Feminist glad Croc Hunter is dead

[Murgos]

There is a record of a trial around Chaucer's time (he was the court recorder - which is probably why anyone knows about it) about who was allowed to use some specific piece of heraldry.  In the course of the trial many eye witnesses were called in to support one side or the others claims.  If the accounts are accurate several of the witnesses were in their late 90's and early 100's.

Basically, if you eat well and can manage to find a warm dry place to sleep in the winter the bacteria and such can go fuck themselves.

[Riggswolfe]

Our ancestors also liked dying before their 30's.  Fortunately there is a nice wide medium between too clean and too dirty.

Keep in mind there were myriad reasons why the lifespan was so short. Disease was part of it sure, but so was violence, freezing to death, starving to death, etc.

I think George Carlin had it right in the standup where he talks about never being sick a day in his life then said he spent his childhood swimming in the Jersey river. ( I think that's the one.) He said he swam downstream from the sewers and it built up his immune system so to this day he basically tells germs to fuck themselves.

[Zephyr]

I think George Carlin had it right in the standup where he talks about never being sick a day in his life then said he spent his childhood swimming in the Jersey river. ( I think that's the one.) He said he swam downstream from the sewers and it built up his immune system so to this day he basically tells germs to fuck themselves.

There is no "Jersey" river.  He could have been referring to the discharge ditch around Newark airport, as they have a combined sewer and once it rains the excess untreated flow is diverted thru the ditch to the bay.  :P

Also, the sewerage authority in Passaic discharges there effluent right into the river to be picked up shortly downstream by the water treatment plant.  Although the water being discharged is more than likely cleaner than the river water.

[Lantyssa]

Y'all suck all the fun out of snarky comments.  Work with me here! :P

[Riggswolfe]

There is no "Jersey" river.  He could have been referring to the discharge ditch around Newark airport, as they have a combined sewer and once it rains the excess untreated flow is diverted thru the ditch to the bay.  :P

Also, the sewerage authority in Passaic discharges there effluent right into the river to be picked up shortly downstream by the water treatment plant.  Although the water being discharged is more than likely cleaner than the river water.

Hey, I'm from the Midwest. Hell, I don't know where you guys keep your rivers. I thought he said that, but he may have said his mother's bathtub for all I remember.

On another note, sort of on the original topic, PETA is glad Steve Irwin is dead too:

“It comes as no shock at all that Steve Irwin should die provoking a dangerous animal,” PETA’s Dan Mathews tells The Scoop. “He made a career out of antagonizing frightened wild animals, which is a very dangerous message to send to kids.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14626178/

What I find interesting about the quote is that most people have said Stingrays aren't very dangerous and the PETA guy sounds like Irwin had cornered a lion or something.

[Righ]

There is no "Jersey" river.  He could have been referring to the discharge ditch around Newark airport, as they have a combined sewer and once it rains the excess untreated flow is diverted thru the ditch to the bay.  :P

He probably means Arthur Kill.

[Lantyssa]

Nothing PETA says surprises me anymore, which is kind of sad since they provide great opportunities for humor.

[lamaros]

late on the scene, but:

Why do you need to have the seat up when you piss? Can't you guys aim or anything?

[Merusk]

late on the scene, but:

Why do you need to have the seat up when you piss? Can't you guys aim or anything?

Aiming is easy.

Leaning over so as the stream deteriorates and you don't dribble on the edge?  Not so much. 

Hell, in my office some guys can't even hit the urinal all the time. I'd hate to see their home baths.

[Soln]

I wouldn't say anything the day after the guy died -- she's attention whoring just like he did.  it's pretty unfair to have said that the day or so after the guy died, but then I don't live in AUS where his funeral today may or may not be a national day of mourning.  Not kidding.  Their PM and other officials are attending. That might set me off if I thought the guy was a dick.

which I do

I mean honestly: the guy made his living scarring the shit out of wild animals.  He fucking wrestled with them for christ sakes.  He may have "helped conservation" somewhere down the line but he essentially was a circus act.  Guy at work the other day: "Bozo the clown killed by elephant, film at eleven."  Exactly.  Sad the guy died, but I never thought what he did was cool.  Same kind of thing as throwing stuff  at animals in cages -- to piss them off.

