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In reply to the discussion: Seated or standing? [View all]

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
20. Precisely
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 04:46 PM
Sep 2013

I also have a poop stool.

I read somewhere (They can't put it on the internet if it isn't true!) that our bodies built to eliminate from a squatted position so your feet should be roughly as high as your butt. I believe in Asian countries the toilets are built into the ground so that you have no choice but we westerners in our lap of luxury have taken to reclining while pooping. You sure can't get a couple chapters of that book in while trying not to fall ass-first into the toilet! So in typical American-style compromise and ingenuity, I got me a foot stool to put my feet on while in the act and then after a courtesy flush and a few chapters I can lean sideways and take care of cleanliness. Folded and wet rather than balled up like some barbarian.

Seated or standing? [View all] Recursion Sep 2013 OP
I'm not going to vote, because I don't want to earn the scorn and hatred of petronius Sep 2013 #1
Cartwheeling. MiddleFingerMom Sep 2013 #2
Exactly! I'm glad someone knows how to do it correctly petronius Sep 2013 #3
Bingo. Centrifugal force. Make it work for you. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2013 #17
I'm supposed to wipe? n/t tazkcmo Sep 2013 #24
. Squinch Sep 2013 #25
I have a bidet. Chan790 Sep 2013 #4
I don't understand the logistics of sitting. You put your hand *in* the bowl? Recursion Sep 2013 #5
You wash your hands afterwards. Chan790 Sep 2013 #6
I think people lean over far enough so the hand isn't in the bowl. Kaleva Sep 2013 #12
I can't touch my toes, or even my lower shins Recursion Sep 2013 #13
You need... pipi_k Sep 2013 #14
NOOOOOO!!!! I've been developing that same idea for years. I was going to call it the Taint Brush! Recursion Sep 2013 #16
Uh, oh... pipi_k Sep 2013 #22
My legs would be a problem if I tried to squat. Kaleva Sep 2013 #15
Precisely OriginalGeek Sep 2013 #20
What the... pipi_k Sep 2013 #7
I think the term "standing" is a little confusing Duer 157099 Sep 2013 #8
Well at least high enough to keep your hand out of the bowl Recursion Sep 2013 #9
But it's a unique sort of standing Duer 157099 Sep 2013 #10
This poll makes DUers who don't wipe, like MFM & others, feel left out. Kaleva Sep 2013 #11
I sit (nt) bigwillq Sep 2013 #18
Just WTF walkerbait41 Sep 2013 #19
This is important shit. Kaleva Sep 2013 #28
I learned a neat trick from my Dog. BlueJazz Sep 2013 #21
You should do a poll on looking at the paper after or not looking after. rug Sep 2013 #23
I sit when I wipe myself, but I often stand when I wipe other people. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #26
Either way OxQQme Sep 2013 #27
The people have spoken. KamaAina Sep 2013 #29
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