Posted on 04/06/2020 9:12:45 AM PDT by dynachrome
All this when experts agree that rinsing yourself with water is infinitely more sanitary and environmentally sound. Dr. H. Randolph Bailey, a colorectal surgeon at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, recommended bidets or toilet attachments, such as the Washlet or Tushy.
“A lot of people who come to see me have fairly significant irritation of their bottoms,” he said. “Most of the time it has to do with overzealous cleaning” — wiping too vigorously with toilet paper or using wipes, which often contain harsh fragrances and chemicals.
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Is It Time for Americans to Embrace the Bidet? Moreover, he said, you’re just never going to get as clean as rinsing with water. Cleanliness matters, since you can get seriously ill from diseases transmitted via feces. Cholera, hepatitis, and E. coli and urinary tract infections are prime examples. Recent studies have found coronavirus in feces, as well.
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a suitable article for the NY Times, if there ever was one
$500 may be the going rate for toilet paper if this craziness doesn’t soon stop.
How do you dry your bottom when you’re finished rinising? Don’t tell me you have to install one of those hot-air blower machines like they have in public lavatories? How would that work?
10 years after we adopt bidets the NYT will tell us bidets are consuming too much water and we need to give them up and use leaves from trees.
Too bad Sears doesn’t publish their catalogs anymore. I seem to recall my father telling me that was their TP of choice back in the FDR economy.
Don’t tell anyone but we still have 5 large rolls of Charmin.
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Somehow knew I’d regret clicking on this thread.
(oy vey)
“No shit?”
That’s Post of the Day material right there! Well done.
This is satire right ???
Eh ???
That’s the Japanese model
I tried using the NY Times. I just got dirtier with every wipe.
A wash cloth dedicated to that use. Wash it in the sink when done.
The trade off is that you will use a bit more water. Greta von thundermug will hate you
I like the Binford 1200 “Fire Hose” Model. Comes with hand rails you grip to keep you from being thrown across the room. Not advised for children, who are sometimes split in half.
Can i pay an illegal to wash my butt..or is that racist?
Doubles as a hemorrhoid remover.
“They neglected to say such a thing would cost $500-$600.”
The bidet on my already installed toilet cost me $20. Maybe the price has gone up? Supply and demand, baby!
This is a bald-faced self promotion by the New York Times to get the public to buy newspapers to use as buttwipes.
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