7/10 

I got 6/10 on this test which means I'm not a failure nor an expert. I'm pretty happy with my score .

7/10 for me too.

(Based on toilets I’ve known.)

R.

Happy travels!

Congratulations – but how many Valentines did you get?

Only got 4/10 and one of those was for the instantly recognisable Chinese hole in the ground. Now here's some questions I had while travelling in China. See how many you can answer before checking the answers below.

Chinese Restaurant Loo questions you may need to ask:

1) When using a Chinese hole in the floor toilet, which way do you face? Face the wall or face the door?

2) Should you put the used toilet paper down the hole or in the bin by the hole?

3) If there is a tap at hip level, is it to wash your hands or wash the floor?

4) Why is the floor so wet and dirty.

5) Where do they put the toilet paper roll?

6) How on earth do you squat and avoid crapping on your shoes or trousers?

7) Are Chinese toilets disgusting?

Answers:

1) The jury is out on this one. I asked several people in China and got lots of evasive answers. Conclusion: Face whichever way you like.

2) In China you are supposed to put the used toilet paper in the bin, not down the hole (ugh!). I faced a real dilemma when visiting the home of my Chinese host. Despite being relatively well off she had a hole (in the shower floor) type of loo. It was spotlessly clean. The empty bin by the loo was also spotlessly clean. Would I cause offence if I made the wrong (or right) decision on how to dispose of the dirty paper?

3) The tap is for washing the floor if you miss the hole or make a mess. Many public toilets don't have a place to wash your hands.

4) The floor is wet because the previous user turned the tap on. Not because he peed on it. It's dirty because his shoes walked on a wet floor.

5) Usually there is no toilet roll. You are expected to bring your own pack of paper tissues. If you don't have any the restaurant will give you a pack.

6) How to squat? Damned if I know. If you were born in China, you've been doing it all your life. For us westerners it's still a problem.

7) Disgusting? They don't think so. I once asked an interior decorator why she didn't propose Western style flush toilets to improve the value of properties. Her answer: "Who would want one of those? Nobody wants to put their bottom where somebody else's has been. That's disgusting!"

So which one did you miss out on ??? Gotta be an authority on world bogs eh !!

It you scored high, your really stereotyping countries, like the one with the neon blue lights, for drug addicts. Could be Geneva , right?

An easy one actually Brussels.

8 out of 10.
I flushed with success.:)

The farting sound was so annoying … hopefully the neighbour didn't get it wrong – I know he hears EVERYTHING :D

5 from 10! Yee-hah!