the thing is, a lot of people seem to think that taking a shit is for a certain time of the day or something. i know at least three of my parents (of four) are real focused in the morning about getting it out then, and they go in the bathroom and sit on the toilet forever and sometimes just without success.
my philosophy is more animalistic…i wait until i actually have to take a shit and usually it takes a couple seconds, and it feels better coming out (no crazy pushing and all - sorry for the graphic details).
I am continually amazed that people think that because some environmental condition may have existed millenia ago, that human behavior would not change when that condition has long ago ceased to be a factor in most peoples’ lives.
The word is evolution!
and more importantly, if there is no Catholic bear around to hear him, does he make a sound?
jb
(apologies to TheeGrumpy)
So some of us have evolved so we enjoy sitting on the bog for half an hour each day. That’s great evolution that is…
word of warning to all those half hour sitters out there.
“Hemorrhoids also are known as “piles”. As a rule, they do not cause pain or bleeding. Problems can occur, however, when these veins become swollen because pressure is raised in them. Increased pressure may result from straining to move your bowels, ** from sitting too long on the toilet **, or from other factors such as pregnancy, obesity, or liver disease.”
from http://www.mcw.edu/gastro/hemorrhoids.html
happy reading
I don’t care about the time it takes to poop. Gives me time to catch up on my reading. I actually have bookshelves in my bathrooms.
I’m wondering why my dogs, both having white hair (non-shedding Porties, remember), can have squeaky clean poop chutes without ever having to wipe, while we humans collectively fell millions of acres of forest to provide material for getting the … uhhh … residue … off our behinds.
elmwood, my WAG (no pun intended) would be to somehow assign it to our bipedality placing our exit port at the bottom of a cleavage.
Also, some people say those of us who sit upright to do our business are not helping ourselves, that the deep-squat position is the optimal one for us.
Regarding the time it takes to do that act, I’m suprised no one has yet mentioned, “My employer is paying me to do it, so why not do the best job possible?”
May I just pause for a moment here and say “eewwww”?
Sounds like you got what you wanted, Turbo, but based on your brief description, I fail to see how the ends justfiy the means. (sorta pun sorta intended…)