What are all these bags of tissues all about? How and why do I use a Chinese toilet? What do they look like? How do you use them and how do you ask for the toilet?
the squat position is easier to push out than sitting on toilet. The first time I used sitting toilet was 14 year old. I was not used to it and I could not finish my job. When i have constipation,it helps with using squat toilet.
Then the problem is actually the constipation, and applying force makes it a lot worse and is not healthy for the hemorrhoids. People need to learn gentle force, tensing up the abdomen as a signal to the body and then letting the body do the rest. Requires patience especially until the diet situation is improved. There might even be a spiritual lesson in this problem: People tend to fixate on the symptoms and results instead of applying energy at the root and not trying to control every step of a process.
I love Serpentza's videos they really tell it as it is,no they are not negative, in fact he extols the positive virtues of a foreigner living in china, but he just tells every subject he covers with Honesty and objectivity, well done Winston!
I remember during my last visit, my mother and I were at the open air market and this little old lady walked toward us and asked for toilet paper. I was so weirded out; that never happens in the US. Within the hour I quickly found out how precious of a commodity these tissue packets were when at a restaurant while eating, and using the bathroom. We went to the supermarket and bought a big box of tissue packets for the whole family crew.
Mr. Winston, Thank you!, for sharing this important information of "How it is" when visiting China on the issue of "Tissues, & Toilets", I find it very helpful to know what to expect should the need arise for me. Wonderful work you do for us subscribers. Good luck in your continuing work of "How it is" series. Always enjoy watching your stories.
I have been making my way through Winston's videos and leaving comments. I truly do appreciate the work he is doing with his videos, and I enjoy his westernized viewpoints. More times than not, I do not think he goes far enough in his explanations or he cannot equate Chinese culture and traditions to the things he speaks about. I find this common among many expats here in China. As for me, I have been living in China for about half the time that Winston has. Chinese culture and traditions are very fascinating to me and I try to learn all I can about past traditions, ones that are dying out, and the new traditions that are taking over in China. I believe this is why I have different perspectives about Winston's videos. I do have a blog of my five years here in China that I use to provide information about China, much like Winston does. Anyway, let me provide more information about toilets in China that Winston had left out. Please do not misunderstand my comments in saying that I am saying that Winston is incorrect. Far be it. He is usually on target with his topics and commentary. Being a man, urinals are an interesting topic. Winston's video showed a standard, modern urinal. I wonder how many train stations, public schools, or public street restrooms he has visited, as these images get embedded in one's memory. Most of the time, they are trough type urinals and are dirtier than a pig's trough. The smell from the restrooms is overpowering and often makes a person gag. What's more, men who are using urinals often do not step right up to the urinal. They will stand a foot or more back from the contraption. In doing so, not only are their "privates" exposed to all, but that steady stream of urine does not stay stead towards the end. You can imagine the puddles that get formed from standing away from a urinal. On top f this, many men will not just unzip to do their urinal business, they will unbuckle the belt, unsnap the pants, unzip the zipper, and struggle to keep the pant up as they do their business. Signs above the urinals are used as reminders to step closer to the urinal. A funny one that was in both Chinese and English read, "We aim to please, so you should please aim". On the same note of urinal business, a foreigner is a unique thing to see, and see the Chinese do. Especially young boys. I work as a teacher and I can not tell you how many times I have been accosted at a urinal with prying eyes. Even the older men will sneak peeks. Winston is correct that most westerners have difficulty managing a squat toilet. As a larger man, my knees do not work that way and my balance is always wrong. Many public toilets are 100 times worse than those old, dirty bathrooms from the gas stations from the 1970's where your mother would warn you not to touch anything. Trains are the worst. Most of the times, I can see the tracks wizzing by through the hole as the waste is deposited directly to the outside. Sometimes you have to pay 1 rmb to a toilet keeper to use them. They are actually hired and LIVE at the location. They are given a small room to make their home. In most restaurants and other public buildings, the restrooms are on an upper floor. For example, most McDonald's are at least two stories. The toilets are always on the second floor. One good place to find western toilets are at Starbucks. They always have them, although there is usually only one toilet that is unisex and you often have to wait in a line. Many of a times I have gone into them to find shoe markings on the toilet seat showing where the last person used it as a squat toilet. One final story for you. I have a friend that built a new house out in the country. It is quite nice as the typical three story homes are. During my first visit, I was quite amazed at the fact that the restroom did not have a toilet of any manner. New house with a shower, washer and sink, but no toilet. They still go outside to stand on two cinder blocks over a dug hole in the ground with a blanket on a clothesline to shield themselves for privacy. What is worse, they live in an part of China where the winters are very cold. When I asked why they had done this, I was told that they did not have enough money to put in a toilet and the sewer system is not established. In fact, the "public" toilets that most residents used are concrete walls with no roof, emptying the waster into open sewage canals that empty into ditches along the road. Please keep in mind that this is a very rural area. But, it does play with my western sensitivities.
