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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:10:36 PM EDT
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You don't know how to use the three sea shells? 
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Next you'll tell me I need to wipe my ass with my hand instead of toilet paper.  You don't know how to use the three sea shells?
Man, I can't remember what movie that is from. Too tired. I'm thinking futuristic movie or something. Damnit. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:13:16 PM EDT
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Putting all the debate about toilet posture aside, the entire premise at the beginning is wholly false. Westerners didn't start to sit to shit due to the modern toilet. The modern toilet was designed to conform to how westerns already shit. There are, after all, modern, flushing, squat toilets, and people were shitting into pots from chairs with holes in them, or into holes in the ground through outhouse seats, long before modern toilets.
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:13:27 PM EDT
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So rice and squating are why asians live forever!
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:15:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, I can't remember what movie that is from. Too tired. I'm thinking futuristic movie or something. Damnit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Next you'll tell me I need to wipe my ass with my hand instead of toilet paper. You don't know how to use the three sea shells? Man, I can't remember what movie that is from. Too tired. I'm thinking futuristic movie or something. Damnit. Demolition Man
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:16:02 PM EDT
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MOST IMPORTANTLY Does this mitigate the numbness I experience after an extended bowel movement on a western toilet. If I can stand up after a 30 minute BM without pins and needles, I am so motherfucking in on this. Theoretically, if you squatted you wouldn't have to be there that long to begin with. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:16:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:21:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: MOST IMPORTANTLY Does this mitigate the numbness I experience after an extended bowel movement on a western toilet. If I can stand up after a 30 minute BM without pins and needles, I am so motherfucking in on this. It might not be anything like 30 minutes. In my experience squatting is a lot faster. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:21:21 PM EDT
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MOST IMPORTANTLY Does this mitigate the numbness I experience after an extended bowel movement on a western toilet. If I can stand up after a 30 minute BM without pins and needles, I am so motherfucking in on this. Actually, it probably would. Compression of the sciatic nerve in the back of the thigh is what causes the numbness/tingling so keeping the feet more elevated would reduce pressure on the back of the things. I had a German girlfriend ask me to take a shit on her. I thought, "There is no fucking way I can do this!" But I tried squatting and . . . 
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:22:41 PM EDT
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Actually, it probably would. Compression of the sciatic nerve in the back of the thigh is what causes the numbness/tingling so keeping the feet more elevated would reduce pressure on the back of the things. I had a German girlfriend ask me to take a shit on her. I thought, "There is no fucking way I can do this!" But I tried squatting and . . . http://soshable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Everything_went_better_than_expected.png Quote HistoryQuoted:
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MOST IMPORTANTLY Does this mitigate the numbness I experience after an extended bowel movement on a western toilet. If I can stand up after a 30 minute BM without pins and needles, I am so motherfucking in on this. Actually, it probably would. Compression of the sciatic nerve in the back of the thigh is what causes the numbness/tingling so keeping the feet more elevated would reduce pressure on the back of the things. I had a German girlfriend ask me to take a shit on her. I thought, "There is no fucking way I can do this!" But I tried squatting and . . . http://soshable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Everything_went_better_than_expected.png Somehow, this is the exact point that the thread turned weird. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:23:06 PM EDT
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Japan beat you to it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Japanese_Toilets_Tokyo.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Am I alone in wanting a bidet? Japan beat you to it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Japanese_Toilets_Tokyo.jpg My FIL has one of those. Heck, they sell them at Costco. The only feature I liked was the heated seat. No more waiting for the SO to take first swing at the crapper in the am....... |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:31:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Putting all the debate about toilet posture aside, the entire premise at the beginning is wholly false. Westerners didn't start to sit to shit due to the modern toilet. The modern toilet was designed to conform to how westerns already shit. There are, after all, modern, flushing, squat toilets, and people were shitting into pots from chairs with holes in the, or into holes in the ground through outhouse seats, long before modern toilets. Right, this is why I avoid low-carb debates about metabolic pathways and how much plants hunter-gatherers ate. For one thing I would get owned, but more importantly it doesn't really matter. It's easy to try low-carb for a couple of weeks. It's easy to try squatting. Maybe it will be better, maybe not. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 8:40:24 PM EDT
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also, im gunna try this with a few ammo cans. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 9:01:22 PM EDT
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MOST IMPORTANTLY Does this mitigate the numbness I experience after an extended bowel movement on a western toilet. If I can stand up after a 30 minute BM without pins and needles, I am so motherfucking in on this. Dude, eat a fucking bran muffin, or a vegetable, or something. Fuck. 
