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Hangin' Tough

Posted 05.28.2003 by The Big Wiper (2244)
Right after college I was invited by my Aunt Dee and Uncle Bill to stay with them in Frankfurt, Germany, where my uncle was doing some radio broadcasting for the Armed Forces Network. The plan was to get a civilian job with the Army and do some traveling in my spare time. I took them up on the offer and spent a wonderful year doing just that; and during my travels, I pissed and pooped in some strange and unusual facilities.

I think the facilities that required the most adjustment were the squat toilets I encountered in Italy. Some of you may have read about them or seen pictures, but you can't fully appreciate their minimalist design until you've actually used one.

It seems like it ought to be easy when you first look down at one. There are these ceramic-tiled footprint outlines that fairly scream out, "Your feet go here, dumbass!" The dark, voracious-looking hole that accepts your droppings yawns just behind that.

You must, however, decide what to do with your pants -- both outer and under. One school of thought suggests you pull both down around your ankles and position your ass carefully over the hole. Another insists you need to expose only your brown hole to the black hole below, and that your pants can stay around mid-thigh.

It also helps if you are in good shape when you lower yourself for the big grunt and push. A gymnast would have no trouble crapping into one of these, but God help the overweight couch potato.

I was able to acquit myself admirably on these Italian squat toilets, but my youngest cousin Billy had no such luck. He was only five at the time, and when he and my other two male cousins accompanied me to the facilities during a trip we took to Venice and Florence, they were all perplexed and embarrassed by the prospect of trying to shit without a seat. Billy, in fact, went running out of the lineup of squat toilets in the men's room and back to my aunt, shouting almost in tears: "Mama, there's no seats in there. Just holes!" I came up behind him and said, "Aunt Dee, there is one with a seat on the end, but I'll have to help him use it."

But it was easier said than done. "The One With The Seat" consisted of a metal toilet seatz hanging from the ceiling by chains, suspended two or three feet above the squat toilet hole. I guess the management rigged this up to make us Western poopers feel more at home. It looked like something a trapeze artist would have designed. It was probably more terrifying to Billy than the impersonal holes that had disturbed him to begin with.

The logistical problem was getting Billy's pants down and then lifting him onto this swing set in one smooth move. As little boys are wont to do, he got the giggles, and we missed positioning his little bottom the first time. Then I got the giggles, and then his brothers, squatting nearby, started laughing insanely. The suspended seat had turned into a carnival ride -- it was swinging back and forth now, which meant I had to catch it with one hand and tuck Billy under my arm with the other. Billy decided that it was some sort of playground device, and he was not cooperating with me, kicking his legs and twitching his little rump so that I would miss again and again.

"This is fun!" he kept saying.

Finally, I said: "Do you want to doo-doo or not, Billy? We can't wait forever."

Eventually he settled down, and I positioned him precisely over Ground Zero. But I couldn't let go of him because he was so small -- his entire little body would have slipped through the metal ring, plummeting down to that awful hole ass first. Meanwhile, his brothers had finished their dirty work and had gathered around to cheer Billy on.

By this time, Billy was having the best time a little boy can have. His brothers were chanting, "Go, Billy, go!" I was holding onto his tiny shoulders for dear life, and we were all waiting for evidence of his need to drop so we could get this over with. Finally Billy let fly with #2, and I told him to tuck his little tallywhacker down firmly so his #1 wouldn't spray me and everybody else.

He didn't have much to do, being the tadpole that he was. I helped him off, he wiped himself standing up, and our ordeal was over.

Aunt Dee, meanwhile, had positioned herself just outside the door and was full of questions when we all emerged. "What were you all doing in there?"

"Swingin' on a trapeze," I told her. And Billy, delighted with the whole nine yards, filled her in with giggly details.

-- The Big Wiper

bookey (not verified) -- 05.28.2003

My brother has the biggest poops in the world!

Brian (37) -- 05.28.2003

YOUR STORY SUCKED!

Matt (The Loafster) (not verified) -- 05.28.2003

This is truly one of the funniest stories Ive read so far on Poopreport. Germany? Wow, thats pretty cool. I didn't know they even had "squatting toilets". That must be interesting. I can only imagine what it would look like with your little cousin swinging aorund on t like a bomber plane, wating for the right time to drop its B-Bomb.

Great story-

The Loafster

me (not verified) -- 05.28.2003

well i will compliment you on the fact that it was different...but you didn't really include any details on the poop itself

The Big Wiper (2244) -- 05.28.2003

Well, as I said, this was a little guy. He basically did some brown gumballs, as I recall. Four of five. We used to call him The Peanut, he was so small. He did, however, piss quite a bit. That's about it. You had to be there to appreciate the physics of this crap, however. It was more an aerial show than anything else. I assume his brothers did something more substantial into their squat toilets, but I was too busy trying to manuever my little cousin to pay attention to what they did. Peace and Plop!

Fuckface (not verified) -- 05.28.2003

Oh Brother, this sounds like the Hotel Roosevelt story all over again! I've been in Italy several times and have never seen those types of toilets there. I've seen them in France, but even they didn't have a toilet seat dangling on a trapeze! Sounds like the Big Wiper is using his fertile imagination again. Every branch of his family from grandma and grandpa down and multiple generations before that has taken dumps in bizarre situations in front of each other. What a fucked up family, if any of this ever happened at all!

