The AP reported April 16, 2007, about bidets in Japan catching fire.
Japan’s leading toilet maker Toto Ltd. is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said Monday.
The electric bidet accessory of Toto’s Z series caught fire in three separate incidents between March 2006 and March 2007, according to company spokeswoman Emi Tanaka.
This is just plain baffling. Bidets are made of porcelain and use water. How do they burn? And what kind of electric accessory could be so important that you'd want it near water anyway?
I just don't understand the desire for a bidet to begin with, unless a person is a hard-core francophile. Maybe bidets are for rich people with bathrooms that are way too big, and they just needed one more fixture to make the bathroom not look quite so empty.
Otherwise, for Americans, what's the point? A bidet is there so you can skip taking a shower and just wash the essentials instead. Real Americans take a shower and skip the bidet. And that's just as well, because the flaming fixtures presented a true risk:
“Fortunately, nobody was using the toilets when the fire broke out and there were no injuries,” Tanaka said. “The fire would have been just under your buttocks.”
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Well now here is a post that answers some important questions!
"...A bidet is there so you can skip taking a shower and just wash the essentials instead."
I've always wondered... Do you use it instead of TP?
Chris,
Do you use it instead of TP?
THeoretically, no. But judging by the TP they have in Europe (crepe paper, wax paper, or brown wrapping paper), perhaps some do...
Too funny!! I have some rather crude comments on this whole thing, but I think I should probably keep them to myself.
Sandy,
Thank you for your discretion. I know how hard that was for you. :o)
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