Which country has the fanciest public restrooms?

[Pretty Flaco]

I'm dead serious.

[¿Que?]

USA = fail. No bides.

[BuddhaInBabylon]

probably Japan. there's some hi-tech toilets over yonder.

[EvilRedGuy]

Japan for sure.

[Quail]

Probably not the UK, or anywhere that has those weird ones where you have to stand up. It's alright for men, but not so good for women.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Scotland.

[fa2991]

Iraq.

[maskerade]

Sweden. Sweden is so awesome at public services it almost makes me want to be a nationalist.

[EvilRedGuy]

If you become a nationalist i'll kill you. :lol:

[maskerade]

If you become a nationalist i'll kill you. :lol:

hahaha, if you had grown up using swedish restrooms you'd feel the same way!

but no, nationalism is a pet peeve of mine. i really don't understand any justifications for it

[Magón]

France. They're crazy with their bathrooms, especially at swanky hotels that your job's paid for while you're on business. (Yeah, that was nice.)

[DDR]

Bet ya in the Scandinavian countries. But one thing is for sure, in Spain are the only ones that are free in all Europe (at least what I've seen).

[Invincible Summer]

Paying to take a shit is the stupidest thing ever. I don't care if the toilet is really nice.

[Quail]

Paying to take a shit is the stupidest thing ever. I don't care if the toilet is really nice.

Tell me about it. All the train stations in England seem to be charging to use the toilets. I wonder what their alternative is? If someone doesn't have the money or the change, do they expect them to just piss on the floor?

[Uppercut]

I wonder what their alternative is? If someone doesn't have the money or the change, do they expect them to just piss on the floor?

That's what I do. Just drop trow and let it fly.

[Kuppo Shakur]

America.
Don't believe me?
Four words: Back Yard Swimming Pools.
Not exactly public, but...

[Pavlov's House Party]

France. They're crazy with their bathrooms, especially at swanky hotels that your job's paid for while you're on business. (Yeah, that was nice.)

what the fuck?? i went to use the facilities there once, and the shitter was just a like porcelain dish in the floor with grips on either side. how the fuck am i supposed to drop my load standing??

peru has some pretty neat urinals. in a lot of rural places the urinal resembles a large tub (which can be awkward if many people are using it) with water spouts that wash out your pee and let you clean your hands:lol:

[Bilan]

EDIT: wrong thread.

[EvilRedGuy]

France. They're crazy with their bathrooms, especially at swanky hotels that your job's paid for while you're on business. (Yeah, that was nice.)

This. And i agree that PAYING TO GO TO THE TOILET is the one of the most (TBH not the most) bizzare things capitalism has created. Here in this city of Denmark the only toilets that cost are those near the trainyards, nice way of eating the foreigners money on. :confused:

[Jazzratt]

Tell me about it. All the train stations in England seem to be charging to use the toilets. I wonder what their alternative is? If someone doesn't have the money or the change, do they expect them to just piss on the floor? Fucking seriously. I wish I had the testicular fortitude to just shit in the ticket office or something. What's worse though is that the trains my provider have chosen to,er, provide for a journey that can take half an hour (more if the trains go wrong because they're comically shite) have NO. SODDING. TOILETS. This is bad news if you have short range tanks, for example if you have a selection of odds & sods missing from your digestive system because of surgery you had in childhood.

[EvilRedGuy]

In a communist society there'll be toilets/holes averywhere. :thumbup1:

[Magón]

what the fuck?? i went to use the facilities there once, and the shitter was just a like porcelain dish in the floor with grips on either side. how the fuck am i supposed to drop my load standing??

peru has some pretty neat urinals. in a lot of rural places the urinal resembles a large tub (which can be awkward if many people are using it) with water spouts that wash out your pee and let you clean your hands:lol:

You're supposed to use the grips as extra support. :lol: But I only saw/used one of those once. In the hotel I stayed at, the toilets were like a strange mid-sized trash can shape. It also had a bidet integrated on it. :thumbup1:

[Pretty Flaco]

Strangely, in the USA all toilets are free to use. :)
"toilets for everyone? that's communism!"

[Invincible Summer]

Strangely, in the USA all toilets are free to use. :)
"toilets for everyone? that's communism!"

I was in California and I had to pay to use a toilet

[Jazzratt]

I used to live in Brunei where there was a preponderance of this type of toilet available for public use:
http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/images/squat-toilet.jpg
I used to use them by preference, partly because they were a change from the toilets at home and partly because I used to sit squatting - even on chairs and things. It's apropos of nothing (except obviously (my habit to sit squatting) but I remember when I was a kid I was writing something and somehow transitioned from sitting "normally" and perching on the edge of the table without actually noticing.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Squatting is an unstable position. Why would someone shit in a position where it is likely that one could fall and land on one's own excreta?

[Jazzratt]

Squatting is an unstable position. Why would someone shit in a position where it is likely that one could fall and land on one's own excreta? Because not everyone is a stumbling bumblefuck with some kind of inner ear problem. That and you approach the whole thing with a degree of concentration.

[Quail]

I used to live in Brunei where there was a preponderance of this type of toilet available for public use:
http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/images/squat-toilet.jpg
These are the toilets I really hate. Sucks to be female sometimes :lol:

[Magón]

Because not everyone is a stumbling bumblefuck with some kind of inner ear problem. That and you approach the whole thing with a degree of concentration.

Jedi Mind Trick you mean?

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Because not everyone is a stumbling bumblefuck with some kind of inner ear problem.

You could have the best balance in the world and that would still not change the fact that squatting unsupported on two feet is inherently more unstable than the seated position, where the toilet seat provides the majority of the support while the legs play a stabilising role.


