When pooping, heels up or heels down?

[frorider6]

Heels up.

I feel it puts me in a better pooping position. The whole goal is to spread your ass cheeks as far apart as possible so that you keep stainage to a minimum while postioning the torso for the proper bombing run angle of attack. The heels up/elbows resting on knees position provides maximum efficiency.

Of course, this all depends on a toilet of the proper height. I prefer the handicap stalls since they tend to sit a bit higher. The lower a seat is, the harder it is to get into the heels up poop croutch.

Alternately, there have been occasions where the seat has been too high leading to a less than maximum ass cheek spread, as the heels raise is rendered ineffective.

I wonder how you poop in space? I imagine it's some sort of a vacuum type method. But how unsettling would it be to ram the sofa brush attachment of a standard Hoover up your ass every time you had to crap?

 

[spentagn]

up, for sure. BTW, thread of the year right here.

 

[WODIN]

The current Space Shuttle Toilet, properly called the Waste Collection System (WCS), is a fully-integrated multi-function system. It is a flushing toilet - but it flushes with air, not water.

The WCS sits in its own tiny rest room in the middeck of the crew compartment. The room is about 75 cm wide, and so is the commode.

The astronauts are held on the commode/toilet by a bar across their thighs. As you know, NASA always has backups for everything. Here, the backup system to the bar is a set of four Velcro thigh straps. And of course, there are foot restraints as well.

The urinal works for both males and females. It’s basically just a funnel attached to a flexible hose. It can be used whether you are sitting on the commode, or standing. The urine is drawn along by flowing air. The mixture of liquid and air from the urinal is carried to a rotating chamber. Centrifugal force throws the liquid to the outside, from where it travels to the waste water tank. So yes, the urine does hit a spinning circular object...

The commode seat is made of a contoured, compliant semi-soft material. Not only does it locate the user in the right position, but it also makes a good air seal with the buttocks of the astronaut. The hole for solid wastes is about 10 cm across.

When the toilet is in use, it has a continuous flow of cabin air whistling in through holes under the seat. This airflow of 850 litres per minute is essential to push the faeces toward the bottom of the toilet, because there is no gravity to make them drop. The airflow draws faeces from the commode into a porous bag. The bag is made of a multi-layer material that repels water. The bag traps solid wastes (including tissues), but lets the air through. It also stops any free liquids or bacteria from leaving as well.

Once astronauts have finished using the WCS, they open the valve and expose the contents to the vacuum of space. All solid wastes get instantly freeze-dried and de-odourised. They are then brought back to Earth for analysis and disposal.

The liquid in the waste water tank is dumped overboard from time to time. And out in space, this can be a splendid sight indeed. One of the astronauts has said “there is nothing as beautiful as a urine dump at sunset”.

 

[frorider6]

Great information. Backs up my Hoover-sofa-brush-attachment-up-the-ass theory.



I wonder if they do heels up or heels down...

 

[HappyScrappy]

the toilet on the space shuttle and also the one they were developing for the space station had a keypad that allowed you to put in your SSN and a password.
they had this because of two things:
1) it molds around the person and they then have an airtight seal so that stuff doesn't get around them into the cabin space - so they need a way of identifying who was sitting there...
2) and the password is because the astronauts apparently are notorious for getting bored and playing major pranks on one another... before the password system was added - they would put in other people's IDs and then fuck with the toilet settings, that way when the real person sat down to use it, it wouldn't fit them right, would wrap around in a possibly painful manner, and bodily excretions would get out...

fun and games. my dad used to work on that system at NASA (the water filtration part on the other end so the space station would need to bring up less water)

 

[Y_lifter]

Heels Up...
I hate it when you are forced to use one of those Euro designed toilet seats that have a way too small hole.
Not enough room to get your hand in there to do proper cleaning.

 

[WODIN]

Oh to answer...Heels up with a tuck.

 

[beastboy]

It all depends on anticipation of the constipation....

 

[frorider6]

Heels Up...
I hate it when you are forced to use one of those Euro designed toilet seats that have a way too small hole.
Not enough room to get your hand in there to do proper cleaning.

You sit to wipe? Hmmmm. See I prefer to standing croutch when I'm cleaning up the chocolate starfish. I guess there's no real benefit, just personal preference.




Another thing... What about those seats that are shaped like horseshoes instead of complete ovals? Aiming of the garden hose is required when using this style equipment.

 

[HappyScrappy]

I go into the bathroom, take off my pants and hang them somewhere. then I get up on the sink and stand there contracting my stomach muscles.
then when I'm done I put my ass in a urinal, if there is one, and flush a bunch of times - soothing water spills down over my warm ass cheeks and it cleans my loins as well.
then the paper towels or blow drier to dry off and back on with the pants.
pretty standard really.
if there is a large mirror nearby, sometimes I'll masturbate during all that too. I love to watch.

its totally different at home - I have a garbage disposal there.

 

[slickdadd]

One time i went to take a piss break, and i saw a dude in there at the urinal taking a piss, but he had his pants and drawers around his ankles, bare ass and all. I was caught off guard to say the least.

We're having dinner Friday.

 

[Lestat]

Personally my feet need to be on something when taking a poop.

The modern toilet is very bad for human bowels. We are designed to poop while SQUATTING. This means your knees are HIGHER then your waist line, not even with it.

Try it sometime, take a couple of phone books and put them in front of your toilet, then put your feet on top. This may feel weird at first but trust me you will learn to love it.

By squatting you straighten out the large intesting and pooping becomes much easier. You will never get a "bad break" right in the middle of a log and end up wiping your ass for an hour because you can't get that last inch or two squeezed out.

Think about how early man popped before toilets, they squatted in a field, not sat down on something flat.

Brian

 

[HappyScrappy]

Think about how early man popped before toilets, they squatted in a field

exactly! that is why I go in my living room - it is the biggest room in the house... I need my space.

 

[slickdadd]

lol....bad break

 

[Y_lifter]

 

[sorerotators]

Heels up.

In fact this is the only reason i work calves.

 

[Boach]

Heels? Actually, I prefer flats when pooping.