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Turkish street food
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03 Jun 2008 Tue 11:29 pm |
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Quoting Roswitha: Libralady, these mouthwatering Turkish "delights" might be more to your liking?
http://umami.typepad.com/umami/2008/03/i-love-simit.html
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Oh I am soooo hungry!!! And I just started my diet today (for the hundredth time)
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03 Jun 2008 Tue 11:29 pm |
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Quoting mltm: They are my favourite toilets in public. I think especially for women...A lot cleaner. Or are you sitting on the seats of the public toilets???  I have always found the seat unnecessary as I'm not using it. They're just bothering me.
For the trousers, you have to fold them one or two times, or
as you're kneeling down, you have to pull them upward a bit, and then later that's all, they won't get any dirty :=) But the key point is, you have to kneel down completely, not just a bit like you're sitting on a seat, completely, and then you'll not have any muscle pain, or any problem about getting dirty.
Hopefully, in France, I can still find some, but very few.
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Now France is a whole different kettle of fish! What about the ones on the side of streets, they door opens when you insert your coin, you do your business (normal toilets by the way) and then the door opens again..........................before you have finished! YIKS! 
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 12:37 am |
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Quoting teaschip:
This was one of the main reasons my mother refused to go to Eqypt years ago. No toilet.. |
EGYPT
İ dont think your mother is that old,we are talking about some 100 yrs ago !
Quoting teaschip:
Bye the way, I don't see toilet paper either in this restroom? Please don't tell me......  |
Using water
With regular toilets too here in EGYPT,we use water,its even designed that way
But sure you would find toilet paper too if you want,we prefer using water,as we feel same at the idea of using just toilet paper
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 02:16 am |
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Just a matter of accepting)))and understanding.In a crisis time in my country we used to use newspapers..haha....more hygienic than water???? 
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 10:03 am |
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Quoting Avalon: Just a matter of accepting)))and understanding.In a crisis time in my country we used to use newspapers..haha....more hygienic than water???? |
I don;t think it was about hygiene - toilet paper was actually hard to get and that's why people would use newspapers. Fortunately, now we can enjoy the luxury of it
I remember that during our stay in Turkey, one of the guys in our group asked the resident what the hell that protruding thingy in the toilet was for, other than pricking his butt
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 01:22 pm |
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Generally there is one western toilet if there is more than one stall. I often will open every unoccupied stall to find the one! Really, I hate public toilets, upright or traditional, here in Turkey. I usually make sure i go at home before i go out to guarantee that i don-t have to use one! Now I know why they take off their shoes before they enter the house! After going to a public or restaurant bathroom i usually want to burn my shoes!!!!! AGGGHHH!!!
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 06:55 pm |
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Quoting Capoeira: Now I know why they take off their shoes before they enter the house! After going to a public or restaurant bathroom i usually want to burn my shoes!!!!! AGGGHHH!!! |
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05 Jun 2008 Thu 12:15 am |
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Such toilets are typical to the Eastern countries. You will likely find them in China, Russia, all Middle East (huh, including Egypt) and Africa. Then it looks like more than a half of the world uses such "hole" type of toilets 
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so funny, when I opened the door I was in shock 
she said, well...you only have two choices, either you use it or lets get out of here and find another one, of course I couldnt wait so...I closed the door and I spent minutes in there looking at the toilet and trying to figure out how to use it ...ufff what a challenge!!!