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pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Akima on 12 Sep 2013, 03:03 ---Heaven knows what you guys would make of a real cultural difference like squat toilets or something.
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I only know one squattie in the UK, which an acquaintance of mine installed for herself on principle (there's a normal bowl next to it in the same room). I've not seen one in Germany, but they're not uncommon in France and Italy.
ChaoSera:
--- Quote from: Akima on 12 Sep 2013, 03:03 ---
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 11 Sep 2013, 12:13 ---Like ChaoSera said, to us it seems childish to change hands for the fork.
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Meh. At most meals I don't use knife and fork at all, but chopsticks. If I am eating "Western style", I mostly eat like a European with the knife in my right hand and fork in my left, because that is normal in Australia, but I eat things like Quorn-mince Spaghetti Florentine, or Chilli Con Quorné (I stole the idea from Barmymoo) with a fork in my right hand. So... who cares? Heaven knows what you guys would make of a real cultural difference like squat toilets or something.
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If I eat something that doesn't require a knife I switch the fork to my right hand aswell, I would feel strange not doing so. Chopsticks are a different thing entirely. I'm not able to use chopsticks properly, I always drop half of what I'm trying to eat, or fail to pick it up entirely. :psyduck:
Also I'm not sure what squat toilets are and I don't want to google for it here at work. But if they are what I think they are, there probably are very few - if any at all - in Germany.
LTK:
Squat toilets are common on highway toilet stops in France, and I think they serve the same purpose in other central European countries as well.
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 12 Sep 2013, 03:09 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 12 Sep 2013, 03:03 ---Heaven knows what you guys would make of a real cultural difference like squat toilets or something.
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I only know one squattie in the UK, which an acquaintance of mine installed for herself on principle (there's a normal bowl next to it in the same room). I've not seen one in Germany, but they're not uncommon in France and Italy.
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What principle might that be?
Anyway, if someone ever reprimanded me for not following dining etiquette by holding my knife and fork in the wrong hands I'd probably tell them there are many more things I could do with that knife and fork that would violate dining etiquette.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: LTK on 12 Sep 2013, 03:40 ---What principle might that be?
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The principle of using at home what she believes is the best and most healthy way for her body to perform the function involved.
LTK:
Well, I guess I learned something today: Some people take toilets really seriously!
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