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I'm a bit baffled by the layout here; perhaps it's just a bad retrofitting job.
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Maybe they wanted it to be uncomfortable so people wouldn't linger.
Twug
Mon 10-19-2009
Uh, one foot on each side and...... nah!!
Jude
Mon 10-19-2009
why two 'supports' ? who goes to the toilet in THAT position? lol
serenityjane
Tue 10-20-2009
jude,lol lol lol
nick
Tue 10-20-2009
In case of toilet overflow?
Spydertap
Wed 10-21-2009
Where the hell is the toilet tank, on the ceiling?
eldokid@aol.com
Wed 10-21-2009
ummmm... okay.....let see how do I.....oh-oh!
Canada
Wed 10-21-2009
somekind of avoid of the bacteria from toilet seat ???hmmm....makes sense....(not:D )
Helen
Thu 10-22-2009
...or maybe it's a place to rest one's hands for support when throwing up....:)
clarabelle
Thu 10-22-2009
Ok, this isn't going to sound pretty...but bear with me!

A lot of people choose to squat instead of sit when they have hemorrhoids. Apparently, it means that they don't have to push so hard - because the pressure on their thighs and stomach does most of the work.

Just, er, throwing that in there...lol!
Kez
Thu 10-22-2009
Soap dish?

Looks like a retro-fitted squatter, like in asia / southern Italy
Binky
Fri 10-23-2009
But... uh... that looks like it would hurt to try to... um.. er... Ok look, I'd like to see some kind of demonstration to clarify this issue.
autoguy
Sat 10-24-2009
*hands over ears* lalalalalalalallalallaalah!
Felyne
Sat 10-24-2009
looks like leggos : )
Amber
Sat 10-24-2009
ummm....funny looking sink, and where do they put the soap dispensers?
pegasus64
Sun 10-25-2009
I vote for hand supports!
Vastarien
Sun 10-25-2009
If they were hand supports they would be higher up and not below the top of the toilet. it's most likely for setting bed pans/buckets on while washing them out..
SrRaV1981
Mon 10-26-2009
One side for putting your drink and the other side for your snack or magazines, for those long periods where you need to get comfortable and linger awhile.
eldokid@aol.com
Wed 10-28-2009
eldokid, that is EXACTLY what I was thinking! haha!
Kathy W.
Sat 10-31-2009
It's a squatter. One foot on each block. Common in older ex-Soviet places.
Mark 5:9
Tue 11-03-2009
It looks like there are holes where a seat used to be fastened..I would hope they didn't make people sit directly on that cold rim.
Nina
Fri 11-13-2009
So a person wouId cIimb up, one foot on each bIock, and then squat? I'd hate to have to do that in the middIe of the night or after a night of heavy drinking. It might resuIt in an emergency room visit: "I feII off the toiIet."

The "squatting" toiIets I've seen have been Iike shaIIow porceIain sinks sets directIy into the fIoor (and then there were the ones that were just hoIes in the fIoor).

Is that a window in the waII on the Ieft?
dme
Sun 11-15-2009
could be a primitive way for patients in wheelchairs to help themselves onto the toilet, doubles as squatting blocks, magazine/drinks/snacks/toilet paper support, soap dispenser, etc

A more disturbing theory is that it could be used to actually examine feces in a bed pan or some other recipient. I once saw on TV that it is common practice in Germany to examine ones feces for health reasons. Pretty disgusting but may be the reason for the blocks. Either that or it may be an alien landing pad or something ;D
PsychoSideshow
Mon 11-16-2009
SOMEONE LEFT THE SEAT UP
SWAMPTHING
Sat 11-21-2009
Kez and Mark are correct, it's a squatter. I saw some of those in use in northern Italy as recently as 2003(had ot use one once), and they're common in Asia.

Also, great to see the soap dish jokes are still going strong.
Operatenor
Sat 10-16-2010
I think I'll wait until the next rest stop, thank you very much. Lol
potbellynine
Mon 04-11-2011
I think you are all wrong! The majority of the individuals vacationing at this fine facility were medicated to the point they could barely sit on the johnny let alone squat!
dklkc
Fri 04-29-2011
i think its so you can pee and do lunges at the same time
Colin
Sat 08-27-2011

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