Comments on: How do You Use a Toilet Brush?

By: david miller

david miller — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:35:05 +0000

this shit was hilarious. and kind of foul too. but in a good way. i don’t know why the argentinean toilets are that way. the turd has to do this total ‘reverse roll’ maneuver to get down to the water and out.

it does seem to cut down, however, on ‘splash-back’

By: Kate Sedgwick

Kate Sedgwick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:05:19 +0000

Thanks, Candice! By the way, you can say ‘fuck’ here, if you’re so inclined. I don’t really want to contemplate the other point you made! Ew!

By: Kate Sedgwick

Kate Sedgwick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:49:32 +0000

Funny! I think it’s about saving water more than it is the inspection. Same amount of porcelain while you save a gallon a day!

By: Candice

Candice — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:02:49 +0000

Flipping awesome blog – should try the note with current house mate who doesn’t know how to flush, might add the “how to use a toilet brush” in as an appendix…
And those shelf toilets, if you aren’t careful when you wipe you get it on the back of your hand!!!

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:38:19 +0000

I always felt that the sorts of toilets which you mention were built precisely for the purpose of inspecting your efforts. In the same way that soothsayers might examine tea leaves or the entrails of an animal, the health-obsessed can have a good old pore over their bowel movements to check for any sign of impending trouble.

At the risk of sounding xenophobic, I always figured they were more common in, erm, slightly hypochrondiachal societies. I don’t know about Argentina, but I can imagine an over-mothered child in Spain* having the possible evils of an uninspected stool hammered home on a regular basis. (*In the same way that a neck uncovered by a scarf can apparently lead to maladies untold…)

Could be wrong, though, of course…

Oh, nice post by the way!

By: cmykphoto42

cmykphoto42 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:05:39 +0000

Que bueno tu blog amiga! LOL. I look forward to reading more. Not sure where you find these people… or do they find you??

By: Carlo

Carlo — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:13:35 +0000

The Germans use toilets like that too! I think it conserves water (the Germans are a very efficient people). But it’s pretty gross when you have to drop a big load, it stinks up the place real good.

Possibly the funniest post about shit I’ve read. Not that I’ve read much about shit. Actually, this might be the first post I’ve read about shit.

By: Kate Sedgwick

Kate Sedgwick — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:04:24 +0000

Ha! Now I’m curious. I meant to send you this: http://teresastrasser.com/blog/ Looks like you guys delivered about the same time. And I know you know this, but I think it says only good things when you laugh at poo while breast-feeding because (you know) there’s a mountain of it in your immediate future!

By: 9mos

9mos — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:06:06 +0000

Ok, what does it say about me that I was reading this while breastfeeding my kid and laughing out loud? Probably nothing good.
And the shelf on the toilet? I don’t get it, but I’m thinking I probably shouldn’t move to Buenos Aires.
Then again, don’t get me started about Cuban toilets….

By: Kate Sedgwick

Kate Sedgwick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:35:31 +0000

I also wanted to ask – what’s unnecessary vitriol? And ‘Steve’? If you want to pretend to be someone who doesn’t know me, you shouldn’t put information in your comments that gives you away. Beso!