How Do You Wipe? A POLL OF POLLS

passingby

I think Mike's new advantar gave rise to this thread...The dirty Sanchez.....
are you guys running out of ideas for threads or something?
what is going on on indiamike nowdays?.... we can find out how the members wipe their butts...

in the western world, I personally like to use toilet paper and butt wipes too...
in India, I went the Indian way...au naturel...

Kanbe

I couldn't get myself to do it the Indian way *hangs head in shame* lols

Next trip, I say..

Might I add, for ladies, its not just number 2, its number 1 as well!

rangss

As a natural indian...it evokes a lot of curiosity within me to see that butt cleaning is taken to such cultural heights! All these days, I never gave it a second thought, going by the job rather mechanically. I never spoke about it to anyone...and none did with me. I hardly know an Indian joke on butt cleaning save two, one that was plagiarised from the West and incorporated the Sardarji and the other of another Sardarji who lands at Heathrow for the first time in his life and has to take a call.

Thanks to IM, butt-washing/wiping is a "culture thing" now. Never knew that the topic could be so enriching...!

If it happens in India...it rocks in IM.

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seventies'hippy

Yeah every home should have one,,,,,,,,,,,,

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machadinha

Hmm... I remember learning the hard way to check if the tap is running at all. Then I remember learning to check after that if that wasn't just the last bit of water that ran out on checking...

(Also recalls Hampi loo with newly laid diagonal floor trying not to roll over forwards while wiping your bum.)

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readmymind

i'm not sure exactly HOW to use my hand, so, being the westerner i am, i use paper. i have decided that i will practice my 'hand-y-work' before my next trip to india. i would like to 'do as the natives do'.

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machadinha

Indian Toilet Manual

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seventies'hippy

Heres another Humourous Toilet Thread ,,,,,,,
Or have a look at N.I.T's Wacky Water Closets ,,,,,,,,,

readmymind

thank you for helping to educate me. now what i wonder is what to do with my clothes while i am using a bucket and splashing water all around, (is there always a nail to hang my kameez on? )

machadinha

Well your pants would be somewhere by your feet and your shirt tucked up as per usual, it's doable and not very difficult but takes some getting used to. I've seen villagers managing with a cup (!) of water, I'd use quite a bit more to be honest. Also I still haven't managed the down-to-top motion which seems to be preferred, I'd normally trickle down the back if you catch my drift (doubtlessly none other but a silly westerner would do this). (btw you're not splashing around buckets but rather deftly handling a small cup that you may fill from a tap or out of a bucket indeed. You'll learn it the moment you have to because there is no choice. Next step you'll be showering using a cup the same size to splash yourself and just a one bucket of water that you have to evenly distribute because the well is outside and you don't wanna be caught out there stark naked. Rest assured this will not be the case in a regular hotel, although the bucket-and-cup deal is common in the lower-end ones, they'll provide a tap not a well though. The step after that would be to learn how to wash by a well or a river whilst avoiding exposing yourself.)

Salman Rushdie's *Midnight's Children* has an enlightening episode where a Bombay family moves into a British villa shortly after independence. Upon inspecting the loo the woman of the house indignantly exclaims "So it's true what they say! They use paper to wipe their behinds!" It's considered unhygienic in short and it makes sense if you think about it.

(btw It must have been mentioned here before but the loveliest contraptions are those western toilets with ready-made footsteps so you can squat on them. Add a shower-bidet kind of gizmo and you have the best of three worlds so to speak.) And btw you can still find squat toilets in places like southern France so it's not that exotic or primitive. Unless you mean to say the southern French... well let's not even go there.

crvlvr

Toilet paper is becoming more prevelant in India today. Also, most newer houses have a spray hose that you can use like a flexible bidet. No wiping or washing required..

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Rob_The_Pom

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ha!

Brilliant.

Or small rabbit.....

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Bigzero

hmmm... how do those guys in space do it???

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jjacquemain

Yes......but gerbils and hamsters are pocket sized!

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