Found these in Eastern Europe and of course Japan, too. Back in Canada, we say "washrooms", "men's or ladies room", "heads or latrine in military" and "bathroom" but that's usually for a place where bath is attached.
Your are the real thing! In the movies no one ever goes to the bathroom. Thanks for keeping it real, believe it or not that is extremely useful information. When I grow up I want to open a Pub in China named "Hong Phoenix and the squatting Dragon." My Pub tissues advertizing will say "Come get wiped with us."
I learned to squat as a child traveling in Asia. It's not difficult. We learned to carry TP with us because there was almost never any provided. Instead there was a small faucet within reach and you were expected to clean yourself with your hand and some water. I could never bring myself to do that.
Proper toilet paper is specifically designed to easily dissolve in water, that is why it just becomes a mess if you use it to clean up a spill and also why you shouldn't flush down regular tissue paper in the toilet. That paper doesn't dissolve in the same way and may get stuck in the plumbing. Proper toilet paper shouldn't get stuck.
Westerners are not used to squatting and its painful if not impossible. You can also mimic squatting by putting a foot stand on the base of the toilet.
I travel to China often. Most recently this past summer in the Western Regions. All of your experiences are spot on. Watching these makes me feel as if I'm there. I do wish my language skills where up to your level. Best of luck to you.
Thanks Wilson! I am looking forward for the trip to China in October but not looking forward for that. Yes, I am definitely going to take care all of my problems before any trip out in their public places.
Haha! So funny, you reminded me of my kids. They were both raised in Greece where we do not flush toilet paper but completely disgusted my folks whenever we visited home as they would use the small waste paper basket in the bathroom for their toilet paper. And habits are habits, no matter how many times it was explained, the paper would still end up in the bin.
Squatting crappers, split pig pork delivered on the back of a motorbike, scams every where... Let's go! But seriously, you and C are doing a great job showing us the far away places that most of us will never get to; Thanks!
In Thailand I took a trip from Bangkok to Changmai on a train and they had squatting toilets that were open that dropped on the train tracks and there was many people in shacks that lined the tracks closely.
When I returned from living in South America I almost knelt down and kissed the white porcelain toilet in the McDonalds at the Miami airport I was so happy to see it.
Reminds me a bit of when I returned from the USA and the first thing I did at Frankfurt airport (after briefly checking out the water prices at a vending machine) was drinking bathroom tap water. After three months of dealing with chlorine smell, it felt like picnic at a spring.
I honestly never knew that there was an alternative toilet set up. That blew me away when you mentioned that they squat on western toilet seats. Crazy! i have been to France many times an i have never seen that alternative setup.
Speaking of toilet, even in the west, i rarely use public toilet because most of them are gross. If I have to use one, i normally had to use a bunch of toilet paper to clean the toilet seat and put a section of toilet paper on both side to keep my skin from touching the toilet seat.
In Hong Kong where i grew up we had a European style toilet for the ex pats and our Amor's (home help ) built on small apartment had the 'hole in the floor squat type'
When I was in China I thought, someone needs to invent and patent a little machine. Like a small version of a garbage grinder that you find in kitchen sinks. You could put the paper in, then press the button which would release a small amount of water while grinding the paper to a pulp and then washing it down into the sewer. This would solve the problem of sheets of toilet paper getting stuck in the pipes and blocking the sewers, and get rid of this problem.
07:00 Ah! Those were the days! I wish I could use those Chinese toilets. Still it wouldn't be much of a problem for those of us who can void our colons before showering in the morning.Then it's a matter of using a public urinal until returning home in the evening. Sitting on a public western toilet isn't very appealing either. As you say, best to take care of business at home.