The Big Wiper (2244) -- 05.29.2003

Link to illustration of an Italian squat toilet is underlined in my article @ 'read about them' and posted by dave. Connects with great tour of the toilets of Italy for those wanting a view of these yawning, gaping devices. Click and enjoy!

sherrimacpherson (not verified) -- 05.29.2003

when i was delivering my two kids i shit all over myself

Drew (not verified) -- 05.30.2003

Your story was okay, but not the best

fatass (not verified) -- 05.31.2003

that was the lamest story i've ever heard. maybe i'll read it at bedtime to aid me in getting to sleep. i expect more from you, mr wiper.

Pat (37) -- 06.01.2003

Tough crowd. Geeze, I thought it was a "solid" story. It was different and I suppose some people just can't appreciate anything that doesn't involve explosive diarrhea.

I guess one of the reason's I appreciated this story so much is it brought back memories of my trip to India two years ago. Most of the toilets that I came across in India were these holes in the floor. It took some getting used to, but being a catcher in softball, I basically used that as my method of crapping on these things. I never took the chance on where to position my pants. I just took them all the way off and hung them up wherever I could.

Of course, as you might imagine, an American spending 6 weeks in India is going to experience Montezuma's Revenge. In fact, the middle four weeks I was there, I didn't have a single solid poop. Try to imagine getting the explosive diarrhea whith your butt perched 2 feet from its intended target. On occasion, I got the projectile diarrhea. That was always interesting and horrifying at the same time. Try to imagine the poo defying gravity, which is exactly what it did sometimes. Intead of letting gravity take its course and falling harmlessly into the hole, it shot clear to the back of the wall and on the floor behind the porcelain hole. That was not a fun cleanup job, especially when I was running low on my precious toilet paper. You see, most people in India don't use TP. They have a small faucet and bucket next to the toilet and...well...you can proabably figure it out. Just remember, never shake an Indian person's left hand.

I never did see any swinging toilet seats in India. I can only imagine the damage I would have done with my projectile diarrhea on one of those.

The Big Wiper (2244) -- 06.01.2003

Yo, Pat! You are so right--those squat toilets are a trip--and Westerners can come off looking like an early Jerry Lewis movie character trying to use them. You know--'The Nutty Professor Takes A Squat.'

BTW, you made me laugh when you made the comment about some people not being able to appreciate a story that didn't have explosive diarrhea in it. Personally, I've found diarrhea to be anything but funny when I've had it over the years (rarely, thank God!)

Perhaps I didn't emphasize the aerial aspects of my cousin's little bombs as they dropped. The Loafster got the images clearly, but perhaps I missed an opportunity to paint more of a 'Bombs Over Tokyo' scenario, which this clearly was. He did, in fact, drop five or six little bombs on Ground Zero, and you should have seen his little face light up each time he did.

Anyhoo, thanks for your 'running commentary' (ha!) on diarrhea abroad, and your support of my story. Peace and Plop!

Jim (not verified) -- 06.01.2003

I don't care what you fags say.....that story sucked

The Shit Volcano (3737) -- 02.23.2004

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Poodemonium (25) -- 05.29.2006

Interesting... a ring suspended by chains dangling over a crap hole. It's just plain WEIRD. And you're right... overweight people would have tons of trouble with the hole in the ground w/o a seat. I say it's a good story but I don't think I'll be headed to Italy anytime soon.

Fecal Follies (167) -- 05.29.2006

*scrapping plans to "drop in" on cousin who lives in Italy*

Double Flush (597) -- 05.29.2006

I think the squat toilets are a little odd. Then again, I'm used to the Western ones I have always had, even on the USA base in Germany. I know they get accustomed to squatting, but wouldn't western toilets still be better?

_______
Practicing the ancient Chinese art of double flushing... because sometimes, a single flush just isn't enough.

DungDaddy (1369) -- 10.29.2006

"Do you want to doo-doo, or not, Billy?" When PR has an eight word story contest, this one will win.

Nine Inch Log (349) -- 10.29.2006

I liked this story. it was amusing. Nothing over dramatic or crazy. Just a funny story about a poop. I'm glad it was brought back out to read.
Good one TBW.

_______
Number One . . . I order you to take a number two.

The Big Wiper (2244) -- 10.29.2006

Nine Inch: the entire family had a good laugh after it was over, and we were packed into the VW bus and on to our next stop, talking about those toilet facilities.

One thing I'd forgotten, however. This story was put up long before the days of comment filtering and rating. Back then, the 'juvenile' commentary that often accompanied Front Page stories was less than memorable and frequently off-putting. Threads were also sometimes peppered with personal attacks.

More than three years later, I'm glad to see mature people appreciating the content of this story. I still get a smile on my face remembering how I and my cousins reacted to that set-up.

bknightshadow45 (25) -- 04.09.2007


Well since Im American, I will and always drop my pants down to my ankles when I poop._______
-Sam aka bknightshadow

MousePoo (150) -- 07.18.2007

Another good one. And you're a sweety to young relatives. Good on ya!

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