# Don't flush tampons you moron! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180 "2010-08-31T20:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/181 "2010-09-08T15:51:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’ve always thought of myself as a fairly sophisticated adult, able to deal with the fact that human animals have bodily functions, and that the casual discussion of those functions is not a big deal. > > And now, after reading this thread, I find myself wanting to crouch in a corner, like Barbra Streisand in _Nuts_. I’d like to thank you all for the reality check. > > Admins, can we have a Pit forum for girly-bits related subjects, please? Pretty please? Yes please. I tire of constant vagina/pregnancy/breasteses subject lines. There is more to womenfolk than labia and associated orificies ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/182 "2010-09-08T15:53:04Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I can only assume that he is a moron as well. Carelessness, selfishness or a fuck-you attitude have nothing to do with intelligence… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/183 "2010-09-08T16:32:41Z")
We’ve done a lot of road trips all over North America, and I have yet to run into a washroom that didn’t have a bin somewhere in it (I am not saying they don’t exist; just that they aren’t very common). If the washroom you have chosen to use doesn’t even have a bin to put used paper towels in, you can still wrap up your tampon all nicely in toilet paper and leave it on a counter or something - that seems like a fair exchange for an establishment not having a bin to put garbage in. Which I have never yet seen in all my travels. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/184 "2010-09-08T21:53:55Z")
Here is my unofficial survey of trash cans in stalls on the front range of middle and northern Colorado.\* The locations ranged from upscale urban Denver to hole-in-the-wall restaurants nestled in the Rockies. Port-a-potties and national park outhouses not included (since flushing is irrelevant). 6 days Roughly 4 potty visits in public restrooms over the course of each day = 24 potties 23 of the 24 potties had a trash can in the stall, either in the divider wall or a free-standing little bin in the corner. One did not.\*\* That’s about 96% of stalls containing the proper receptacles for bloody menstrual products.\*\*\* Further study with larger sample sizes in varied locations may be required for greater accuracy. \*No, I didn’t set out to gather this data. I just happen to be the mom of a toddler who is being potty trained and who is rather obsessed with trash cans these days. \*\*To the consternation of my toddler. \*\*\*No, kiddo, mama is not sticking it up her butt. And, no, you can’t look. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/185 "2010-09-08T22:16:45Z")
> [@rivulus](#): > > 23 of the 24 potties had a trash can in the stall, either in the divider wall or a free-standing little bin in the corner. One did not.\*\* [/SIZE] So. In 6 days, you managed a glimpse of the elusive and mythical ‘notrashstall’ that some folks go their\* entire life never seeing just once?? \*Nope. Don’t buy it. I want a picture and not a blurry sasquatch type pic, either. Crystal clear. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnaminnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cinnaminnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnaminnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/186 "2010-09-08T22:53:53Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Uh…wow. What happens if you live there? You… you _throw your tampons in a bin!_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/187 "2010-09-08T22:58:49Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > > [@jali](#): > > > > I can’t think of one public restroom I’ve used in the last 10 years that did not have a bin inside the stall. > > > > I’m not trying to be bitchy, but seriously, where are these stalls? > > I’m not trying to be bitchy,( I don’t have to try, it’s built in!) but I think some of you folks have never been to a slum! Slum? I’ve been to really nice restaurants and office buildings without them! I think most places will make an effort to have them (if not empty them) after finding their toilets clogged for the umpteenth time, but some managers, and designers, are dim. I might add that looking for a washroom in the stall is really something I only do for a week a month. I’ve probably been in the presence of the elusive trash-less stall more often than I imagine and simply never noticed, because I had nothing to throw out. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/188 "2010-09-09T15:30:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I might add that looking for a washroom in the stall is really something I only do for a week a month. Looking for a washroom in a stall? I haven’t seen this level of recursion since I haven’t seen this level of recursion! ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/189 "2010-09-09T20:47:32Z")
I think everyone should make an exhaustive list of toilets without bins, noting carefully the date and time of observance, just for Broomstick. Get on it, girls. (Personally have been in tons of them. Also appreciate the new euphemisms for used tampons.) ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/190 "2010-09-09T23:41:59Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > I think everyone should make an exhaustive list of toilets without bins, noting carefully the date and time of observance, just for Broomstick. Get on it, girls. Um, why would we get on it when. . . they don’t exist? God, you broads are _dumb_. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/191 "2010-09-12T16:52:26Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > > [@rivulus](#): > > > > 23 of the 24 potties had a trash can in the stall, either in the divider wall or a free-standing little bin in the corner. One did not.