Of things Anal

Oh, I bet that title gets a few hits - he says, sniggering.

It's all about Electric Bidets.

So why am I talking about them? Well, for one thing I'd never heard of them until I went to see a very good client who I would chat to for quite a while over a coffee. She had Parkinson's Disease and it was always a little sad seeing the deterioration from the last visit in her each time I went there.

And each time I'd visit she would have some new aid to her life so enabling her to prolong the time she could stay independent.

One was the Electric Bidet. It was a combo bidet and toilet and she was tickled pink by it. I can well imagine too as hers had a power wash.

You can even get portable versions. My mind boggled at that until I learned that they are popular with Muslims who prefer to - cough - wash rather than wipe. Here is one if you don't believe me.

Next time you see a Muslim travelling with a rucksack it won't be a bomb. It will be a portable electric bidet.

OK, I'm taking the piss here. They are cleaner and our predilection for wiping rather than washing is seen as dirty by many. Maybe all new houses should be fitted with them. Just think of the fun with all the different settings.

I do wonder why someone would want an oscillating or pulsating one. You could sit there for hours with the remote control adjusting the pressure an so on.

I wonder, too, what the 'self diagnosis' does? Does it give messages such as, 'You had a curry last night so put the damn thing on Max Power'

And I'm sure that guy on the link is cleaning the nozzle with a tooth brush.