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AIBU to think shitting in a park is fucking vile?

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sleeplessinstretford · 19/04/2009 22:10

was in the park opposite my house today-woman who i know but isn't a friend was there with her 2 boys-one's in first year secondary school and the other one is at least 5 (and to my knowledge doesn't have any special needs/mitigating circs) anyway-she's sat at the table with the papers and i stopped to say 'hi lovely weather etc etc' when her little boy (the one who is at least 5) comes up and says 'mummy,i need a poo' so-without further a do she says 'ok,we'll never get home in time so shall we find a bush and do it there?' and grabs a packet of handwipes from her bag (presumably to wipe his arse) i was fucking gobsmacked and trying to think of something to say when this bloke (who neither of us knew) and was sat giving his baby a bottle at the same table bit says 'i think there's a toilet in the shopping centre just over the road' to which she got all weird and said 'come on louis-we'll have to rush home-i hope we're there in time' and sort of flounced.
i was relieved the other guy said something but on what planet is shitting in a park ok?

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MaryMotherOfCheeses · 19/04/2009 22:44

Is toxoplasmosis not real then? I thought that was one of the concerns if you start getting poo all over the place?

DS sat in the car today poking his shoes with his fingers... I wasn't confident as to what was on them.

MintyyAeroEgg · 19/04/2009 22:46

Exactly, MP.

Ronaldinhio · 19/04/2009 22:46

better hope cats get nappies soon....

hobbgoblin · 19/04/2009 22:46

When pointed in the direction of that rotten.com website (don't look) the other night, I noticed that it was a practise of some kind of people to suck out the poo from infants bottoms. Like some mothers do with snot. (Not me).

MaryMotherOfCheeses · 19/04/2009 22:49

Hmm. That's fairly gross. But assuming they're not ill afterwards, maybe fresh poo is ok (no, I can't believe I'm having this conversation either) but are we really to believe there are no health hazards with more dated poo? Humans in all kinds of civilisations have learned this instinct from somewhere.

MintyyAeroEgg · 19/04/2009 22:50

Thanks for that, Hobgoblin. Jeez .

violethill · 19/04/2009 22:51

I think if you want to suck your own child's shit out of its arse that's up to you! Doesn't make it ok to let your kid shit in the park!

qwertpoiuy · 19/04/2009 23:04

Spicemonster when you mention feeling the wind on your arse, you just reminded me of backward relations of mine from the back of beyond in the west of Ireland. They never had a toilet (common up to the 1960s), and all their "toileting" was done under bushes, cocks of hay or out in the field (they owned acres of land). I grew up knowing they didn't have a toilet and thought nothing of it - never had to go while there as Mum always made sure we did before we'd arrive.

Then my cousins from Sydney came over on holiday. They were absolutely horrified when we told them this family had no toilet. They asked all sorts of questions, like would they not be afraid of their neighbours looking at them; would they have to go out in the wind and rain; would the bees not sting their arses; how would they wipe themselves; where would they put their dockleaves. We had an absolutely hilarious conversation all night about this, but they were so disgusted they refused to visit this family, and toiletless family were very hurt!

All that remains of this family now is an alcoholic 42-year-old bachelor (surprise surprise) son, and he still hasn't managed to build a toilet!

Hope he doesn't decide to build a public park on his land!

MadamDeathstare · 19/04/2009 23:37

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kittywise · 20/04/2009 07:25

What is this odd argument about cavemen?

Human poo is toxic, it carries disease, so does dog shit and they stink.

Look at all the terrible problems and diseases caused when human waste is not disposed of properly.

spicemonster · 20/04/2009 07:35

Oh blimey qwert - my Irish friend had some relatives like that, she calls them the bog people.

When I went trekking there were much concern about how and where we'd poo but we had a toilet tent. Another friend of mine went somewhere where you were given a little spade to bury your poo and she never pooed for four days!

chefswife · 20/04/2009 07:41

i lived in Kilburn area in London and for some reason, there was always someone shitting in the alley... the alley that leads to many homes. at least she went off to find a bush for the lad. not that it isn't disgusting though.

spicemonster · 20/04/2009 08:05

I live in Kilburn chefswife and there is a lot of poo round here. I like to think it's canine but perhaps I'm wrong ...

CrushWithEyeliner · 20/04/2009 09:38

why kilburn? how odd....

spicemonster · 20/04/2009 09:41

Maybe we have a phantom pooer? I know why it's particularly bad on my street - it's because it's a really handy 'round the block' walk for all the people who live in the 5 enormous blocks of flats at the end of the road. So even if only 10% of them don't clear up their dog poo, there's still a lot.

Someone told me the other day that they clear 16 tons of dog poo off Hampstead Heath every week! Now that's gross

AliceMumma · 20/04/2009 09:46

5? thats old enough to hold it in. 2 or 3 at the most maybe ok if it was in a bush far away from where any people go maybe, but 5? Thats too old to just randomly squat and take a shit. What if he was in the supermarket?

MikeStand · 20/04/2009 10:03

I was walking around a local reservoir recently when I encountered a woman with a child, about 4, taking a dump (the child) beside the path. It was not a runny emergency poo as I was unfortunate to briefly witness. The direction they had walked from has a toilet block which they were about 200m from. They could not have missed it. What message does that give a child? Have a shit wherever you like not even near a bush? How traumatic for the child as passers by are witness to her bowels in action. Don't get me started on dog poo!

IneedAbetterNickname · 20/04/2009 12:20

YANBU! That is gross! My 4 year old won't even wee on a tree, he never has, he seems to have some kind of phobia about it! He'd be horrified if I told him to poo in a bush!

Sassybeast · 20/04/2009 12:25

YANBU - that is disgusting - as is letting kids pee on the beach. if they can't hold it until they get to a toilet, carry a portable potty.

messymissy · 20/04/2009 12:30

my sister had three kids all under 6 and always carried a potty in the car, if they were desperate or they would rush to the nearest cafe / restaurant or anywhere with a loo!

For a five year old to be told its ok, is horrendous!

MarmadukeScarlet · 20/04/2009 12:32

Letting kids pee on the beach? Are you serious? Do you know what they pump into the sea these days?

seeker · 20/04/2009 12:39

If she left it there, then vile. If she cleaned it up and it was behind a bush rather than on a picnic table I REALLY can't see the problem.

Would much rather not have "fucking" in thread titles though - does that make me U?

Sassybeast · 20/04/2009 12:40

Marmaduke - I have a huge issue with this cos my just crawling baby was enjoying making a mud pie on the beach, hands, hair with some damp sand - until a lady came over and whispered that the little lad next to us had just been told by his mum to just 'piss on the sand' (Toilets about 200m away) The contents of the sea are a whole other issue - I have numerous kids and have never had to let them go to the tilet in anything other than a nappy, a toilet or a portable potty. it's not THAT hard surely ?

chosenone · 20/04/2009 12:42

pooing in public is weird! I worked in a school once; most days a fresh steaming turd appeared in the morning on the front step before the head arrived at 7.30am! they eventually caught the poo er with cctv and it was the milkman! seriously!

MarmadukeScarlet · 20/04/2009 12:42

Just pointing out that far worse than fresh pee is available to all on many beaches in the UK.

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