[dave]

(((This question is from The Shit Volcano, not me.)))

Okay, this is kind of a weird question. Then again, what other kind of questions are there to ask on Poop Report?

I am currently staying at my parents' house and one of their toilets keeps running off and on. If you turn on the bathroom faucet, the toilet comes on. If you walk into the bathroom, the toilet comes on. If you jostle the water in the bowl in any way it comes on. It's sort of like a possessed toilet.

Normally I wouldn't give a rat's ass if someone's toilet ran, other than it wasting a ridiculously large amount of valuable water. The problem is that this toilet also runs while I'm taking a shit. Then I tense up and the log pulls right back into my anus.

I've always had trouble sitting on a running toilet. When I have to flush during (like say during a million wiper), I always stand around with my itchy ass waiting for the toilet to stop before I sit down again. Even if I have diarrhea I wait around for the toilet to stop running before I use it again.

Is this some weird form of Shameful Shitting? Does anyone else at PoopReport have this problem?

[dave]

(((this is my response)))

I do the same thing. I rarely have mid-poop flushes (I don't believe in the efficacy of the courtesy flush), but when I do, I stand up. And when the overzealous autoflusher decides it's time to flush, I stand up. I do it because I don't like the idea of getting splashed by the shitty water... but also because the swirl of cool air on my butt really seems gross to me. Although I guess it's better than a swirl of hot air.

[The Big Wiper]

I have used a running toilet only once in my life that I can recall. It was at summer camp, and the only pot available that morning was the one that was bubbling like a fountain. The other three were occupied by my campmates (it was an open stall arrangement), so I took my seat nervously over this cauldron. I had to go, so this wasn't a question of waiting around for one of my buddies to finish up.

I remember clearly that my log didn't go down when I tried to flush. It just laid there, swirling around, so my nervousness had been justified. For the record, I never flush in mid-crap/piss, itself. I also view my work as I wipe, but I may flush before I have finished wiping if I'm having one of those unfortunate greasy outings. I don't want to stop up the damned thing.

P.S. I don't do the courtesy flush thing, either, and I am always standing when I flush. Nothing ookier than a swirl of bowl water grazing my nuts.

[doniker]

[quote="dave]... but also because the swirl of cool air on my butt really seems gross to me. .[/quote]

Wow, personally I have always enjoyed that swirl of cool air.