That’s why I only take the types of shits you normally only read about in Norse mythology.
I figure it this way, pilgrim; a man’s gotta poo what a man’s gotta poo.
I once crapped behind a small tree just off a busy interstate freeway. For me, it’s any port in a storm, when I have to go, I go.
Agreed, I also cringe when adults say “pee.”
“Poo” is funny and I refuse to be swayed from that position.
Reticent. I’ll go if there’s nobody in the other stalls, and I’m not thrilled when someone used the stall next to me after I start. But it’s not the end of the world.
‘‘Piss’’ is too crass for most social settings, ‘‘Go #1’’ is even more juvenile than ‘‘pee,’’ and ‘‘urinate’’ just sounds ridiculous in a non-medical setting. What do you suggest?
I avoid public restrooms unless it’s a matter of urgency. TMI: my contributions tend to challenge even the most stalwart of facilities so I like to be at home where I can plunge if needed. That scene from Along Came Polly? That is the stuff of my nightmares.
I don’t mind pooing at work but I hasten to courtesy flush. (We used to have a one-toilet bathroom so you would have privacy; I miss that a lot.)
One thing I can’t “do” is portapotties. I can’t help but look and then I can’t forget what I’ve seen. In that case I’ll hold it and go in the wild if I have to.
“I have to make water”.
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When I gotta go, I go. I know every public bathroom in Bergen County, NJ.
If I do it away from home, my toilet stays cleaner, my bathroom is odor-free, and I spend less on toilet paper. So yeah, enthusiastic, I guess. Dumb name for it, though.
I’m between the “enthusiastic” and “reticent” options in the poll. I prefer pooing at home, but if I’m elsewhere and have to go, I sometimes hold it, sometimes not.
The “adventurous” option in the poll reminded me of a documentary I saw years ago, either about Yosemite or about rock climbing. It featured El Capitan, which AIUI is always/often/sometimes done as a multi-day climb, with people overnighting on suspended platforms part-way up. Anyway, they were interviewing one climber who told a story of being on the cliff face and hearing something tumbling down toward him. Except it wasn’t the typical rock-on-rock or metal-on-rock sound - he couldn’t quite make out what the sound was, until the turds from someone far above him struck his helmet. His finishing remark: “I couldn’t believe that someone had just shit on my head.”
Hee. Reminds me of George Costanza:
JERRY: Anywhere in the city?
GEORGE: Anywhere in the city - I’ll tell you the best public toilet.
JERRY: Okay… Fifty-fourth and Sixth?
GEORGE: Sperry Rand Building. 14th floor, Morgan Apparel. Mention my name - she’ll give you the key.
JERRY: Alright… Sixty-fifth and Tenth.
GEORGE: Are you kidding? Lincoln Center. Alice Tully Hall, the Met. Magnificent facilities.
When my youngest was around 8 he took a dump in the bathroom at the Yankee Stadium subway stop. I had no idea it even existed before then.
People were mentioning subway bathrooms in the subway thread – it never occurred to me they existed and I still can’t imagine seeking one out. Port Authority is bad enough. Well, it’s probably worse.
Are SF BART station bathrooms still closed? I remember that last time I checked a few years ago they were. It may have changed but the thing was that they were closed “because of 9-11” more than a decade later, and 15 years on I imagine it’s the same. I always wondered whether the bathrooms were kept clean and in working order still.
Perhaps a simple, vague “I have to use the bathroom?”
I voted “reticent” but that doesn’t quite describe it. I would much rather go at home, but if I am out and the need comes upon me, most of the time that means there is no option to wait. I can’t imagine being able to purposely hold it for days until a better time comes. I don’t want to use a public restroom but there is no other option.
I guess I fit into “reticent,” in that preferably I like familiar and safe, but it’s not a necessity. If I gotta go, I’ll go wherever I am.
Right at the moment I live in an environment overwhelmed by too many irritating and unpredictable people who spend hours in the bathroom and sometimes use entire rolls of TP in a day. It doesn’t bear thinking about, really. Anyway, that makes using the bathroom a bit of a… crapshoot.
Hmm, pun not intended. Really.