When I shared an apartment with a longtime friend Brian, it was affectionately known to us as Shithouse Central. Located near downtown Birmingham, it was a safe house for us mad, mad, shitters for the few years we lived there. The bathroom there should be considered a national landmark after all the abuse and misuse it withstood. The great thing about this apartment was its location -- minutes from the restaurants we loved. After I moved out and left the place to Brian, it was still one of my favorite stops to blow out some ass pudding.
Brian and I have had a longstanding respect for each other's abilities to shit immediately after every meal. I could tell you countless tales of us driving up on two screeching wheels, car doors open, fighting each other as we climbed the stairs to the door. Calling "dibs" didn't mean anything when the pressure was on and Herve Villachez was trying to work his way out of your ass.
This particular story actually took place the week Brian moved out. We had emptied the place and done some minor cleaning, and all he had left to do was return the key to the office. Naturally he put this off for a few days because he is a lazy bastard. But it was his good fortune he did -- because still having that key saved his ass.
We met at Kenny Rogers' Roasters for lunch, and had the usual greasy Kenny goodness. For anyone unfamiliar with the Roasters, it's like renting food. Sometimes I think it would be easier to pay for the food and have someone throw it in a toilet for you. They should change the name to Kenny Rogers' Rotgut.
After going our separate ways, Brian headed out for his new place, but was hit with a sudden and mind-numbing wave of shitcramps. You know the kind -- a cold sweat hits your body, and you start smiling uncontrollably and talking to yourself like a lunatic. He said it felt like someone had given him a hot potato enema. His system wasn't adjusted to the extra ten mile drive to his new house, and he had no choice but to put on his hazard lights, pull off I-65, and head to Shithouse Central one last time.
His seatbelt was off and his pants were unbuttoned as he pulled up. He fumbled for the entryway door key, and then bound up the stairs like a bear with a flagpole up its ass. Door key in hand, he was surprised to find the apartment door was already open. As he dashed inside, he noticed a toolbox in the hallway and some furnace filters leaning against the wall.
Running on instincts alone, Brian hit the light and fan switch and threw his pants down while twirling, squatting, and releasing all in one fluid movement. Wet flames leaped from his asshole ass and he preceded to spackle the porcelain. All the while he was wondering who else was in the apartment. Noticing the bathroom was much cleaner than it had ever been in the last few years, he realized the Mexican family that cleaned for the landlord was there! These people lived on the bottom floor facing the rear of the units, and didn't speak a lick of English. Of course the only Spanish Brian spoke was items from menus and words he maid up.
Now, Brian was in the eye of the hurricane, so to speak, and really couldn't leave his post. He heard someone talking outside the door, but couldn't make out anything they were saying. Then there was a knock on the door. He saw that the bathroom door wasn't locked, but he couldn't reach the knob from the toilet. "Hola," a voice said. Brain paused for a second, and then replied, "Hello."
By this time he was sweating bullets. The idea of being caught shitting this nasty stew somewhere he wasn't supposed to be didn't appeal to him. He had the sudden fear that they might go get the landlord, and he would be busted. The lady knocked again and said, "¿Hola?" one more time.
Desperately trying to think of something that would let her know he wasn't some freak off the street, Brian came up with this jewel: "¡Occupiedo previoso! ¡Occupiedo previoso! ¡Occupiedo goddamn previoso!"
Anyone that speaks Spanish will tell you that "occupiedo previoso" doesn't mean "previous occupant" in Spanish -- or in any other language, for that matter. He started to wipe himself off as the knob turned and the Mexican lady busted in and started beating him with a broom while screaming at the top of her lungs. Brian warded off her attack with his left arm as he tried to pull his pants up and get the hell out of there. He pushed past her and hopped down the hall, still yelling, "¡Occupiedo previoso! ¡Occupiedo previoso!"
He was in his car within seconds, and laughed the whole ten miles home. To this day, this is still one of our favorite Shithouse Central stories. More of those to come.
-- Mad Shittah