"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 11/11/2015 6:47 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 5:14:02 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:25:24 -0600, Moe DeLoughan >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/10/2015 4:00 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A great thing
>>>>>> about those places up North is they have ice water coming out of
>>>>>> the taps. Amazing! That would never happen over here - too bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Take it from me - this is not so great when you're brushing your teeth
>>>>> first thing in the morning. Same problem with a simple bidet - unless
>>>>> the water first goes through a nearby on-demand heater, that wash will
>>>>> leave your nether bits all tingly, and not in a pleasant way, either.
>>>>
>>>> Moe has first hand experience with a bidet?
>>>
>>> Whyever not? We have one in our bathroom!
>>
>> They're fairly uncommon in the U.S.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> Bidets are definitely not a common feature in the US but it's not as if
> most people haven't heard of them.
>
> Also uncommon: urinals. We had a urinal in one bathroom when we lived in
> Bangkok. My mother refused to let Dad or my brothers use it for that
> purpose. She said, I'm not cleaning that. Use the toilet like everyone
> else." LOL She kept a vase of fresh flowers in the urinal.

I don't think I have ever heard of one in a house but certainly they are in
some public bathrooms. Seems a tad silly to me though.