french crouching toilets

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just wondering as in a brico (don't ask) in france and they sell those toilets...

do private households have those sometimes?

Never seen them in a private house but seen them lots in cafes, campsite toilets, public toilet type places.

me too!
but these things aren't the cheap option compared to a conventional toilet

Had them round lake garda in Italy, didn't mind weeing in one but couldn't bring myself to have a poo

I saw one at a station in France that had a fold down steel ring to sit on over a crouch toilet. I didn't risk it!

I have indeed seen them all over France, most recently in the south this spring.

The other thing that baffles me in France is that in some places there is a loo but it has no seat so you still have to squat or sit in cold porcelain!

Had really upset tummy in a ‘posh’ crouching loo in France - it was not so posh afterwards
Though of course, I did tidy it up after.... awful to use one for no.2s anyway!

Haha I remember my sister referring to these as "kneeling" toilets just after we returned from holiday. We all looked at her like this

Not great if you have a bad back 😫😬

In theory it's the healthy way to shit as the angle is better. Never seen them in a private home and I'm not a huge fan as you end up washing your feet when you flush.

Was thinking the other day that they would be a nice option for public toilets. Had the worst time giving a sample in the doctor's filthy toilet, was wishing for one.

I think crouch toilets are fantastic for hygiene purposes. It is also apparently physiologically better for clearing out a bladder if your quads can hold out

Dd's face when she encountered one for the first time this year.
"Mummy - the toilet's missing!"

My balance is terrible and I’d rather find a bush to pee/poo behind, as I’d end up going arse over tit and be found with my ass stuck in it like a giant plunger! 😳

If I squat to pee I spray like the flower head on a watering can and get soaking we calves.

When I was at university in France a few years ago they had several normal cubicles and then a couple of crouching ones too!

Ha ha JellyNo15, me too!

They call them Turkish toilets and I’ve seen them in some older unmodernised apartment blocks in Paris... one toilet shared between a couple of studio apartments. Not a fond memory.

They're called Turkish toilets. Never seen one in a private house in over 20 years of living in France. Hate the bloody things when you come across them on the motorway 'aires'.

Tis better for your bowel.
It's our natural shitting position.

I have a poo step at home to change my erm, firing angle?
No straining.

the worst are the ones at an aire that flush by flooding the whole floor once you lift up your derriere.

Have used these in Asia a long time, only when needs must! Recently encountered on in Russia, and I had tight jeans on / was feeling particularly inflexible and it just seems so far down... I didn't bother in the end, and held on until I got back to my hotel!!

When I was a kid we used to stop at aires on our way down France and they always had crouch loos. Every time I pissed all over my socks!

Malaysian trains and Italian ferries can be tricky if you encounter a squat loo.

Once you get used to them they are much better you get a really good clear out 😁

Even better if they have the little water pipe so you can wash yourself after like in the ME