Why are toilet doors (and other doors) opened inwards in Thailand

[grollies]

12 minutes ago, phuketjock said:

Or WC doors

Or loo doors

[jerojero]

Your small home country may not be the norm elsewhere. North America, Japan, Hong Kong, UK....and more. All open inwards.

[Gonefortea]

20 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Your small home country may not be the norm elsewhere. North America, Japan, Hong Kong, UK....and more. All open inwards.

Well yes but back in the day when we had an outside loo in the UK the door then opened outward.

[hobz]

2 hours ago, Shawn0000 said:

 

"I heard something about bad luck from my gf"

 

Was it, 1000 years of bad luck to you if you don't stop talking drivel about bathroom doors to me?

 

How about 10000 years of shitty luck to you unless you stay out of threads that you are not interested in? Mods plz?

[grollies]

12 minutes ago, Gonefortea said:

Well yes but back in the day when we had an outside loo in the UK the door then opened outward.

You had a door? You lucky, lucky bastard. Our loo were a hole in't ground.

[hobz]

Jesus christ, 3 pages and not a single comment of luck/ghosts/spirits. Maybe they just think its better to open them inwards.

[hobz]

38 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Your small home country may not be the norm elsewhere. North America, Japan, Hong Kong, UK....and more. All open inwards.

Yeah, it's easy to forget that swedes are not always right,,, on a sidenote, as a swede we grow up being taught that sweden has the best system the best laws etc, i was brainwashed, give me a break please

[steve187]

8 hours ago, Jai Dee said:

Inwards opening doors are standard in all Australian and New Zealand toilets/bathrooms too.

 

/Edit: actually for every room in a house.

as is the UK

[Shawn0000]

42 minutes ago, hobz said:

How about 10000 years of shitty luck to you unless you stay out of threads that you are not interested in? Mods plz?

 

aw, bless, where are those mods to help you take a joke?

[hobz]

1 minute ago, Shawn0000 said:

 

aw, bless, where are those mods to help you take a joke?

Forgive me plz. Im a swede.

[stevenl]

You had a door? You lucky, lucky bastard. Our loo were a hole in't ground.

We had a hole in the ground and a door.

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[Shawn0000]

1 hour ago, grollies said:

You had a door? You lucky, lucky bastard. Our loo were a hole in't ground.

 

You had a hole in the ground?  You lucky, lucky bastard, we were so poor we didn't even have bums, all we had were the holes in our backs.

[grollies]

9 minutes ago, stevenl said:

We had a hole in the ground and a door.

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You lucky, lucky bastard. Our hole in't ground were in't middle of t'road.

[grollies]

22 minutes ago, Shawn0000 said:

 

You had a hole in the ground?  You lucky, lucky bastard, we were so poor we didn't even have bums, all we had were the holes in our backs.

You had 'oles in your backs? You lucky, lucky bastard. We were so poor our shit came out of our mouths..........er, oh, hang on a minute......

[kannot]

17 minutes ago, grollies said:

You had 'oles in your backs? You lucky, lucky bastard. We were so poor our shit came out of our mouths..........er, oh, hang on a minute......

youre  talking s hit..................as  usual 

[agudbuk]

Locks, bolts and security works better on inward opening doors

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[SiamBeast]

Best option is to be able to hold the door shut with your foot while you're taking a dump. Most locks are broken anyway.

[joeyg]

9 hours ago, Jai Dee said:

Inwards opening doors are standard in all Australian and New Zealand toilets/bathrooms too.

 

/Edit: actually for every room in a house.

USA as well.  Can't believe I'm responding to this.  Oh well...

[jerojero]

Well yes but back in the day when we had an outside loo in the UK the door then opened outward.

Indeed, and in North America also with the wooden outhouses of fore.

[Crossy]

7 hours ago, hobz said:

Yeah, it's easy to forget that swedes are not always right,,, on a sidenote, as a swede we grow up being taught that sweden has the best system the best laws etc, i was brainwashed, give me a break please

 

I think most of us are dragged up believing <insert nationality here> is best.

 

I know I was always told "British <insert product> is Best", but of course, in this case, it's true :)

 

[daveAustin]

Why do they drive on the left side in Thailand, UK, Australia and some other strange places?

Because the left is correct as derived from the days of horseback travel. Right hand drivers just blindly followed the US like sheep. Something like 2.5 billion drive on the left. As for strange countries, whenever I see the words Swiss or Switzerland I have this wave of bafflement come over me... like what have these awkward folk ever done for the world.

[Don Mega]

3 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Because the left is correct as derived from the days of horseback travel. Right hand drivers just blindly followed the US like sheep. Something like 2.5 billion drive on the left. As for strange countries, whenever I see the words Swiss or Switzerland I have this wave of bafflement come over me... like what have these awkward folk ever done for the world.

The World Wide Web was invented in Switzerland wasn't it ?

[Crossy]

1 minute ago, Don Mega said:

The World Wide Web was invented in Switzerland wasn't it ?

 

Indeed, at CERN, by a Brit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee :)

[LannaGuy]

8 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Indeed, at CERN, by a Brit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee :)

so at least the Brits can do something right after all the recent Brit Bashing on TVF nice to see something positive lol 

[harrry]

1 hour ago, Don Mega said:

The World Wide Web was invented in Switzerland wasn't it ?

By a Pom using US money.

[Don Mega]

9 minutes ago, harrry said:

By a Pom using US money.

Yes but in Switzerland.

[hobz]

10 hours ago, agudbuk said:

Locks, bolts and security works better on inward opening doors

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That goes contrary to what I read about the United states. 

One of the reasons doors open inwards in the US is so that it's easier to kick in the door for fire/rescue personell.

[Don Mega]

10 hours ago, agudbuk said:

Locks, bolts and security works better on inward opening doors

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inward opening doors are much easier to kick in than an outward one.

[harrry]

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/designm/AD2-10.htm

 

 

"Pivoted doors should open outward unless sufficient space is provided within the toilet stall. "

 

[LannaGuy]

4 minutes ago, harrry said:

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/designm/AD2-10.htm

 

 

"Pivoted doors should open outward unless sufficient space is provided within the toilet stall. "

 

that's for Wheelchair users?  who would believe toilet doors would get us all going?  lol