Here we don't say bathroom, when we mean toilet. We say "toilet," as in, "Where's the, ah, toilet ?" Builders here know this, and the answer has always been, "Up the hall, second on the left." Certain foreign builders apparently don't know this, & the result has led to a great deal of confusion.
I think in England they say "lavatory," or "lav." As in, "Where's the lav, luv ?"
Sometimes people here say "dunny," but that just means they're not really interested, & anywhere in your backyard will do.
Personally I encourage people to void their bladder or their bowel in the correct facility, but I'm ready to admit : I'm fussy like that.
So it was quite a surprise when recently, during a bar-b-q over at one of Barry's mates', I found myself in a very small room with a gigantic winged reptile. It came at me with unnecessary force, before I'd had a chance to unzip, even. The result was a general wetting of the crotch area, and a bit of a bruise ~ no, let's call it what it was ~ a 24-stitch slash across my throat. There was a fair bit of fluid involved, and a good deal of the other as well.
I found my way back to the bar-b-q, clutching my neck, trying to get Barry's attention. I was thinking a quick trip down the road to Emergency, at least a tetanus shot might have been in order, but Barry assured me that the thing in the toilet hadn't been around for 150 million years, so I settled down a bit, and opened another beer.
Things were something of a blur, after that, but Barry got me home and tucked me in. He's a good mate, old Bazza. Some of his friends are a bit weird though, I reckon.


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I detect a hint of disapproval there, but let's be candid; disposing of one's waste outdoors is far more hygienic than doing so INDOORS WHERE ALL YOUR STUFF IS.
For SHAME, Kim!!
;-)
and DiBi, it was only urinary incontinence, so it's all good
How do you think she would feel about the fact that you have posted numerous lovely entries, beautifully illustrated, and then for this uh, rather graphic post about being unable to control one's bowel and bladder, you decide to ADD a photo of DEAR MOM as your avatar?!
I really hope I get the New Editor's EP for this.
Unfortunately.
I think shit is more palatable than my version.
Awesome!
:-D
BTW, as long as we're on the subject... What DO you guys keep all of the leaks you're always taking? I'd think pockets wouldn't work too well for that.
A place of ill-repute ; a foul & besmirched place ; a place of SIN !!!
Of course, Amy. Civilised males always leave the seat down ; even sit down, if there's time.
Where we take our leaks ... never in a wetsuit ~ it attracts sharks. Or a swimming pool, if you've had a Berocca.
lorianne the pterodactyl would have died first, if I had a chance to do my business. It was a very small room.
This was never meant to be a fecal post, nan, but I'm glad to see it's trending that way. I just hope the New Editor is reading.
I feel bad for mum on a loo post but I have a feeling she would laugh as from what I know she was quite an outdoorswoman herself in the day.
Nana I think many men feel that way.
Ok enough of that for me.
Sorry I missed the picture of your mother. I like the current avatar I see of you now sitting with a cane.
Oh, how I miss privacy.
Sorry about your stitches and the...um...er...mess.
But I do now remember you have other posts I haven't read yet.
: )
Awwww, you look like your Mom.
Hi, Kim's Mom!
Interrobang I confess I wasn't even thinking of the thing's dignity.
Jan it would be an intrepid female who used the toilet at Barry's mate's place, I'll tell you that for free.
I remember WC. Water Closet. We used to say WC here, too. Haven't heard that for a while. Good old Finland.
Násaán ang kubeta. Rakastan sitä !
:-) Rita. She may not see too well, but she still enjoys a pterodactyl story.
Thanks, Mission. You see it's coming on Winter here, & I've taken to wearing woolies too.
Thanks greenheron ~ I'll pass that on to mom. She was a no-nonsense mom, very "thing" about spelling, in particular. Knew the value of a reptile in the bathroom, for speeding up the process.
Phyllis you don't need an entire fence. A bit of a hedge would do, or an old swing-set & some kudzu.
She did, Linnnn, & did I listen ?