[Tale]

Leaning over so as the stream deteriorates and you don't dribble on the edge?  Not so much. 

Hell, in my office some guys can't even hit the urinal all the time. I'd hate to see their home baths.

Yes, that's how it is. There's also some kind of Murphy's Law where even if you combine perfect aim with a perfect lean as the stream deteriorates, there will still magically be urine on the seat. And even if there's no urine, when you flush there will be a splash of water that lands on the seat.

[lamaros]

I should get an award or something then.

Maybe growing up with three sisters has just been a proper training ground for being able to master pissing into a toilet with the seat down, but I can't say I've had any troubles in the last 10 years of my life. And if I do happen to miss a little bit every now and then(alcohol!) I just get some toilet paper and wipe it up. Not really an epic task.

If I do put the seat up I generally put it down too, not really much effort and it does tend to look a little better that way.

Though, I'm just as surprised that any woman would be stupid enough to not check where the seat was before going to the toilet. Grow up in a convent or something? Surprise surprise but most guys sit down when they take a shit, and I've yet to hear them complaining about falling in.

Who would have thought people had trouble with such simple tasks?

[Signe]

I should get an award or something then.

Gratz!

[lamaros]

Sweet!

[Cyrrex]

And if I do happen to miss a little bit every now and then(alcohol!) I just get some toilet paper and wipe it up. Not really an epic task.

Hehe...I'm sure the ladies in your life will be happy to know that when you actually DO pee on the seat, that a little swipe of TP is considered sufficient cleaning.

Surprise surprise but most guys sit down when they take a shit, and I've yet to hear them complaining about falling in.

Wait - only most of the guys?

[WindupAtheist]

I stand atop the bowl, head near the ceiling, arms extended to embrace my domain, and sing an epic Viking poem as I shit standing up.  It's quite invigorating.

[HaemishM]

Do you give it a viking funeral after you're done, or just flush?

[Ironwood]

That's going to get costly in boats.

[Tahz]

Let no man say I don't get into the spirit of things :

Fuck you all.

Fuck you too!

[Tale]

A friend of mine lived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for three years, where crouch toilets are the norm. He used to frequent a western-style bar with western-style toilets and swears there were always footprints on top of the cistern.

[Signe]

Maybe they are mostly short and need to stand on something to reach their penises?   

[pants]

Guy i used to work with is of Pakistani descent - 'parently in Pakistan crouch toilets are the norm too.  He got a Pakistan air flight once from Lahore to London - and there were footmarks on the toilet seat in the plane too.  Of course, there was also a little bit of turbulence on the flight - he said it was not at all pretty by the end of the flight...

[Signe]

This is some sort of urban legend or myth, isn't it?  The Footprints on the Toilet Seat... I swear I saw this on tv.

[Big Gulp]

This is some sort of urban legend or myth, isn't it?  The Footprints on the Toilet Seat... I swear I saw this on tv.

Not an urban legend, not a myth.  Korea has predominently crouch toilets also, and you'll still see footprints on some western toilets.

Of course, from everything I've read about this, crouching while shitting is truthfully the proper way to shit.  Evolution didn't take into account our high falutin' concept of sitting down while crapping.  It's actually slightly harder on the colon to do it that way, where as crouching is how it was meant to be done.  Of course, I'm willing to endure a little colonic discomfort in order to not have to hover my ass over a hole in the floor like some caveman.

[Righ]

You can both sit and have the proper colonic position if you get yourself a footstool. Probably something to bear in mind for old age. I suspect people with exceedingly long legs of having better colonic health. That and they can get parts in Tim Burton movies.

[WayAbvPar]

Color me utterly unsurprised that colonic health and Tim Burton movies came up at the same time.