That's smart. A good engineer always builds redundancies into the system. In this case, thanks to smart outhouse construction, you have nothing to worry about if/when the piles get too high... and for happy couples, now you can spend every waking moment together!

Just a question: You know how female roommates always "synch-up" their "schedules" after a while, and couples supposedly start to look alike? Well, do couples, especially those that live together, begin to synch-up their poop schedules? And does their waste begin to look and smell the same? You'd assume so, right, since they probably eat the same food at the same time. Well, would that mean that eventually, one's partner's excrement would cease to be offensive, since it would smell as your own? Does this make any sense?

I enjoy pooping alone. Not only is it a time to relieve myself, but a time to get away for a little while to be alone.
This would be a good idea for my house in the morning.
It seems we all have to use the can at once. We were going to put a second toilet in the basement, but because of the screwed up way the pipes run in the house it would be too expensive (it's a long story).
But a could put another pot next to the one upstairs....I should look into this !!

I agree with Doniker. Pooping alone is a necessary part of one's well-being. I could never poop with my wife. We decided long ago that some things in life MUST remain sacred.

When I was a teenager, I would go hunting with a friend of mine and his elderly step-dad. On his property in central Texas, he had built a two seat outhouse. He called it a "two holer". His original intention, believe it or not, was for he and his wife to use it together.

One time i was in my bathroom, taking a poop, and my friend was in my room chilling out, all of a sudden, he came in, and took of his clothes (except his boxer shorts) and got in the shower, while i was shiting, and my shower was right next to the toilet, and had glass doors, i was lauging so hard, i almost fell off of the toilet

My sister and her husband do a lot of things together. Pooping is not one of them. Ew!

My husband studies volcanoes for a living and I swear he sucks on the gas samples he collects. At least the bathroom smells this way when he uses it. There is no way in hell I would be in the same room with him when he shits!

Its clear that this shitter is from the old days of leagl segregation. Poor boy style.

What a great report from 2001. Recently, GGG brought us a fantastic story on Port-o-potties at a wedding. I love reports with pictures.
Producing waste since 1967

To borrow a quote - 'sharing is good'! Why not?

In response to Franklin Hollows question about couple's poop schedules...

I do think eventually the "poop schedules" do become somewhat the same, atleast in my case. Me and my s/o always poop right when we get up in the morning. We almost always eat at the same time too, so if we have evening poops, they're usually around the same time. All the time we'll be somewhere and he'll whisper "I have to poop", and it's a relief bc it means I'm not the only one, and we can go poop together. There have been times in public where we're both embarrassed, and for some reason if we both go in the same bathroom and poop together it's not as bad. I'm glad I have someone I can share my poop fears with, lol.:)

I have seen two-holers many times back when I was young. At a rural church there were two separate outhouses (men's and women's), and the men's had 3 holes. Now there's intimacy for you . . .

Some things should keep a certain mystique about them. I have never shared pooping time with a woman because I really prefer to think they don't do anything like that. I have, on many occasions, used that portion of the female anatomy as a chin rest. I like to think of it as pristine territory. I also like to spare them the olfactory agony of one of my dumps.

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Being alone is nice but a girl freind or wife ect.... would make the experience so much better lol

We used to have a three holer. Two regular sized holes for adults, and a smaller one for kids (presumably so they wouldn't fall in. Before I knew the rational behind the smaller hole I asked my dad about it. He said it was actually a two and a half holer. That way we could accomodate mom's half-assed relatives when they came visiting.

Brilliant, AC. I myself like the term three quarter assed. Just to sound goofy and sarcastic, "Make sure you do at least a three quarter assed job this time, jackass."

I've never gotten to use a real outhouse, let alone a two holer. A port a potty in the desert though, yes.

I will ask a friend of mine who is one of those half-assed indians from Florida,the semi-holes.

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Chief, I'll also ask my slowest driver. He's half fast.