Bidet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, so the water sprays out from the bidet onto your bottom, then drains back into the bidet?

How do you make sure none of those poop germs splash back onto the sprayer, and then how do you know someone else's poop germs aren't getting sprayed onto your bottom or anyone else's?

And then you wash your feet in the thing?

How do you keep the dang thing santary?

I feel like I should be overcome with grossed out giggles. Please explain further.

sorry, apparently I need to address the basics atfer you poop, you first clean your butt with toilet paper, as usual, so I assume when you are done with that your butt should be pretty clean, I hope. at this point you use the bidet (and the bidet is not an unnecessary step, believe me, the sensation of leaving the bathroom with a squeaky clean butt is so satisfying that cannot be described). also, the bidet does not spray water on your butt (at least the bidets I had never did it). the bidet has a faucet-like thing where water comes out, so the water comes out eactly as it comes out from the faucet of the sink . when you wash your face in the morning, I do not think the faucet sprays water rigth in your face - I guess you bring the water to your face with your hands. same with the bidet. how you keep it sanitary? you clean it, as you clean your sink and your bathtub. you take showers in your buthtub (washing your butt also, I assume) and I guess you also take baths in it, and still manage to keep it sanitary. same with the bidet. do not confused the bidet with the toilet (the combo bidet/toilet is atrocious, gross and I would never use one). you never ever poop or pee in a bidet, and the only parts of your body that touch the bidet are your legs when you seat on it, not your butt. the used water flushes down the drain, llike the used water of your shower or bath goes down the drain of your bathtub. I do not think you think your tub is gross. I think you should really think of the bidet as a small bathtub, used to take partial showers (just washing butt and feet, instead of the entire body). really, believe me, it is not gross. actually, for people from bidet-using countries it is gross to think that people go through life without a bidet

just one addendum: I googled how to use a bidet and came accross several web sites, including this little animated video http://www.howcast.com/videos/351816-How-to-Use-a-Bidet. now I see why some people can find it gross. the bidet has a spray like a water fountain directly hitting the butt. I am from Italy and never saw a bidet like this, I definitely would not like it and find it unconfortable to use and not sanitary. in Italy bidet are like this, with just a drain inside the bidet and a a higher faucet: http://sanitari.internicasa.it/p-39694-fusion-hatria-wc_bidet-.html. you use them as I explained above. hope this helps

[Anonymous]

I'm an American, but grew up partially in Germany. My dad was Army and we lived in a house off post, "on the economy" as it was called. We had a bidet in our bathroom but none of us ever got used to using it. My mom put a big fern in it and that was it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, so the water sprays out from the bidet onto your bottom, then drains back into the bidet?

How do you make sure none of those poop germs splash back onto the sprayer, and then how do you know someone else's poop germs aren't getting sprayed onto your bottom or anyone else's?

And then you wash your feet in the thing?

How do you keep the dang thing santary?

I feel like I should be overcome with grossed out giggles. Please explain further.

sorry, apparently I need to address the basics atfer you poop, you first clean your butt with toilet paper, as usual, so I assume when you are done with that your butt should be pretty clean, I hope. at this point you use the bidet (and the bidet is not an unnecessary step, believe me, the sensation of leaving the bathroom with a squeaky clean butt is so satisfying that cannot be described). also, the bidet does not spray water on your butt (at least the bidets I had never did it). the bidet has a faucet-like thing where water comes out, so the water comes out eactly as it comes out from the faucet of the sink . when you wash your face in the morning, I do not think the faucet sprays water rigth in your face - I guess you bring the water to your face with your hands. same with the bidet. how you keep it sanitary? you clean it, as you clean your sink and your bathtub. you take showers in your buthtub (washing your butt also, I assume) and I guess you also take baths in it, and still manage to keep it sanitary. same with the bidet. do not confused the bidet with the toilet (the combo bidet/toilet is atrocious, gross and I would never use one). you never ever poop or pee in a bidet, and the only parts of your body that touch the bidet are your legs when you seat on it, not your butt. the used water flushes down the drain, llike the used water of your shower or bath goes down the drain of your bathtub. I do not think you think your tub is gross. I think you should really think of the bidet as a small bathtub, used to take partial showers (just washing butt and feet, instead of the entire body). really, believe me, it is not gross. actually, for people from bidet-using countries it is gross to think that people go through life without a bidet

just one addendum: I googled how to use a bidet and came accross several web sites, including this little animated video http://www.howcast.com/videos/351816-How-to-Use-a-Bidet. now I see why some people can find it gross. the bidet has a spray like a water fountain directly hitting the butt. I am from Italy and never saw a bidet like this, I definitely would not like it and find it unconfortable to use and not sanitary. in Italy bidet are like this, with just a drain inside the bidet and a a higher faucet: http://sanitari.internicasa.it/p-39694-fusion-hatria-wc_bidet-.html. you use them as I explained above. hope this helps

This is so true. Case in point:

Aurelio De Laurentiis (cousin of the food network hottie Giada De Laurnetiis) is the owner of an Italian soccer team (Napoli). He was irate about his players being wanted by English soccer clubs so he told a journalist:

"If they want to go to England then in the end they're going to go, but they need to understand this: the English live badly, eat badly and their women do not wash their genitalia. To them, a bidet is a mystery."

