3/+9some people take dumps that way in public toilets so their butt cheeks don't get to touch germs and other nasty stuff on the toilet seat... still kinda funny though
- apc3161, on 01/14/2008, -0/+6I had to use those when I was in China. It was terrible. I was so happy whenever I saw a "western" toilet. Squatting down is the most uncomfortable position imaginable and you just feel like a waste of life doing it. Also, guys are often lazy and don't squat like they should when they piss, and because the toilets are so small and far away, they often miss, as a result, the public toilets there are unbelievably disgusting.
- chriserwin, on 01/14/2008, -0/+6This is for people that are used to squat toilets. Seems very strange to me, but apparently they are common in Middle East and some Asian countries. If I saw one I would probably need a reverse version of the diagram.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet - screwattackthis, on 01/14/2008, -0/+6"The splashing of water on the buttocks after a heavy defecation does not occur."
I'm installing mine right now. Man, I hate having wet buttocks after I'm done taking care of business. - inactive, on 01/14/2008, -5/+11Not sure what wrong with the first one too?
1) Avoid putting your cheeks on the seat with piss.
2) Avoid *****-water hitting your ass when your drop one down.
3) Asian people are small, so they don't have to worry about slipping to either side, seat and body size is 1:1 ratio. - holysocks, on 01/14/2008, -0/+6There is nothing wrong with squatting instead of sitting. As someone else mentioned, it is better for the body to pass the doo. People do both ways in asia. The problem is that squatting makes the public toilets dirty for others to use.
- Lyght, on 01/14/2008, -1/+6Where people dress in black?
- Gzero, on 01/14/2008, -0/+5There's no toilet seat in Cambodia.
- chromerium, on 01/14/2008, -1/+5No ***** (pun intended), but at a company I worked in, in Japan, it was common to find one toilet used by the company execs with a large turd up against the back of the seat.
Then one day, the financial director left the company, and the turds stop appearing.
Apparently there was often two shoe prints on the seat, also .. - Trax91, on 01/14/2008, -0/+4Just put some toilet paper over the water before you go. Its like wearing an armor before you go to war.
- funkytaco, on 01/14/2008, -0/+4I guess you guys haven't seen this Japanese toilet prank:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YsDbOMJOMgQ - anselm83, on 01/14/2008, -0/+4Buried for sadly typical Western ignorance.
- whatsupimphil, on 01/14/2008, -0/+4I wonder what the writing says.
- blitzer, on 01/14/2008, -3/+7My pants keep getting ***** on them...
Is there a sign you could make to remind me...? - barl0w, on 01/14/2008, -0/+4Meh - The Japanese have it all right - they like "clean butt", as shown here from a photo I took at CES last week:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barl0w/2178336837/ - goldenratiophi, on 01/14/2008, -2/+6No wonder I keep falling in!
- vervalsing, on 01/14/2008, -1/+4Haha at least someone listens to good music...
- carpespasm, on 01/14/2008, -0/+3it's also nice to do the hover over portapotties.
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