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Posted: 7/20/2013 9:20:04 PM EDT
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It's official!
During my next bowl movement, I will go outside and squat! I just hope one of my Pomeranians doesn't try to pee on me. He pees on my other Pomeranian when he is taking a poopie. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 9:58:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude, eat a fucking bran muffin, or a vegetable, or something. Fuck. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: MOST IMPORTANTLY Does this mitigate the numbness I experience after an extended bowel movement on a western toilet. If I can stand up after a 30 minute BM without pins and needles, I am so motherfucking in on this. Dude, eat a fucking bran muffin, or a vegetable, or something. Fuck. Or cut out fiber completely. For some people a very low carb diet means very little time dealing with this stuff. |
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Posted: 7/20/2013 10:00:01 PM EDT
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It's official! During my next bowl movement, I will go outside and squat! I just hope one of my Pomeranians doesn't try to pee on me. He pees on my other Pomeranian when he is taking a poopie. Let us know how it goes. 
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Posted: 7/21/2013 2:38:17 AM EDT
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OK, read this yesterday. And as of today, I will agree that this works.
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Posted: 7/21/2013 2:42:07 AM EDT
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Somehow, this is the exact point that the thread turned weird. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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MOST IMPORTANTLY Does this mitigate the numbness I experience after an extended bowel movement on a western toilet. If I can stand up after a 30 minute BM without pins and needles, I am so motherfucking in on this. Actually, it probably would. Compression of the sciatic nerve in the back of the thigh is what causes the numbness/tingling so keeping the feet more elevated would reduce pressure on the back of the things. I had a German girlfriend ask me to take a shit on her. I thought, "There is no fucking way I can do this!" But I tried squatting and . . . http://soshable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Everything_went_better_than_expected.png Somehow, this is the exact point that the thread turned weird. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 2:52:21 AM EDT
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you mean to tell me the afghans have been doing it right? holee shit! pardon the expression. 
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Posted: 7/21/2013 2:55:50 AM EDT
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I call bullshit. No matter how stupid an idea is, you will be able to find many thousands who will embrace it, and swear by it. +1. Relating colon cancer to sitting vs squatting? croc of shit. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 3:04:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI don't know about you guys, but I would end up shitting all over the wall.  |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 3:24:22 AM EDT
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I don't know about you guys, but I would end up shitting all over the wall.
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I don't know about you guys, but I would end up shitting all over the wall.
Its already been done |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 3:30:02 AM EDT
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thats how the japanease use their toilets. well, they mostly squat over a hole..
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Posted: 7/21/2013 4:09:03 AM EDT
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This is not the first time I've heard this. It makes good, logical sense to me too.
Kinda makes one wonder how many other modern conveniences are actually bad for us. Cheers! -JC |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 4:10:38 AM EDT
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When I was applying to work in Asia, one of my fears was squat toilets. I assumed I would just shit all over the back of my shorts. This. I think the human anatomy that evolved over millions of years never took into consideration clothing. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 4:12:10 AM EDT
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Don't get me started on the toilet habits of other cultures. Been there, motherfucking done that. No shit. 
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Posted: 7/21/2013 4:31:55 AM EDT
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Japan beat you to it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Japanese_Toilets_Tokyo.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Am I alone in wanting a bidet? Japan beat you to it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Japanese_Toilets_Tokyo.jpg I don't have that particular model, but for $150 at Costco on sale (regular price $200), it was f'ing worth it. 
