Glad to hear things are good at Chez Howler - but your gender war is getting a bit OTT of late, like trying to derail the thread put up by the poor Swedish woman whose daughter was murdered in Scotland. Are you trying to compensate for the absence of your hero?

BTW - what's with the stall and trough thing? When I'm at home I piss standing up and put the lid down afterwards for hygiene reasons (tank water, so when it's yellow we let it mellow...) and when I'm at the pub I piss in the trough like anybody else. Also, it's your hero who's obsessed by dogs, not me.

During one of her daily classes a teacher
trying to teach good manners, asked her
students the following question:

"Michael, if you were on a date, having dinner
with a nice young lady, how would you tell her
that you have to go to the bathroom?"

Michael said, "Just a minute, I have to go pee."

The teacher responded by saying, "That would be
rude and impolite."

"What about you Peter, how would you say it?"

Peter said, "I'm sorry, but I really have to go
to the bathroom. I'll be right back."

"That's much better," said the teacher.

"And you, little Johnny, how would you show us
your good manners?"

"I would say, 'Darling, may I please be excused for a
moment? I have to shake hands with a very dear friend
of mine, whom I hope you'll get introduced to right
after dinner."

The teacher fainted ...

What is it with men standing up and toileting in front of each other. That is just bad manners. ;)

What perplexes me is the social code of taking a dump in public toilets when someone is in the next cubicle. Totally does my head in. I work at a shopping centre doing long hours on occasion, so I have ZERO choice.

Why are we SOOOO self conscious, and why do I end up just laughing my face off over the whole experience, and is it rude to just ... well ... let it go...?

Here's my piece of wisdom. Use the disabled toilets for the exhaust pipe stuff. Total privacy.

Strewth toilet tales!

some people need to get a life!

Others need to lighten up.