# Isn't it just plain wrong to defecate in a public restroom? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092 "2002-06-03T05:02:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/61 "2002-06-04T21:34:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*\*\* Cervais \*\*, that was one of the funniest things I have ever read. Just think about poor Queen Elizabeth–50 years on the throne. And yes, I bet she does it at Buckhingham Palace. \*\* That reminds me of something my mother told me once. My divorced uncle and his new lady friend (they’re now married) went away for the weekend once early in their courtship, and she was all uptight about crapping. Apparently my uncle said to her, _“Même la reine fait caca !”_ (“Even the Queen craps!”) 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/62 "2002-06-04T21:38:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Cervais , that was one of the funniest things I have ever read. Just think about poor Queen Elizabeth–50 years on the throne. And yes, I bet she does it at Buckhingham Palace. And I can just imagine Prince Phillip’s reaction upon walking in post-poop: “Blimey, Liz, what the bleeding hell 'ave you been putting up your bum? Spoiled crumpets? Crikey, the pong in 'ere would make a Corgi gag!” ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/63 "2002-06-04T21:42:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by trixiebix \* > \*\*I was thinking about this the other day… how there should be a special ventilated section in the bathrooms for pooping. lol That way, i fyou are just peeing you don’t have to smell the stench. > > I have to sorta agree with the top poster here… there is this woman here that EVERYDAY makes a nasty shit inthe bathroom, and I always have to go in after her. Change your diet if your crap smells THAT bad EVERY DAY!!! I agree when you gotta go you gotta go… but really… > > And yes its true… my shit don’t stink. hehe 😉 > > * * * > > Let me clear up my post (taking too long to edit)… i don’t really agree with Chris… i was half kidding… > I DO think they should ventilate bathrooms better though. Because when I walk into a public restroom and it smells like i walked into a sewage plant (ive been there, i know the smell) then there should be better ventilation going on… Ive been in some where it was just unbearable to be in. THAT i do agree with. > And the courtesy spray! this one girl in my old job would stink up the one person bathroom and not spray, and turn the light/fan off when she left it… LEAVE THE FAN RUNNING. you’re not paying for the electric. I’m very phobic about leaving any scent, so i apply it to others as well! \*\* I’ve been there! And I have a public restroom phobia. Until recently, I had a co-worker with severe digestion difficulties. She would continually flush and spray horrendous amounts of cinnamon air freshener which only made it worse, but would never turn on the fan. She must’ve gone ten times a day. I’ve actually considered starting a similar thread. Wisely, it is obvious, I refrained. I do realize you can’t control bodily functions. Shit happens. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/64 "2002-06-04T22:00:36Z")
_starts a “We’re not going to be tyrannized by our bowels!” chant_ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/65 "2002-06-04T22:02:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FNRFR \* > \*\*_starts a “We’re not going to be tyrannized by our bowels!” chant_ \*\* To the tune of “Let My People Go.” _“When you find yourself in the can: Let your feces go.”_ 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/66 "2002-06-04T22:07:45Z")
Nah, let’s co-op _Safety Dance_ instead: “We can poop if we want to We can leave a stench behind 'Cause your friends don’t poop and if they don’t poop Well they’re no friends of mine.” Excuse me. The stomach flu’s getting to me again. CJ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/67 "2002-06-04T22:16:14Z")
How about “Silly Love Songs”? _You’d think the Dopers would have had enough of endless poop threads I look around the boards and see it isn’t so._ - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/68 "2002-06-04T22:23:35Z")
The OP could stand outside the SDMB bathroom door. The Poop Nazi. “NO POOP FOR YOU!” 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/69 "2002-06-04T22:23:35Z")
The OP could stand outside the SDMB bathroom door. The Poop Nazi. “NO POOP FOR YOU!” 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/70 "2002-06-04T22:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Dude, everybody poops. Yup. There’s even a [book](http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=17ZJ7HC2BB&mscssid=8539QWSDL6C29LAGELQWDN5TLFAC3RA4&isbn=0916291456) that explains this. Shit happens. Get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/71 "2002-06-05T02:19:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by cjhoworth_ > Nah, let’s co-op _Safety Dance_ instead… Kind of gives a whole new meaning to the “suprise 'em with the Victory Cry” line, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/72 "2002-06-05T05:18:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chris Luongo \* > \*\* > If my friends are also in there with me, I will often take a moment to make some unkind remarks in the general direction of the offender’s stall, as my friends think it’s hilarious when I do so. > \*\* You are all missing something here. HE PEE’S WITH OTHER PEOPLE!! THAT HE KNOWS!!! Men dont pee together. Its just something you dont do. If I’m your friend and you follow me to the pisser (assuming public pisser here) you better be taking a crap or washing your hands. If you stand next to me at the urinals, you got some explaining to do. Unless of course we are drunk, then all bets are off. [sub]I also get stage fright in front of strangers, so some of this might just be me.[/sub] dead0man ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/73 "2002-06-10T09:43:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*Oops - I meant I make a joke, _as_ **Zette** _does_. I phrased that poorly, so it sounded like I was calling Zette an a-hole. That was not my intention. \*\* I know this thread is days old [boy, does it reek! ;)] but I think **Zette** ’s slaughtered-cow comment is meant to draw attention away from herself, not towards someone else. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/74 "2002-06-10T12:18:09Z")
Couple of things. 1- if you don’t turn the fan on when you poop (and leave it on) then you are … well… bad. 2 - I think the OP is somethijng of a troll. I doubt the guy actually feels that way. I think he was just going for a reaction. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/75 "2002-06-10T13:36:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > poor Queen Elizabeth–50 years on the throne. I _thought_ she looked constipated! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/76 "2002-06-10T16:38:19Z")
Believe it or not, this weekend I was in the stall in a hotel toilet taking care of business and heard someone say (paraphrased - I wasn’t exactly in a position to take notes) “The nice thing about staying in a hotel is that I’ve got my own toilet - public toilets can get pretty nasty.” I immediately thought, " **Chris** , is that you? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/77 "2002-06-10T23:15:02Z")
i can’t believe no one has suggested the band name: “public pooping!?!” i do believe that chris could get a goverment grant to study public pooping. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092/78 "2002-06-11T00:29:33Z")
Maybe I should send [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80957&highlight=prehensile)to **Chris’s** house for the weekend. b. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-just-plain-wrong-to-defecate-in-a-public-restroom/112092.md?page=3)