"I wasn't really aware of this until..... I got here." Lol Definitely a reality check. Every time the car scenes cut in with the music, I see Vinnie in Snatch saying "I love this track."
I've watched with interest as whilst in Chingpu (near Shanghai) I had a stomach bug and my whose from Sha took me to the medical centre in Chingpu garden city and the confusion would've left me thinking that staying away would've been better their treatment I received was very effective and going to hospital with a Chinese speaker is the way I'm from Meyerton near Vereeniging in Southern Transvaal keep awesome as I'm doing
It's OK to ask the restaurant or hotel for toilet papers if there's no toilet papers. In your house, you can buy a pressurized water host thing to put on your western toilet, but it is rarely seen in public restrooms.
When I was in China we visited a resturant in a smaller village and their toilet had three squat "holes" but no walls between. So basically when I entered there was one guy already squatted and doing his business :=). I had to wait outside until the coast was "clear" and prayed noone would enter while I was in there. Thankfully noone did.
My aunt mentioned public bathhouses before and she lives in China so I would say yes, china has them as well. I'm pretty sure that china would have hot springs too. Also, I lived in a house-hotel in China before and it was pretty big (2 stories) and it included western toilets and bathtubs; it was really nice overall.hope this helps
We just say toilet in Australia. It's extremely rare to find a house here with the main toilet built into the bathroom (master bedroom ensuites always have a toilet though), it almost always has it's own little room. So if you asked where the bathroom was, you'd be told where the actual bathroom is, not the toilet. But the toilet is usually right next to the bathroom, so it'd be hard to miss anyway.
"I don't really feel the need to eat pork around this area anymore". Best ending ever! I have been considering going vegetarian for the trip, since, well, things like that.
I also have trouble using the squat toilets. I first encountered them in the '90s in France - they were pretty common there then too (not sure about now). So, it's not just an Asian thing. Also, I remember an Asian friend who was born/raised in the US, actually often squats when waiting since it is more comfortable than standing...so, I actually suspect there is something different about the Asian knee that makes it more comfortable than for westerners.
I don't know why but it was absolutely hilarious when you knocked over the toilet paper cover in the McDonalds bathroom. Probably because it was simply unexpected.
Lol I was at Pizza Hutt in Shanghai and I was asking the lady if they had a bathroom, trying to say it in Mandarin. She replys "WC!? WC!?" I wasn't sure what she meant at the time, found it quite funny afterwards.
Thanks for making this Video. It is not a nice Topic to talk about it is still necessary to talk about it. The toilet Situation is one of the main Things I am worrying about when coming to China next for for a couple of month to study Chinese. Thanks to your Video I know now what I have to expect.
I didn’t know we have squat toilets everywhere too. Most of us clean with water over there. Perhaps that could solve the situation where the plumbing system can’t handle toilet paper? That’s just a thought. That would be a lot more preferable and less smelly.
Just forgot to mention - so people do not think that Americans go for the hole in the floor of their bathrooms.The Squatty Potty is just a tool how to raise your feet and enable you to go when you do it in to the regular toilet without standing on the seat which dangerous since one may slip or loose a balance.
the squatting position is actually a lot more healthy for evacuating the waste. For people that have colon health problems, the first thing the doctor will recommend is to use these so-called "Turkish toilets".
I was stationed in Korea and at 06:50 is what we called the kimchee squat.Difficult for a Westerner , but circumstances dictate a quick mastery of the technique.LOL!These types of public toilets are also found throughout the Arab world.
In Disneyland Shanghai they have signs in the toilet stalls saying specifically to flush TP. Also Pizza Hut and Starbucks have Western toilets. Also in women's toilets you'll find urine that missed the bowl....
Interesting, different and maybe more hygienic. Question though, if you have a western style toilet can you drop the TP in the bowl or do you need to put it into the bin?
"... because I don't want you to see what terrors lurk within". I am very often entertained by your choice of words! Stay Awesome!
btw, the letters WC (which stand for water closet) are used very frequently in Norway and perhaps other European countries as well :)
same.... used all over south Asia too
Funny that you mention that, I just moved to Rome and have been confused by the WC posted at bathrooms... Thanks!!
I thought it was washing chamber.
