how to wash your bum with a bucket? (serious)

Cameleer · Aug 20th, 2007, 06:21

Ok but what do you do when out in the desert on a long camel safari without toilet paper and very little water?

nomad · Aug 20th, 2007, 08:03

well. you gotta carry toilet paper.

if you dont have toilet paper, then use news paper, pulp fictions .. etc

Rama · Aug 20th, 2007, 09:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drews60

A complete guide to squat toilets:

http://www.pbase.com/jtodhunter/indian_toilet

Priceless!

Nick-H · Aug 20th, 2007, 12:15

Paper and water, yes. Rock? If nothing better available, I suppose.

But scissors?

Best not to mention that game in a toilet thread!

amyl · Aug 22nd, 2007, 21:31

scissors??????

HOW????????????

How about taking care of not eating much spicy or dysentery-free food? If that is the case you really do not have to wash/wipe it AT ALL! No..... I have never tried going without either of it. Just a possibility!

Khak · Aug 23rd, 2007, 00:08

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Originally Posted by nomad

well. you gotta carry toilet paper.

if you dont have toilet paper, then use news paper, pulp fictions .. etc

what about cactus............. plenty available in the desert i suppose......

i was reading thru this thread and other similar ones - one question came to my mind which ......... after having very very hot & spicy food at night and in the morning while downloading your aperture is burning like anything, how can you rub it with paper........ it gets even more painful

is it that kagaz-pochh (paper wiping) people are used to such things !!??

double-dolphin · Aug 25th, 2007, 21:50

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Originally Posted by pundabee

It seems like a lot of people suffer from splatter poo here ("on the skin"). Seriously, you shouldn't touch the exit area; it is unclean, and considering that washing facilities in most Indian toilets are insufficient, this is the exact reason that diseases are spread.

Since there seem to be some useful links, I'll add The health benefits from squatting.

WOW!!! thanks, but i've never "eliminated" using the "squatting position"......hehehehe......i t's funny, having lived in Calcutta all my life, I've always used the so called "european style"......errrr.....potty... ....for lack of a better word. I find that a mug and lots of medicated soap leaves me atleast "feeling" cleaner than toilet paper.

I swear man!!! Spicy ckicken with my beer and next morning i feel like I'm blasting off from cape canaveral!!!

Well, maybe people moisten the paper slightly? Or maybe they actually are used to it? Or maybe continental food just isn't that spicy?

on second thought, you do get these nice soft toilet papers...

fly2raven · Aug 25th, 2007, 22:19

I have lived here for a while and it doesn't matter to me whether it is regular poo or burning poo...paper is a must...being all damp down there and just letting everything drip dry just isn't appealing to me

vargoje3 · Aug 25th, 2007, 22:20

When traveling through rural India i found that i had to be very careful if i wanted to avoid what i called "human landmines."

Drews60 · Aug 25th, 2007, 23:11

How much...I'll buy it..

http://flickr.com/photos/kapildas/965437006/

Khak · Aug 26th, 2007, 00:37

not a very good design ........

double-dolphin · Aug 26th, 2007, 12:25

you can get a carpenter to make you one. shouldn't cost you more than a few hundred bucks.

amyl · Aug 26th, 2007, 19:48

Quote:

How much...I'll buy it..

http://flickr.com/photos/kapildas/965437006/

We have one such kind of a hole-chair in our 'activity-room'. Luckily it has only one Indian-style thing so the owner probably wanted the sit than squat so invested into it. But I have never and will never try that for the sheer possibility of one leg slipping into it. Its just does not look stable.

toilet paper - spicy food...... got this SMS sometime back

Quote:

A foreigner had a very spicy Indian dinner. Next morning he out of the toilet and said "Now I understand why Indians use water. Bloody Tissue can catch fire, damnit!"

Goldendeer · Aug 26th, 2007, 22:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cameleer

Ok but what do you do when out in the desert on a long camel safari without toilet paper and very little water?

Rub your bum on back of camel

Hartson · Oct 24th, 2007, 10:08

I would think you would have to wash your hands EXTREMELY well to rid yourself of fecal material, otherwise the rate of hepatitis would be quite high if your hand came into contact with your mouth or food. That's probably a good reason for the eat with your right and wash with your left rule.

Aug 20th, 2007, 08:03	#122
nomad Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Singapura Posts: 609	well. you gotta carry toilet paper. if you dont have toilet paper, then use news paper, pulp fictions .. etc __________________ Rahul Verma http://rverma.smugmug.com www.pbase.com/rverma

Aug 20th, 2007, 12:15	#124
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 25,828	Paper and water, yes. Rock? If nothing better available, I suppose. But scissors? Best not to mention that game in a toilet thread! __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

Aug 22nd, 2007, 21:31	#125
amyl 21st Century Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapura.......in Babenhausen, DE for a while Posts: 1,850	scissors?????? HOW???????????? How about taking care of not eating much spicy or dysentery-free food? If that is the case you really do not have to wash/wipe it AT ALL! No..... I have never tried going without either of it. Just a possibility! __________________ a'mar kono chinta nei

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fly2raven Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Whitefield, Bangalore, India Posts: 67	to wipe or to splash...that is the question... I have lived here for a while and it doesn't matter to me whether it is regular poo or burning poo...paper is a must...being all damp down there and just letting everything drip dry just isn't appealing to me

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Aug 20th, 2007, 06:21	#121
Cameleer Camel Master Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: California Posts: 197	Ok but what do you do when out in the desert on a long camel safari without toilet paper and very little water?

Aug 25th, 2007, 22:20	#129
vargoje3 Fishing Master Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 177	When traveling through rural India i found that i had to be very careful if i wanted to avoid what i called "human landmines."

Aug 25th, 2007, 23:11	#130
Drews60 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Norman Oklahoma USA Posts: 53	How much...I'll buy it.. http://flickr.com/photos/kapildas/965437006/

Aug 26th, 2007, 00:37	#131
Khak Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: kolkata/hyderabad/atlanta Posts: 402	not a very good design ........

Aug 26th, 2007, 12:25	#132
double-dolphin Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Calcutta Posts: 37	you can get a carpenter to make you one. shouldn't cost you more than a few hundred bucks.

Oct 24th, 2007, 10:08	#135
Hartson Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	I would think you would have to wash your hands EXTREMELY well to rid yourself of fecal material, otherwise the rate of hepatitis would be quite high if your hand came into contact with your mouth or food. That's probably a good reason for the eat with your right and wash with your left rule.

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