# My friend hit a toilet on the way to work **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549 "2006-08-28T17:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/1 "2006-08-28T17:16:16Z")
The front end of the car was crushed and J is really down in the dumps. He works with a lot of clever technical support guys and I am sure he is going to catch a lot of crap at work tomorrow. What can he expect? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/2 "2006-08-28T17:17:27Z")
How fast was it going? Was it weaving? Driving on the wrong side? we need _DETAILS_, man! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/3 "2006-08-28T17:18:47Z")
Seems fair–he caught a lot of crap on his way _to_ work. “Hey, Frank, when you said you needed to hit the head before you went to work, we thought you were speaking metaphorically.” ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/4 "2006-08-28T17:21:11Z")
That just bowls me over. Take a bowel for posting a great thread title! ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/5 "2006-08-28T17:25:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > How fast was it going? Was it weaving? Driving on the wrong side? we need _DETAILS_, man! As I understand it the toilet leapt from the back of a moving truck into the path of several cars on a crowded highway. J took the worst hit- struck the bowl head on. (The tank was also involved; the flapper was seen spiraling away into the grass. Must have been quite gruesome.) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/6 "2006-08-28T17:26:25Z")
Was it one of those low flush toilets or a smuggled toilet from Canada? More importantly, and this is entirely racist, What color was it? ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/7 "2006-08-28T17:46:22Z")
White toilet; but the pieces were too small to determine type or intent. I would imagine that it was likely an older 2.2 gallon flush though; those new 1.5 environmentally correct cans have so much more to offer the world. But even if it was an older potty; no one ever expects these things to happen to porcelain. At any rate- J did miss a day’s work and is a little worried he will get canned. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/8 "2006-08-28T18:46:30Z")
At any rate- J did miss a day’s work and is a little worried he will get canned. No shit? ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/9 "2006-08-28T19:09:15Z")
It sounds like a bit of a shithouse thing to happen to someone. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/10 "2006-08-28T19:18:35Z")
Was anyone sitting on it at the time? ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/11 "2006-08-28T19:53:27Z")
How embarrassing. I’ll bet his face is all flushed. Really, you should’ve kept a lid on this. What a pisser of a way to start the day! Is this _really_ how to get a-head in life? (Apparently not–sounds like he tanked.) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-hit-a-toilet-on-the-way-to-work/370549/12 "2006-08-28T21:21:02Z")
I hope he stopped at some point and had a good sit and think.