Kevin's Watch

Don't you wish that the brilliant minds and vast computer aids of our time, that have sent men to the moon, cured diseases of all types could come up with something a little less primitive than wiping your bum with sheets of thin, soft paper? I mean think about it. You kidding me? Huh?

aTOMiC wrote:Don't you wish that the brilliant minds and vast computer aids of our time, that have sent men to the moon, cured diseases of all types could come up with something a little less primitive than wiping your bum with sheets of thin, soft paper? I mean think about it. You kidding me? Huh?

...I bet you grew up with an outhouse!

Oh come on. Surely someone is working on a device that will do the job with lasers or microwaves or a nice shot of ice cold compressed air. Maybe a mechanical arm that rises out of the bottom of the lew and scrubs everything clean and pure as the wind driven snow. Of course you run the risk of losing your junk if the bloody thing malfunctions. Maybe I'm expecting too much from science. But then again...

aTOMiC wrote:Oh come on. Surely someone is working on a device that will do the job with lasers or microwaves or a nice shot of ice cold compressed air. Maybe a mechanical arm that rises out of the bottom of the lew and scrubs everything clean and pure as the wind driven snow. Of course you run the risk of losing your junk if the bloody thing malfunctions. Maybe I'm expecting too much from science. But then again...

Oh god. And of course, it'll come out of Japan and thank you kindly in broken engrish for allowing it the honor of cleansing you.

*shudder*

That is scarier than all of the hostile robot take-over sci-fi I've read.

Balon wrote: Oh god. And of course, it'll come out of Japan and thank you kindly in broken engrish for allowing it the honor of cleansing you.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!

aTOMiC wrote:

Balon wrote: Oh god. And of course, it'll come out of Japan and thank you kindly in broken engrish for allowing it the honor of cleansing you.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!

Oh god.

Balon wrote: Oh god. And of course, it'll come out of Japan and thank you kindly in broken engrish for allowing it the honor of cleansing you.

*shudder*

That is scarier than all of the hostile robot take-over sci-fi I've read.

I nominate this for Post of the Week!

(And I compliment aTOMiC for inspiring Balon to such heights of eloquence in the first place. )

Matrixman wrote:

Balon wrote: Oh god. And of course, it'll come out of Japan and thank you kindly in broken engrish for allowing it the honor of cleansing you.

*shudder*

That is scarier than all of the hostile robot take-over sci-fi I've read.

I nominate this for Post of the Week!

(And I compliment aTOMiC for inspiring Balon to such heights of eloquence in the first place. )

I second!

It was another group of anal-minded people that made me take a stand on the eternal toilet paper question. I seriously hadn't thought of it until two people that I worked with while I was in college brought this discussion up. Until that time, bathroom life was easy, and I didn't have to start shunning people like a star-bellied Sneech. I could go into a bathroom and not be annoyed that someone put the roll the "wrong way." After all, the "right way" is over rather than under.

And I had never thought of how the paper towels should go. Thanks for making me conscious of that now.


:le sigh:

I'm an overhander.

When the kids were little, I got so frustrated with them not changing the empty TP rolls that I paid 'em to do it. "You get an extra dime in your allowance every time you put in a new roll of toilet paper." It worked, too! They're beautifully trained now!

And btw, guys, somebody's already invented that "gentle cleansing" apparatus you're talking about. It's called a bidet. I've never experienced one, but I understand it can be quite a shock the first time, if you're not expecting it....

aliantha wrote:And btw, guys, somebody's already invented that "gentle cleansing" apparatus you're talking about. It's called a bidet. I've never experienced one, but I understand it can be quite a shock the first time, if you're not expecting it....

And it thanks you in japanese!?

Balon wrote:

aliantha wrote:And btw, guys, somebody's already invented that "gentle cleansing" apparatus you're talking about. It's called a bidet. I've never experienced one, but I understand it can be quite a shock the first time, if you're not expecting it....

And it thanks you in japanese!?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet

I was aware of the bidet but a jet of water isnt exactly what I had in mind. I was thinking of something more...proactive.

aliantha wrote:...I understand it can be quite a shock the first time, if you're not expecting it....

How is it possible to use a bidet and not be expecting what comes next? It's not like you can mistake it for an toaster...

Is that why my toast is always so soggy?

dw

CovenantJr wrote:

aliantha wrote:...I understand it can be quite a shock the first time, if you're not expecting it....

How is it possible to use a bidet and not be expecting what comes next? It's not like you can mistake it for a toaster...

We don't have 'em in the US. Picture Bubba and Myrtle on their first European vacation: "Myrtle, what is that thing? Oh, well, gotta go... WHOA!!!"

Nice image.

It's not like they're commonplace here though! I've only ever seen two in the 'flesh' (in the porcelain?) - and come to think of it, one of those was in Florida.

The one pictured has a nozzel that fires outward but the one's I've seen spray upward from below. Hmmm. If there isn't a bum hovering over it does it reach the ceiling?
Um...so you have this jet of water spray upward...hmmm...I've never used one but couldn't that be potentially messy? I bet kids have a ball with 'em. Mom comes in to find 3" of water on the floor. I guess I'm just ignorant.

So wait, that wasn't a drinking fountain?

Cail wrote:So wait, that wasn't a drinking fountain?

I miss discussion threads like this.
Its starts nowhere, goes nowhere and ends nowhere but you can't help enjoying the ride.