Belgium. Used here ll the time. I never knew wgat it stood for exactly until now lmao
the squat position is easier to push out than sitting on toilet. The first time I used sitting toilet was 14 year old. I was not used to it and I could not finish my job. When i have constipation,it helps with using squat toilet.
bernard chen if I had to live in a country like that I would kill myself, for so many reasons
squatting in others people's piss makes it all the more fun
Then the problem is actually the constipation, and applying force makes it a lot worse and is not healthy for the hemorrhoids. People need to learn gentle force, tensing up the abdomen as a signal to the body and then letting the body do the rest. Requires patience especially until the diet situation is improved.
There might even be a spiritual lesson in this problem: People tend to fixate on the symptoms and results instead of applying energy at the root and not trying to control every step of a process.
I love Serpentza's videos they really tell it as it is,no they are not negative, in fact he extols the positive virtues of a foreigner living in china, but he just tells every subject he covers with Honesty and objectivity, well done Winston!
In Greece we call them turkish toilets and they supposed to be the most hygiene cuz you don't touch anything
2012 Flashback.
When I lived in Italy back in the 90s most of the toilets there were still squat, especially in the public bathrooms.
southern italy probably. thats not a very western country.
The squat toilets shown in this video are exceptionally clean. You have been warned. :-)
For sure, sooner or later, you will get the "trots." And then, the whole deal becomes a nightmare!
The only trouble I have with squat toilets is I have to take my trousers and underpants completely off, in fear my by business may fall into them.
The falling toiilet paper dispenser! wow I am crying that was too funny!!!
I remember during my last visit, my mother and I were at the open air market and this little old lady walked toward us and asked for toilet paper. I was so weirded out; that never happens in the US. Within the hour I quickly found out how precious of a commodity these tissue packets were when at a restaurant while eating, and using the bathroom. We went to the supermarket and bought a big box of tissue packets for the whole family crew.
We used to have a lot of squat toilets in eastern europe up to 90s too. We still squat a lot too.
Was pleasantly surprised to hear "Electric Blue" by Icehouse playing in your car. Cool nostalgic 80's song.👍
Thank you for this whole series, it will be of great assistance for me in China!
Mr. Winston, Thank you!, for sharing this important information of "How it is" when visiting China on the issue of "Tissues, & Toilets", I find it very helpful to know what to expect should the need arise for me. Wonderful work you do for us subscribers. Good luck in your continuing work of "How it is" series. Always enjoy watching your stories.
I have been making my way through Winston's videos and leaving comments. I truly do appreciate the work he is doing with his videos, and I enjoy his westernized viewpoints. More times than not, I do not think he goes far enough in his explanations or he cannot equate Chinese culture and traditions to the things he speaks about. I find this common among many expats here in China. As for me, I have been living in China for about half the time that Winston has. Chinese culture and traditions are very fascinating to me and I try to learn all I can about past traditions, ones that are dying out, and the new traditions that are taking over in China. I believe this is why I have different perspectives about Winston's videos. I do have a blog of my five years here in China that I use to provide information about China, much like Winston does. Anyway, let me provide more information about toilets in China that Winston had left out. Please do not misunderstand my comments in saying that I am saying that Winston is incorrect. Far be it. He is usually on target with his topics and commentary. Being a man, urinals are an interesting topic. Winston's video showed a standard, modern urinal. I wonder how many train stations, public schools, or public street restrooms he has visited, as these images get embedded in one's memory. Most of the time, they are trough type urinals and are dirtier than a pig's trough. The smell from the restrooms is overpowering and often makes a person gag. What's more, men who are using urinals often do not step right up to the urinal. They will stand a foot or more back from the contraption. In doing so, not only are their "privates" exposed to all, but that steady stream of urine does not stay stead towards the end. You can imagine the puddles that get formed from standing away from a urinal. On top f this, many men will not just unzip to do their urinal business, they will unbuckle the belt, unsnap the pants, unzip the zipper, and struggle to keep the pant up as they do their business. Signs above the urinals are used as reminders to step closer to the urinal. A funny one that was in both Chinese and English read, "We aim to please, so you should please aim". On the same note of urinal business, a foreigner is a unique thing to see, and see the Chinese do. Especially young boys. I work as a teacher and I can not tell you how many times I have