# No, you can't use my bathroom **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491 "2005-07-07T19:05:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/181 "2005-07-09T17:08:13Z")
> [@EleventyOne](#): > > I, uh…That’s an interesting thread. Wait till someone shows you the pan-fried semen thread. Then we’ll find out just exactly how many different tones of voice you can say “interesting” in. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/182 "2005-07-09T17:30:28Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > I’ll answer , since my lovely husband is currently eating his breakfast. I hope you don’t mind, **Daniel**. Not at all–thanks! I just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t committing some big contractor faux pas by not being home when the work was done, and by not having bathroom facilities available to them. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/183 "2005-07-09T17:31:45Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > You must then share similar Wilting-flower like traits with the OP (who, by the way, is the focus of this lengthy conversation. You will notice that the main theme here seems to be that the working dude did nothing wrong and that the OP needs to take a deep breath (with any luck, inside the now tainted bathroom) and re assess just what the function of that particular room is). [No fucking kidding](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6342371&postcount=60) you stupid stupid person. But you’re right, I’m sure everyone here would love to lay the log that launched 1000 posts. What sort of a psycho “wilting flower” wouldn’t want to have their stinking loads discussed in detail by 100 people? When I defecate I don’t want it go unnoticed, I want it to be appreciated, remarked upon, remembered, discussed and debated in loving detail. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/184 "2005-07-09T17:35:08Z")
Oh! I am slain! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/185 "2005-07-09T17:36:07Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Oh! I am slain! Medic! ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/186 "2005-07-09T17:47:11Z")
In any event,uglybeech , I am sure that I owe you an apology. While I do feel that everyone is having good, clean fun here and don’t see the need for restraint I do apologize for mis-remembering your particular stance and especially for grouping you with the ninny OP in terms of sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/187 "2005-07-09T17:56:53Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Wait till someone shows you the pan-fried semen thread. Then we’ll find out just exactly how many different tones of voice you can say “interesting” in. The Wh -U-uu-U T!!! Okay, give! Post a link, I’m already saying “interesting” and I’ve never even seen that one. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/188 "2005-07-09T18:01:45Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > The Wh -U-uu-U T!!! > > Okay, give! Post a link, I’m already saying “interesting” and I’ve never even seen that one. Oww! Stop [twisting my arm](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198659). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/189 "2005-07-09T18:08:17Z")
> [@Adoptamom\_II](#): > > Just for the record - Mr. Adoptamom, nor his crew, create their own provisions if none are provided. **He said no self respecting tradesman who values his reputation would even consider such a thing.** I asked him specifically what he does if no restroom is available. He said they will leave the jobsite to find a restroom to relieve themselves while on the clock - so the homeowner pays for it one way or the other. His suggestion? Provide a port-a-potty - it’s cheaper in the long run. [bolding mine] Excuse me. I **am** a self respecting tradesman and I take exception to this statement. Now, if he’s commenting on those low lifes who leave ‘gifts’ in hidden places, we are in agreement. But to tell me that I can’t relieve myself on a jobsite is getting near foolish talk, imho. In an empty, unfinished home, a covered bucket _that gets thrown away_ is a decent work around. In a lived in home, it doesn’t make me less of a skilled, valued tradesman to ask for use of facilities. Embarrassment or worries about reputation seem pretty silly to me. FTR, the attic guy’s bucket was a mistake of forgetfulness. We are not the type to engage in childish, boorish behavior. (I am in remodel exclusively now, so no more buckets needed.) Again, we may actually be on the same page here, since I’m responding to a second hand statement. But, I couldn’t let this pass (ha ha) without comment. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/190 "2005-07-09T18:11:35Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Now, if he’s commenting on those low lifes who leave ‘gifts’ in hidden places, we are in agreement. Given the context, I assumed that’s exactly what he was commenting on. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/191 "2005-07-09T18:15:57Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Given the context, I assumed that’s exactly what he was commenting on. Hence my disclaimers at the beginning and end of my post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/192 "2005-07-09T18:23:28Z")
Mr. Adoptamom was referring to hidden gifts. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/193 "2005-07-09T18:31:05Z")
> [@Adoptamom\_II](#): > > Mr. Adoptamom was referring to hidden gifts. Thanks for clearing that up for me. With the recent trend of misunderstood or misapplied posts, I was at least partially unsure and felt I needed to cover all the bases I saw. Say ‘Hi’ to your husband for me. We now continue with our regularly scheduled flaming shitstorm. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/194 "2005-07-09T18:43:08Z")
**NoClue** can use my bathroom any time he pleases. I gots plenty o’ air fresheners. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinks)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/195 "2005-07-09T19:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Stonebow’s office is five minutes from our house, and the cheeky bastard has a job that pretty much allows him to **come** and **go** as he pleases. So the OP wasn’t entirely irrational! What? … Oh, never mind… ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/196 "2005-07-09T19:37:08Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Yeah…it’s not that I want to be ungracious, but if you won’t be in my house the whole day, you should plan your dumps for other times. And yes…dumps can be planned! Get yourself on a military schedule so you can shit, shave, and shower before you begin maneuvers. This is starting to remind me of the thread a year or so ago when a guy was complaining about how disgusting it was that people were shitting in public restrooms, and that everyone should be able to wait till they get home like he did. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/197 "2005-07-09T19:39:25Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > In any event,uglybeech , I am sure that I owe you an apology. While I do feel that everyone is having good, clean fun here and don’t see the need for restraint I do apologize for mis-remembering your particular stance and especially for grouping you with the ninny OP in terms of sentiment. Classy apology very appreciated. And apologies in advance for rubbing it in (I’ll cop to a class deficit myself)…but I actually didn’t care that you hadn’t remembered what I said. Who could in a thread this long? What I objected to was that just because you want to talk about the idiocy of the OP (which is valid) it becomes somehow verboten to empathize with the poor bastard about whose shit a multivolume epic is being written (which is also valid). These statements do not contradict each other: a) shit stinks. b) The OP has something seriously wrong with her\* c) I wouldn’t want my shit to capture this much attention. Ever. \*and by the way it’s not because she’s hypersensitive or a wilting flower - if only she were. SOC’s problem is that she’s being a perfect bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/198 "2005-07-09T19:51:37Z")
> [@Janx](#): > > Damn! > > Is that _ALL_ **lieu** has to say on the subject? Well, I’m sure **lieu** felt that **Cookie** had really been dumped on enough and that adding to it would’ve been lieudicrous. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/199 "2005-07-09T20:03:12Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > I do it at work where I get paid for shitting. Do you get paid by the hour? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/200 "2005-07-09T20:06:21Z")
Poor **Sat on Cookie** – the nerve! Of people born only to serve! Let them dump in the ditch They were born in! A bitch Like Our Princess must always preserve The pristinity of the commode That graces her humble abode. Let the working class wait Till they’re home to abate Their base urges. Respect must be owed To the fine sensibilities soiled By the leaving of shit in a bowl Meant for daintier rumps Than some rude peon’s dumps. Have these beasts simply no self-control? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491.md?page=11)