This is what the Fr*nch call a ‘toilettes à la Allemande’. Please explain this one Pierre.

by Cubelock

49 comments
  1. Is France a first world or third world country… Wait sorry I mean developed or undeveloped country?

    I forgot that they changed the words.

  2. Never heard of this, we call them Turkish…

    Oh wait I got it, good job you majestic swamp creature.

  3. Iirc this is called a Turkish toilet in France. Not because the turks invented it, no. This type of shitter was in deed developed by Pierre’s great great grandparents. The turks just took the design and upgraded it, by adding the hole in the middle.

  4. Here, this is called “the turkish” (“la turca”).

    And it’s specifically feminine, don’t know why.

  5. To be that guy. Squatting is how humans are meant to shit.

    This still looks nasty.

  6. Never heard this ever, as far as I am aware it’s called a Turkish toilet.

  7. What do they know, they call us “Beyond the Rhine” as if it’s 1812.

  8. In Egypt this is called a local/traditional toilet while the normal one is called a Frankish toilet, with the word Frankish being usually used as a catchall term to describe crusaders or Europeans given that most crusaders came from France, so I guess pierre wins here?

  9. If you stopped being so cheap and actually paid for hotels or nicer bathrooms you’d find out that those are very uncommon, but that might be too much to ask from a dutchie

  10. I’ve never seen these in Germany and I’ve only ever had to use them in two places; France and Afghanistan.

  11. I remember these from school times, actually really nice to shit.

  12. Squat toilets teach you a lot about yourself. You *think* you know where your asshole is but after using one of these you come to realize that you really don’t.

  13. God. I remember these circa early 70s- I was traveling with family, I was 7 or 8 and the rest stop was equipped with these. mom decided it was just easier to have us remove our pants and then she would hold to our hands to keep is from falling into the hellhole.

  14. We call this turkish toilets though.

    It says more about you than us op

  15. It’s fun in Italy we call them “turkish toilette” La Turca

  16. They had these in the holding cell the last time I was arrested. Loved experiencing French culture

  17. We used to have these at the city cemetery and as a kid I was always scarred of slipping and getting my leg stuck in the hole. Also for some reason these things stank as hell, glad they replaced them

  18. I fell into one of these as a kid, the French are sick mfs for allowing these to exist

  19. In a completely unmaintained highway reststop, I would prefer this to a normal toilet bowl.

  20. Explain it? Have you never heard the term “pop a squat”?

  21. No, it’s a ‘toilette à la turque’. We built them on purpose on every highway stop, hoping to repel all those northern European alas the clever plan doesn’t work. They still invade us every July/August month. Only Barry does it the French way : pissing outside on the wall of the aforementioned Turkish toilet. And an advice to our BeNeLux/Germanoïd fellows : don’t try to action the flush while you’re inside…

  22. There‘s a story from my grandma that back then after ww2 the french troops stationed in our hometown used to shit into sinkholes rather than perfectly normal toilets. This picture reminds me of it

  23. Definitely doesn’t exist in Italy! Shame on you France

  24. In Italy we call them ‘Turkish toilets’ but I don’t know the exact origin

  25. Everything bad is German. Everything German that is not so bad is actually Austrian. Everything German that manages to be good, is actually Swiss.

  26. As a dumb American, I fondly recall my first encounter with one of these.
    It was late morning, in the middle of summer and the sun was shining. I was in the Carpathian Mountains at a spa and just finished a large breakfast, I asked my lady friend to please excuse me as I felt nature began to call.
    I made my way to the bathroom after asking the receptionist to where it was located, luckily it was close for I was on a very tight schedule at this point!
    I opened the door of the water closet, which is what I’m told. It’s called over there.
    Open the first stall to find this contraption?
    No problem, I will simply go to the next one…
    Problem, it’s the same thing.
    A porcelain sort of inside out sink?
    I then take a moment to look it over, and I see tread on either side? I match it with my shoe, and it’s roughly the same length, and width. Clearly this is where my feet should go, but what of my ass?
    There was no time to think, only react.
    Needless to say, the execution was not flawless, but for being my first time, it was not bad.
    I will never forget my rendezvous with this contraption that mimics the downhill event of the Olympics when used properly. I am just thankful I did not blow out one of my knees in the process, thank you for posting this bringing back the memories!
    By the way, Trump is proposing 100% tariffs on all of these entering United States FYI

  27. So fucking funny how we call them French toilets, but the French call them Turkish toilets

    You’re not fooling anyone Pierre

  28. It’s like a tag for Hans or the Dutch with their sandals and white socks on, you can see they don’t sleep in a decent hotel and used a « toilettes turque » when you spot the shit stains on their adidas socks !

  29. I always wondered, what if you’re old, disabled or just can’t squat in general, what then? Do you just shit yourself?

  30. Never see a toilet like that in France, I think they are the norm in Muslim countries

  31. Um ackshually, I’d be “à l’Allemande” because of a vowel

  32. I believe they call it that because only a barbarian (German) would shit in that.

  33. We call it a turk toilet, I had one in my school that was built before the war.

  34. Seen and used such a toilet in a really posh and expensive restaurant in Paris. I think it’s only to be used to pee, since my brown logs will clog it.

  35. Not just toilet it’s amusement game, hit the bullseye and win! Not easy by the look of it

  36. You know the joke, Belgians invented it but Turk put the hole in it

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