Question about asswiping

[Martim Silva]

More serious than you'd think.

I just had a conversation where it was pointed out that people in cultures with no bidet just wipe their behinds with toilet paper after they've done their necessities, leaving the rest of the cleaning for when they shower/bathe, which can be latter in the day.

Is that true? 

Or what is it exactly that you do in a bidet-less bathroom to properly clean up after you've done your necessities?

[Valmy]

More serious than you'd think.

I just had a conversation where it was pointed out that people in cultures with no bidet just wipe their behinds with toilet paper after they've done their necessities, leaving the rest of the cleaning for when they shower/bathe, which can be latter in the day.

Is that true? 

Or what is it exactly that you do in a bidet-less bathroom to properly clean up after you've done your necessities?

Yep.  Though I do wash my hands afterwards.

[Viking]

 

Yes, depending on how substantive and sticky the residue is the toilet paper is folded the sufficient amount of times and a sufficient amount of force and repetition is used to wipe it clean. Now there is often a small residue. It does not follow, but cultures without bidets usually consider bidet equipped cultures to be unclean on the grounds that they are not known for daily showers and regular hand washing.

[Razgovory]

I hate you.  Don't post threads like this no more.

[Grey Fox]

Yes, it's true.

I've always wonder how a bidet works. How the hell do you not wet every inch of your butt, pants, underwear & the floor.

[Eddie Teach]

Keep wiping until the sheet comes back clear.

[Viking]

Yes, it's true.

I've always wonder how a bidet works. How the hell do you not wet every inch of your butt, pants, underwear & the floor.

I always thought the Bidet was for womens issues.. that was until I went to japan and used the robotic toilet seat.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

why did you give mongers your password? bad form.:p

[DGuller]

Keep wiping until the sheet comes back clear.

[DGuller]

Yes, it's true.

I've always wonder how a bidet works. How the hell do you not wet every inch of your butt, pants, underwear & the floor.

I always thought the Bidet was for womens issues.. that was until I went to japan and used the robotic toilet seat.

Do robotic toilet seats help you pee?

[The Brain]

Let's see... I wipe my ass until it's clean.

[Viking]

what I want to know from bidet users. I've never seen bidets in public toilets south of the River Main Line, what do Bidet culture peoples do in public toilets where I have never seen bidets when they need to shit?

[Viking]

Yes, it's true.

I've always wonder how a bidet works. How the hell do you not wet every inch of your butt, pants, underwear & the floor.

I always thought the Bidet was for womens issues.. that was until I went to japan and used the robotic toilet seat.

Do robotic toilet seats help you pee?

No, once you have done your business you press a button and a probe is extended into the center of the toilet bowl. This probe then shoots warm water up in a sweeping motion (creepy). Once this is finished hot air is blown up your ass to dry it (oddly nice).

[Martim Silva]

Yep.  Though I do wash my hands afterwards.

Wow.

I mean, just doing that really sounds... dirty. We are told that toilet paper is just to remove the majority of it, then the proper cleaning has to be done in the bidet, with soap and water.

It does not follow, but cultures without bidets usually consider bidet equipped cultures to be unclean on the grounds that they are not known for daily showers and regular hand washing.

Unclean? We think the opposite. Most people do tend to shower (I prefer full immersion baths myself) daily. Hand washing should be quite regular, but I admit I saw quite a few people (all males) leaving the bathroom without washing their hands - I just thought of that as male sloppyness, and it boils down to individual preferences.

I've always wonder how a bidet works. How the hell do you not wet every inch of your butt, pants, underwear & the floor.

After the toilet, you move into the bidet and thouroughly wash your private parts and your butt with water and soap. Face towards the wall for the frontal bits, then turn and clean the rear. The skin is supposed to get wet.

To the side of the bidet there are special smaller towels to clean your privates and rear afther this exercise.

Usually adults have no problem avoiding major water spillage. It's hard to wet the pants - they are either fully removed for the exercise, or put to the side of a leg so as to not be on the way. Some water does go to the floor, but normal people soak it off with a sponge afterwards (I myself have absorbing floors in my bathrooms. Together with the internal exhaustors, any leaked water is gone in no time without any bother from me).

Keep wiping until the sheet comes back clear.

That's really not enough... there are bits of dirt that remain, even if any further scrubbing with the toilet paper does not yield any further results. Hence our use of bidets.

I've never seen bidets in public toilets south of the River Main Line, what do Bidet culture peoples do in public toilets where I have never seen bidets when they need to shit?

Indeed, public toilets very rarely have them. Which is why they are used as a last resort for anything other than peeing.

What does happen afterwards is that we feel quite dirty after using them (yes, after wiping the butt with toilet paper until it comes out clean) and then go straight to our bidets as soon as we are at home, in order to properly clean ourselves.

[alfred russel]

How is it that Europeans spend so much time cleaning their ass, but still smell so bad?