# Technically, we're not even allowed to go to the bathroom..

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-were-not-even-allowed-to-go-to-the-bathroom/111877 "2002-06-01T11:56:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-were-not-even-allowed-to-go-to-the-bathroom/111877/1 "2002-06-01T11:56:00Z")

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In an episode of the simpsons, Rev. Lovejoy claims that the bible forbids going to the bathroom. Was this just a weird joke, or is there actually a verse somewhere that makes such a claim, or something close to it?

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-were-not-even-allowed-to-go-to-the-bathroom/111877/2 "2002-06-01T12:43:22Z")

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It was a joke about uptight Protestants.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-were-not-even-allowed-to-go-to-the-bathroom/111877/3 "2002-06-01T13:10:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \*  
> \*\*Apparently, you caught a [rerun](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71440). \*\*

From: [“The Simpsons”: Sin to go to the bathroom?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76390&highlight=Lovejoy)

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-were-not-even-allowed-to-go-to-the-bathroom/111877/4 "2002-06-01T15:11:02Z")

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Apparently, I’m quotable.

🆒 :o 🙂