# weird bathroom happening... ever happen to you? (Men only) Maybe TMI, but IMO funny **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478 "2009-05-15T00:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hroark2112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hroark2112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hroark2112)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/41 "2009-05-15T18:47:53Z")
My brain is weird. It won’t even tell me I have to poop unless I’m at home, or on my way home. If I go away for a long weekend, I won’t go until I get home…which makes for an uncomfortable last 30 miles of driving which is when my brain starts ‘warning’ me. If I’m in a hotel room alone, I _might_ be able to go. A week away from home gets uncomfortable, to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/42 "2009-05-15T19:14:44Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > See, now I save mine up over the weekend so that, come Monday morning, I can get paid to poop. Totally. 10, 15 minute break on the clock! ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/43 "2009-05-15T19:38:10Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > What stands out in your sad tale to me as a woman is that you enthroned yourself, with reading material and all, at work. > > Most women do not poop at work. Not enough privacy. You’d have loved boot camp. There weren’t even separators, yet alone doors. You get over such childish things in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/44 "2009-05-15T19:57:03Z")
Not to hijack or anything but I am a woman and my morning constitutional happens at the same time everyday (give or take ten minutes) 10 am. A time when I must be at work. Doesn’t bother me at all. I try to wait until no one else is in the bathroom with me but it’s my time and that’s that. I don’t think this is a girl thing. My husband won’t go at work but I will. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/45 "2009-05-15T21:34:18Z")
Did the gap pee thing just once in my life. While in college I went do to San Diego to see a girlfriend going to school down there. I was spending the weekned in her appartment. Just before the night out on the town had to use her facilities and shot the gap. Got my pants, ran down the outside of the bowl and got the floor. Talk about embarrasement and not knowing what to do. Have never done it since. I’m in the group of not letting my pants down to my ankles and sharing my undies with the rest of the world. Plus, those floors are usually pretty nasty. Yeah, down to just below my knees is enough. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/46 "2009-05-15T22:37:24Z")
It’s happened to me twice. Both times I was erect, so Mr. Happy was pointed much more horizontally than usual. Both times were at home, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/47 "2009-05-15T23:16:23Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > What stands out in your sad tale to me as a woman is that you enthroned yourself, with reading material and all, at work. > > Most women do not poop at work. Not enough privacy. You mean that you don’t leave the lifestyle section of the paper (or whatever the women’s equivalent of the sports page is) in the crapper for the next guy? That’s been the MO at 3 of 4 serious jobs I’ve had. A lot of people fiddle around with their blackberries and phones on the throne as well (you can hear them beeping and clicking) And, yes, occasionally (usu. during the winter when it’s colder in the house), I’ve had that peeing problem. ---
**Author:** ![tiger325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@tiger325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiger325)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/48 "2009-05-15T23:31:13Z")
no i cant say that has happened to me … however thanks for the laugh 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/49 "2009-05-16T01:07:19Z")
> [@hroark2112](#): > > My brain is weird. It won’t even tell me I have to poop unless I’m at home, or on my way home. If I go away for a long weekend, I won’t go until I get home…which makes for an uncomfortable last 30 miles of driving which is when my brain starts ‘warning’ me. > > If I’m in a hotel room alone, I _might_ be able to go. A week away from home gets uncomfortable, to say the least. Cripes, I’m glad I don’t have that “problem.” I spend more days away from home than at home. I’m a once a day sort of person but I prefer doing it in either my own home or my home away from home (hotel). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/50 "2009-05-16T01:40:58Z")
> [@MrFinch](#): > > yep, count me in too-its happened to me. PlainJain, I don’t get the whole pants around the ankles thing either-for the simple reason that men are somewhat lax in the aim department, and I don’t want my pants lying on the floor in all the drips… I’m a girl, and I don’t understand this problem. Don’t you all wear shoes? Mine keep my pants from touching the floor since pants tend to bunch up on top of them, so why don’t yours? ---
**Author:** ![History\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b19c9b/32.png) [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/51 "2009-05-16T01:44:45Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > See, now I save mine up over the weekend so that, come Monday morning, I can get paid to poop. I used to never take a dump at work until I realized this very thing. I was cheating myself of an extra 30-minute paid break. Now I do most of that sort of business on company time. And I always take a book. As for the OP, I think I’ve done this maybe once or twice, but only in the morning when the equipment isn’t in the usual configuration for that operation. The thing that I’m always wary of is the involuntary upward jump and the resulting indirect fire and collateral damage. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/52 "2009-05-16T02:39:17Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’m a girl, and I don’t understand this problem. Don’t you all wear shoes? Mine keep my pants from touching the floor since pants tend to bunch up on top of them, so why don’t yours? Loose pants. ---
**Author:** ![Casserole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casserole)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/53 "2009-05-16T14:27:59Z")
Oh… it also happened once at a formal event… far far away from my house. I also had to take a chartered bus to the locale. It made for an eventful rest of the night, not to mention I was also hobbling along on crutches that night. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/54 "2009-05-16T19:19:33Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > It’s happened to me twice. Both times I was erect, so Mr. Happy was pointed much more horizontally than usual. Both times were at home, fortunately. This, only substitute “twice” for “at least once, but not a whole lot” and “awkward half-morning-wood” for “erect”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/55 "2009-05-16T19:26:36Z")
> [@Casserole](#): > > Oh… it also happened once at a formal event… far far away from my house. I also had to take a chartered bus to the locale. Ugh. Even without the pee problem, this sounds like a total nightmare to me. I hate being stuck at a function where I can’t decide when I can go home. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/56 "2009-05-17T11:23:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve peed in a clown’s mouth… > > Did I say that out loud? Yes you did. I just want it to be noted that I am no clown…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/57 "2009-05-17T12:42:48Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > Most women do not poop at work. Not enough privacy. Bullshit. You get your own stall with an opaque door if it’s a multi-seat facility, and I’ve worked many places where the toilet is a single commode in a separate, private room. Women do, too, poop at work (yours truly included). I don’t know how these rumors get started. :rolleyes: Actually, there have been some Pit threads on the Dope relating as how women will not only poop, pee, and bleed on the toilets at work, but debating whether or not the women’s toilets are more horrific than the men’s. ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/58 "2009-05-17T13:03:07Z")
I have done it too. Fortunately it was at home. I don’t think I have ever taken a dump at work. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/59 "2009-05-18T15:58:30Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Bullshit. Bullshit or cowshit? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/60 "2009-05-18T16:00:18Z")
Stink Fish Pot, since you were distracted by both reading materail and a happy sphincter, what makes you certain that it was you who pissed all over your pants? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478.md?page=4)