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Everyone poops
We here at The Daily Sentinel used to have a co-worker who had a picture of the cover of this book on his cubicle wall (he also used to have a ginormous pile of packages of condiments — oh the days of unlimited soy and horsey sauce).
He thought it was funny.
Me, too.
But the fact is that are all poopers. I poop and so do you.
But, unless something has gone horribly awry, we don’t talk about pooping. Indeed, we’re actually trained to avoid acknowledging poop at all once you’re potty trained (of course, during the potty-training process, pooping is the number one topic and can even be a shared experience).
Come on, you can admit it. You’ve given a gratuitous toilet flush or loud cough when someone enters the stall next to you so that you can disguise the sound of your pooping. We all have.
There nothing worse than having to share your pooping experience with someone else, especially a co-worker.
I want to know why?
Why must we disguise our poops or avoid pooping in public bathrooms altogether (cleanliness issues aside. But I must admit that the hover is great for strengthening one’s tight muscles).
Why can’t we poop without fear that someone will know we’re pooping?
I say that we should all be able to poop with impunity.
Who’s with me?
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Comments
By Richie Ann
October 14, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
I never ever ever poop in a public restroom when others are present. Fer reals.
By Laurena
October 14, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
You poop? That’s disgusting!
By Robin
October 14, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
My name is Robin and I’m a pooper.
By Lynn
October 14, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this
What’s poop?
By D
October 14, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this
Ok….
By maceanruig
October 14, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this
Robin: I am so glad you covered this topic. What with an election coming and the economy of this nation shrinking away from capitalism to communism, and the serious challenges facing fundamental American freedoms, it is good to know that the Sentinel and its courageous band of bloggers have our poop covered. Really, I feel much relieved. You might say I’ve lost a load.
By Robin
October 15, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this
Yes, maceanruig, we Haute Mamas like to stay on top of the important issues, like poop. If we wrote about such things as politics and the economy, then we’d have to be lumped together with all the serious blogs and we can’t have that.
By Q
October 15, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this
Too bad for poor mace and the rest of the silly supporters of the pnac gang who have perched a collective group of decent people-Americans-on a precipitous ledge overlooking the great abyss of multi-level disasters! Only a fool would continue to look away from the huge troubles that this country now faces, thanks to eight years of unfettered de-regulation and rich-hands-caught-in-the-cookie-jar-without punishment crony-ism. Communism? Hardly, knucklehead. Keep your pants on and your mouth shut until you need to use the facilities, mace. Quite frankly, I’m grateful to have a pleasant place to turn to as a diversion. So please, mace, keep your head out of the “load”-ing zone and allow those who wish to speak here do so without the waste that you speak of clogging this blog by writing checks that your words can’t cover.
By Lynn
October 15, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
Holy crap, this is getting weird.
By Robin
October 15, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
Weird is the only place it can go since we started with poop.
By Daniel
October 15, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
Geez, people. Can’t we keep all the poop slinging relegated to Political Notebook and the Community site? Unclench your sphincters already!
By Richie Ann
October 15, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
See Robin, this is exactly why you shouldn’t poop in public.
By Robin
October 15, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this
Daniel, you publicly mentioned poop. Are you blushing?
By Daniel
October 15, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
Yes, I’m red as the delicious harvard beets I had Monday at Dietch Haus in Delta.
Richie, I don’t know if the actual pooping in public that bothers me as much as the airing of the poop.
By Robin
October 15, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this
Daniel, I never said anything about the “airing of the poop.” Poop should remain untouchable, we just shouldn’t be made to feel uncomfortable to do it when we need to do it.