[Anonymous]

Regarding the metal hoses (like retractable sink hoses) next to toilet. I saw this many places in the Middle East and always ignore them. Then after giving birth and having stitches, which made it impossible to wipe "down there" until I healed, I reached for the hose. Never cleaner and I kept using it. I remember being incredulous that I had ever thought wiping myself with a thin piece of dry paper could be good enough. Nothing compares to cleaning yourself with water. Bidets seem much more awkward and I wouldn't want to use my hand to direct water where it needed to go.

I'd love to have one of those hoses hooked up here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an American, but grew up partially in Germany. My dad was Army and we lived in a house off post, "on the economy" as it was called. We had a bidet in our bathroom but none of us ever got used to using it. My mom put a big fern in it and that was it.

We stored the kids' bath toys in ours.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, this girl doesn't relish the thought of soaking my feet in a vessel that either me or DH has splashed his bum off in, nor do I think I'd like having an open bowl in my bathroom that someone has done that in. I'd be disinfecting it constantly. I'm sure it feels nice and all that, but I'm too much of a germophobe to appreciate having one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, this girl doesn't relish the thought of soaking my feet in a vessel that either me or DH has splashed his bum off in, nor do I think I'd like having an open bowl in my bathroom that someone has done that in. I'd be disinfecting it constantly. I'm sure it feels nice and all that, but I'm too much of a germophobe to appreciate having one.

Do you do without a toilet as well?

[Anonymous]

I've got 4 brand new in box TOTO S-400 washlets for sale!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've got 4 brand new in box TOTO S-400 washlets for sale!

Why are you selling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, this girl doesn't relish the thought of soaking my feet in a vessel that either me or DH has splashed his bum off in, nor do I think I'd like having an open bowl in my bathroom that someone has done that in. I'd be disinfecting it constantly. I'm sure it feels nice and all that, but I'm too much of a germophobe to appreciate having one.

Do you do without a toilet as well?

No, but a toilet has a lid which we close unless it's in use, and I don't soak my feet in it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, this girl doesn't relish the thought of soaking my feet in a vessel that either me or DH has splashed his bum off in, nor do I think I'd like having an open bowl in my bathroom that someone has done that in. I'd be disinfecting it constantly. I'm sure it feels nice and all that, but I'm too much of a germophobe to appreciate having one.

Do you do without a toilet as well?

No, but a toilet has a lid which we close unless it's in use, and I don't soak my feet in it!

so I guess you do not have a bath tub, an open bowl in the bathroom where you take showers splashing your bum off (at least I do it) and take baths, soaking various body parts........ or are you disinfecting your bath tub constantly? I can assure you that it is not necesary, based at least on how let's say not squeaky clean our tub is and the fact that so fare we are all alive more or less

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, this girl doesn't relish the thought of soaking my feet in a vessel that either me or DH has splashed his bum off in, nor do I think I'd like having an open bowl in my bathroom that someone has done that in. I'd be disinfecting it constantly. I'm sure it feels nice and all that, but I'm too much of a germophobe to appreciate having one.

Do you do without a toilet as well?

No, but a toilet has a lid which we close unless it's in use, and I don't soak my feet in it!

so I guess you do not have a bath tub, an open bowl in the bathroom where you take showers splashing your bum off (at least I do it) and take baths, soaking various body parts........ or are you disinfecting your bath tub constantly? I can assure you that it is not necesary, based at least on how let's say not squeaky clean our tub is and the fact that so fare we are all alive more or less

Someone needs to relax. Try taking a bath.

[Anonymous]

A bath def. isn't the same. I clean my bath after each use. Each time I bathe I know I'm investing more time to clean the tub after a soak.

When I use a bidet, I want to be done. I don't want to have to clean it/invest the time each time every time. So I wouldn't use it to clean ANYTHING other than my perineum.

Certainly not my feet and certainly not to ice my alcohol bloated face (Sonja, RHONY)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've got 4 brand new in box TOTO S-400 washlets for sale!

Why are you selling?

Ordered too many.