FlyingDoctorWu From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 307 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 5521 times:
Looks like ANA will be installing bidets on their 787...
I guess that the Japanese are really into them...
I'm not but to each their own..
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The launch customer for the plane, Japan's All Nippon Airways, is among the host of airlines here to check out Boeing's handiwork. The carrier plans to pack its aircraft with new features, including the first airliner bidets. The first 787 appears to be on track to be delivered in May, the carrier says.
ERAUgrad02 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 1227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 4896 times:
Quoting FlyingDoctorWu (Thread starter): Looks like ANA will be installing bidets on their 787...
I guess that the Japanese are really into them...
FlyingDoctorWu From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 307 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 4883 times:
Quote: A bidet is a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus. A French word originally, in English bidet is pronounced (IPA): [b??de?] (US), [?bi?de?] (UK).
USAirways737 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1026 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 4869 times:
Pellegrine From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 1868 posts, RR: 8 Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 4617 times:
I'm truly enamored with bidets, but I'm not sure I'd use one on an airliner. How often would that get cleaned? They do have those self-cleaning models but...
FoxBravo From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 2816 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 4525 times:
Jet-lagged From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 852 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4340 times:
These are extremely popular and widespread in Japan. And for those who haven't tried one, they are fantastic!
Agreed!
Quoting USAirways737 (Reply 5): Quoting ERAUgrad02 (Reply 3):
Forgive me but what are these?
They're not popular in the US obviously but are sinks that look like toilets that do the job the toilet paper didn't finish.
Nope. Used before the toilet paper. They do a great job. You find them in public restrooms even, such as hotels, offices and some nicer restaurants. I have them in my home here, and now don't like having to use old-style ones when I travel back to the home country.
FoxBravo From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 2816 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 4088 times:
Quoting Jet-lagged (Reply 10): I have them in my home here, and now don't like having to use old-style ones when I travel back to the home country.
I must admit, I enjoyed them so much in Japan that I had one installed in my apartment in NY! Although they haven't caught on in a big way, they can easily be purchased and installed in the States.
Ryanair!!! From Singapore, joined Mar 2002, 4664 posts, RR: 27 Reply 13, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3960 times:
When you shower, you do wash your butt crack don't you? So a bidet is there acting like a quasi-shower for your butt crack while not needing to take off your clothes fully! Using only toilet paper... urgh. Not clean enough, unless you want skid marks in your under garments...
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A5XX From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 243 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3926 times:
Quoting Ryanair!!! (Reply 13): When you shower, you do wash your butt crack don't you? So a bidet is there acting like a quasi-shower for your butt crack while not needing to take off your clothes fully! Using only toilet paper... urgh. Not clean enough, unless you want skid marks in your under garments...
Maybe your parents have not thought you the proper method of cleaning your butt. Well, i don't need a firefighter hose, to make sure my butt is clean. When properly used, toilet paper can do the job, perfectly.
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Norcal773 From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 1289 posts, RR: 12 Reply 15, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3766 times:
Huuh?? Never heard of bidets, ever, and I've been in Japan a few times. This is probably crude but how exactly do they work? Spray you then rinse you like in a car wash?? No Thanks, will stick to good ol' toilet paper.
On a different note, I was using a bathroom at ICN this past weekend on a layover and when I sat on the bowl, the freaking seat cover was hot, not warm but kinda hot. Kinda freaked me out coz that was definately a new weird feeling but I still can't figure out what was up with that. No wonder there were all kind of buttons on the side of the bowl with the light on 'auto'.
Norcal773 From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 1289 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3757 times:
Wait, one of the links above show them on urinals too. Forgive me for asking but how the hell does that work and why would someone wanna try it 'up front'? No to any 'machinery' on me.
OldAeroGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 3219 posts, RR: 66 Reply 17, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3671 times:
Quoting FoxBravo (Reply 9): These are extremely popular and widespread in Japan. And for those who haven't tried one, they are fantastic!
