# Bidet dreams **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277 "2019-06-29T22:35:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/1 "2019-06-29T22:35:49Z")
Bidet dreams: The detached state of mind I now sometimes achieve while sitting on my bidet seat after the business is done, the water is warm and focused _just right_, and my thoughts turn to the infinite. It can last for hours if I’m not careful. Or until my legs go numb. Anyone else experience bidet dreams? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/2 "2019-06-30T00:02:08Z")
Some of us have not yet experienced bidet. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/3 "2019-06-30T00:33:52Z")
[sings] Ah, bidets are here again! [/sings] ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/4 "2019-06-30T04:22:53Z")
I have a stand alone, or is it sit alone, bidet and love it. Used them in Europe and the Middle East and decided that when we built our retirement home I’d have one. I can’t say that I find myself dreaming though. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/5 "2019-06-30T04:27:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [sings] Ah, bidets are here again! [/sings] That was very, very bad. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/6 "2019-06-30T04:28:29Z")
You’ll run out of warm water if you go on too long, and that will wake you up. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/7 "2019-06-30T12:53:25Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > You’ll run out of warm water if you go on too long, and that will wake you up. Not with the rapid heater that’s in my setup. It heats the water as fast as it’s used. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/8 "2019-06-30T13:07:52Z")
Just make sure that any dreaming doesn’t lead to Saturday night palsy. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/9 "2019-06-30T13:44:51Z")
Years ago we bought a house that happened to have a bidet, and I’m like “what’s that weird thing?” Thirty years later that house is long since gone, but I still miss the bidet. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/10 "2019-06-30T18:35:56Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Not with the rapid heater that’s in my setup. It heats the water as fast as it’s used. OK, now I’m dreaming - of that! (Actually, if I get unheated water it’s only room temperature so it’s not that bad…) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/11 "2019-07-01T12:03:21Z")
I think I remember someone once asking if bidets are common in Canada… (Answer: no.) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/12 "2020-04-19T20:39:58Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Bidet dreams: The detached state of mind I now sometimes achieve while sitting on my bidet seat after the business is done, the water is warm and focused _just right_, and my thoughts turn to the infinite. It can last for hours if I’m not careful. Or until my legs go numb. > > Anyone else experience bidet dreams? 😃 Yes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/13 "2020-04-19T21:02:22Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Bidet dreams: The detached state of mind I now sometimes achieve while sitting on my bidet seat after the business is done, the water is warm and focused _just right_, and my thoughts turn to the infinite. It can last for hours if I’m not careful. Or until my legs go numb. > > Anyone else experience bidet dreams? 😃 I have it on good authority that Stanley Kubrick was sitting on a bidet when conceived of the [”Beyond The Infinite” sequence](https://youtu.be/ebmwYqoUp44) for _2001: A Space Odyssey_. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/14 "2020-04-19T22:00:57Z")
“What’s Qadgop doing?” “Just shooting the shit.” ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/15 "2020-04-20T01:42:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “What’s Qadgop doing?” > “Just shooting the shit.” Wouldn’t that be **sluicing**? We were planning on redoing the ensuite this year, and a bidet/toilet was a definite (in my mind). Of course, with lockdown our plans have been somewhat delayed, but come freedom, we’ll be moving ahead with our plans, and getting much more done by contractors than we would normally do. We’ve both been working and getting paid throughout lockdown, so our next job is to help the economic recovery by getting stuff done by people who need a business boost. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/16 "2020-04-20T03:24:26Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > I have a stand alone, or is it sit alone, bidet and love it. Hover alone. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > [sings] Ah, bidets are here again! [/sings] > > That was very, very bad. Yeah. The meter is off. It should be: > [@](#): > > Ah, the bidets are here again! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/17 "2020-04-20T04:04:56Z")
[I just installed a bidet toilet seat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892322) in our master bath. Unfortunately, because there is no electrical outlet in the toilet stall, a heated version wasn’t an option, so it just uses the cold water supplied to the toilet. It’s fine, and it is cutting our consumption of toilet paper slightly, which was the main reason for buying it. But I have to admit that it has not inspired the blissful reveries QtM describes in the OP. And I have been wondering if it might become a bit less comfortable when the weather turns colder in 6-8 months. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/18 "2020-04-20T04:09:49Z")
I really want one but I will settle no less than for heated water which means hiring an electrician and getting a top model. It’ll probably cost me $1500 for all of that. I’m not sure I can justify it. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/19 "2020-04-20T08:52:07Z")
I’ve popped into other bidet threads to offer my appreciation of these clean machines. Ever since I first used one in Japan 15 years ago I knew I (and, IMO, everyone else) had to get one. Been using ever since. As they say: “You wouldn’t clean shit off of your arm with paper would you?” It’s bizarre to me why Americans don’t seem to care for them (although that may be changing thanks to the Great TP Hoarding of 2020). I think for Americans bidets are a lot like universal health care: scary, weird, and expensive… until you actually try it at which point you’d never, ever go back. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277/20 "2020-04-20T14:26:38Z")
Has anyone here had experience with a non-heated unit in the winter? Here in Georgia, winter weather rarely drops below freezing for long, and although the incoming cold water is somewhat cooler than in the summer, the seasonal temperature differential is not as great as it was in Las Vegas, where “cold” water coming out of the tap was decidedly lukewarm in the peak of summer heat. Does anyone have a non-heated bidet that is uncomfortable or unusable in cold weather? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidet-dreams/836277.md?page=2)