January 30, 2006
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Oprah Part 2
I heard this discussed on Oprah once. So I thought we would do a hypothetical. Pretend that you were visiting a friend’s house. You use the restroom and the toilet clogs up. There is a giant terd in the toilet. You can’t find a plunger in the restroom.
Do you ask for a plunger or do you just leave it?
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3rd!
ask
ask
definitely ask
Plunger. That reminds me of Dumb and Dumber. Gross!
I’d ask. It’s not like the home owner doesn’t have such problems himself and I’m sure they’d rather have it unclogged than to have it run all over the floor…eeeugh!
I’d ask for a plunger.
You heard that discussed on Oprah? I cannot picture this.
LOL, ask. And I agree with Lobster_Kitten. I can’t picture it either.
I will ask.
i’d ask for the plunger. it’s bad manners to leave your crap sitting in a clogged toilet.
OMG dare I share the most embarassing toilet sotry I’ve ever experienced here with you all? Ugh Love ya but not THAT much!!! LOL Maybe I’ll post about it on my page one of these days. But yeah I’d ask for a plunger and insist that they let me take care of the problem.
Maybe its just me but I dont use the toilet at strangers’ houses or even my friends.
i’d ask.
depends on how good of friends i am with the person.
i would probably ask because i would want someone to ask me =)
I’d ask!!! But, I wouldn’t do my stuff until I got home!!! Ewww
um..yeah..i’d ask
Ask…
And isn’t it “turd” not “terd”?
if it wasn’t mine i would just shut the lid and leave it
i heard of that in a magazine where a girl got all this toilet paper and used her hands and “pushed” it down. it all came back up… on the bathroom floor. did i mention it was at a party too
Ask.
ask
Depends if it was mine or not.
I really don’t think i’d ever get myself into that situation, i’d prefer to wait until i was home.
It depends how good of a friend it is. RYC: Good I hope I got people upset, I don’t like Amy.
I’d ask.
I would freeze it, then allow the host to fuck himself with said frozen piece of shit.
I would ask for a plunger…everyone poops!
gross, ask
Umm, I would probably leave it. If it was me. If someone before me did it, then I would ask for a plunger. Mice new layout. I’ce been gone and haven’t had the time to check my Xanga. I like it a lot.
Embarassed, i would ask for the plunger.
Ask
Provided there is soap and water to wash up, you roll up your sleeves and hold your breath and go fishing.
No soap and water or if the fishing expedition didn’t do it, then you tell the host that it seems that you have broken the toilet and ask if you can have a plunger to fix it. Then before you leave you assure the host that you are going straightaway to the drug store for some metamucil.
Good one, Dan.
L,r
I’d wait until I would get home, so if it wasnt’ mine I would just leave it. If it was, I’d ask.
umm. I ask for a plunger. This is not your usual type of post is it dan?
Hmm… I’d ask. But, this situation would never happen to me seeing as how I rarely, if ever use the restroom at other peoples homes. Its a germ thing for me. Its just…Scarey. =D
I’ve thought about this many times….you would have to ask. They would know who was in last.
If it was a crowded party, I’d just leave it and let someone else take the blame. If there were only a few people, I’d get a plunger.
Don’t most people keep a plunger in their bathrooms anyway?
Hahaha, I’d leave it. And a note claiming it.
It’s “turd” not “terd”
plunger of course! why would you just leave it?!
Ask for the plunger, in my house it stays ready for use.
ask!
I would probably pull the person…friend aside…and as descretely as I could explain and ask for a plunger…and also apologize about ten times….but I would probly say a prayer b for all of the previous! Lol!!
I would probably pull the person…friend aside…and as descretely as I could explain and ask for a plunger…and also apologize about ten times….but I would probly say a prayer b for all of the previous! Lol!!
yeah it depends if it’s a friend or just an acquaintance. but either way that’s embarrassing!! =P
ask.
I’d definitely ask for one. I wouldn’t want to find that in my toilet after someone left.
They talked about that on Oprah??
Definately ask. its just a little poo poo. we all do it….but that would suck. only go at a friends house if you cant hold it – or u know them really well
finding giant turds happens all the time in our dorm. I’m glad I don’t clean the bathrooms anymore. I’d just leave it.
Ask for the plunger of course.
hahaha, I would have to ask because I would be WAY too embarrased if they found that!!
I would ask…and then take care of it…otherwise..oh my gosh I just could not imagine…
leave…lol
I am horrible, but I’d be too embarassed.
definately ask.
I have a really hard time doing that at someone elses house! If I can go in and out in a matter of a couple minutes it’s not a problem…but if it was unbearable and I didn’t have a choice, I’d ask for a plunger…then again if it was a party I wouldn’t…
Well…if something like that is stuck, it means that it is probably in danger of overflowing on you or the next person…so definitely ask for a plunger.
Personal experience: It was my first time to my boyfriend’s partents’ home. NO ONE told me that the downstairs bathroom had a problem. I went in did my number and proceed to flush. It began to rise, rise and rise. I’m looking everywhere for a plunger…NOTHING! I open the door and yell for help about five people rushed in to see my crap floating all over the floor. It was worse than terrible.
