# 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:** 18
**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 13, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/341 "2005-07-13T15:01:31Z")
While it seemed to me that **Sat on Cookie** ’s comments were “classist”, **SlyFrog** ’s posts have gotten me thinking. Her comments needn’t necessarily be read as snobbish. Perhaps she’s a bit of a xenophobe and is bothered by strangers in her house, period? Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/342 "2005-07-14T02:13:07Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > My bathroom is my personal space. It was offensive to have it infringed upon daily for extended periods of time. One solution might be to remove the sensitive toiletry items that you would feel particularly upset about workmen looking at or even touching. These could be put in a locked cupboard, or other safe place, for the duration of their stay. Hopefully, this would give you some peace of mind. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/343 "2005-07-14T03:27:36Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > While it seemed to me that **Sat on Cookie** ’s comments were “classist”, **SlyFrog** ’s posts have gotten me thinking. Her comments needn’t necessarily be read as snobbish. Perhaps she’s a bit of a xenophobe and is bothered by strangers in her house, period? Just a thought. The comment which cemented the ‘classist’ or ‘elitist’ charge was in the last post by the OP which ended with “As you were.” Perhaps there are other usages of that phase, but I’ve always connected same with a military person in command addressing those of a lesser rank at the conclusion of their message delivery. To speak to fellow dopers with that form substantiates the above charges, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/344 "2005-07-14T03:58:45Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > The comment which cemented the ‘classist’ or ‘elitist’ charge was in the last post by the OP which ended with “As you were.” Whoah - all the things that actually were “classist” and that’s the clincher for you? Noooo… “As you were” is just taking a superior tone. It’s not classist. Unless you do it to “the help.” But to dopers? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/345 "2005-07-14T07:18:21Z")
> [@SlyFrog](#): > > I was going to respond to each and every point, but I think it would ruin the fun of this thread. Let me just say instead that I read everything you wrote, **and I think you are really projecting your own assumptions and stereotypes onto the OPs text**. Well, somebody has to explain it since the cunt isn’t coming back to clarify. She stated she’d keep up with the thread. She stated she’d be back to continue and expound. The fact she hasn’t shows there’s no need to correct what has been already said. She feels nothing has been distorted about the situation. Just because a thread is on page 7 doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten page 1. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/346 "2005-07-14T07:51:45Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > One solution might be to remove the sensitive toiletry items that you would feel particularly upset about workmen looking at or even touching. These could be put in a locked cupboard, or other safe place, for the duration of their stay. Hopefully, this would give you some peace of mind. You know, you may have hit a key nail on the head here, **roger** , old bean. Perhaps Mr. Cookie keeps girlie mags in the bathroom, hence **Sat On’s** concern that the “random” worker doing “random work” (which she apparently contracted for, unless she just routinely lets men come into her house to do whatever work they want) was spankin’ it in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/347 "2005-07-14T08:09:53Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > You know, you may have hit a key nail on the head here, **roger** , old bean. Perhaps Mr. Cookie keeps girlie mags in the bathroom, hence **Sat On’s** concern that the “random” worker doing “random work” (which she apparently contracted for, unless she just routinely lets men come into her house to do whatever work they want) was spankin’ it in the bathroom. I know I’ve joined the night-shift when old **Starvers** turns up. Well, there’s just so much content there that I don’t know where to start. Certainly, the idea that this burly worker, having done the necessary Number Two’s wise, was choking the chicken like a good 'un while perusing Mr Cookie’s collection is an impactful one. I can envision dappling on the ceiling to match the dappling recently pebble-dashed on the porcelain, only in a different colour, of course. As for the innuendo, which you try to disguise by placing it in brackets, at the risk of playing Junior Mod, might I remind you that this is a serious thread on a serious topic, and this kind of sophomoric attempt at humour is unworthy of someone who at times appears to aspire to higher things, like discussion of the aesthetics of Angelina Jolie’s rack. “Lets them do whatever work they want” indeed. Next thing we know, you’ll be suggesting that the “Sat on” in **Sat on Cookie** refers to her predilections on the other side of the bathroom door. Shame on you. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/348 "2005-07-14T08:31:09Z")
