How do they do it?
Mystery / Solved,Satori, Stephen on November 24, 2006 @ 8:42 pm — 6 comments
Look at the photo below:
Above you see a picture of a Thai toilet, one of many I have photographed. They may be sit-down like this, or they may be squat, and they usually don’t have toilet paper and the Thais are used to all of this and make great use of the spray hose next to these toilets to apparently wash their ass (always with the left hand, the right is for eating) before emerging from this experience unscathed.So here is my question: How the hell do they manage to clean themsleves with no toilet paper and yet come out of the bathroom with no apparent wet marks anywhere? I thought about asking a monk or two, but it seemed somehow inappropriate after a discussion of the noble eightfold path. Gentle readers, any ideas?
Hi Stephan,
That’s a question I have often asked myself… How do they do it? Enter there and I come out dirty, wrinkled, wet. In any case: marked. This applies to asians and public toilets (the best I saw was the market in Yokya, Indonesia), the French and the “metro”, but also to members of parliment and 16-hour meetings.
Unfortunately I cannot give an awnser.
All the best to my brother & great blog…
Lidewij
And what is the sound of one hand clapping….?? when you find the answer to your toilet question, do post it!
Hidden air dryers? More likely, they are patient. They meditate while air drying or until Buddha sends a breeze.
yuk. no answer here….
i think they “fan” themselves dry.