# I feel... so... dirty. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 8, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071 "2004-03-08T04:04:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/21 "2004-03-09T01:40:06Z")
Sheesh! Now I understand why _free range birds_ cost so much. It’s to pay for your wardrobe. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/22 "2004-03-09T02:25:28Z")
**ggurl** When reading your post all I could think of was this: Oh, the rain, the mud, and the cold, The cold, the mud, and the rain; With weather at zero it’s hard for a hero From language that’s rude to refrain. With porridgy muck to the knees, With sky that’s a-pouring a flood, Sure the worst of our foes Are the pains and the woes Of the RAIN, THE COLD, AND THE MUD. ``` -Robert W. Service, "A Song of Winter Weather" ``` Seriously, sounds like you might find it worthwhile to invest in some disposable paper scrubs. It won’t change the number of showers you’ll have to take but you won’t have to feel upset about washing your duds, either. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/23 "2004-03-16T13:21:19Z")
When I was a youngster, my friend’s mom dubbed me with the honorary title- “T.J.”. I couldn’t figure it out, until I asked my friend…turns out it stands for “Toilet Jammer”. I had a few plungerable offenses in their bathroom. Why aren’t bidets more popular in the US? ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/24 "2004-03-17T03:08:08Z")
Bidets? Personally, I’d be worried about the potential “toilet water aerosol” risk. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/25 "2004-03-17T05:37:50Z")
Gee, ggurl, you sound pooped. Take a break. ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/26 "2004-03-17T07:42:04Z")
Not to hijack but I too have a T.J. in my house. This: > [@](#): > > Plus, teach her (and yourself, it sounds like you also flooded the boathroom) how to open up the back of the tank and force down the flap if the toilet is ever in danger of overflowing. Pushing down the flap will prevent more water from entering the bowl and flooding out. intrigues the hell out of me **tremorviolet**. So, how is it done? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/27 "2004-03-17T07:51:20Z")
Huh, and I thought “free-range” birds were supposed to be somehow treated better than average. Sounds like sitting in a cage 10 feet off the ground might be amenible (sp?) to them. Gives a new meaning to “shit sandwich”. But good luck on the problem anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/28 "2004-03-17T14:21:00Z")
No, we usually _do_ treat them better than usual. The pheasant cage was installed last year in an area of the property that we had not observed any swampiness in the previous year. What we think happened is that when the car crusher came in to clean up the back lot about a year ago, it left a pretty large low spot that unfortunately, crosses the pheasant cage area diagonally. (The pheasants are the only birds that cannot be truly “free range” since they will simply leave the property forever.) The problem was detected last week or so, when we got approximately 10,000,000 inches of rain in one day, after which the pheasants were observed putting on hip waders when they exited their shelter. All the other animals have relatively dry zones and shelters in their free-range area. We plan to move the pheasant cage out of the danger zone as soon as the temperature gets back above freezing. _No animals were harmed during the conceptualizing of this post._ ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071/29 "2004-03-17T17:43:43Z")
> [@Granuaile](#): > > Not to hijack but I too have a T.J. in my house. This: > intrigues the hell out of me **tremorviolet**. So, how is it done? Check out this _incredibly cool_ [animation](http://home.howstuffworks.com/toilet3.htm) I just found. See how the when you push down the handle, the chain lifts up the flush valve? If you can see the toilet is not flushing correctly and startint to overflow, whip off the toilet tank lid and manually force the flush valve down. (you have to reach through the water in the tank but remember, that’s clean tap water, not icky toilet bowl water) This will prevent the entire tank from draining into the bowl and overflowing. If I ever have to plunge a toilet, I always have the lid off so I can “test” flush in safety… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-so-dirty/233071.md?page=1)