Some jackass put a toilet in a 24" wide alcove instead of the code-required 30" wide area, plus put the ceramic paper dispenser right at knee height so getting a hand in there is impossible. A bidet was cheaper and easier than knocking down the wall, building a new one and moving the drain line 3" (the toilet sits directly on top the main horizontal drain for the front of the house, so my shower and sink would've both required re-plumbing). Kharn |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 4:46:17 AM EDT
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A solution in search of a problem? I sit on the toilet, stuff comes out. Takes less than a minute. Why do I need this?
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Posted: 7/21/2013 4:52:30 AM EDT
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When I was applying to work in Asia, one of my fears was squat toilets. I assumed I would just shit all over the back of my shorts. Quote HistoryQuoted:
When I was applying to work in Asia, one of my fears was squat toilets. I assumed I would just shit all over the back of my shorts. 7 years in Japan and I have not used one for just that reason. Quoted:
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Am I alone in wanting a bidet? Japan beat you to it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Japanese_Toilets_Tokyo.jpg Those on the other hand... I use all the time. 
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Posted: 7/21/2013 4:59:20 AM EDT
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Older train stations here in Japan have squatties. Newer facilities have mostly western style toilets. If you have an emergency situation in older train stations, you pray there is a "grunt bar" to keep yourself from falling over.
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Posted: 7/21/2013 5:06:51 AM EDT
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A solution in search of a problem? I sit on the toilet, stuff comes out. Takes less than a minute. Why do I need this? Because you are giving yourself colon cancer, duh. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 5:09:19 AM EDT
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A solution in search of a problem? I sit on the toilet, stuff comes out. Takes less than a minute. Why do I need this? apparantly, and this was in the video, the muscle that keeps your colon from emptying can't completely relax when sitting, only when squatting. Its possible that muscle is severly weakened in you, for unknown reasons. 
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Posted: 7/21/2013 5:11:02 AM EDT
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When I take a dump in the wild, I find it goes a lot better than when using a toilet. I've even come to prefer it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
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Posted: 7/21/2013 5:11:20 AM EDT
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I take it you've never gone hunting and shit in the woods
I try to use a tree as a brace but I've done the ol' squat in the desert and my fears, much like yours, were relieved when I saw that I had not, in fact, shit on boots, pants, or anything else. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When I was applying to work in Asia, one of my fears was squat toilets. I assumed I would just shit all over the back of my shorts. I take it you've never gone hunting and shit in the woods
I try to use a tree as a brace but I've done the ol' squat in the desert and my fears, much like yours, were relieved when I saw that I had not, in fact, shit on boots, pants, or anything else. I tried pooping while ice fishing one time. I missed my clothes but ended up pooping in the hood of my cover-alls. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 5:40:05 AM EDT
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Older train stations here in Japan have squatties. Newer facilities have mostly western style toilets. If you have an emergency situation in older train stations, you pray there is a "grunt bar" to keep yourself from falling over. You still on Okinawa or up in Mainland now? |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 5:42:08 AM EDT
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Damn it.
Now I don't know which one to try out. The Squatty Potty or Nature's Platform. WHY must there always be such variety? Even in the shittiest of circumstances there are choices. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 5:53:09 AM EDT
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apparantly, and this was in the video, the muscle that keeps your colon from emptying can't completely relax when sitting, only when squatting. Its possible that muscle is severly weakened in you, for unknown reasons. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A solution in search of a problem? I sit on the toilet, stuff comes out. Takes less than a minute. Why do I need this? apparantly, and this was in the video, the muscle that keeps your colon from emptying can't completely relax when sitting, only when squatting. Its possible that muscle is severly weakened in you, for unknown reasons. I think so. I heard that real man only poop once a month. Chuck Norris doesn't even own a toilet! My 'muscle' must be unmanly.
