# Is eating a snack while taking a dump disgusting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763 "2000-10-05T13:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/41 "2000-10-06T04:24:26Z")
It may be disgusting and potentially unsanitary, but it’s a wonderful illustration of **FIFO stack-processing**. ---
**Author:** ![Salieri2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Salieri2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salieri2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/42 "2000-10-06T04:48:42Z")
plnnr said: > [@](#): > > …Am I the only man here who doesn’t have some weird connection to the toilet?..I go, I attend to my business. I leave. It isn’t the most comfortable seat in the house, the lighting could be better, the exhaust fan sounds like the space shuttle taking off, the whole attraction just escapes me. Eating? Drinking your morning coffee? Shudder. oh, man, that’s funny. Thanks! And yes, this is all some sick shit here. Sick, sick, sick. I have to admit that there was one time I caught myself wandering into the bathroom while talking on a mobile phone–I REALLY had to go–but stopped before actually de-pantsing. How gross for the caller to hear a flush–or worse–and get a visual? It might have been my mother, even. ICK. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/43 "2000-10-06T04:50:47Z")
I don’t have a really strong opinion, and I just opened the thread to see how long it took **Homer** to respond. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrothaTJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@BrothaTJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrothaTJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/44 "2000-10-06T05:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gazoo \* > \*\* > Now [slight hijack], how about watching TV while on the toliet? Or, if the angle doesn’t work, leaving the door wide open so you can hear the TV? I do this a a lot too. (Although not very often when I have visitors.) \*\* _Not very often?_ You only keep it open for bill collectors or something? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/45 "2000-10-06T12:45:28Z")
A fraternity brother of mine was such a fan of the bathroom that he routinely kept a television set, a bong, and a telephone right next to the toilet. He swears to me that he watched the 1982 NCAA Mens Basketball Champtionship game while sitting on the john. And to think of all the money I wasted on a couch. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/46 "2000-10-06T12:53:09Z")
> [@](#): > > They’ll find you unconscious and bare-assed! I do believe that is the way they found the King. (Elvis) ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/47 "2000-10-06T12:57:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \* > \*\*I’m thinking about bringing in my breakfast into the bathroom…pulling up a T.V. tray with my sausage omelet and some hash browns and basically turning myself into a perpetual motion machine. \*\* If you’re successful, you’ll get faster and faster. Pretty soon it’ll be a blur of hand to mouth and sphincter opening and closing. ugh… I’ll bring coffee, cigarettes and a book into the turlit, but I draw the line at honey buns or (plagerize Uke’ Ike’s post) lamb shanks braised in sherry. A plate of Fudge browines would just confuse me. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/48 "2000-10-06T16:41:14Z")
Catherine the Great supposedly entertained ministers during the morning toilet. I wonder if she did all her business in front of them. aha…you are very cool and you have a sense of humor the size of the Grand Canyon, but yes, it’s gross. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/49 "2000-10-08T21:53:50Z")
Apparently Martin Luther, the 16th-century theologian, did all his writing sitting on the toilet. He suffered from constipation and had a special desk constructed so he could use his, ahh, time more constructively. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/50 "2000-10-08T23:49:58Z")
I didn’t know that little snippet about Martin Luther. So the well-known quotation should really be; “Hier scheisse ich. Ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir.” Although I should have thought that a diet of worms would help a lot with the constipation problem! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/51 "2000-10-09T01:04:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Celyn \* > \*\*Although I should have thought that a diet of worms would help a lot with the constipation problem! \*\* That probably accounts for why he nailed his feces the the door of the cathedral. _What’s that? Theses?_ oh. nevermind ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/52 "2000-10-09T02:31:33Z")
Fear itself…that was pretty damned funny! Well in a lutheran sort of way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/53 "2000-10-09T06:15:26Z")
It astonishes me that this question even needed to be asked. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/54 "2000-10-09T07:13:45Z")
Eating on the crapper IS disgusting. As for the whole male- toilet thing…I’m not only the president, I’m also a client. Food may shoot through my colon and right out like a rocket, but I’ll spend a good 45 minutes in there with either the book I’m currently reading, or a magazine. It’s comfortable, gives you privacy, and allows you to keep your pants off of your body, which is paramount to most males. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/55 "2000-10-09T16:08:27Z")
Sitting on the john is NOT just for men anymore!! While eating in the bathroom is not something I would enjoy, reading until my feet fall asleep is! All you men who think the bathroom is your domain only, think again. Any women bathroom readers out there? ---
**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/56 "2000-10-09T16:16:17Z")
i don’t even like having food in my mouth when i enter the bathroom. sometimes i’ll take the last bite of my breakfast and then go into the bathroom while i’m still chewing and then realize i still have food in my mouth and wait outside the bathroom door until i swallow it. it’s not that it’s **that** disgusting; i just don’t think i’m getting the proper enjoyment out of my food if i’m chewing it in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Fleejagoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fleejagoob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleejagoob)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/57 "2000-10-09T16:21:05Z")
No, there’s no eating in the reading room, oops I mean bathroom. Seriously, even if you know how the digestive sytem works the image of it going straight through is just disgusting. When I’m eating I prefer to enjoy the food how it is, not experience how it’s going to be. Reading material is almost a necessity, though I can’t read anything serious. As far as Martin Luther goes… I’d feel _wrong_ just reading a Bible on the throne. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/58 "2000-10-09T16:22:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OrcaChow \* > \*\*It may be disgusting and potentially unsanitary, but it’s a wonderful illustration of **FIFO stack-processing**. > \*\* 😃 very good point, Orca. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/59 "2000-10-09T16:31:09Z")
A cup of coffee, a Player’s Light Cigarette, and a Tolkien book is what I need to go turliting. There’s nothing like reading about Gandalf and Frodo whilst pinching a big turd. It’s very serene in the bathroom. I have 3 kids, so I value my solitude…actually the bathroom is my **Fortress of Soliturd!!!** ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763/60 "2000-10-10T06:02:25Z")
–Hamlet, Act 5, Scene i Or, “Shakespeare and Shitting”… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omega007 \* > **I got most of my required reading done on the crapper. I’ve read all of great expectations, Some of Romeo and Juliet, Parts or Hamlet and MacBeth** :eek: One wonders what frame of mind you were in, then, when you read _these_ passages: “the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.” –Hamlet, Act 2, Scene ii “O, my offence is rank it smells to heaven” –Hamlet, Act 3, scene iii (Recalling the OP) HAMLET A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and cat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. KING CLAUDIUS What dost you mean by this? HAMLET Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar. –Hamlet, Act 4, scene iii “Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?” –Hamlet, Act 5, scene i “That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose” –Macbeth, Act 1, scene iv “This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.” –Macbeth, Act 1, scene vi “that the heaven’s breath Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle: Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate.” –Macbeth, Act 1, scene vi “Now, good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both!” –Macbeth, Act 3, scene iv “the times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our **stools** ” –Macbeth, Act 3, scene iv (emphasis mine) (sorry) “I’ll charm the air to give a sound, While you perform your antic round” –Macbeth, Act 4, scene i “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” –Macbeth, Act 5, scene ii “My bosom’s lord sits lightly in his throne” –Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, scene ii [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-a-snack-while-taking-a-dump-disgusting/35763.md?page=2)