It was the first time I'd met my wife's boss, or his wife. My wife and I had dropped
by for a drink and a quick visit, and we were making casual conversation with them in
their living room. Everything was going smoothly until my stomach (already a little
unstable) began to lurch and churn. I had tried to take a dump before leaving home, but
with no success.
Now the urge came over me like a torrent of sharp blows to the gut. I
tried to be inconspicuous, not letting on to the fury inside my belly, hoping no one
would notice the beads of sweat popping up on my forehead.
After maybe the second wave of cramping pain, I knew I had to find a toilet. I asked,
and my worst fears were confirmed: "Oh, it's right there," she said, pointing to a door
just across the room from where we were all sitting.
I shuffled the fifteen feet to the
bathroom, knowing even the most Shameless of shitters would wince at these conditions.
This bathroom didn't even have a fan to cover the noise or smell. I could still hear
the conversation clearly with the door closed as I leaned over the sink in torment.
There was just no way to release this demon here. I wiped my brow with one of the
little guest towels, flushed the empty bowl, and went back out.
Having lived with me for several years, my wife quickly picked up on my immediate need to
vacate the premises. She spun a tale of having dinner reservations (or
something like that -- I couldn't really focus) and we started the long journey to the
car. A few more torturous words on the front porch, and I made it to the car.
The Toyota doors shut and were echoed by a hail of obscenities and prayers. Another
wave of pain hit, and I stiffened like a board in the driver's seat, my heels digging into
the carpet and the steering wheel clenched in a death grip. "I'm not gonna fucking make it!" I said, steering out of the driveway and down the
street.
I thought the scenario through as best I could. The nearest public toilet of any kind
was at least five miles away. I couldn't hold out. I had to find a place to shit NOW or
my pants (and the driver's seat) would be ruined.
I made the inevitable decision, and
pulled off the road about 50 from the house we had just left. Thank God this was a new
subdivision and empty lots still outnumbered the finished houses here.
I skidded off the road and simultaneously opened the door, yanked up the emergency
brake, and popped the trunk. I at least had the foresight to find something to wipe
myself with (I wasn't wearing socks or underwear at the time), so I flung open the
trunk lid and grabbed the only viable options: one tube sock and a beach towel. I
slammed the trunk and headed into the empty lot like an escaped mental patient.
My wife's boss hadn't gone back inside the house. As I dropped my pants, I could clearly
see him turning the sprinklers on in his front yard. I'm not sure if he saw us parked
just across the street and wondered what was going on... it's possible he saw a
half-crazed man tearing through the weeds waving a sock and a beach towel and wisely
decided to stay away.
It's a wonder he didn't hear the thunderous blasts of molten
diarrhea splattering in the field, or the accompanying grunts of the man responsible for
them. I won't even go into the logistics of wiping your ass with a beach towel while
squatting in a field.
My wife still looks at me a little differently since that night, but her boss never
mentioned anything. Either he didn't see, or he had enough empathy and/or disgust not to mention it.
-- Tim D.