# Does it bother you... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387 "2006-02-14T02:09:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387/21 "2006-02-21T02:03:51Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Only time I’ll courtesy flush is if someone calls me on my cell. Why, so they can’t smell you? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387/22 "2006-02-21T02:26:41Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Why, so they can’t smell you? :dubious: So they’ll know where I am. Most callers are a lot less talkative when they know I’m taking a crap. Courtesy flushes do little for odor abatement. The offending elements are largely airborne, and shit sinks. Doesen’t it? But go ahead and splash that shitty water up on your butt. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387/23 "2006-02-21T02:39:09Z")
I simply don’t answer my cellphone when I’m taking a shit. I dunno, it works for me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387/24 "2006-02-21T02:48:14Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I simply don’t answer my cellphone when I’m taking a shit. > > I dunno, it works for me. :rolleyes: I wouldn’t either, but my cell is the company’s means to contact me if an emergency arises. The tradeoff, and it’s a pretty generous one, is that I can use it for personal calls. If there’s no crisis, I flush. Am I pissing off the toilaphobes here? I sure hope not. Now there’s ads for peace paraphanalia! Go figure. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387/25 "2006-02-21T02:53:37Z")
[http://www.ThePeaceCompany.com/store/](http://www.ThePeaceCompany.com/store/) ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387/26 "2006-02-21T03:07:06Z")
Wow, and I thought I had a lot of weird quirks. No, it doesn’t bother me, chances are I wouldn’t even notice. And I like sitting in a chair after someone’s warmed it up, especially in winter. Free heating! This is especially true for big overstuffed recliners and big burly guys. ---
**Author:** ![Gladstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@Gladstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gladstone)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387/27 "2006-02-21T03:33:15Z")
I get a little embarassed when a person goes to sit in a chair I’d been previously sitting in for a while and I know is still warm. As if they’d be thinking, “Goddamn! Does your body retain any heat or does it all just dissipate through your ass?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you/344387.md?page=1)