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Source: (consider it) Thread: Hell: Argh!! My apartment smells like a urinal cake!
Mrs de Point
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Wow a man changing the toilet roll

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babybear
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quote:
Originally posted by Hostie:
What do fathers of small children do, then?

The simple solution is not to have mens' toilets and ladies' toilets. But simply to have toilets! Each room should have a toilet and a sink. One (at least) should be fitted out to make it suitable for a person with limited mobility, or a wheelchair user. It takes quite a bit of space to provide a wheelchair-friendly toilet space, but a babychanging table can be affixed to the wall (a fold-down thingy) and so increase the use of that toilet. It also is good cos there is plenty of space for a parent/carer and child to 'go'.

bb


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Laura
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I am another who never thinks about which way the toilet paper roll is mounted. I find that the cat and the toddler have no difficulty in unrolling the whole thing in a twinkling of an eye, no matter which way it goes.

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tomb
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quote:
What do fathers of small children do then?

Well I remember the time when the Offspring was eleven months old and we were returning from a winter vacation in Mexico.

A blizzard in Denver forced the plane to land in Houston where we waited for the weather to clear.

My wife and her parents went to explore the airport, leaving me with the baby.

Then the Worst happened to him; everything they tell you about the bad things that can happen to your colon in Mexico came true right there in the departure lounge.

We proceeded to the men's room, where I discovered that there were no facilities for changing babies. There weren't even counters around the sinks.

I ended up changing him on the floor in front of one of the toilets. I took grim pleasure in the businessmen who would venture into the area of the stalls, take one look at the Disaster, gag, then back out quickly.

I'm happy to say that things are better now; most public men's rooms have those baby changing shelves.

Not that I ever expect to need one again. If and when the Offspring reproduces himself (please, God, let it be many years hence), this is one grandpa who has no intention of helping with the changing chores. My baby-butt-wiping days are over.

tomb

[ 14 December 2001: Message edited by: tomb ]


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Amos

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tomb--your butt-wiping days are over? Oh, say it ain't so.

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Lioba
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quote:
Originally posted by babybear:
The simple solution is not to have mens' toilets and ladies' toilets. But simply to have toilets!
bb

I'd agree only if men could be forced by some mechanism not to stand but to sit down. For a couple of month our school had shared facilities due to rebuilding - and that's a time me and my female collegues still remember with horror!

Otherwise I fully agree with you.

Abo

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Ann

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Another way to slow down the depradations of said toddler/cat is to squash the toilet roll after you've hung it up.

With two creases in the inner, it doesn't roll easily - so you know it's deliberate.

Unfortunateley, this means the inner can't be used by the toddler for creative play afterwards.

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tomb
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quote:
Originally posted by Amos:
tomb--your butt-wiping days are over? Oh, say it ain't so.

Notice how quickly I edited that particular bon mot, Amos.

T


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RuthW

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quote:
Originally posted by Abo:
I'd agree only if men could be forced by some mechanism not to stand but to sit down. For a couple of month our school had shared facilities due to rebuilding - and that's a time me and my female collegues still remember with horror!

Otherwise I fully agree with you.

Abo


Memories of sharing a bathroom with my younger brothers came, well, flooding back. It got so bad for a while that my mother finally agreed that I didn't have to clean any part of that bathroom until their aim got better.


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jlg

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One of my brothers was diabetic; not just the normal results of bad aim, but the urine splashes on the seat dried into a sticky, sugary residue.
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Anna B
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Oh my God. I just spent 20 minutes reading this entire thread.

I was going to post something about the brilliant new perspective I have gained on toilets from waking up with nausea every night (at 12+ weeks pregnant), but now I am feeling too queasy to do so and, if you all don't mind, will have to excuse myself for a moment...

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John Donne

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Wow! I had a brainwave while on the loo last night and meant to post it, but Ann beat me to it! Squashing the toilet roll. Yer!

Also, because I/demonspawn poster child have found a new toy, here is an electronic card with a lavatorial bent.


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jlg

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Coot, that is *truly* a disgusting e-card. It is so bad that I think a Hell-host should consider closing this thread so that it can end on such an appropriate note. (And I imagine Erin would heave a sigh of relief to see it go off to Archive-land.)

Then again, it's amazing to see how truly infinite are the possibilities of this topic; no one can say that it has gotten repetitive!


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Campbellite

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quote:
Originally posted by Abo:
I'd agree only if men could be forced by some mechanism not to stand but to sit down.

Abo


I . don't . think . so !

I remember a few years ago reading that somewhere in Scandinavia (Sweden?) they passed a law requiring men to sit. I don't think that law got very far. Afer all, how are you going to enforce it?

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Ultraspike

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I tried the empty roll over the new roll idea but alas my rolls are too big for it to fit. Do they make decorative holders for just a hand-held setup?

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John Donne

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Help me friends! I've found another one.
The Farting Elves

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blackbird
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oh coot, we are reaching new lows....(p.s. i just spotted a cat's head silhouetted on the curtain and when i looked outside, it sure enough was Murphy resting in the window box in the sun. home for the holidays!)
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Joan the Outlaw-Dwarf

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Oh blackbird, that's such good news! Give M. a hug from me too...

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Louise
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Oooh! On the subject of urinal cakes - look what I found at The Onion

Gross, but enlightening!

Louise

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Ultraspike

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I'm so glad Murphy is back home. Sometimes you have to run away to realize how good your home is.

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blackbird
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thanks for being happy for us...M's still not saying a word about where he's been the last month...to keep this on thread, we've set up a litter box and will keep him inside(for now). there have to be loads of litter box stories out there...not least the one's i have about my boston terrier confusing it with his food dish.
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Nunc Dimittis
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I had to keep my cats inside for a month or so, and put their litter tray in the bathroom. That was fine for the number ones, but they insisted that the bathtub was the place for number 2s. OK, so litter tray(s) go in bathtub. Cats still insist that number 2s are REALLY better done in the bathtub. Grrrr.

I am hoping that a month's break will have short circuited the routine...


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jlg

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Better they use the bathtub than the bathmat (or the living room rug or your bedspread or the clothes basket...)
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JoyfulNoise & Parrot OKief

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Of Farting Elves and Toilets... I love it.

Ann said Unfortunateley, this means the inner can't be used by the toddler for creative play afterwards.
Ann

Directive from Department of Health. B4 allowing toddlers creative play with toilet rolls please microwave for 1 minute to kill off germs.

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Miffy

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We're down to our last roll of M and S "festive" loo paper; snowman and polar bear pelting some poor, defenceless penguin with snowballs. Mr M is reserving the football trivia paper (my pressie) for his personal use.

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Ann

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quote:
Originally posted by JoyfulNoise and his Parrot, O'Kief:
Directive from Department of Health. B4 allowing toddlers creative play with toilet rolls please microwave for 1 minute to kill off germs.

But ... you can't fit a toddler in the microwave!

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daisymay

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We've had lots of people in and out (and eating) over Christmas and New Year; inevitably, many have used our loo. Have you noticed how everyone's stink after they've used the loo is distincly different?

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blackbird
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daisymay...you'd get along great with my dogs...they love that kind of stuff.

louise...just found the bin laden urinal cakes page....priceless.


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Campbellite

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Daisy May,

You are far too observant!

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