\*\* [/SIZE] > > So. In 6 days, you managed a glimpse of the elusive and mythical ‘notrashstall’ that some folks go their\* entire life never seeing just once?? \*Nope. Don’t buy it. I want a picture and not a blurry sasquatch type pic, either. Crystal clear. Anyone wanna give me some grant money to fly out to Colorado and repeat the experiment? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/192 "2010-09-13T00:30:11Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > > [@Cinnaminnamon](#): > > > > if tampon-flushers are arguing that they flush because there are no bins available, but the only places that don’t have bins are slums, ghettos, and the hood, maybe you should just wait until you’re not in one of those places. > > Uh…wow. What happens if you live there? > [@Cinnaminnamon](#): > > You… you _throw your tampons in a bin!_ Buh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/193 "2010-09-13T18:41:27Z")
Apparently America does have royalty because I have never seen as many princesses as I have in this thread. Too delicate and special to toss their own tampons, but it’s perfectly okay to subject others to. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/194 "2010-09-13T19:04:59Z")
You’re a fucking retard. I’m so sorry for whomever in the past has attempted to teach you to read, because I’m sure it was quite the trial, and clearly did not end in success. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/195 "2010-09-13T19:51:23Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > You’re a fucking retard. I’m so sorry for whomever in the past has attempted to teach you to read, because I’m sure it was quite the trial, and clearly did not end in success. Oh,Christ, get the fuck over your pwecious widdle princess self. Wrap the goddamned thing in tissue and stop whining. I love people whining about privilege in the example of the bin but don’t realize that whining about having to OMG deal with their own fucking tampons for a WHOLE FIVE FUCKING FEET is torture akin to waterboarding. [Gacor77: Pola Slot Gacor 77 Hari Ini dan Game Play Slot77 Mudah Maxwin](http://www.poopreport.com/Consumer/poop_plant.html) Scroll down and the picture clearly shows handfuls of tampon applicators flushed there by moronic twits who think their shit does stink—but don’t care about other people. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/196 "2010-09-13T19:55:16Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Scroll down and the picture clearly shows handfuls of tampon applicators flushed there by moronic twits who think their shit does stink—but don’t care about other people. Uh, just so we’re clear: no one here has advocated flushing tampon applicators. I’m left to assume you don’t have a vagina and don’t know the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/197 "2010-09-13T20:23:44Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Oh,Christ, get the fuck over your pwecious widdle princess self. Wrap the goddamned thing in tissue and stop whining. I love people whining about privilege in the example of the bin but don’t realize that whining about having to OMG deal with their own fucking tampons for a WHOLE FIVE FUCKING FEET is torture akin to waterboarding. 1.) Thanks for the new title. 2.) Why should I have to deal with a bloody mess and create a lot of extra waste that can and will start stinking the place up when I can easily flush? 3.) Why is it okay for you to require me to do #2 but not for me to require you to simply ask, in speech or writing, that I dispose of my tampons in a bin instead of flushing them? 4.) None of this changes the fact that you’re fucking illiterate, or you’d notice I’ve already made these same points in these two threads approximately 20,000 times. 5.) How’s that hyperbole working for you, retard? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/198 "2010-09-13T20:38:19Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@margin](#): > > > > Oh,Christ, get the fuck over your pwecious widdle princess self. Wrap the goddamned thing in tissue and stop whining. I love people whining about privilege in the example of the bin but don’t realize that whining about having to OMG deal with their own fucking tampons for a WHOLE FIVE FUCKING FEET is torture akin to waterboarding. > > 1.) Thanks for the new title. > > 2.) Why should I have to deal with a bloody mess and create a lot of extra waste that can and will start stinking the place up when I can easily flush? > > 3.) Why is it okay for you to require me to do #2 but not for me to require you to simply ask, in speech or writing, that I dispose of my tampons in a bin instead of flushing them? > > 4.) None of this changes the fact that you’re fucking illiterate, or you’d notice I’ve already made these same points in these two threads approximately 20,000 times. > > 5.) How’s that hyperbole working for you, retard? Not to mention they don’t even know the difference between a tampon and a tampon applicator. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/199 "2010-09-13T20:45:49Z")
I figured I’d let that one slide, since while \*I \* have explicitly stated that I do not and have never flushed applicators, some people in these threads have said they do. And given what a terrible challenge reading seems to be for this person (seriously, who are you? have you really been here for seven years?), it seemed best to cut them (or, let’s be honest: **him** ) some slack. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180/200 "2010-09-13T21:34:19Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > 2.) Why should I have to deal with a bloody mess and create a lot of extra waste that can and will start stinking the place up when I can easily flush? Because your “easy flush” can easily result in a massive plumbing problem and costs down the line. Seriously, don’t you get that? You think a pipe clogged with used tampons doesn’t stink? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180.md?page=11)