I should have known I could never put one over on one as bright and worldly as yourself. I am both humbled and abashed at the ease with which you saw through my clever ploy and my imaginings vis-a-vis Ms. Cookie’s own gluteal predilections, maximal though they are sure to be. Now, about Angelina Jolie… ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/349 "2005-07-14T08:38:32Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Well, there’s just so much content there that I don’t know where to start. Certainly, the idea that this burly worker, having done the necessary Number Two’s wise, was choking the chicken like a good 'un while perusing Mr Cookie’s collection is an **i** \ ***ful** one. I know this is the Pit and all, but I don’t think that’s any reason to be throwing around such language. Really, that’s just going too far. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/350 "2005-07-14T09:08:34Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > You saw through my clever ploy and my imaginings vis-a-vis Ms. Cookie’s own gluteal predilections, maximal though they are sure to be. Actually, **Starvers** , I was a bit uncertain (and still am) about the Cookies’s precise roles in terms of sitting; specifically, who gets to undertake the sitting (care with both spelling and pronunciation needed here) and who gets to undergo the being sat (ditto) upon. So, it’s by no means a foregone conclusion that Ms. Cookie is a sitter. That being the case, I feel it’s only fair and equitable and all that if you could withdraw your gluteal innuendo. At bottom, I’m hoping you can raise the tone a sciatic notch or two. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/351 "2005-07-14T09:29:23Z")
It appears to me, **roger** , that the answer to the question you pose may well be that **Ms. Cookie** might perchance swing both ways-- in terms of sitting, that is. However, given her delicate sensibilities I would tend to think of her more as being a sitter rather than a sittee…but then again, it could be that with someone more familiar than a “random” worker, she would feel more at ease and would therefore be more inclined to give free rein to her baser desires and instincts. Often it is the most uptight and repressed among us who become absolutely animal-like once inhibition is shed. In the final analysis however, I’m afraid the question as to **Sat On Cookie’s** gluteal proclivities-- be they pro-active or passive, or both – remains unclear. Regarding sciatical elevation, it appears to me that one could go in either direction, – up or down – and arrive at delightful subjects for discussion if one were speaking of a certain Ms. Jolie. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/352 "2005-07-14T09:47:27Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > I know this is the Pit and all, but I don’t think that’s any reason to be throwing around such language. Really, that’s just going too far. It is always wise to use caution when reading **roger’s** posts; he has a most clever way of slipping obscene notions into what appear to be civilized and mannerly musings. ---
**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/353 "2005-07-14T12:39:01Z")
Ahhh, we’ve gone from assaults that she is not back to respond to the thread to jokes that she’s a slut who takes it up the ass. I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/354 "2005-07-14T12:52:47Z")
Aha! So if **Sat on Cookie** just so naturally figured that a person would move so quickly and easily between pooping and wanking, there is only one conclusion that can be drawn: **Sat on Cookie** is a coprophiliac. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/355 "2005-07-14T12:54:32Z")
> [@SlyFrog](#): > > Ahhh, we’ve gone from assaults that she is not back to respond to the thread to jokes that she’s a slut who takes it up the ass. I love this place. A vicious bunch of people. She does NOT deserve this pile-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 14, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/356 "2005-07-14T12:57:53Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > **Sat on Cookie** is a coprophiliac. So, this thread needs to be moved to **CCC**. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/357 "2005-07-14T14:18:22Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > A vicious bunch of people. She does NOT deserve this pile-on. I agree. People are having a little _too_ much fun at her expense. Does she deserve it for posting something obviously controversial and not coming back to explain, defend, apologize, or tell us all to go fuck ourselves, every last fucking one? Well, a little. But this thread has crossed the line several times. ---
**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 14, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/358 "2005-07-14T14:25:46Z")
What line? This is the Pit. No one is threatening death, are they? Hell, most of this has turned into a joke anyways. If you can’t stand the Heat, stay out of Miami [/Shaq] ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/359 "2005-07-14T16:08:23Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What line? This is the Pit. No one is threatening death, are they?.. I like to think of it as the “Won’t someone please think of the Childreeeeeeeeeen?!” line. Why can’t we all just get along? Why are you all being so meaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/360 "2005-07-14T16:23:45Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What line? This is the Pit. No one is threatening death, are they? Hell, most of this has turned into a joke anyways. > > If you can’t stand the Heat, stay out of Miami [/Shaq] MY line. No, it’s not a message board enforcable line, nor do I think it should be. But it is past the measure of what I’m comfortable describing as “a clean ribbing” (no pun intended) and onto the mean nasty stuff which I don’t feel is warranted in this case. Is the OP a little uptight and may have some class issues? Perhaps. These things deserve to be poked at with the Stick of Mockery. Seems like know we’ve got out the Cannon of Hate. I don’t canon hate. 😛 I’m a Jon Stewart gal, not an O’Reilly factor. Not saying y’all can’t, just that I feel enough distanced from it to want to point out my feelings, since my username is attatched to this thread. That enough _I statements_ for you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491.md?page=19)