been accosted at a urinal with prying eyes. Even the older men will sneak peeks. Winston is correct that most westerners have difficulty managing a squat toilet. As a larger man, my knees do not work that way and my balance is always wrong. Many public toilets are 100 times worse than those old, dirty bathrooms from the gas stations from the 1970's where your mother would warn you not to touch anything. Trains are the worst. Most of the times, I can see the tracks wizzing by through the hole as the waste is deposited directly to the outside. Sometimes you have to pay 1 rmb to a toilet keeper to use them. They are actually hired and LIVE at the location. They are given a small room to make their home. In most restaurants and other public buildings, the restrooms are on an upper floor. For example, most McDonald's are at least two stories. The toilets are always on the second floor. One good place to find western toilets are at Starbucks. They always have them, although there is usually only one toilet that is unisex and you often have to wait in a line. Many of a times I have gone into them to find shoe markings on the toilet seat showing where the last person used it as a squat toilet. One final story for you. I have a friend that built a new house out in the country. It is quite nice as the typical three story homes are. During my first visit, I was quite amazed at the fact that the restroom did not have a toilet of any manner. New house with a shower, washer and sink, but no toilet. They still go outside to stand on two cinder blocks over a dug hole in the ground with a blanket on a clothesline to shield themselves for privacy. What is worse, they live in an part of China where the winters are very cold. When I asked why they had done this, I was told that they did not have enough money to put in a toilet and the sewer system is not established. In fact, the "public" toilets that most residents used are concrete walls with no roof, emptying the waster into open sewage canals that empty into ditches along the road. Please keep in mind that this is a very rural area. But, it does play with my western sensitivities.
Epic Aussie 80s song at 4:36 - Icehouse - Electric Blue. Awesome to hear it was on your playlist!
Found these in Eastern Europe and of course Japan, too. Back in Canada, we say "washrooms", "men's or ladies room", "heads or latrine in military" and "bathroom" but that's usually for a place where bath is attached.
Your are the real thing! In the movies no one ever goes to the bathroom. Thanks for keeping it real, believe it or not that is extremely useful information. When I grow up I want to open a Pub in China named "Hong Phoenix and the squatting Dragon." My Pub tissues advertizing will say "Come get wiped with us."
I learned to squat as a child traveling in Asia. It's not difficult. We learned to carry TP with us because there was almost never any provided. Instead there was a small faucet within reach and you were expected to clean yourself with your hand and some water. I could never bring myself to do that.
Electric Blue.... Awesome -- Love Icehouse.
Excellent video, again. Love the song, "Electric Blue" by Icehouse.
Proper toilet paper is specifically designed to easily dissolve in water, that is why it just becomes a mess if you use it to clean up a spill and also why you shouldn't flush down regular tissue paper in the toilet. That paper doesn't dissolve in the same way and may get stuck in the plumbing. Proper toilet paper shouldn't get stuck.
Very good video.. Brought back memories when I visited Beihei in 2007. Like your selection of music as well... Maria Magdalena by Sandra.
Thank you for the video. It was very informative.
lol. I appreciate ur analytical way of describing the use of toilets :))
but isn't squatting the best positions to shit?
HairyLifeofHarry - only if you're a dog
Not if you're a fish.
Westerners are not used to squatting and its painful if not impossible. You can also mimic squatting by putting a foot stand on the base of the toilet.
yes.. it's more healthy.. westerners are using sit toilet.. look at them.. more people get stomach diseases or stomach cancer.
@@ayyiramadhini generalisation
I travel to China often. Most recently this past summer in the Western Regions. All of your experiences are spot on. Watching these makes me feel as if I'm there. I do wish my language skills where up to your level. Best of luck to you.
Thanks Wilson! I am looking forward for the trip to China in October but not looking forward for that.
Yes, I am definitely going to take care all of my problems before any trip out in their public places.
8:20 "...the logistics of the whole thing..." wonderful,
Haha! So funny, you reminded me of my kids. They were both raised in Greece where we do not flush toilet paper but completely disgusted my folks whenever we visited home as they would use the small waste paper basket in the bathroom for their toilet paper. And habits are habits, no matter how many times it was explained, the paper would still end up in the bin.
Love the video!
Squatting crappers, split pig pork delivered on the back of a motorbike, scams every where... Let's go! But seriously, you and C are doing a great job showing us the far away places that most of us will never get to; Thanks!
Great soundtrack!
Love the song (Sandra"Maria magdelina")🌹
4:40 Electric Blue - I love that song!