That and you approach the whole thing with a degree of concentration.

I've got better things to do (like reading) than concentrate intently on my bodily functions. Crapping is a distraction.

[Jazzratt]

You could have the best balance in the world and that would still not change the fact that squatting unsupported on two feet is inherently more unstable than the seated position, where the toilet seat provides the majority of the support while the legs play a stabilising role. Yes but I've never actualy seen or heard of anyone fuckwitted enough to fall from a squatted position - unless they're drunk of course.


I've got better things to do (like reading) than concentrate intently on my bodily functions. Crapping is a distraction. I can write and squat without falling over, I think you've overestimated both the instability of the position and the concentration required to remain upright.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Yes but I've never actualy seen or heard of anyone fuckwitted enough to fall from a squatted position - unless they're drunk of course.

I would still say maximal stability is a superior quality in the defecation experience.


I can write and squat without falling over, I think you've overestimated both the instability of the position and the concentration required to remain upright.

That will vary according to the individual, of course. I seriously wonder how older people use such toilets.

[Quail]

Discussion of how best to take a shit? What is Chit-Chat degenerating into this past week?

[Magón]

Discussion of how best to take a shit? What is Chit-Chat degenerating into this past week?

How do women take a proper shit or piss? :confused:

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Discussion of how best to take a shit? What is Chit-Chat degenerating into this past week?

it's an important issue

[Quail]

How do women take a proper shit or piss? :confused:
Probably in a very similar way to men, but we can't really wee standing up. Sometimes I really wish I had a penis, purely for the convenience of being able to wee standing up.

[Invincible Summer]

Probably in a very similar way to men, but we can't really wee standing up. Sometimes I really wish I had a penis, purely for the convenience of being able to wee standing up.

There are devices that can help you with your dilemma:

http://www.femalefreedom.ca/default.htm

[Quail]

Yeah I've seen those lol, but I guess unless I was going walking or something, I probably wouldn't bother. The most annoying thing is when I'm drunk with male friends and desperate for the loo. They piss in an alley or something, but I'm too paranoid about being seen.

[EvilRedGuy]

it's an important issue

This. Me personally, i have it harder to shit when theres peoples around or near.

[Raúl Duke]

The people who said Japan has good public restrooms have probably not been to Japan...

Many public rest-rooms in Japan are for some reasons borne out of traditionality a squat-hole similar to that Brunei toilet.

Only certain places have those fancy high-tech toilets and in most cases they're not exactly public restrooms.

[Pretty Flaco]

I can never use urinals when other people are around. It's just awkward to me. I like a little privacy.

[Jazzratt]

Yeah I've seen those lol, but I guess unless I was going walking or something, I probably wouldn't bother. The most annoying thing is when I'm drunk with male friends and desperate for the loo. They piss in an alley or something, but I'm too paranoid about being seen. I was in a pub once and I saw a woman pissing in the street opposite - right in front of these enormous windows. So you could go the other way. Or really abandon all thoughts of dignity and piss on the floor like this woman did at a knees up down the pub I once attended.

[Quail]

Quiet, dark places are not so bad, but I don't like the idea of people seeing me wee. I'd feel weird using the toilet in front of other people. At a club somewhere (can't remember where, probably doesn't matter) there was this weird double toilet stall so you could go in with your friend and chat on the toilet.

[EvilRedGuy]

Quiet, dark places are not so bad, but I don't like the idea of people seeing me wee. I'd feel weird using the toilet in front of other people. At a club somewhere (can't remember where, probably doesn't matter) there was this weird double toilet stall so you could go in with your friend and chat on the toilet.

Sounds practical if your with someone.

[Jazzratt]

Quiet, dark places are not so bad, but I don't like the idea of people seeing me wee. I'd feel weird using the toilet in front of other people. At a club somewhere (can't remember where, probably doesn't matter) there was this weird double toilet stall so you could go in with your friend and chat on the toilet. Those apparently rejoice under the moniker "twobicle".


Sounds practical if your with someone. Not if you're with any of my mates. I can't generally go into a cubicle after them, I imagine it'd be even worse to go in with them.

[Achara]

These are the toilets I really hate. Sucks to be female sometimes :lol:They also have these on some of the trains here (not the super modern Bangkok trains tho). Try going to the toilet squatting down on a train that is rocking so much it feels like its going to fall over. And where does the contents of your efforts go? Through a hole right onto the track which you can see as you're going along :lol:

[Pretty Flaco]

My town cracks down on public urination to an extreme. We've got the piss popo!

[Kuppo Shakur]

My town cracks down on public urination to an extreme. We've got the piss popo!
Okay, here's what you do:
Stand on the roof of a building whilst drinking lots of caffeine and alcohol.
Call the piss popo and tell them that you see a gang of thugs publicly urinating at <Address>.
When they arrive, piss on their heads.

[Invincible Summer]

Okay, here's what you do:
Stand on the roof of a building whilst drinking lots of caffeine and alcohol.
Call the piss popo and tell them that you see a gang of thugs publicly urinating at <Address>.
When they arrive, piss on their heads.

and then disappear into the night singing "The Final Countdown"

[Kuppo Shakur]

No, "singing in the rain"

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

France. They're crazy with their bathrooms, especially at swanky hotels that your job's paid for while you're on business. (Yeah, that was nice.)

public bathrooms =/= swanky hotels, comrade

france has those holes in the ground things, so definitely not there
pop a squat over a hole
i'm not even kidding

that shit is downright counter revolutionary

[NoOneIsIllegal]

This book has your answers

http://www.thomas-crapper.com/Images/Toilets-of-the-world-front-cover%20web%20small.jpg

Has some crazy ass shit in there.

[Quail]

God damn your sexist bathrooms.