Lavatorial technique for the everyday defecator

[Wowbagger]

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/may/18/truth-about-poo-doing-it-wrong-giulia-enders-squatting

When I was a regular attender at a tai chi class, our teacher was a great enthusiast about crapping in the right way. He was very much into squatting and he even referred us to one of these

to assist us, but I'm pretty sure the bloke on the right ought to have taken his trousers off. http://naturesplatform.com/ refers.

Now you can buy a book about it written, of course, by a German: Charming Bowels, by Giulia Enders. No doubt it makes a great book to add to the collection to take to the smallest room, but personally I'd rather do a sudoku.

Excuse me a moment.

[Chris S]

AKA "Squattie potty" 

I'm way too inflexible to squat that deep any more  .

ETA: Interesting timing - seeing as I have my first ride on Teh Black Snake later...

[rafletcher]

The advantages of a low seat - bum below knees - was expounded on in an "Embarrassing Bodies" episode a while back.

[T42]

Whither the footprint cludge?  One of the most disgusting aspects of living here is the occasional encounter with a squatter awash with wall-to-wall piss when you're in dire need to drop your shorts.  Rather risk the undergrowth with the ticks & horse-flies.  Fortunately they're dying out, more slowly in the south.

[hellymedic]

How about this bargain from Coopers of Stortford?
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/coopers-of-stortford-natural-toilet-aid-prodst09609i/

No risk of falling from your perch...

[Fab Foodie]

How about this bargain from Coopers of Stortford?
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/coopers-of-stortford-natural-toilet-aid-prodst09609i/

No risk of falling from your perch...

I think I've found a new use for the pile of cycle-mags in the Lav' .....

[hellymedic]

How about this bargain from Coopers of Stortford?
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/coopers-of-stortford-natural-toilet-aid-prodst09609i/

No risk of falling from your perch...

I think I've found a new use for the pile of cycle-mags in the Lav' .....

They could slip...

[Chris S]

How about this bargain from Coopers of Stortford?
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/coopers-of-stortford-natural-toilet-aid-prodst09609i/

No risk of falling from your perch...

I think I've found a new use for the pile of cycle-mags in the Lav' .....

They could slip...

Depends on the nature of the mags, and how sticky they've become.

[T42]

How about this bargain from Coopers of Stortford?
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/coopers-of-stortford-natural-toilet-aid-prodst09609i/

No risk of falling from your perch...

As supplied to the Stinking Bishop?

[Wowbagger]

How about this bargain from Coopers of Stortford?
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/coopers-of-stortford-natural-toilet-aid-prodst09609i/

No risk of falling from your perch...

I think I've found a new use for the pile of cycle-mags in the Lav' .....

They could slip...

Depends on the nature of the mags, and how sticky they've become.

For tone-lowering beyond the call of duty.

[Basil]

Whither the footprint cludge?  One of the most disgusting aspects of living here is the occasional encounter with a squatter awash with wall-to-wall piss when you're in dire need to drop your shorts.  Rather risk the undergrowth with the ticks & horse-flies.  Fortunately they're dying out, more slowly in the south.

Ah, the "Two Footsteps and a Hole" as I called them were still very common in the bars of Paris when I lived there. (Particularly the grade of bar I used to frequent.)  I was fine with the function, it was just, as you suggest, they were always filthy.
Luckily, as a pretty regular chap, I rarely needed them for any more than standard beer recycling.

[Ham]

I confess that I would rather have a foot job (as I affectionately refer to them) than a filthy sit-on. Indeed, on my recent pass through Kuala Lumpur, I chose one of the same over European style, more through wet than filth, but still.

[geraldc]

I used to live in a flat with a non contact toilet. There was no flush, just a bucket that you filled with water and poured in from a height. It doubled as the shower room so was a wet room. With regards to the hole, in my family toddlers tended to fall into them, or put things down them. Flip flops and remote controls were quite popular.  One benefit was that it was very easy to empty the mop bucket. Nowadays, if you don't have access to an outside drain, it's very difficult for your maid to empty the mop bucket...

[Basil]

Nowadays, if you don't have access to an outside drain, it's very difficult for your maid to empty the mop bucket...

I insist she takes it home and empties it there.