In Thailand I took a trip from Bangkok to Changmai on a train and they had squatting toilets that were open that dropped on the train tracks and there was many people in shacks that lined the tracks closely.
When I returned from living in South America I almost knelt down and kissed the white porcelain toilet in the McDonalds at the Miami airport I was so happy to see it.
Wow. Where did you live in South America? Paraguai or somewhere like that?
Peru and Bolivia
TheLeatherChannel
Reminds me a bit of when I returned from the USA and the first thing I did at Frankfurt airport (after briefly checking out the water prices at a vending machine) was drinking bathroom tap water. After three months of dealing with chlorine smell, it felt like picnic at a spring.
😂😂😂😂😂
Interesting about the term WC used in China, in the Philippines they use the term CR or comfort room.
omg you destroyed me when you started talkiing about your socks. I lold so hard.
I honestly never knew that there was an alternative toilet set up. That blew me away when you mentioned that they squat on western toilet seats. Crazy! i have been to France many times an i have never seen that alternative setup.
First song was by Icehouse. Love it!
Funnily enough, you'll see WC on many bathroom doors in Scandinavia. Maybe it's a European thing.
and in UK as well
Yes it is
i like this guy. i chilled in shanghai for 2 months last summer while taking classes at jiao tong university. china's exactly like he says.
Speaking of toilet, even in the west, i rarely use public toilet because most of them are gross. If I have to use one, i normally had to use a bunch of toilet paper to clean the toilet seat and put a section of toilet paper on both side to keep my skin from touching the toilet seat.
Yes of course . Most humans do that .
I live in Belgium and we use wc here all the time, never thought about it twice.
very informative.
In Mexico they had waste cans with lids to dispose of toilet paper in. At the Crown Plaza in Monterey you could flush the paper.
your socks LOOOOOOLLLL
that killes me nice one man, been there done that
In Hong Kong where i grew up we had a European style toilet for the ex pats and our Amor's (home help ) built on small apartment had the 'hole in the floor squat type'
Very interesting. My wifes Aunt took a trip to China years ago and told us about the hole in the floor. Culture shock for sure.
If that bike was 2-stroke, the pork had a nice marinade.
wow ........ amazing !
Man, I love your videos. You are so enlightening and truly make me laugh, if I ever visit China we should have a beer together :-)
HOLY SHIT!!! That is Electric Blue by Icehouse playing at 4:37.
+Spenser Snyder sure is
Haha so funny when the toilet paper holder came off the wall.
I found several western style toilets around Changzhou when I first visited my wife (gf then)
during July, 2010
When I was in China I thought, someone needs to invent and patent a little machine. Like a small version of a garbage grinder that you find in kitchen sinks. You could put the paper in, then press the button which would release a small amount of water while grinding the paper to a pulp and then washing it down into the sewer. This would solve the problem of sheets of toilet paper getting stuck in the pipes and blocking the sewers, and get rid of this problem.
07:00 Ah! Those were the days! I wish I could use those Chinese toilets. Still it wouldn't be much of a problem for those of us who can void our colons before showering in the morning.Then it's a matter of using a public urinal until returning home in the evening. Sitting on a public western toilet isn't very appealing either. As you say, best to take care of business at home.
"I wasn't really aware of this until..... I got here." Lol Definitely a reality check. Every time the car scenes cut in with the music, I see Vinnie in Snatch saying "I love this track."
I first encountered squat toilets in Greece and was confused. Now they make perfect sense. It's the natural postion in which to have a dump.
@Vladswell yeah, using squat toliets build up your calf muscles, and improves the precision of your aim :)
When I was there I used the squatter toilets a few times. I had to hold the bottom of the door (if it had one) to keep steady haha
+Sam Baker LOL, you guys are really funny.
I've watched with interest as whilst in Chingpu (near Shanghai) I had a stomach bug and my whose from Sha took me to the medical centre in Chingpu garden city and the confusion would've left me thinking that staying away would've been better their treatment I received was very effective and going to hospital with a Chinese speaker is the way I'm from Meyerton near Vereeniging in Southern Transvaal keep awesome as I'm doing
It's OK to ask the restaurant or hotel for toilet papers if there's no toilet papers. In your house, you can buy a pressurized water host thing to put on your western toilet, but it is rarely seen in public restrooms.
