Bidets explained to American person

Seconded. I had that exact model as my first bidet. It’s in the garage as a backup if my super fancy daily driver fails. I will not be without a bidet.

You got taken. The “all the bells and whistles model” should have a cordless remote.

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Attached remote is a necessity. We have cats, and a tub on legs.

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Important: go for one with steel reinforced supply line and good quality internal connections (look for reviews). A broken toilet supply line upstairs can ruin your entire home.

While we’re on the topic… get leak detection and automated water supply shutoff.

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Washcloths as towels.

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Like many things, you can blame it on good old American xenophobia and Puritanism.

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One of my favorite Monty Python bits involves angry Pepperpots and this line:

[Monty Python’s Flying Circus S03E06 The War Against Pornography]

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OMG, that reminds me. Some friends were staying in a kind of rustic accommodation on, I want to say Malta, maybe? Anyway, there was no place to fill up their water bottle in their lodgings when they set out for easy (ETA - I meant “early”) hikes (maybe the sink was too small to fit a water bottle under the faucet?), but there was a bidet (I love the priorities this shows), so my friend filled her water bottle from the bidet.
And getting to the foot washing quote, she agreed that, if you don’t have access to a shower, being able to wash your feet and your private bits is easily accomplished with a bidet. And that’ll take you through a few days, at least. :joy:

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sorta samsies. Due to making a huge mistake (apparently lady-parts aren’t always compatible with lavender-scented toilet paper) I entered March 2020 with about 20 rolls. I already had a cheap bidet installed. And then it became apparent that the act of buying toilet paper was a quaint relic of the before times… but I was ok, and the power of the jet-stream saw me through!

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More accurately, American disbelief regarding basic anal hygiene is baffling

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Yep.
Had a 1st grade teacher like that. Early '60s. Permian Basin in Texas…
She kept trying to make me write with the wrong hand.
Having red hair didn’t help her disposition towards me, either.

Ironically, after breaking my left wrist a couple of years ago, I discovered that I could write with my right hand. The scrawlings are more legible…

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It’s like a water-pic for your bunghole.

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That is an excellent description.
I also first misread “bunghole” as “bungalow” and will henceforth be referring to my back door as my bungalow. Thank you muchly for that!

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