The Bidet

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History, Arts, Leisure, Home & Garden, Design

4.4 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The bathroom is our most private room in our private homes, devoted to our most private business. And the American bathroom has long contained a stable trinity of fixtures: the toilet, bath, and sink. But is there room for another? This week, the riddle of the Western bathroom and our modern attitudes toward cleanliness—all wrapped up in the mystery of why Americans cannot seem to fully embrace the bidet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Love for skin?
0:01.0	Long for skin.
0:02.0	Looking for skin?
0:03.0	Well, it's simple.
0:04.0	Go to all four, the UK's biggest free streaming service, and watch the iconic bathroom
0:07.6	award winning coming of age series, that is Skittens.
0:10.5	So remember, think all four, for skin.
0:13.8	Watch now at all four.
0:15.1	Watch and re-watch.
0:16.1	What's in your screen?
0:17.1	Comparisono4.com.
0:18.1	Slash verify.
0:19.1	I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
0:23.1	I can't wait on recording myself doing this.
0:25.6	If you're in New York, and you happen to find yourself around Union Square and you need
0:28.9	to go to the bathroom, walk west on 22nd Street until you get to the boutique with the toilets
0:33.3	in the window.
0:34.7	Although you might not recognize them as toilets, because they look more like nagochi sculptures,
0:38.8	or high-end side tables.
0:41.1	Maybe just look for the big black sign that says, Toto, in white letters.
0:46.0	And if you walk in, nod to the gallery attendant, and walk with purpose all the way to the back.
0:52.2	Their bathroom has a demonstration toilet that technically they say the general public
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