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India Culture and their Left Hand

Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:24 am
Posted by Clark W Griswold
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:24 am
So I learned recently that some Asian cultures, especially in parts of India, use their left hand to wipe without any toilet paper. You can google it and learn more but since I don’t know any Indians well enough to ask I thought I’d see if anyone had any stories behind this.

Posted by Zeds Dead
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:25 am to
You’re just now discovering this?
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:25 am to
do they user their right hand to see if the need to use the left hand again?
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:27 am to
Send bobs
This post was edited on 12/31/18 at 8:28 am
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:27 am to
You found this out by shaking hands, didn't you?
Posted by Dawgholio
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:27 am to
India uses a lot of squat toilets and they cannot flush toilet paper. Thus using a bare hand and water
Posted by RummelTiger
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:30 am to
Clark, you’ve fallen off the roof one too many times.
Posted by PuntBamaPunt
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:55 am to
Posted by The Torch
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Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:59 am to
quote:

parts of India, use their left hand to wipe without any toilet paper


When I was working in the office there was this Indian guy who did some weird shite at the bathroom sink every time he went in.

He would wash his arms up to the elbows, I always wondered what he was doing.

Now I know, nasty arse
This post was edited on 12/31/18 at 9:02 am
Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
19420 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:00 am to
You must be about 16
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:15 am to
Whenever the scammers call I ask them if they really use their hand to wipe their arse. They get mad.
Posted by LSUBFA83
Member since May 2012
4057 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:16 am to
Everyone in the middle East does this too.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:22 am to
not sure what age has to do with it. i'm a little over 16 and i never paid any attention to how other people wiped their asses.
Posted by Clark W Griswold
THE USA
Member since Sep 2012
10849 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 7:04 pm to
I am 39 and just learned a few years that some Americans stand up to wipe. So I did research and found out 30% of the population did it. This still amazes me.
Posted by jimmy the leg
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 7:06 pm to
Cut off the right hand = ostracized
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 7:11 pm to
quote:

I am 39 and just learned a few years that some Americans stand up to wipe. So I did research and found out 30% of the population did it. This still amazes me.


Yes. They're called children.
Posted by avondale88
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Member since May 2009
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 7:30 pm to
About eight years ago I went into the bathroom at a WalMart to take a piss. When I was finished I was washing my hands and some Indian guy came out of a stall with his hand covered in shite. I didn't know that it was part of their culture at the time to use their hand. I'll never go to an Indian restaurant, besides I hate curry. Go eat at A Taste of India restaurant and I bet that you'll experience a taste that you never experienced before. BTW, that Indian guy started to wash his hands as I was leaving.
Posted by al_cajun
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Member since Mar 2017
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 7:33 pm to
quote:

About eight years ago I went into the bathroom at a WalMart to take a piss. When I was finished I was washing my hands and some Indian guy came out of a stall with his hand covered in shite. I didn't know that it was part of their culture at the time to use their hand


I think I would have lost it and busted out laughing.
This post was edited on 12/31/18 at 7:39 pm
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70525 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 7:33 pm to
quote:

When I was finished I was washing my hands and some Indian guy came out of a stall with his hand covered in shite.


Did you both exchange pleasantries?
Posted by subMOA
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Member since Jan 2010
1949 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 7:35 pm to
So...I’m left handed...and used to work in India. I had no idea, but the OP is absolutely correct. At the first formal dinner I attended- they eat off of a banana leaf with their hands- the room got awkwardly silent. All of my customers looking at me. All of them. In a big fancy conference room. Staring. Then, I asked- “what?” One guy said “ummmm...you eating with the hand you wipe your arse with”
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