ANA's 787 Lavatory
 

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Fans of the lavish lavatories found in Japan will soon be able to benefit from the state-of-the-art facilities even while in the air.

All Nippon Airways (ANA), the nation's second largest carrier, has decided to fit its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners with toilets that project jets of warm water, allowing users to clean themselves, the Nikkei newspaper said last week.

When the new planes take off in 2008, the report said, they will be the first passenger jets equipped with the sanitary devices.

ANA has ordered 50 of the aircraft, the Nikkei said.

The airline expects the additional costs of the toilets to be offset by the fuel efficiency of the new jets, the newspaper reported.

Let's just hope these squirting commodes also have an automatic air turbulence cut-off system.

I hope they don't squirt blue water or you could end up with a blue moon....:)

:D lol, you made my day

That's nasty. I don't want a public toilet squirting anything on me.

Bidets are gaining popularity. As nasty as it may sound, it's actually more sanitary. You never have to touch a roll of paper that every other hand before you has touched. There are also environmental bennefits. You're not using as much paper and I'd imagine that it could help lower MX costs over time because of that as well.

I don't know how it is for men, but I like bidets. They are very convenient and an easy way to feel fresh and clean. I wanted the contractor to put one in our house, but he looked at me like I just landed from outer space.

In a Paris hotel one time, my husband woke up in the middle of the night and was thirsty. He drank from the bidet. Said the water tasted the same.

I look forward to flying ANA again and trying this out, blue squirts or not. :)

Hahaha, he's brave:eek:

How do you dry after this bidet thing squirts you? Does it have a hairdrier type of thing down there too?:confused:

The bidet doesn't really squirt. It's like a faucet. You, or at least I, sit on the bowl and wash myself. Depending on which part I would like cleaned, I face the faucet or I face away from it. I dry using a towel. It's like taking a bath, but only the bottom half of your body.

[Do you know how difficult it is to keep the description PG-13?] ;)

I agree if it is in your house, or in a hotel and has been cleaned. I do not want to use a community bidet that has been used by 200 other people in the preceding hours without being cleaned.

can there be a correlation between the use of the bidet and the weeny society.....?

Are there any R rated stories to tell? :eek: Uhhh, never mind, I don't want to be completely banned from here!

I can't think of anything more disgusting than shooting water at my @ss after I have relieved myself. I would also need the toilet paper to dry my @ss off. And how much water will they need to carry to support 500 people cleaning their bums? How much does all that water weigh? How much fuel to carry that water?

What happens when the water runs out?

You know, If weight and fuel are at the top of your list of concerns perhaps they should do it Middle East style? All you need is a small bowl of water that everyone uses to cleanse themselves after wiping their bums with their bare hand.