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Bidets? That's something only old people have in their bathrooms.

Personal experience? Well, NONE!? ;)

When I was younger:

Me: "Mommy, what's that?"
My mother: "Um, that's for washing ones feet."

Bidets are boring, anyway. How 'bout these newfangled high-tech toilets from Japan that will shower and dryer your... bootylicious, while sucking the air in the bowl out through a built-in fan containing a charcoal filter [I don't need to go into more detail, do I? ;) ] and are able to analyze your wee-wee and mail the results to your doctor.

Now, that's some crazy $h!t, LITERALLY! ;D

"Peace and happy..." oh no - I won't go there...

Alex :)
 
My showers have hose spray attachments for those certain bidet-esque chores. Works well enough for me.

I'm not opposed to the concept of a bidet, it's just that it would take up room and add complexity and expense. But I have worked with some people who would definitely benefit from having one... lol...
 
I just saw on H&G TV that they have something now very similar in appearance to a bidet called a foot spa with 4 water jets, squirting in from the sides, not up. They showed it installed with a tile bench (COLD!) around it so that the user sat at a comfortable height while giving the feet a treat. If nothing else, I guess it could be used as a baby's hot tub and for times when the kid's bottom looked like it would never come clean again, you could add some bubble bath before plopping the kid in and sort of give it a pre wash soak, like old KA dishwashers did for hard to remove soil.
 
My only thought about a bidet evolves around the performance of the typical plumbing system. I know in most homes I have been to, the hot water takes a few seconds to get to the fixtures. In the shower, I run the water for a little bit before stepping in. With a bidet however, I don't think that would be possible...unless you want to wash the ceiling of your bathroom! I would think the first few seconds of a washdown would be with chillingly cold water until the warm stuff made it down the pipe!

I think a bidet is a good idea however as far as cleanliness goes. Water is going to get things much cleaner than T.P., and nowhere near as abrasive as using TP either!
 
The BIodome 2 in Arizona had bidets....

I have read that one of the most asked questions on tours there is if the scientists locked inside for a year use toilet paper and the answer is they use bidets.

Years ago on Three's Company there was an episode when Mr. and Mrs. Roper move into a new apartment and Stanley cant' figure out what the bidet is. He asks Louise "What's this" and she says "It's a bidet, Stanley, they are very continental" He then says he prefers the "American toilet".
 
My only experiance with a bidet~

I was cleaning up a clients house to sell and they had one (never had seen one before) so i thought it was odd that this place had two tolits.. Then i thought maybe it was a urinal.. Then i decided it was somekind of kidde tub.. Wrong! I turned the faucet on and guess who got a douche (bath)... Me~I was soaked from head to toe! LoL
 
Are these common in your circle?

Circle?

roflmaotipmp David!

Oooooh thank you for the laugh sweetie!

LMAO
 
I like hose showers

and I wish, wish, wish that more homes would have urinals...I hate to flush a gallon plus for just a little....

When I get a house, I am going to totally redo at least one bathroom. And maybe put in a separate men's restroom. (lav, "powder"room.)

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
Childhood memories

The house I grew up in had a bathroom with a bidet. It's very convenient when you're suffering from stomach flu. We didn't use it much, due to calcium build up the small showerhead in the centre didn't work very well. Besides that the water heater was quite far away, so you'd have to wait a while before the temperature was right. There was a handle to switch between the showerhead and the waterfall function under the rim.

One day I was playing with the bidet and turned both cold and hot water on fully. Then switched from water fall function to shower. Apparently that helped some calcium build up get loose, water shot all the way up to the ceiling!! LOL Fortunately that happened shortly before the bathroom was repainted.

If I would be loaded with money I'd put a bidet in my bathroom, I've never missed one, but would like the convenience of it when sick.
 
Here in Louisiana

There some in the really elegant homes here but the one's here are used strictly for female hygene never knew there were for washing feet, first Time I ever hear about that. Funny story Here about 25 years ago I was working for a lumber yard. a coworker and i went to this mini mansion about 5,000 sq. ft. and We went to deliver some sheet rock and We naturally had to see all of the house before We left by the way the house was empty it was being remolded to sell it. we go into the master bedroom suite and go into the master bath and between the sinks and the toilet sat what i thought was a urinal so my coworker told me it wasn't that it was a bidet and he explained to me it was for femalr hygene so I went up to it and was being nosey, I had my head completely over it and decided to turn the knob on boy did I got a very wet face bath but had the water spraying the ceiling as well, it suprised me so much that i was so slow it turning off the water and boy my coworker was laughing so hard He was actually crying.

Skip...
 
Bidets

Bidets are very common in my country and they provide a far superior cleaning action after using the toiet than TP. I do the washing at home for 5. Sorry to talk about this, but we are an absolutely "no skidmark" family, LOL! That single fact speaks for itself...
Emilio
 
I also love my bidet and could never be without out one :) plus the dog likes to drink fresh water from it
 

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