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Posted: 7/21/2013 6:07:14 AM EDT
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I tried pooping while ice fishing one time. I missed my clothes but ended up pooping in the hood of my cover-alls. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When I was applying to work in Asia, one of my fears was squat toilets. I assumed I would just shit all over the back of my shorts. I take it you've never gone hunting and shit in the woods
I try to use a tree as a brace but I've done the ol' squat in the desert and my fears, much like yours, were relieved when I saw that I had not, in fact, shit on boots, pants, or anything else. I tried pooping while ice fishing one time. I missed my clothes but ended up pooping in the hood of my cover-alls. I rost. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 6:22:29 AM EDT
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Kinda makes one wonder how many other modern conveniences are actually bad for us. 
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Posted: 7/21/2013 6:32:45 AM EDT
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Yeah, like running water, electricity, and air conditioning!
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Kinda makes one wonder how many other modern conveniences are actually bad for us.
processed foods. lack of exercise. plusses and minuses. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 6:34:28 AM EDT
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To reinforce my first post, here are some pictures of old Roman toilets.
Here is an artist's impression of people actually using an old Roman public toilet facility: 
Looks like a fun place to hang out. If some guy marketing some thing can't get such a basic facts of history right related to the product he is selling, why should anyone expect his science is sound? Sitting may very well be killing me, but it is in no way an invention of the modern era. Yes, if you look at the styles of chamber pits and what not over the years, people did tend to have to squat more than today, but the western love of being able to rest one's cheeks goes way back. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 6:49:58 AM EDT
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So all these bums squatting and slamming mother Earth are doing it right? Interdasting.
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Posted: 7/21/2013 6:53:41 AM EDT
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To reinforce my first post, here are some pictures of old Roman toilets. http://images.travelpod.com/users/bruceandpetra/1.1257198456.roman-toilet.jpg http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/images/0238301-Forica-Dougga.JPG http://www.nextthing.org/blog/images/nz/IMG_5948.jpg http://historyoftheancientworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Roman-toilets-480x360.jpg Here is an artist's impression of people actually using an old Roman public toilet facility: http://users.bestweb.net/~bennetc/Romans.jpg Looks like a fun place to hang out. If some guy marketing some thing can't get such a basic facts of history right related to the product he is selling, why should anyone expect his science is sound? Sitting may very well be killing me, but it is in no way an invention of the modern era. Yes, if you look at the styles of chamber pits and what not over the years, people did tend to have to squat more than today, but the western love of being able to rest one's cheeks goes way back. health nuts don't listen to science or logic. They take a bit of advertising that makes claims that make sense on the surface and it becomes fact, and anything to the contrary is part of a conspiracy . |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 6:58:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: +1. Relating colon cancer to sitting vs squatting? croc of shit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I call bullshit. No matter how stupid an idea is, you will be able to find many thousands who will embrace it, and swear by it. +1. Relating colon cancer to sitting vs squatting? croc of shit. If you wear ghey sandals while squatting, this is a very real possibility.
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Posted: 7/21/2013 7:08:19 AM EDT
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we have a poop thread!
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Posted: 7/21/2013 7:24:14 AM EDT
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Man, I can't remember what movie that is from. Too tired. I'm thinking futuristic movie or something. Damnit. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Next you'll tell me I need to wipe my ass with my hand instead of toilet paper. You don't know how to use the three sea shells?
Man, I can't remember what movie that is from. Too tired. I'm thinking futuristic movie or something. Damnit. Demolition Man |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 8:06:28 AM EDT
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Makes sense.
I can sit on the toilet forever trying to take care of business. When I'm out in the woods a quick squat gets the job done. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 8:11:00 AM EDT
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Next you'll tell me I need to wipe my ass with my hand instead of toilet paper. Moist wipes my friend. Dry paper is so poorly suited to the task at hand. |
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Posted: 7/21/2013 8:27:38 AM EDT
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+1. Relating colon cancer to sitting vs squatting? croc of shit. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I call bullshit. No matter how stupid an idea is, you will be able to find many thousands who will embrace it, and swear by it. +1. Relating colon cancer to sitting vs squatting? croc of shit. I would not recommend dropping a deuce on a croc. |
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