# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/61 "2009-05-18T17:20:16Z")
The only time it happened to me was once when a sneeze caught me by surprise. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/62 "2009-05-18T19:02:13Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Re: pants around the ankles- it’s along the lines of how guys sit on anything- in the car, on a couch, whatever- as compared to women. Women sit with their legs together, more or less; guys spread. We can’t spread with our pants around our knees. Even if I could, I’m not sure I could get the required… leverage, I guess, to make things happen on the bowl. Yeah, how would one even poo if there legs weren’t spread. Seems like I’d be asking for a big old mess if I kept my pants around my knees and my legs shut. Maybe some women can answer that. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/63 "2009-05-18T19:46:40Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > 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. And bullshit to you too, Ms. Roll-Eyes. Try for a bigger off-load at work tomorrow; maybe your mood will improve. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/64 "2009-05-18T21:00:34Z")
> [@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? Like the other poster said, my pantlegs are loose enough that at least at the heel and on the sides near the heel, the pants will touch the floor if allowed to drop. And count me as a woman who not only poops at work, but sometimes does so twice in the same day. My system’s pretty regular; I don’t have to spend a lot of time doing this, and my body just gives me the “time to go!” signal so I head to the restroom, do my business, and leave. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/65 "2009-05-18T21:18:25Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > ok, so I like to read as I sit and have my morning constitutional. You… stroll… as you defecate? I hereby request that you respond with the general neighborhood in question so that I can avoid it. 😃 > [@Jodi](#): > > As a generalization, women poop at home. Throwing another hat in the ring for “I’m a woman, I poop at work, and from the sounds I have not-infrequently heard coming from other stalls, plenty of other women do, too.” Some \*\*people \*\*prefer not to poop at work. Some \*\*people \*\*don’t care. Some \*\*people \*\*deliberately poop at work as much as possible. Between this and the “all women love chocolate and all men don’t” thread… Can everyone please agree stop speaking as though their habits and the habits of their particular group of friends are indicative of an entire gender? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/66 "2009-05-18T21:43:21Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Between this and the “all women love chocolate and all men don’t” thread… Can everyone please agree stop speaking as though their habits and the habits of their particular group of friends are indicative of an entire gender? :rolleyes: I’ll try to do so, if you and **Broomstick** in turn brush up on the concept of the “obvious generalization”. (How the hell would I know the habits of “the entire gender”?) :rolleyes: If you want to take issue with the validity of the generalization, fine. But acting like you don’t even know that’s what it is, is just silly. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/67 "2009-05-18T21:48:03Z")
> [@History\_Geek](#): > > 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. > . Not to hijack, but _ **30 minutes** _? What does one do for 30 minutes? Maybe a new thread on that subject. I figure you go in, sit down, do what you have to do, and leave. A minute or two tops. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/68 "2009-05-18T23:12:35Z")
I always thought a constitutional was a walk. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/69 "2009-05-18T23:14:53Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > 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: You can’t call bullshit on somebody’s privacy level. Own stall with opaque door is not enough privacy for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jorge\_Burrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Jorge\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/70 "2009-05-18T23:31:19Z")
I have had the gap pee happen a couple times when I have been semi-erect while peeing. Thankfully it has always been at home. All you non work poopers are truly missing out. Sure you get an extra break from work, and who doesn’t like to disgust their fellow coworker. The cost savings alone is what makes it totally worthwhile though. I only have to buy TP like once a year as all my pooing except the occasional weekend load takes place at work. In these tough economic times you have to save wherever you can you know. As far as a 30 minute poop, the actual pooping only take a couple minutes. However, give a man something good to read (preferably about sports) and he can be in there all day. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/71 "2009-05-19T06:20:46Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Hesitant TMI…in my case it has to do with, um, outflow valve aperture ergonomics. If the knees are together, the semi-plastic extruded material exits with significantly more secondary contact with the surrounding cheekular barriers, making for a messy wiping operation. Your an engineer right ? Declan ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/72 "2009-05-19T14:09:12Z")
I have to admit, I’ve done it once. And I’m female. Not exactly sure how the stars lined up, so to speak, but I do remember I was very tired, and my bathroom at the time had one of those little round toilets, as opposed to the oval model. I sat, let loose, and heard something that sounded a bit like rain on the roof. It took a couple of seconds to discover that it wasn’t rain, it was my pee, hitting the crotch of my underwear (which were hanging a bit below knee level). Afterwards, I checked the underside of the seat and the toilet rim, and missed hitting those entirely. I still don’t know how I managed it. ---
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/73 "2009-05-19T14:48:04Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Not to hijack, but _ **30 minutes** _? What does one do for 30 minutes? Sudoku. ---
**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 19, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/74 "2009-05-19T14:51:35Z")
> [@lalenin](#): > > Sudoku. Sudoodooku… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/75 "2009-05-19T14:56:11Z")
Female, so that has never really happened to me but at least that explains how the pee gets under the seat in the community restroom at work. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/76 "2009-05-19T16:13:48Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > I’ll try to do so, if you and **Broomstick** in turn brush up on the concept of the “obvious generalization”. (How the hell would I know the habits of “the entire gender”?) :rolleyes: > > If you want to take issue with the validity of the generalization, fine. But acting like you don’t even know that’s what it is, is just silly. So, since you admit you have no way of knowing what other women do, and that the comments you’re making are a broad (and potentially inaccurate) generalization, why are you making them? > [@Jodi](#): > > Most women do not poop at work. > [@Jodi](#): > > As a generalization, women poop at home. [snip] IME many women don’t like people to even _know_ when they perform bathroom-related bodily functions [snip] IME women never do that. I \*know \*what an obvious generalization is, and that’s why I objected when I saw you doing it. So stop using “I was generalizing” as an excuse for, er, generalizing. “This is what I do”–no objection. “This is what I, and many women I know, do”–no objection. “This is how most women are”–WHOA nelly, hold on a minute there. > [@Procrustus](#): > > Not to hijack, but _ **30 minutes** _? What does one do for 30 minutes? TMI alert: I have screwed-up guts that occasionally don’t like to function properly. Sometimes things start slow and take a while to finish up; sometimes they feel like they’re gonna start any minute, but take a while to show up; sometimes, they come out quick but then feel like they’re gonna keep going any minute, but then don’t. And sometimes I’m waiting for chills and/or nausea to pass. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/77 "2009-05-19T17:48:22Z")
And it’s not one 30-minute visit, silly. It’s ten 3-minute visits. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/78 "2009-05-20T03:43:37Z")
I’ve had it happen twice, both times were at my new work, and I’ve never encountered it previously. So I’m putting it down to some weird incompatability between my equipment and the loo’s at work. I just am really careful at work now and have not had a problem since. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/79 "2009-05-20T11:27:18Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > So, since you admit you have no way of knowing what other \*\*women \*\*do, and that the comments you’re making are a \*\*broad \*\*(and potentially inaccurate) **generalization** , why are you making them? I know it’s a sexist joke, but I couldn’t help but chortle just a bit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478/80 "2009-05-20T13:20:19Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > 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? I never thought of this before, but I can’t imagine it was anyone _but_ me. From what I recall, I was alone, both in the stall and in the bathroom in general. I would have had to be asleep for someone else to wet my pants, and that’s including the pee under the seat and on top of the bowl rim. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478.md?page=5)