So, as you may or may not know, Spanish bathrooms in all older homes/ apartments come equipped with a bidet.
For those of you who don't know what that is, it's purpose has been described as "more thorough cleaning than toilet paper"
So out of a curiosity born in my childhood (Mom) about bidets, I of course have been wondering how the thing worked. But our bidet has been covered in a fine layer of dust, so I haven't touched it.
Until last night at 1Am
Samantha looked up instructions on the world wide web, and I went into our bathroom and turned on the hot water spout, mostly to see where the water would come out. There is a tiny hole right under the left knob. And there the water flowed.
And flowed. and flowed. Even after I turned the knob off as much as I could, it was no use. It was stuck. Sam and I then turned to our last resort.
Maria. (who was still up) Maria promptly whipped out her can of the Spanish equivalent of WD-40 and saturated the handles with it, all while explaining to us what the bidet was used for and wondering what we were doing with it at 1:30 in the morning.
We did finally get it to turn off, apparently after wasting most of the hot water, as Sam showered in cold water in the name of curiousity
And the moral of this story is...?
6 comments:
I knew you couldn't resist writing about bathrooms at some point. It's one of those things that just cries to be written about.
I like the duck hiding beind the toilet
Elena, you have always been curious and always willing to clean a bathroom. Who would have ever guessed you could use those skills so far from home. Let us know if you would like to have a bidet installed at home before you come back. I don't think Michael will have much interest or curiousity but you never know. thanks for the verbal adventure. Love, Dad
I just read your Dad's comment....oh, Ellen, he's so silly. I did enjoy your blog. I just read it to Michael and he said, "He's got me pegged. That would just be a waste of money."
Hello. I have forgotten my password, so there will be no more blogging for four more days because Google is very paranoid about security.
Lame.
I love how you are commenting on your own blog. We look forward to the next post...days and days and days from now.
Love You!
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