# Outhouse "Peeping Tom" (TMI Meter TEN !!!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 29, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359 "2005-06-29T14:01:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/1 "2005-06-29T14:01:14Z")

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A peeping tom was found inside of an outhouse and I mean INSIDE.  
This guy is STRANGE !!!  
[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050628/ap\_on\_fe\_st/outhouse\_peeping\_tom\_1](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050628/ap_on_fe_st/outhouse_peeping_tom_1)

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**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/2 "2005-06-29T14:02:52Z")

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Nice rant

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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/3 "2005-06-29T14:05:15Z")

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That guy has a shitty outlook on life.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/4 "2005-06-29T14:09:41Z")

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When I said “let’s go and get shitfaced”, I had _something else_ in mind…

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/5 "2005-06-29T14:51:33Z")

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Your location has something to do with this, doesn’t it **wolf**? We understand.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/6 "2005-06-29T14:55:27Z")

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Yet another reason why we need that pukeing smiley.

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**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/7 "2005-06-29T14:57:25Z")

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Imagine the reaction if he were to poke the “bullseye” while she was sitting there.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/8 "2005-06-29T15:11:59Z")

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The name that the guy gave is clearly false. His real name has to be Glenn Quagmire.

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**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:** [June 29, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/9 "2005-06-29T15:14:14Z")

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> “We had to decontaminate him,” said Capt. Jon Hebert of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department, adding that firefighters hosed the man down before police handcuffed him. “We treated him as if he were hazardous material,” Hebert said.

Well, he’s certainly got shit for brains.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/10 "2005-06-29T15:19:40Z")

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Perhaps he’s a believer that it’s better to be pissed on than pissed off.

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/11 "2005-06-29T15:26:40Z")

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**(TMI Meter Ten !!!)**

Naw… this meter goes up to 11.

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**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:** [June 29, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/12 "2005-06-29T15:30:02Z")

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When they ran this story on last night’s news someone hasd the idea for an “artsy” shot – they had a shot of the eporter taken from _inside_ the toilet.  
What I wanna know is — _How did they get that shot?_

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/13 "2005-06-29T15:47:13Z")

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He’s a _Pooping Tom_.

Fun fact: he’s from my hometown (mentioned in the article). It’s a small town and I knew tons of Moodys. We might have crossed paths.

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**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/14 "2005-06-29T15:52:00Z")

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> [@Trunk](#):
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> Fun fact: he’s from my hometown (mentioned in the article). It’s a small town and I knew tons of Moodys. We might have crossed paths.

Did any of them have a peculiar odor and some kind of brain damage?

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/15 "2005-06-29T16:01:36Z")

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> [@Metacom](#):
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> Did any of them have a peculiar odor and some kind of brain damage?

My fifth grade health teacher had bad teeth. 😃

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/16 "2005-06-29T16:26:41Z")

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Man, we pretty much prefer a completely different kind of _log_ cabin.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/17 "2005-06-29T16:31:24Z")

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> [@adam yax](#):
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> The name that the guy gave is clearly false. His real name has to be Glenn Quagmire.

Well it definitely sounds like a scene of Family Guy!

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**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/18 "2005-06-29T16:36:15Z")

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> [@AngelicGemma](#):
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> Well it definitely sounds like a scene of Family Guy!

Would they be bold enough to play the theme from Schindler’s List during the scene?

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/19 "2005-06-29T16:51:10Z")

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In such a situation the guy needed to think on his feet.

“This free proctology checkup is brought to you courtesy of Buttwell Inc, the asshole specialists - _We never saw a hole we didn’t like!_”

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outhouse-peeping-tom-tmi-meter-ten/310359/20 "2005-06-29T17:48:10Z")

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_Gary_ Moody, eh?

Yeah right.

It’s not _just_ the dustbins one has to look out for, nowadays…

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