# Stupid bathroom incident of the day. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930 "2016-05-16T19:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/61 "2016-05-18T18:59:39Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > “I thought it said, ‘Laddies.’” One extra D. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/62 "2016-05-18T19:03:31Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > [Idiots driving to EVERY Target in Minnesota, protesting their bathroom policy](http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/05/16/flush-target-anti-target-campaign-hits-the-road-opposing-bathroom-policy/). I wonder how long it will take for the truck to be completely defaced? This billboard seems to show what might happen if you force transmen to use the ladies room. Which is exactly why they prefer the men’s room ,that way they don’t alarm anyone ---
**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:** [May 18, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/63 "2016-05-18T19:18:24Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > This billboard seems to show what might happen if you force transmen to use the ladies room. That, or when you allow jerkwad dudes to police the ladies room. Maybe he thought that girl was trans, so he followed her in. Protect the girls, amiright? ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/64 "2016-05-18T19:42:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One extra D. Bahaha, I see what you did there… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/65 "2016-05-18T20:18:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Y’know, when you say the following: > it tends to not inspire confidence in your sincerity. He means both sides were talking at cross purposes. So neither knew what conversation the other was actually having. In other words, both sides were misinterpreting the other. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/66 "2016-05-18T20:31:25Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > He means both sides were talking at cross purposes. So neither knew what conversation the other was actually having. In other words, both sides were misinterpreting the other. No, I think “You have no clue what you’re talking about” is pretty clear. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/67 "2016-05-19T00:05:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > He means both sides were talking at cross purposes. So neither knew what conversation the other was actually having. In other words, both sides were misinterpreting the other. Not really. He was saying _“You’re assuming that I know what I’m talking about. I’m also assuming that I know what I’m talking about.”_ Clever. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/68 "2016-05-19T03:12:15Z")
[A private security guard has been arrested after assaulting a trans woman when he tried to prevent her from using a women’s bathroom in a District of Columbia supermarket.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/d-c-security-guard-arrested-for-blocking-trans-woman-from-using-womens-restroom/) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/69 "2016-05-19T15:41:14Z")
The good thing about these incidents is that they will at least mostly die down after the election as conservatives ponder survival in the second Clinton administration 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/70 "2016-05-19T15:57:23Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > The good thing about these incidents is that they will at least mostly die down after the election **as conservatives ponder survival** in the second Clinton administration 😃 Shouldn’t be that bad. I’m sure the camps will have barracks and a mess hall. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/71 "2016-05-19T16:05:51Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > The good thing about these incidents is that they will at least mostly die down after the election as conservatives ponder survival in the second Clinton administration 😃 And into the _second term_ of the second Clinton administration. Somebody might want to check on some of our more conservative and/or crazy posters. I think some of them might have just had a stroke. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/72 "2016-05-19T18:37:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Shouldn’t be that bad. I’m sure the camps will have barracks and a mess hall. And porta-potties so they won’t have to worry about any gendered bathroom issues. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/73 "2016-05-19T19:13:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And into the _second term_ of the second Clinton administration. Hillary won’t need a second term --by then Chelsea will be 40 years old, so quite eligible to run on her own for the 3rd Clinton Presidency. Heck, she’s over 35 right now, so she could be the VP nominee with her mother! And after that, we’ve got John Bouvier Kennedy, JFK’s grandson. Beyond that, we have several Roosevelt descendants available, some related to both FDR and Teddy, and connections to Winston Churchill. (We won’t mention the relationship to Robert E Lee (except maybe in campaign ads in Southern states). ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/74 "2016-05-19T19:36:34Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > He means both sides were talking at cross purposes. So neither knew what conversation the other was actually having. In other words, both sides were misinterpreting the other. Thanks for the benefit of the doubt, **BigT** , but I really didn’t know what he was talking about, and I wasn’t sure if he knew what I was talking about, or even knew what HE was talking about. The confusion led me to doubt I knew what I was talking about so he and I just carried on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/75 "2016-05-26T04:19:08Z")
Father [attacked](http://www.ksl.com/?sid=39912485&nid=148) for taking 5 year old daughter into Walmart men’s room. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/76 "2016-05-26T19:21:54Z")
Is it just me or are the crazies getting bolder? Maybe it’s just that these kinds of stories are getting wider coverage? ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/77 "2016-05-27T00:07:41Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Pretty much all of the paranoia here is a result of rubes who have hardly ever left their ramshackle family fucktrailer, have nine generations of inbreeding in their veins and iron age literature in their brains, being told by the pretty blonde lady with the non-regional diction on the TV machine that\*\* perverts and rapists are coming to rape their daughters \*\*before they get a chance to, and that makes Billy Willy Joe Bob mad enough to put down his beer _and his other beer_ to get up and grab his gun to protect his family and stand up to the PC gubbermint thugs. In Billy Willy’s mind, he’s a goddamned hero. If this diatribe had been directed at any other group, it would be roundly condemned on this board as offensive, pandering to stereotypes, and probably also as hate speech. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/78 "2016-05-27T00:12:06Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > If this diatribe had been directed at any other group, it would be roundly condemned on this board as offensive, pandering to stereotypes, and probably also as hate speech. So you agree it’s accurate? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/79 "2016-05-27T00:13:01Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > If this diatribe had been directed at any other group, it would be roundly condemned on this board as offensive, pandering to stereotypes, and probably also as hate speech. Yeah, but he’s talking about dumb white people, so it’s okay. Plus he didn’t use the word “cracker” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930/80 "2016-05-27T00:40:58Z")
I spoke with a woman with a jen-you-wine Florida Cracker accent the other day! It reassured me that [del]people don’t talk funny no more[/del] the homogenization of American accents is not complete. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bathroom-incident-of-the-day/754930.md?page=5)