Sometimes, I want to go back to a time when we were all "normal" and not so separated from each other by the millions of individual choices we can make for our lives and "personalities". 😌
I wonder if there was ever such a time. The reason I say so is because I have read a lot of books on religion, not a scholar but I"m fascinated with how we humans have such a need to feel superior and to be right at the expense of others. That's been with us always. So I'm not sure there ever was a time. Doesn't make me right, I just have to wonder.
I'm thinking before the advent of agriculture, when we were hunters and gatherers. Just a small tribe of individuals, but little in the way of "individual-ism" by this style of music, that style of clothing, this political affiliation, that preference in interior design.
Two laughs today, I missed this one in my inbox. It feels like falling into an unknown universe when I sit on an opened toilet seat! Never mind one that has a potential to freeze my but onto it! My nana, in a house with six boys (including my grandad) loosened the screws in the lid so you'd have to hold the seat up if you were a stander-uper-pee-er.
Nope. I made it through with humor once the hair started to grow back but you're right, first I was sacred to death, then grateful, then really pissed at myself.
Okay, so here's a challenge. If you happen to lick a frozen post, and your tongue gets stuck, THEN what do you use? (No points for licking the post in the first place....)
I don't know . . . I was always too terrified to try licking anything cold because my mother (born in Iowa in 1913 and a veteran of harsh winters) told me too many stories like that!
I SO LOVED THIS Julia! As someone who has had to have MANY stories related to commodes, it's a blessed relief (pun intended) to have an alternative to quote!
For your information, I hope you can experience the other end of the spectrum if you haven't already—the high-tech toilet with different water jet buttons specifically labelled male and female, a 5-point pressure spectrum, 5-point temperature control, and a drying feature. I believe there's a music version and another sparkly disco-ball lighting. Enlightening experience 🤣 There's a hotel in London that has them in the rooms ;-)
My reply didn't post. I thought I responded by telling you that many layovers at Narita allowed me to bask in the beauty of the Japanese sauna otherwise known as the super-loo. Nothing like. I got a bidet but that's a pale comparison.
I sometimes grumble when my husband leaves the seat up -- especially if I visit the bathroom in the middle of the night -- but YOUR story is by far the funniest with regard to men who cannot be broken of the habit of leaving the seat up! Thanks for the great grin. You prove that life is good, even if your butt cheeks are stuck to the ice of a frozen toilet.
Thanks Stephanie. Yeah, it was good, but that was a lesson in a very red butt for about a week. Wait til I write the story about lighting that stupid stove....
Thank you for a much needed Sunday morning laugh. LMAO. I trained my household well, but every once in a while a guest will leave the seat up. Huge pet peeve! Are people unaware of or oblivious to the fact that flushing with the seat up sends germs sailing through the bathroom? Also, it's just not a great esthetic.
Marilyn, I heard a program that put that assumption about germs- which I also totally believed- to rest. The commentator mentioned that the opening all the way around the toilet seat releases all the same germs because there's no seal. So I guess....flush and run like hell! But (butt) I also agree on the aesthetic. I'm no fan of pink shag on the seat but I really don't want to look into the abyss.
Hilarious!!
I AM the mountain man, who do I share it with? 😏😄
Ever the challenge, isn't it?
Years later, I was the mountain person in my last relationship, and my ex the person who couldn't handle the wild. So it goes.
Sometimes, I want to go back to a time when we were all "normal" and not so separated from each other by the millions of individual choices we can make for our lives and "personalities". 😌
I wonder if there was ever such a time. The reason I say so is because I have read a lot of books on religion, not a scholar but I"m fascinated with how we humans have such a need to feel superior and to be right at the expense of others. That's been with us always. So I'm not sure there ever was a time. Doesn't make me right, I just have to wonder.
I'm thinking before the advent of agriculture, when we were hunters and gatherers. Just a small tribe of individuals, but little in the way of "individual-ism" by this style of music, that style of clothing, this political affiliation, that preference in interior design.
Two laughs today, I missed this one in my inbox. It feels like falling into an unknown universe when I sit on an opened toilet seat! Never mind one that has a potential to freeze my but onto it! My nana, in a house with six boys (including my grandad) loosened the screws in the lid so you'd have to hold the seat up if you were a stander-uper-pee-er.
Many thanks Sheila!
Great fix!
Genius fix!
Funny story. Maybe not quite so funny at the time.
Nope. I made it through with humor once the hair started to grow back but you're right, first I was sacred to death, then grateful, then really pissed at myself.
lol
Great story Julia. Not sure I would have been up for that adventure in the woods.
But wait, there's more.....
"either way, let's laugh" - I love that!
Great story. Made me laugh. You told it so well.
Your's was the first solution I thought of! LOLOL
Same!
It is a boon to storytelling history that you didn't think to pee on the ice right away. My husband just asked what's so funny . . .
Okay, so here's a challenge. If you happen to lick a frozen post, and your tongue gets stuck, THEN what do you use? (No points for licking the post in the first place....)
I don't know . . . I was always too terrified to try licking anything cold because my mother (born in Iowa in 1913 and a veteran of harsh winters) told me too many stories like that!
Lol. You didn’t watch enough MacGiver—as I was reading, I was thinking, your pee will melt the ice enough to get unstuck. Great story.
You're right, Teri, I am not a TV watcher. I love football but the rest of it...nah. I missed out on decades of culture!
I SO LOVED THIS Julia! As someone who has had to have MANY stories related to commodes, it's a blessed relief (pun intended) to have an alternative to quote!
For your information, I hope you can experience the other end of the spectrum if you haven't already—the high-tech toilet with different water jet buttons specifically labelled male and female, a 5-point pressure spectrum, 5-point temperature control, and a drying feature. I believe there's a music version and another sparkly disco-ball lighting. Enlightening experience 🤣 There's a hotel in London that has them in the rooms ;-)
My reply didn't post. I thought I responded by telling you that many layovers at Narita allowed me to bask in the beauty of the Japanese sauna otherwise known as the super-loo. Nothing like. I got a bidet but that's a pale comparison.
Thank you Julia, the note posted, it just didn't show here. I'm definitely saving this story and the fire one! Thanks!
Yes that had me in hysterics following a long long study day. Thank you
You are so welcome. I'm in the process of recalling some of my best stories and finally getting them out. It's wonderful fun.
I sometimes grumble when my husband leaves the seat up -- especially if I visit the bathroom in the middle of the night -- but YOUR story is by far the funniest with regard to men who cannot be broken of the habit of leaving the seat up! Thanks for the great grin. You prove that life is good, even if your butt cheeks are stuck to the ice of a frozen toilet.
Thanks Stephanie. Yeah, it was good, but that was a lesson in a very red butt for about a week. Wait til I write the story about lighting that stupid stove....
Stupid stove lighting story is up.
Thank you for a much needed Sunday morning laugh. LMAO. I trained my household well, but every once in a while a guest will leave the seat up. Huge pet peeve! Are people unaware of or oblivious to the fact that flushing with the seat up sends germs sailing through the bathroom? Also, it's just not a great esthetic.
Marilyn, I heard a program that put that assumption about germs- which I also totally believed- to rest. The commentator mentioned that the opening all the way around the toilet seat releases all the same germs because there's no seal. So I guess....flush and run like hell! But (butt) I also agree on the aesthetic. I'm no fan of pink shag on the seat but I really don't want to look into the abyss.
Waking up to a funny story is a great way to start the day😄 Thank you for that!