:-) Chicken Måąăn, the Aussie curse : May your chickens turn into emus & kick your dunny down.
jlsathre, now there's a Lynn Truss sticker-opportunity if I ever heard one.
Thanks, Fernsy. Barry's friends are insane. You wouldn't believe what they were cooking on the bar-b-q. It was a cassowarry after the crime, that night.
I recognize that face as yours on the avatar picture.
You certainly have a strong resemblance...
Geez, never mind....I am tired already and the day just started...
Sounds like a premise for a Tv bit to me.:)
HUGGGGGGG
But he also uses a New Zealand word pronounced "kahzi" or "karzi" depending on the degree to which he is inserting unnecessary "r's" into all his words on that particular day. Why DO you guys do that? As a result, my daughter Becca thinks her name is "Beccer." And what IS this "Bazza" stuff, anyway? That's what Will has been calling Obama the past 4 years.
We should carry a vid camera with us at all times.
Can you imagine the youtube response?
And ya never know when a UFO might pick you up,
and all that.
Awesome story.
There. I've fulfilled my familial obligation and I. Am. Out of here. Good day. ARRROOOOOOOOOOOO...DOODLEDOOOO...
Bang a Gong, Scarlett ! Now you have to write an awesome story !
:-) Mission.
Fernsy they had a smorgasbord of wombat, platypus & koala, & for vegetarians they had dolphin.
Erica when it comes to New York City toilets the mind boggles. The first thing I think of is alligators, then Glenn Close.
Hi nice person in Oregon.
Hi Lunchlady. Larry started it.
Always happy to see you, nilesite :-)
nilesite disappeared ...
Hi Linda.
"washroom" always struck me as the mother of all euphemisms. If you didn't do anything, why are you going to a washroom ?
Snippy, Barry's mates are Kiwis.
"Kahzi" is either "cossie," ( bathing costume ) or a breed of dog the rest of the world calls Borzoi, or the President of Afghanistan.
New Zealand people are notorious for mixing these things up.
Obama should be thankful his mother didn't name him Warwick, or we down here would be calling him Wozza.
I don't know ~ it's just something guys do, down here.
tr ig,
It's handy having the video function on the phone ~ you wouldn't believe how many UFO clips I've got.
CM,
Rudy is fully cognisant ( about as attractive a word I'm told, as deigned ) that he's a DIRECT descendant of the thing that attacked me & is therefore somehow legally liable plus which it is NOT my practice to put roosters on the stand, so he can relax, & let his bowels go, as it were.
Brassawe it's a sad show when a man has to bob & weave when he's taking a piss these days, that's all I can say. I relate. Bro.
I'm glad someone's thinking, around here ;-)
Deborah,
DiBi said " OMG! You're using your mom's avatar on a post about hallucinations and fecal incontinence!!"
& then tried to make me feel ashamed !!!
I say : "What are mothers for, then ??"
Thanks dianaani, I will pass that on.
Monkey there aren't any limos pulling up out the front yet, & in fact they changed the Open Call back to "Stand Your Ground."
I don't qualify ~ I couldn't get out of that toilet fast enough.
So my chance, my one stab at fame, is ... gone ...
( sobs, wipes nose & straightens up ; shrugs shoulders & tries to get on with the rest of life. )
oops wrong post
Write on, Kim.
Wait 'til it happens to them, eh ?
Snippy I don't understand it either. Maybe they're in a meeting or something.
aka, at least we did 50 !
Boanerges, there's an impossible act to follow :-)
A moo moo mow, John. Bird is the word !
'Sides, it serves you right for not putting screens on your windows like normal people.
725 sounds kinda high.
seriously?
This is why the call for Awesome Stories went out in the first place, the editor(s) being desperate for some something quality outta' all the free 'journalists' OS keeps around. I can just imagine the exhausted editor(s), reading through post after post, wondering where all the word craft masters have gone, Kerry yelling down empty, echoing corridors, "Where in the hell have Susan Creamer Joy and LC Neal gone??"
"They wrote like angels, angels I say..."
Kerry drops to his knees and wails,
"Curses, Fictionique!"