They do have an unerring aim for the anus.
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Confuscius From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 3652 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3618 times:
SANMAN66 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 611 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3184 times:
The bidets they are talking about must be those "Washlet" thingies incorporated into the toilet seats and the toilet itself.
If not, then they would have to install much larger lavatories to incorporate separate toilet and bidet fixtures.The only reason I would see airlines having bigger lavs would be for wheelchair access.
MasseyBrown From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 4752 posts, RR: 7 Reply 20, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 2951 times:
This will only make the waiting lines for the toilets longer.
RP TPA From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 832 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2920 times:
Hmmmmm......I 've just read the wikipedia description for a bidet. The history of the word is quite interesting.
(From Wikipedia)
"Bidet is a French word for pony (and in Old French, bider meant to trot). This etymology comes from the fact that one bestrides or rides a bidet much like one does a pony."
Aerofan From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1515 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2871 times:
er i thought bidets were only used by women. why are several men here using them?
Kappel From Suriname, joined Jul 2005, 3533 posts, RR: 18 Reply 24, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2861 times:
Quoting RP TPA (Reply 21): Bidet is a French word for pony (and in Old French, bider meant to trot). This etymology comes from the fact that one bestrides or rides a bidet much like one does a pony
Too funny
Quoting RP TPA (Reply 22): That does it!! From now on, I'm only drinking bottled water.
This has got to be one of the funniest threads in a long time on a.net
Quoting Aerofan (Reply 23): er i thought bidets were only used by women. why are several men here using them?
Men have butts too don't they?? It's not just for women.
25 Aerofan: true, but it was my understanding that bidets were not for butts, but more for that part of a woman that does not exist on a man. hmmmmm unless some m
26 Terryb99: LOL The new NW World Club at NRT has those also. I actually thought it was a bidet when I saw the controls for it, but when I turned it on, it warmed
27 Terryb99: The Bidets at the Prince Shinagawa Hotel in Tokyo, had a control to tell it if you were a man or woman. It sure did!!!
28 Aerofan: Quoting TerrryB 'The Bidets at the Prince Shinagawa Hotel in Tokyo, had a control to tell it if you were a man or woman. LOL HAHAHAHAHA! get out!!!!
29 Naritaflyer: Actually the bidet ANA is talking about is not what you think. It's attached to the toilet seat and sprays water at the right place. It's very easy to
30 Aaron747: Someone needs to do some traveling...and use their imagination. I absolutely love my Washlet toilet, except mine is Hitachi, not Toto.
31 RICARIZA: This is what a BIDET end up being used for: This is what is supposed to do (this is a toilet-bidet):
32 SANMAN66: Correct! .I've been to countries where they don't use toilet paper,(most notably the Middle East).The men there use bidets to wash their butts after
34 Tsaord: WOW. lol. At first I thought it was something that would be mounted to the plane or something. Different cultures!! Gotta luv em! A biget!! heheheheh
35 Mham001: Many Americans believe they are for women only because Americans' first major exposure was during the war. The soldiers would visit the bordellos, see
36 Tsaord: So does the plain water eliminates smells???? What about soap? Also, once you use it if those folks do not like toilet paper what do they dry their b
37 CV880: Have You heard of the A&P? Well that's what it's for. At least in my home.
38 SANMAN66: That's why a lot of those public restrooms also have toilet paper to dry off (and for us western folks to wipe).The sprayers are pretty much those li
39 Aaron747: My hitachi model has three different functions for odor dissipation.
40 Pr1268: Hehe, yes, bidets are indeed a "foreign" concept to most Americans. Interestingly, the house at the Southfork Ranch (where the famous televsion show
41 Norcal773: I believe I have read everything on a.net, from a wing of a 747 to spraying your a$$ with water! LOL
42 Gkirk: This has got to be one of the funniest threads ever on a.net
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