I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to learn yoga in order to take a dump.

[bluesbassman]

Disclaimer: Yes I know it's a urinal, but there's no joke in that.

[Aristus]

1. No, you were right the first time; it's a squat-hole.

I saw a lot of them when I was in Saudi Arabia.

[bluesbassman]

2. Wow, didn't know that.

Saw a lot of floor level urinals in Europe, but never saw anything like that!

I suppose that's part of the reason they ban alcohol consumption in SA, be tricky navigating that thing after tying one on!

[Major Nikon]

6. Europe has plenty of squat holes as well

If you travel to the near or far east they are often more prevalent than toilets. If you venture outside the tourist areas many aren't stocked with toilet paper and sometimes in 3rd world countries you'll see stripes on the wall where people have wiped their ass with their hand and smeared it on the wall.

It beats digging a cat hole or taking a shit over a trough with everyone watching, but not by much.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. "Yoga" is the word I chant repetitiously to ease the passage of my daily movement.

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[pinboy3niner]

4. When you see footprints on top of a toilet seat...

...you know they probably were left by somebody who normally uses squat toilets. For real.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Well ...

Y'all can take a summer lawn chair and customize it. [img][/img]

[rug]

7. Nothing to it.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I'm guessing that the worst job in Europe is a shoe salesman.

[HERVEPA]

9. Used them all the time in Nepal, and my knees aren't great.

No big deal.

[Duer 157099]

10. Doubles as the dog's water bowl

But honestly, the human colon expels best when in the squatting position, so it's actually a good healthy design.

Well, as long as nobody accidentally steps in it.

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. That seems to be what most Americans don't understand....

and for that matter, the rest of the West that uses what Americans are used to as a toilet.

Humans had been squatting over a hole in the ground for centuries before anyone thought to make a seat at knee level.

On the other hand, the West invented toilet paper.

In certain cultures, it is taboo to use your left hand to eat with, because that is the one wiping your ass.

WITHOUT toilet paper!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. Very common in Japan, although Western-style toilets are becoming more popular

Fortunately, Japan is conscious of its aging population, so the stalls with traditional toilets often have hand rails so that you can get back up after you've squatted.

[pink-o]

16. And typically, the Japanese took the Western toilet and ran with it.

The toilets in Tokyo with the heated seats, the built-in bidets, music and dual flushes...I didn't wanna come home!

[mnhtnbb]

12. Train station at a little town in Italy is where I was happy to encounter one!

[B Calm]

13. Reminds me of Naples, Italy

[jakeXT]

14. Don’t sit on the toilet

Don’t sit on the toilet

Turns out I had been going to the bathroom incorrectly for 40 years. To explain: Human bodies were built to squat in the fields, not sit on a toilet. If you squat while moving your bowels, you’ll a) do it a lot faster and b) help prevent hemorrhoids, which affect 70 percent of people at some point in their lives.

Initially, I thought this was New Age crazy talk, but there are actually several studies to back this up, including one by an Israeli scientist who compared subjects who defecated on a high toilet with those who squatted over a plastic container. The squatters averaged 51 seconds per movement. The sitters, 130 seconds. And the squatters also rated the experience as easier.

You can even buy an apparatus on the Internet called “Nature’s Platform.” It fits over your toilet and turns your flush American Standard into a third-world hole in the ground.

My wife didn’t think the Nature’s Platform went with our décor, so it’s been discarded. But an easy compromise: Put your feet on a stool while doing your business.

http://blog.ajjacobs.com/

[Shrek]

17. I have to sit

I need the top of my thighs for my IPad.

[In_The_Wind]

18. omg

[jakeXT]

19. Reminds me of this