# What could he POSSIBLY be eating in there? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161 "2003-06-11T18:01:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/1 "2003-06-11T18:01:47Z")
I was just in the restroom, taking car of business, so to speak, when I hear the rustling of cellophane coming from one of the stalls, followed by the unmistakable sound of chewing. _ **UGH!!** _ Can you think of a worse place to be eating lunch than the stall while you’re dropping the brown babies off at the pool? Nasty, nasty, nasty!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/2 "2003-06-11T18:19:36Z")
No, no I can’t. That’s yucky. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/3 "2003-06-11T21:37:21Z")
Believe it or not, when we were teeners, I saw big bro go into the water closet, a book ine hand, and a PBJ in the other. The fart fan being turned on was a real giveaway as to what he was doing. I asked: “EW!!” (yeah, I know, not a prper question) and he said, “Well, I was hungry, and I needed to go. So?” Obviously, we are no longer close. ( 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/4 "2003-06-11T21:54:56Z")
You should have called out, “George? George Costanza, is that you?” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/5 "2003-06-11T22:31:22Z")
I don’t have a Time Machine™! We were teeners in the 70s 😃 ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/6 "2003-06-12T06:55:28Z")
Okay, so eating in the kitchen is fine. Eating in the bedroom is fine. Eating in a city street is fine. Eating in the middle of a cow field is fine. But not in a room that happens to have a toilet in it? I mean, if you’re careful about what you touch you shouldn’t have any trouble with eating your own shit or even someone elses shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/7 "2003-06-12T07:17:26Z")
I’ve done it before. Will probably do it again too. ::shrug:: ---
**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 12, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/8 "2003-06-12T10:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by j\_kat\_251 \* > \*\*Okay, so eating in the kitchen is fine. Eating in the bedroom is fine. Eating in a city street is fine. Eating in the middle of a cow field is fine. But not in a room that happens to have a toilet in it? I mean, if you’re careful about what you touch you shouldn’t have any trouble with eating your own shit or even someone elses shit. \*\* So if you’re careful, you needn’t wash your hands afterward? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/9 "2003-06-12T12:44:18Z")
When I was in grade 6, I ate a candy bar in a stall in the girls’ room; I was hungry and couldn’t wait until lunch. The funny thing is, another girl heard the rustling and thought I was reading a note. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/10 "2003-06-12T12:45:32Z")
But I should add, I was **standing up** in the stall, not on the pot. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/11 "2003-06-12T15:40:44Z")
Talk about trying to maintain your weight. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/12 "2003-06-12T16:59:07Z")
Why not just cut out the middleman and drop it right in the bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/13 "2003-06-12T17:06:43Z")
I have eaten a plate of peanut stew over rice while in the bathtub. Is that OK? (It was delicious, I must say . . .) ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/14 "2003-06-12T17:18:22Z")
Seems to me that the objection is not as much to the room as to concurrent activities. Isn’t “Don’t shit where you eat” a relatively well known expression? I’d imagine the converse to be equally wise. ---
**Author:** ![Read\_Neck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Read\_Neck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Neck)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/15 "2003-06-12T17:30:52Z")
I read somewhere that smell is a big component of taste. Obviously,some people have no taste. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/16 "2003-06-12T17:39:52Z")
WTF is **peanut stew**? That just sounds evil. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/17 "2003-06-12T17:41:18Z")
Or maybe the poor sucker was opening a safety-seal on some _ **stomach medicine** _? The kind that comes in chewable tablets? Like pepto bismol ? Cut the poor slob a little slack, people! ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/18 "2003-06-12T17:48:13Z")
I read somewhere that Romans toliets were in the kitchen. Ugh ~J ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/19 "2003-06-12T17:49:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\*WTF is **peanut stew**? > > That just sounds evil. \*\* No, it’s yummy! It’s an African dish. Mostly vegetables (my recipe has carrots, yams, cabbage, onion, red pepper, and tomato) stir-fried up in the wok, then cooked down in some veggie broth for about 15 minutes, then topped with about 1/4 cup of spicy peanut sauce and served over rice. I usually sprinkle some extra peanuts on mine. I don’t like cabbage, onion, or red pepper, but I love peanut stew. OK, I’ll stop with the recipes so we can go back to the toilet talk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161/20 "2003-06-12T17:52:36Z")
Smell is definitely a big component of taste, which is why things don’t taste as good when you have a cold. Eating while on the toilet is really _really_ disgusting. I used to think it was pretty gross when people would eat in the lounge area of the ladies room when there was a perfect acceptable break room in the same building. Why would anyone choose to eat in the bathroom? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-he-possibly-be-eating-in-there/181161.md?page=2)