# All these years, I've been crapping the wrong way! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020 "2002-04-16T21:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/1 "2002-04-16T21:27:06Z")
I guess I need one of [these](http://www.naturesplatform.com/all_products.html). :rolleyes: - s.e. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/2 "2002-04-16T21:29:10Z")
Linkie no workie. Hey, it was a poop thread. I _had_ to click into itā€¦! ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/3 "2002-04-16T21:31:17Z")
Oops Click [here](http://www.naturesplatform.com/all_products.html). Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/4 "2002-04-16T21:31:53Z")
Minor coding error. Try [this](http://www.naturesplatform.com/all_products.html). This is the second non-working link Iā€™ve fixed today. Do I get a service medal? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/5 "2002-04-16T21:32:03Z")
[http://www.naturesplatform.com/all\_products.html](http://www.naturesplatform.com/all_products.html) I donā€™t like it. My weak knees would give out ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/6 "2002-04-16T21:49:48Z")
Thank heavens for the picture with the person on it. Otherwise, I would have thought youā€™d just sit regularly on it, and that just didnā€™t make sense. Endorsed by yoga instructors? Whateverā€¦ **Max Torque** for fixing the link you get my undying love and devotionā€¦at least for the next 5 minutes or so. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/7 "2002-04-16T21:51:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scout1222 \* > **Max Torque** for fixing the link you get my undying love and devotionā€¦at least for the next 5 minutes or so. šŸ˜‰ \*\* Hey! I fixed it too! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/8 "2002-04-16T22:18:37Z")
i thought that ā€œnatureā€™s curtainā€ was rather interestingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/9 "2002-04-16T22:22:25Z")
some time back someone posted about their Asian dormmate that would shit all over the toilet because she stood on the seat. somebody needs to send this to her. lol ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/10 "2002-04-16T22:41:19Z")
What do you do with your pants? How do you mount/dismount with your pants around your ankles? Are you supposed to stand to buckle up? What if you ate something that declared war on your colon? Will bad things happen without the seal between seat and bottom? What if you had to do #1 _and_ #2? Can you imagine what the arguements about lowering the seat would become? ā€œYou forgot to remove Natureā€™s platform again, honey!ā€ I think I will stick to the more regal sitting on my throneā€¦ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/11 "2002-04-16T23:00:01Z")
**Arwen** ā€™s right, guysā€¦ too many questions to be answered about the usage of this thing. Iā€™ll just stick to the tried-and-true method, thank you very much! Oh, and **scott evil** ā€¦ Iā€™d offer you my undying love and devotion for the next 5 minutes or so, but I can see problems with that since Iā€™m a straight girl and youā€™re a gay guy. ;p So howā€™s about I offer you my support for the next 5 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/12 "2002-04-16T23:03:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\* > > Hey! I fixed it too! \*\* Yeah, but you didnā€™t ask for undying love. Iā€™ll give you 5 minutesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/13 "2002-04-16T23:14:51Z")
**Arwen** ā€™s right, guysā€¦ too many questions to be answered about the usage of this thing. Iā€™ll just stick to the tried-and-true method, thank you very much! Oh, and **scott evil** ā€¦ Iā€™d offer you my undying love and devotion for the next 5 minutes or so, but I can see problems with that since Iā€™m a straight girl and youā€™re a gay guy. ;p So howā€™s about I offer you my support for the next 5 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/14 "2002-04-16T23:32:54Z")
I read a very interesting book called _The Bathroom_. It is sort of a combination history of bathrooms and a new vision for the bathroom future. It recommended a pooping position similar to the one linked to above, although the fixture was different. The fixture was basically egg-shaped, and you had to fit yourself into it somehow. And you had to disrobe. Frankly, if I had to take off my clothes and wedge myself into an egg every time I had to drop a log, I would just stop pooping altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/15 "2002-04-17T00:24:17Z")
Oh, gosh! Now Iā€™m confused! The person in the picture was wearing _pants_. I really _have_ been pooping wrong all these years!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/16 "2002-04-17T00:33:58Z")
Footmarks on western style toilets are quite common here. That squatting posture is the one people use in most parts of the world, and having used it myself on plenty of occasions, I can confirm that it does work a lot better. Things ā€¦ how can I put it? ā€¦ come out more easily, quickly and completely. However, the toilets in these places are at ground level. You roll pants up to the knees and pull them down, squat, and get on with it. (Iā€™ll spare you details on what to do when thereā€™s no toilet tissue). But I canā€™t imagine how Iā€™d climb up onto that thing in the ad. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/17 "2002-04-17T00:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hemlock \* > \*\*(Iā€™ll spare you details on what to do when thereā€™s no toilet tissue). \*\* Please fight my ignorance! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/18 "2002-04-17T02:35:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hemlock \* > \*\*However, the toilets in these places are at ground level. You roll pants up to the knees and pull them down, squat, and get on with it. (Iā€™ll spare you details on what to do when thereā€™s no toilet tissue). But I canā€™t imagine how Iā€™d climb up onto that thing in the ad. \*\* In my travels in Italy, I saw a number of public restrooms that had toilets like that - footgrips on either side, hole in the floor. Pull your pants around your knees or ankles, bunch them together with your hands if youā€™re worried, and go. These werenā€™t all in tiny towns in the middle of nowhere, either. ---
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/19 "2002-04-17T03:01:55Z")
yā€™know, Iā€™ve got a theory about this. Iā€™ve noticed how people who come from cultures where they use the squatā€™nā€™shit method (India, China, Vietnam etc) are often very comfortable squatting without putting their bottom on the floor. They can hold this position for quite long periods without any noticeable strain. Western people, on the other hand, could not hold this position for very long without getting tired. So whatever muscles are used in squatting are better developed in people who have spent their whole life shitting in this way. Maybe we are witnessing some kind of evolutionary change going on. Maybe soon, western kids will be born with this different muscle structure. If this is so then thatā€™s quite weird. Toilets are only 150 years old but already they may be triggering off evolutionary change. And they are a man-made item as well. ---
**Author:** ![Dagny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9f8e36/32.png) [@Dagny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dagny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020/20 "2002-04-17T03:26:18Z")
Wow, they have a [FAQ](http://www.naturesplatform.com/faq.html?sid=26491_29012_1019013147&a=&p=faq.html&s=&c=&x=2) . From the endorsement page: > [@](#): > > The use of toilets and chairs lead to myriad problems that plague modern society. I canā€™t imagine trying to use it while drunk. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-years-ive-been-crapping-the-wrong-way/104020.md?page=2)