Tales of the squatty potty

[Western All Stars]

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Americans complain too much. Of all the things I have realized since I returned from Japan, that one bothers me the most...

Known to the Japanese people as a washiki, or Japanese style, a toilet in Japan closely resembles, more than anything else, a urinal that someone has laid on the floor. The basis of its appeal to the Japanese is that one does not need to touch it in any way in order to use it. Never mind the suspicious puddles on the floor from time to time. For those ladies out there who always wanted to try peeing while standing up, this is the perfect opportunity. One simply cannot sit down to use the washiki....



Stranger in a Strange Land: Japanese toilets require much skill (http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/Columns/2008/04/09/23668/)

:violin:

[Buraku]

There are 2 problems with this

Older Gaijins have fat legs, fat hips, fat asses, especially the older ones....and I don't think its genes more like shitty western diet....I've rarely seen a real Italian look like a beached whale....but the Italain-Americans yes they fucking do look like a beached whale!!
the trouble with gaijins, especially the American gaijin is we need to park their butt when taking a shit.

Problem two
Lots of gaijins can not monkey squat, you know the typical Asian/Japanese squat where they can be seen waiting at street corners with a cigarette in their mouth. It's a squat looking like a baboon passing the time, while hovering their butts about four inches from the floor http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2897&stc=1&d=1207714073

oh yeah and for a real fucked up story read this
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=500835&objectid=10498197

[Iraira]

Lots of gaijins can not monkey squat, you know the typical Asian/Japanese squat where they can be seen waiting at street corners with a cigarette in their mouth. It's a squat looking like a baboon passing the time, while hovering their butts about four inches from the floor

Those of us who served time behind the Orange County, California Curtain, refer to it as "The Westminster Waddle" or "The Bolsa Bow-legged Bend"

[Charles]

Known to the Japanese people as a washiki..

:rofl:

Sumimasen, washiki wa doko desu ka?

[bienthuy]

Very good:nihonjin:

[omae mona]

:rofl:

Sumimasen, washiki wa doko desu ka?

If your point is that the article implies "washiki" literally means a toilet, then yes, I thought that was kind of funny too. Obviously "washiki" can refer to lots of things besides a toilet. But I think the most common use, by far, is in fact in front of the words トイレ or 便器 or something along those lines. Try doing a google image search for 和式 and see what comes up (hint: there are a lot more pictures of people squatting than, say, Japanese style knifes)

So, "washiki wa doko desu ka" may be a little strange, but I think most Japanese folks would guess what you meant right away.

[baka tono]

I want to get paid for writing retarded articles like that.