How do you not drip back onto it? Do you use paper too? How is it okay for me to use the same one right after Typhoid Larry? Doesn't poo go everywhere?
It just seems so weird.
I'm going to explain how an Italian bidet works, I don't know if you're referring to some other kind of bidet (e.g. the pressure washers).
You do your thing, then you lightly clean yourself with paper. Don't waste too much paper, just one pass or two will suffice.
Then you get up from the toilet bowl and go on the bidet. In Italy, it's always next to the toilet bowl so you don't have to walk around like a maniac. The best way to sit on the toilet is to "ride it" as if it was a horse (so you face the water).
You open the water, maybe you wait for it to become warm (it depends on the kind of heating system you have in your home, sometimes it takes longer to come out warm). Then you get some soap (we use a specific kind of delicate liquid soap that we call "intimate soap" in Italian). You apply the soap to your private parts and you rinse using the water.
After you've finished cleaning, you dry youself using a personal towel. This is important: you don't share your bidet towel with anybody. We usually use a smaller kind of towel.
And that's how an Italian uses a bidet.
would this be like, only in your own home? or would you be carrying the bidet towel around with you when in public?
No of course only in your home. If you're visiting someone else for some days they'll give you a bidet towel. If you're just outside well... you'll just use your toilet paper. Some people will use the bidet anyway and dry with toilet paper, but that's a bit annoying.
How do you not drip back onto it?
I have only used (and own) asian or japanese style ones and its a little jet that squirts at your puckered pink starfish, water drips back into the bowl
Do you use paper too?
Yes, I have a hairy butthole and have to pat dry
How is it okay for me to use the same one right after Typhoid Larry?
Like any other toilet seat? I don't know.
Doesn't poo go everywhere?
No, not for me, anyways.
Very simple, it works just like a sink, only you can sit on it. Some have a hose to make washing easier. Older models shoot water straight upwards like a fountain, but they all have a drain like a sink.
And you wipe first, so whatever falls into the bowl is small enough to be dissolved and passes through the drain.
It's ok to use after Typhoid Larry the same it is ok to use the sink after him. It's not a pressure washer so shouldn't be making a huge mess unless you are particularly clumsy. And btw, they're usually in private bathrooms so unless Larry is your housemate then it's likely just you using it.
When you touch something dirty, do you feel cleaner when you wipe your hands off with paper or when you wash them under a sink?
If someone was preparing food for you, would you be satisfied if you saw them go to the toilet and then just wipe their hands with a piece of paper instead of washing their hands?
Doesn’t poo go everywhere?
Not sure what you mean, but might be a misunderstanding. It's not sucking water out of the bowl. It's spraying a jet of fresh water. Some will even warm it up for you. 😁😌
