All about toilet bowls... (Squat or sit??)

Recently, I received an email from a friend with regards to the above. Yes, toilet bowls. The title of the email reads: "Don't step on that toilet bowl!" I was checking my emails and at the same time, having my lunch in front of my computer. *pukes* I had a ominous foreboding when I read the title, well, I was glad I didn't open it. The email consisted of pictures of a gal who squatted on the toilet bowl, and guess what? The toilet bowl cracked, and she, fell bum first on the damned thing, leaving very bad cuts, or shall I say a horrible gash on her bum. I didn't see the pictures in full size, I saw them in the yahoo picture preview mode, and it although I couldn't see it clearly, it didn't look very "friendly" so, I asked the sender what that email was about. Lucky for me, the thumbnail size of the pictures were really small such that it (thank God) spared me the fate of throwing up my half eaten lunch.

This reminded me of a similar incident that happened in my hotel. Think it was quite sometime back, even before I joined. Some male guest did the exact same thing of squatting on the toilet and the toilet bowl cracked. That poor fella sat on the damned thing. It was a pretty serious case, I don;t know how they settled it, but I heard the guy claimed insurance. I cannot imagine what would I do if it was me man... If the pain from the gash in my butt doesn't kill me, I think I'll probably die from sheer embarrassment. Imagine you call for help, and people see you there HALF NAKED sitting on that...that...wretched thing/mess... gosh... ok, enough. Its giving me the phobia of using toilet seat already.

Alright, back to toilet bowls.

I personally dislike sitting toilet bowls. I prefer the traditional squatting ones instead. I always found that toilet bowl seats are very unhygenic, ESPECIALLY the public toilet ones. I have heard people telling me lame stuff like how they don't like the squatting ones because its very close/near to you bottom when you squat to do your business. What bullshit. Isn't the sitting ones even closer?? I mean, you are actually sitting on it!! It's in DIRECT CONTACT with your skin. (Unless of course you biao yan qing gong everytime you use the toilet....) I don't know about others... But for me, I have "no mood" to do BIG business with a sitting toilet. Hahaha!!

Another reason why I prefer the squatting ones is because it is more "user-friendly" when it comes to doing BIG business. I remember sometime back, I read an article in the newspaper I think, that the person who invented the sitting toilet bowls was actually doing constipators a great dis-service.



The diagram shows a side view of the human digestive system. Apparently, if we squat (when doing BIG business) we have gravity to aid us when passing out waste materials. However, if we do our BIG business when sitting, our rectum, (where waste materials from our bodies are stored in until it is passed out from the anus), the bottom half section (from the end of the sigmoid colon, to the rectum and all the way to the anus) is bend upwards (imagine your thighs bendng forwards in your sitting position). This actually takes away the advantage that gravity can provide to aid bowel movements!! Now you see, squatting toilets are very much better in my opinion. (cause i have constipation too wahahahaha!!) *Proves my point*























Tadah!! THIS is very much better right?? Oh no. I'm getting lamer by the day... hahaha! Ok ok, I know I'm disgusting. So much for toilet bowls. I'm getting more and more boliao LOL. Tired... time to zzzzzz.