After watching Kerry meltdown, Posing-as-Helpful-Gail quietly typed out the Call for Awesome Stories...
In return?
"Pterodactyls and Poo."
"Me and My Awesome Awesomeness."
"Studies Show Awesome Stories are a Threatened Species"
Mad as hell about the free 'journalists,' and secretly wanting to impose her own NYT-or-nothing journalist policy on Salon...
("Open. Schmopen" she mutters, "I'll get rid of those rabble rousers.")....and not posing as helpful any more, Ever-Ambitious-Gail even more quietly removes the 'Awesome Call' again, hoping the current plethora of "Toilets Posing as Washrooms" stories might drive Kerry right over the Editor Edge.... so she can take over the OS world!!
~Que Gail's evil laugh~
"Mwwwaaaahhhhhaahahahahahaha!"
(Don't mind me, the research work is a little slow this week...and it's my first try at....right.
Okay, Gail.
Okay.
Ahem...."It's my first try at Fiction.")
Fernsy they'll see, alright, when they hit the light switch & look up, at that THING hanging from the ceiling, & them sitting down, with their pants around their ankles. They'll see, alright. For about another two seconds.
Amy I will not use screens. If abseillers lose their grip, I am not responsible. & no, it was a big one, even by American standards.
Larry you're talking about potatoes, right ?
Just Thinking that was a post of a comment ~ I hope Gail catches it. We could share the EP, with me top-billing, but alas I think the moment has passed, & there was no fecal matter in yours anyway, except for the last sentence.
Well, there's the fecal matter.
(groan)
If this wins The Golden Throne Award, you'll have to fight me for top billing.
Well. no...actually... you can have top billing.
You just have to pay the duty.
Oh...and I'd avoid the fish were I you.
just click on the tag awesome stories and you'll see what you're up against. Strangely, Gary Justis got the jump on everyone and wrote his story "Sex on Other Peoples Lawns" two years ago. (Sheesh, talk about insiders advantage!)
Ok, watch out for the leaves with the little prickers...
Larry it's a good thing we took advantage of the specials at Costco then isn't it.
MM my mom probably didn't even know I was taking a photo.
There's always Pigeons, Pee-weets, Pardelotes, Pipers, Plovers, Pheasants & Peacocks, Parrots & Poodles, though technically poodles aren't birds.
Larry I think Phlamingoes are from Aphrica.
Rita, they were the days ;-), wasn't it.
Thanks JD.
I'll know not to fish in your lake :-)
thanks for covering up the scary titanium white glowing eyeballs, larry. those wayfarers are gnarly, dude.
Not something you need to worry about, you know, at adobesoup.com ...
Larry good thinking. I'd forgotten about the May 2014 Open Call.
I thought Gail was the West Coast Open Salon Liaison and Community Director.
Larry that would be Candace.
BTW - I think it's casually rude to pull an awesome story open call right out from under you, especially when you're in the can, man.
in a few minutes ... either Boris or Ken ... may be wondering if this ... could possibly be the reason why ... the other ... may be mayor ... of London ... once more ... why do election results ... call to me ... 10 minute warning time has run out and yet ... how many election results ... have I watched ... from anywhere ... we'll see ...
sorry a bit off the mark ... but really ... just a bit ...
Even if they did pull the OC it's still going strong ~ click on awesome stories in the tags & you'll see.
anna1liese, not at all. There's a direct link between British civic politics & pterodactyls. Pterodactyls in lavs, even ;-)
by the by, is this yours?
still laughing.....
PW
Would like to say saw you in the moon, but missed it here. Hope you were seeing it over the Bower.
Hello Kim!?
...or I am imagining things.
I keep feeling there is a stronger, other, presence lingering next to-- among-- Mr. Gamble's words these days...
or I am imagining things.
I hope not, for Mr. Gamble's sake. : )
: )
I could use a 'turn.'
Hmmm, it's so much easier for those powers to declare themselves for someone else than for me.
What's up with that?
...I'm sure it's not me getting in my own way...
ha.
Not sure what of, yet.
: )