Here is quite an enlightening piece about the toilet culture in China from a Western perspective. In poor Hutong neighborhoods in Beijing and much rural China, smelly public restrooms are still what t.........    View all

One of the best-kept secrets in any nightclub or public restroom that is not discussed in mixed company is “the hover”. While the guys may be scratching their heads on this term, the girls are nodding in understanding, hoping I won’t elaborate any further. Guess again. Simply stated, most American women avoid sitting on a public MDF toilet seat  so they perfect their own style of accomplishing their business without physically touching the mdf toilet seat. Like a chopper pilot holding short of landing. If you’re good at this maneuver, this method will come in handy when visiting Malaysia. Although the western style toilets are beginning to show up in more expensive establishments, the Malaysian standard is still the norm.

The Malaysian toilet is simply a hole in the floor, hopefully connected to a sewer system but there are no guarantees. Sometimes you get a flush handle on the wall. Sometimes you get a bucket of water with a scoop. Fancy ones are even tiled like a country club bathroom. But the ever-present “vegetable sprayer” is always nearby. Since this is a predominantly Muslim country, the preferred method of concluding your business is not toilet paper but a generous “hosing down” when you are finished. In fact, few facilities even have toilet paper so you learn to carry your own. Cleanliness of these restrooms ranges from one end of the scale to the other but generally corresponds with the pricing structure of the business it is located in. That explained, I can return from this digression to support my first point stated earlier.

As far as technology goes, there are lots of cool things. The Apple Air Book, the iPhone, Tivo, etc… The list can go on and on. But have you ever seen an automatic MDF toilet seat  cover. (This is my first time) I have heard of self cleaning public toilets, but I have never seen an automatic MDF toilet seat  cover first hand. Pretty cool concept, but I still don’t trust it. When you begin, you simply activate some sensor on the left side with a magic wand of the hand, and voila, it starts to rotate providing you with a fresh covering. But to me it looks like it just turns around. Hahhaha. I don’t trust it. I mean where does it all go? I know all logic says that its providing a fresh cover, because, after all what would be the point? But I still don’t trust it. Interesting technology, and maybe if I knew more about it, I would have more confidence in it. So lesson learned, cool technology is not so cool unless people can easily understand it, and trust in it.

"Darling, would you put the MDF toilet seat  back down when you're done?"
Women tend to make assumptive questions, which function more like commands rather than questions, don't they?
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It is way past the time to safety proof my home. I came to this realization this morning when my phone rang. The cordless phone was dead, so I had to use the one connected to the wall. The baby was at my feet. Then, in a moment's notice, he's gone.

I set the phone down and started screaming his name throughout the house. Well, he went straight to the bathroom. I should have known. He likes to pull all the toilet paper off the roll. But on this morning, the mdf toilet seat had been left up. So, the toilet seat was a whole new adventure for him. I walk into the bathroom and he's standing at the toilet splashing toilet water all over himself. And laughing. Did I mention he was cracking up? I could help but smile at the little cutie even thought the situation was completely disgusting!

I learned my lesson. I am putting those safety knobs on all the doors in my house and getting a new cordless phone. (and making sure the other two boys in the house put the MDF toilet seat down.)