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...Japanese bathrooms are the apotheosis of the nation's fascination with both cleanliness and high-tech gadgetry. The toilet at Tokyo Midtown may have been a rather basic model of what is called a "washlet," but its options included a warmed seat, bidet cleansing, spray cleansing (a rather different angle and spray from the bidet option), a "powerful deodorizer" and, of course, the "flushing sound" with adjustable volume. The last function is also ecologically friendly. Before the advent of the artificial running-water noise, many Japanese would camouflage the sound of their ablutions by flushing, thereby wasting tons of water...
...ride with less turbulence. And during a press conference Sunday morning, Mineo Yamamoto, president and CEO of All Nippon Airways, which will be the first to fly the 787 next May, said that the company also worked with Boeing and Japanese toilet maker TOTO in the development of a bidet-type toilet to be "the first airline to refresh the parts that other airlines cannot reach." Go Japan...
This fall is going to be a great time to sit down. Toilets and airline seats are both getting a kick up the luxury ladder, thanks to Japanese toiletmaker Toto and Virgin Atlantic Airways, among others. In September Toto will introduce the U.S. to Neorest, left, a combination bidet-toilet that may very well be smarter than you are first thing in the morning. It knows when you're ready to use it (the lid lifts as you approach) and when you're done (the lid closes, and the toilet flushes). It even knows what has gone on in between...
...last four years, he has changed its character by introducing private jets, bodyguards and retractable barriers to a sport whose charm was once rooted in the accessibility of its champions. Armstrong's remoteness and use of personal security runs counter to the traditions of the Tour, says Jean-Pierre Bidet, cycling correspondent of L'Equipe, France's largest sports daily. "It's an event where people line the side of the road. You can reach out and touch the star riders," he says. "But Armstrong is like Michael Schumacher. You don't just walk up and touch him." There...
...drank from the finger bowl b) drank from the bidet c) used "receptivity" without stumbling d) suggested the Tuileries would make "awesome T-ball field, French dude...