to have a poo whilst talking on the telephone

[nametaken]

obviously I wouldn't do it to a prospective employer, but I often take the phone into the toilet with me when my mum, sis, or hubby rings.

It drives my husband mad but is it really such a terrible thing. Surely I am only multi-tasking?

[AlistairSim]

I have a particular friend whom I ring if I'm feeling a little bunged up.
She is aural senna to me.

Puts on "I'm a weirdo" badge

[morningpaper]

this is hilarious

[TheWiltedRose]

Im on the loo right now.....

[Vulgar]

AlistairSim -you must give me her number.
i go to the desperate measures of having a cigarette when I'm bunged up.

[Hassled]

I do, if desperate, wee while on the phone but draw the line at pooing. To be honest I've never really mastered the art of pulling off a bit of loo roll with one hand.
And I've done the dropping the phone in the loo trick as well .
DH always managed to complete the crosssword if done on the loo - seems to have some weird effect on his brain function .

[CocodeBear]

YAobviouslyBU bleurhgghghh

[TheWiltedRose]

Nobody just heard that did they?

[LolaTheShowgirl]

nametaken, this is the funniest thread in the world!

Especially love "I do sometimes try to cough when I think the poo is going to hit the water though, to try to disguise what I'm actually doing"

Can that be 'Quote of the Week'?

[LolaTheShowgirl]

Oh, and just to add a little anecdote of my own...my ex nanny employer had her own en-suite and then a bathroom for me, her child and any visitors and she provided the full volume of Harry Potter books on the window ledge directly above the toilet for us to read while having a poo

[TheWiltedRose]

I must invent a little waterproof shelf or floating cusion so i can MN in the bath!

[TheDullWitch]

What s the problem, the Romans used to chat side by side on communal bogs.

[LolaTheShowgirl]

They have communal bogs in some clubs and bars these days, don't they TheDullWitch?

[LittleWonder]

This is so funny - I asked this question ony weeing not poo - when I was in Italy a while ago, and they said only the English would think of it!
If the other person cannot see you - does it matter?
I have weed on a business call to my delight - you know, you scrunch your fanjo so the wee trickles out? You ALL know what I mean.
I had a business colleague who did the same only his bathroom echoed so I always knew!
I am surprised at these folk who wince - do you ever talk on the phone when you are naked? It is the same surely?
I cannot bare people who sniff on the phone.

[SmoothandWilkie]

Pooing NO
Weeing YES (although it reeeallllly upsets my BF when I leave the loo door open so I can continue chatting to her whilst I wee at her house)

[glaskham]

DH phones me when he goes for a poo at work!! i hate it!! and he is always taking his books or magazines or puzzle books to the loo with him, he says its the only time he gets some peace in this house!!

[ManhattanMama]

Definitely a big NO to pooing on the loo - but then I can't imagine that anyone ever gets a really sudden urge to poo that they can't hold in for 2 minutes to finish their conversation.

I've never taken the phone into the loo with me but I almost always read on the loo - we have a magazine rack by the bath so I tend to grab something out of that (Sunday paper sections/catalogues etc).

Worse than toiletry habits, I once had a boss who dialed into a conf call from home, and carried on having sex with his lady-friend without hitting mute. Now THAT was unpleasant...

[tearinghairout]

LittleWonder - no, I don't talk on the phone when I am naked. I once answered the phone to FIL & said 'I must go, my hair's dripping' & he asked me if I'd just got out of the shower, & made approving noises - YUK!!

Anyway, no, I would never talk on the phone whilst on the bog - don't know which is worse, the germs or the bad manners. I was once in the loo in Sainsbury's & someone came into the cubicle next door & phoned someone. Gross. Talking at the top of her voice too, presumably to drown out 'noises' but it meant I was trapped listening to her inane conversation while I was in there. Unspeakably bad manners all round.

[PuppyMonkey]

I think the inventor of the cordless phone must have had this situation in mind when s/he came up with the idea.

My DP does this ALL the time, even when taking calls from clients (he works from home).

[SmoothandWilkie]

Manhatten - 'Definate NO to pooing on the loo'...................where do you poo then????

[readytoswiggin]

i haven't laughed so much all day!

I have no problem with weeing. If someone I know I have no probs with pooing either

Have also done the droppping the phone in the loo thing.

Most interesting time was the muffled squark as ds flushed the loo on me mid wee!!!

[ash6605]

OMG! Am PMSL. Only because I've wanted to post this thread many a time but have bottled it!!

To answer the question,yes,many a time but only to dh who will hear me strain and then say 'ffs are you dropping your bait again?'

[Joash]

ManhattanMama "I can't imagine that anyone ever gets a really sudden urge to poo that they can't hold in for 2 minutes to finish their conversation."
Well try taking Orlistat and thn seeing if you can hold it for 2 minutes, I haven't managed 2 seconds yet! And for gods sake, don't fart if your on them and on the phone, otherwise the pooing on the loo is no longer an issue, as the person you're having the conversation with just heard you follow through into yer undies!!!!!

[BarcodeZebra]

Nothing wrong with it at all (grunt)...as a matter of fact (hnnnghh)... with wi fi and a laptop (gggrrraaahhh!) you can even post on MN (splash....aaahhh!)

[frauster]

Not averse to a bit of loo-phonery; but resist flushing or other obvious noises off, if possible. Come to think of it, there was a phone in the bathroom at my parents' house for a spell, so it must be in the genes . What I CAN'T abide is cross-cubicle chat in public loos, for some inconsistent reason I just find that wrong and refuse to co-operate if friends initiate!

[Beauregard]

pmsl at this thread and the poo etiquette snobbery brigade