This unfortunate incident happened whilst on a weekend break in Wales visiting relatives. Both my grandparents and my fiancé's grandparents live in North Wales -- mine on the northwest coast, and my fiancé's on the island of Anglesey.
It is tradition during these visits to have Sunday lunch at a restaurant with my Nan and Grandad before making the two hour drive over to Anglesey to spend a few nights with my fiancé's folks. So it was with great gusto that I tucked into an enormous typical roast English dinner, with beef, turkey, sprouts, roast spuds, gravy and mushy peas. This was a potential recipe for diarrheal disaster; so, anticipating the possible problems I might encounter on the journey to Anglesey, I took two anti-pooping pills (or shit stoppers, as I call them) and began the jaunt to Anglesey, completely oblivious to the problems that would hit me about thirty minutes from my final destination.
The first time I noticed I was in trouble was in the beautiful town of Caernarfon. Unfortunately I was wincing from the bloated feeling my unborn brown baby boy was causing in my stomach and therefore failed to appreciate the sights around me. The growling noises coming from my gut were reminiscent of a cat in heat. However, I refused to panic. I was confident that once I got onto the open roads of the A55 (the main dual carriageway linking Anglesey to the rest of the UK), I could put my foot down and arrive at my fiancés Nan's with my dignity and my underwear still intact.
But this encounter was destined to end in tears. Upon joining the A55 the pain in my stomach became most uncomfortable. It felt like there was a very big log up there -- complete with branches, leaves and berries. The pressure on my prostate (coupled with the pint of beer I had at lunch) was causing my bladder to also feel full; in other words, I needed to piss badly as well!
This was time to put my car to the test. The race was on. I had thirty minutes of travel before reaching my goal; but my additional passengers were preparing an earlier arrival. I was traveling at well over 90 MPH in a sort of arched back position -- squirming in my seat, trying to think of anything to take my mind off the pains in my stomach, the dilation of my anus, and the desperate need to release a golden shower into the Welsh Valleys. Fortunately my fiancé was fast asleep and oblivious to my plight.
With about fifteen minutes of my journey left, the piss problems became too much to handle. For those of you who have traveled along the A55, you know that there are no services from the Menai Bridge all the way to the end of the road at Holyhead -- only lay-by's. My need to pee was now desperate; so I slammed on the brakes, slid into the next lay-by, and got out the car, thinking that if I could release the pressure on my bladder then the troublesome turds awaiting their release could wait a bit longer.
Bad move. I ran behind my car to the nearest wall and tried to wee, but the pain in my bowels was affecting my stream. It was at this point that I made the fatal decision to try to fart.
Thinking it would relieve the pressure and enable me to empty my bladder, I began the delicate process of gently trying to squeak out a small release. There is a time when you go past the point of no returd when it comes to shitting yourself, and I had just reached it. When I tried to fart, my anus, to my complete horror, opened, smiled, and slowly unleashed a long thick firm log. Disaster: premature defecation.
It was not one of those liquid shits that travel at 100 MPH; it was more like a slow motion replay -- a slug-like log oozing out with all the time in the world to spare. I tried to deploy my emergency brakes, but the brown warning sign was flashing, indicating that the brakes weren't working and that the passengers in the turd class compartment were going to come down to earth with a bump.
The only upside to this predicament was that I was able to pee extremely freely. Every cloud, silver lining, etc.
I started to panic as my troublesome turd made its painstakingly slow journey. I was fearful that the brown trout just released from my fish farm would slide down my leg and into my shoes. But despair turned to relief when I realized I was wearing my tight white briefs -- my newborn baby simply curled around underneath my scrotum and fell into a peaceful sleep.
This was when predicament number two arose: I had to continue the drive to my fiancés grandparents without awaking my fiancé to the troubles I was having, and now without disturbing the firmest of freeloaders in my pants.
Walking like John Wayne in a Spaghetti Western so as to not rock the baby from his slumber, I re-entered the car, wound down the windows, and perched the edge of my butt on the seat, trying not to squash the shatastrophic contents of my presumably now off-white briefs. For the American readers of PoopReport, my car is not an automatic -- so imagine if you will the delicacy of foot movement I had to employ when changing gear to keep my uninvited guest intact so I could begin the rescue operation upon arrival at my fiancé's folks. The last fifteen minutes of my journey were difficult, but I made it without awakening my fiancé to my poop problem and keeping Sleeping Pooty at rest in the warmth of my groin.
Being the complete gentleman, I decided to take our suitcases straight upstairs, with the hidden agenda of getting to the toilet for a damage report. On arrival, I removed my trousers, looked for any escaped convicts, and found nothing. I slowly pulled down my briefs to discover the beautiful sight of a log completely intact, cradled in the hammock that was my underwear. It bought a tear to my eye to open my pants out and set my baby free for its first and last swim to the Irish Sea.
Also remarkable was the fact that it left no mark on my briefs at all -- not even a thank-you card for escorting it safely to its new home. That's gratitude -- or shatitude -- for you!
-- Browners