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to think that my family are odd?

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avenanap · 14/05/2008 23:44

My mother's just phoned me asking for some advice. My brother's going to a festival for 5 days next week and wants to know if he takes anti diarrhoea medication, will it stop him from going to the toliet for 5 days? WTF! What kind of an idiot would want to do this to themself? Make themselves constipated because they can't be bothered to go to the loo? I think my mum should have known better. God, are these really my family or was I swapped at birth?

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tiredemma · 14/05/2008 23:45

That is hilarious.

ChukkyPig · 14/05/2008 23:51

Never my choice but I know that a packet of Immodium is a must have in many (usually male) festival goers rucksacks.

Actually I tell a lie there was that time I had to spend the night in a derelict building in the middle of nowhere. I was told in advance that if I needed to go, I would have to dig a little hole to bury it in. It was me, 2 blokes and 30 sheep, I am ashamed to say I took a precautionary immodium. Worked like a charm! It was only one night though... Five days when toilets are actually available seems a little extreme!!

Which festival is it?

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avenanap · 14/05/2008 23:52

castle donnington. I must be adopted. He wants to use it at work aswell to stop him going to the loo for too long.

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Youcannotbeserious · 14/05/2008 23:54

nametaken · 15/05/2008 00:16

Actually it's not a bad idea when you think about it but I'm not sure whether 5 days without a BM is a good idea. Because if he takes one dose every day for 5 days he won't just have a BM on day six, it could stay in his system for another 7-10 days on top, honestly.

I had this problem after my C-section - not because I took immodium but because the epidural slows everything down, food transit wise. By the time I went on day 11, it could have filled a bucket I kid you not but that's another story for another day.

Still, he can always takes laxative afterwards LOL.

Are the toilets that bad then?

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avenanap · 15/05/2008 00:21

I've no idea. I think they may get a bit whiffy after a few days though. I told her to tell him all about faecal (sp?) impaction and the damage he could do by stretching his intestines.

They mess around with your abdomen with a section, that's another reason why you found it hard to get things moving.

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ChukkyPig · 15/05/2008 00:38

Shhh my DH takes immodium on the quiet and hides it from me... I feed him vegetables... but I don't think he wants to have to go at work. My brother is just as bad...

I think many men are just very hung up about having a crap!

A tip though at the festival. They come with a big lorry and hoover out and clean the toilets at festivals. The trick is to rush into one straight after it's been hoovered you will find a clean bowl and toilet paper which is pretty much as good as it's going to get!

twentypence · 15/05/2008 00:52

I have been known to take one before flying, but I wouldn't try to avoid going for a whole holiday.

The more you want to go the quicker it all comes out in my experience.

RainyWednesday · 15/05/2008 09:45

No no no no no no no!

I post on a festival forum and people are always suggesting this. It's SUCH a bad idea! The loos really aren't that bad if you pick them carefully (though I'm not sure which festival it is).

lanismum · 15/05/2008 09:51

Download festival I take it. Buy him some immodium

SlartyBartFast · 15/05/2008 09:55

he might get chronic constipation !!

sunnydelight · 15/05/2008 10:48

DS1 is on a 24 hour hike/camp and I have given him ONE immodium "just in case" as I can't think of a worse place to get the runs (and they are all cooking their own food). I have warned him not to take it just to block himself up though - mind you, if I had to squat in the bush (think of the snakes and spiders!) I think I'd be tempted

beaniesteve · 15/05/2008 10:50

Lots of people do take Immodium in an attempt to avoid teh portaloos, they are stupid people. Really they are not that bad!

Squirdle · 15/05/2008 11:00

What!! Men are worried about doing a poo at work! Blimey! Have they not grown up? Do they not know that everyone poos? It's a bit like sending DH to buy tampax for me. He is fine with it now, but I have told him that women do actually have periods! in fact even the checkout lady has periods (if she is of the age) so no-one is going to think anything of him buying them.

No, to taking immodium! It's really not going to be good for him not to go for 5 days. He could take some anti bacterial wipes with him to wipe the seat before sitting down. Or he could place little squares of loo roll on the seat before perching his precious little bottom. Or he could hover

BTW, my family are odd too, but thats a whole other story!

littlerach · 15/05/2008 11:05

Have to say that my experiences of festival loos were so dire that i can understand his idea.

Not that I would do it.

It wasn't the wiping the seat bit, it was finding the seat that was the problem. they were really rank.

My mate once took laxatives 3 days before going to a festival, ot try and clear it all out beforehand!!

Chequers · 15/05/2008 11:14

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DiscoDizzy · 15/05/2008 11:16

My friends used to take plastic bags, do the business in them (in their tents) and put them in the bin.

dirtylittlepunk · 15/05/2008 11:17

do it in the tent in a plastic bag and chuck them in the nearest bin

not that i have..but i have mates who have

dirtylittlepunk · 15/05/2008 11:17

x-posts

dirtylittlepunk · 15/05/2008 11:19

(wondering if i know you disco dizzy lol)

DiscoDizzy · 15/05/2008 11:23

There is a great possibility (if you're in Cumbria) that you do. I forgot to add that I don't do it, cos I hardly ever need to go.

DiscoDizzy · 15/05/2008 11:23

That was too much info wasn't it.

OrmIrian · 15/05/2008 11:31

Dh doesn't take anything but he will hold on until he gets home. Which really irritates me. I love him dearly but I'd still prefer it if he polluted someone else's loo. It's a kind of territorial thing with men I think - 'my bog, my shit!' And if you don't get into the bathroom to clean your teeth at the weekend before he gets there you can forget about if for half an hour . There have been times when the DCs have been hopping about on the landing desperate for a wee but DH is enthroned with the paper and won't move.

RainyWednesday · 15/05/2008 12:15

Ha ha ha OrmIrian! A few years ago, I was working in a small (three people) office when the man who worked (alone) in the office next door came in to say that he had just secured a major deal, was over the moon, and was looking for ideas as to how to celebrate. My boss's suggestion was that he go home to his parents' house, close but not lock the door, get something to read and do a massive shit. I think the other bloke was just looking for pub suggestions!

Blokes are weird when it comes to poo!

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avenanap · 15/05/2008 19:31

Thankyou for all of this. I hope I've managed to talk him out of it. I'll suggest the bag though. I still think he's bonkers. Five days! Nuts!

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