Sandra - Maria Magdalena
Haven´t heard that Song in 30 years or so. I didn´t know this song was popular outside of Germany.
every time see you have some bbq makes me wanna go downstairs to get some as well and a bottle of beer
When I was in China we visited a resturant in a smaller village and their toilet had three squat "holes" but no walls between. So basically when I entered there was one guy already squatted and doing his business :=). I had to wait outside until the coast was "clear" and prayed noone would enter while I was in there. Thankfully noone did.
My aunt mentioned public bathhouses before and she lives in China so I would say yes, china has them as well. I'm pretty sure that china would have hot springs too. Also, I lived in a house-hotel in China before and it was pretty big (2 stories) and it included western toilets and bathtubs; it was really nice overall.hope this helps
dig th3 old classics
We just say toilet in Australia. It's extremely rare to find a house here with the main toilet built into the bathroom (master bedroom ensuites always have a toilet though), it almost always has it's own little room. So if you asked where the bathroom was, you'd be told where the actual bathroom is, not the toilet. But the toilet is usually right next to the bathroom, so it'd be hard to miss anyway.
"I don't really feel the need to eat pork around this area anymore". Best ending ever! I have been considering going vegetarian for the trip, since, well, things like that.
WC is also used by builders and architects. I use that a lot bcoz I am in construction
The restroom at a bookstore in Seattle on Pike and 10th, is marked W/C.
I also have trouble using the squat toilets. I first encountered them in the '90s in France - they were pretty common there then too (not sure about now). So, it's not just an Asian thing.
Also, I remember an Asian friend who was born/raised in the US, actually often squats when waiting since it is more comfortable than standing...so, I actually suspect there is something different about the Asian knee that makes it more comfortable than for westerners.
awww they look like birds squatting like that. : )
LOL, great video indeed!
yeah, that's true, u have good teacher
i reli appreciate your video~!!!!!
I don't know why but it was absolutely hilarious when you knocked over the toilet paper cover in the McDonalds bathroom. Probably because it was simply unexpected.
Hahaha XD I lost it when you destroyed the toilet paper holder
Lol I was at Pizza Hutt in Shanghai and I was asking the lady if they had a bathroom, trying to say it in Mandarin. She replys "WC!? WC!?" I wasn't sure what she meant at the time, found it quite funny afterwards.
Same where I live.
playing Icehouse in the car...wicked!
Thanks for making this Video. It is not a nice Topic to talk about it is still necessary to talk about it. The toilet Situation is one of the main Things I am worrying about when coming to China next for for a couple of month to study Chinese. Thanks to your Video I know now what I have to expect.
WC is also quite common here in germany
Electric Blue!
I didn’t know we have squat toilets everywhere too. Most of us clean with water over there.
Perhaps that could solve the situation where the plumbing system can’t handle toilet paper? That’s just a thought.
That would be a lot more preferable and less smelly.
After watching a lot of your videos I have no desire to go to China, I have taken it off my bucket list.
Icehouse! 'man of colours' was the first album i owned.
5:57 - LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was not expecting that.
Just forgot to mention - so people do not think that Americans go for the hole in the floor of their bathrooms.The Squatty Potty is just a tool how to raise your feet and enable you to go when you do it in to the regular toilet without standing on the seat which dangerous since one may slip or loose a balance.
the squatting position is actually a lot more healthy for evacuating the waste. For people that have colon health problems, the first thing the doctor will recommend is to use these so-called "Turkish toilets".
I was stationed in Korea and at 06:50 is what we called the kimchee squat.Difficult for a Westerner , but circumstances dictate a quick mastery of the technique.LOL!These types of public toilets are also found throughout the Arab world.
lol at the icehouse on the car stereo
awesome toilet facts
In Disneyland Shanghai they have signs in the toilet stalls saying specifically to flush TP. Also Pizza Hut and Starbucks have Western toilets.
Also in women's toilets you'll find urine that missed the bowl....
"So you thought you were safe? Did you?"Hahaha XD
Interesting, different and maybe more hygienic. Question though, if you have a western style toilet can you drop the TP in the bowl or do you need to put it into the bin?
Philippines has public toilets but most of them have no water, tissue paper or soap. Most toilets westerns are use to are in large hotels or malls.
The strangest thing on this video, was Icehouse, Electric Blue playing on the radio.