SO…if you know you have a bad or faulty toilet … keep a plunger around or even put a sign on it that reads “I can’t handle your crap” or something like that :~D
Ask – they’d probably figure out it was you anyway.
I would sneak into the kitchen and grab some dishwashing detergent (not the type for dishwashers, the stuff you put in a tub and use to wash the dishes BY HAND.) and then pour about 2 to 3 tablespoons into the toilet. I’d wait maybe 30 seconds and try flushing again. Believe it or not, this ACTUALLY works. The poopie slides right on down. You don’t have to do ANY plunging in most cases.
Oh yea!
Ask, silly! Like they’re not gonna know it wasn’t them!
hahahahahahahahahahaha. Best post ever.
Ask for the plunger! I’d kill one of my friends if they left my toilet clogged up. I’d have to tell all of our other friends that he/she clogged my effin’ toilet so they’d learn their lesson and not do it again!
Ask for a plunger…
Haaaaahahhaha I’d ask for the plunger. But that is the reason why I try to never do my business at someone else’s house. I’d like to know what Oprah would do in that situation. Heh.
Turd.
Ewww. I don’t know.
And get your wife, ummmm……., let’s hope she’s not into plastic surgery, it’s a waste of time and money. I say, get her a mini-vacation. Like alittle weekend trip. If she wants to go alone, let her, if she wants to take you, make it romantic. Just a little Friday afternoon through Sunday night trip. Relax.
i must say, this reminds me of my friends story about the bathroom in his dorm. In one of the stalls someone left a smashed-up microwave on the toilet seat, then proceeded to take a giant crap in the microwave. My friend took a picture. hahaha
ask…it’s not like there is a good chance that nobody would have realized it was you that went to the bathroom anyway!
you just dont do that at other people’s houses.
If the frienbd and I are the only ones in the house, then it’s pretty clear whose it was and not saying anything is only gonna make me look like more of an ass.
If it’s a good friend that I;’m close to, then regardless I’m gonna discreetly go up to her and ask for a plunger. I can take care of the mess myself, I just need the damn plunger.
If it’s a big group of people… well, I probably would still go to the friend whose house it is, pull her aside and discreetly ask for the plunger. Again, there’s no need to mention huge turds, just say “hey, I need the plunger, the toilet’s backed up. I don’t mind taking care of it, but I need a plunger.”
i wouldnt do that in someone elses bathroom. take care of that at home for goodness sakes.
You produced this monster now it is your responsibility to take care of it, lol, Judi
I would just leave it and blame it on someone else lol.
ask.
Plunger. Any other way would just be rude and disgusting.
haha. asking would be the thing to do. They’re your friend, right? They-hopefully-wouldn’t mind.
Plunger
Neither A, nor B. I bust out my handy pocket knife, and start fishing.
Ask
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Oprah Book Club Alert, January 27, 2006
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um… depends on how close of a friend
ask for a plunger
they’re gonna find out anyway so might as well get the embarrassment over with haha
Ask for a plunger and mention that I “used a little too much toilet paper” so as they don’t envision turds overflowing the sides of their porcelin throne.
Um… ha… I’d leave and if they ask I’d deny it all. Lmao… I’m sneaky
oh, but first I would look through the closet (quietly and surreptitiously) to see if there already plunger around.
OMG! Obviously, you ask for a plunger!! lol
i would probably leave it and laugh about it later
ask.
u ppl who are saying “ill do my stuff at home” sometimes it comes out when u least expect it. like u go pee in your toilet in the dorm suite…adn out comes poop. oops.
ask for a plunger
i’d fess up to my own mess.
ryc: it’s so hard to get on fc twice! it’s like, i have to time my entries if i want it done, unlike you who can post anytime and automatically see it on fc during the next rotation. so now that you got your xanga retirement out of the way, isn’t it about time for your xanga funeral? =)
If I’m close enough to a person to crap in their toilet and not be self concious, asking for a plunger is probably one of the least embarassing things I say over there on a regular basis.
Having just used the restroom… there would be no choice but to fix the mess. Even if the clog was left by a previous deliverer. Last person in gets the blame.
Yeah, I’d ask for a plunger ! I don’t want anybody else seeing my caca !
I’d ask for a plunger… No one else has to see that!!!
hmm… it depends
if theres only like 5 people there and ur friend can trace the turd back to you, i would ask for the plunger
if its like a big party, i wouldnt and quickly and quietly sneak out as if nothing happend =]
probably ask for a plunger
i would leave it, btw when you open a discussion do actually respond to all of the people who leaves you a comment?
RUN
Why was that on Oprah ?
I’d ask..
Ask for the plungger and some privacy.
I’d leave that for like 5 days. Then I’d come back.
Ummmm… hmm…
Depends on the friend.
Egads, I Hope I’m Never in That Situation!!! Unless you used way too much paper, then most likely, it wasn’t your poop that stopped it up, but something that came before…….. but I’d ask for a plunger!!!
you can pull the turd outta the toilet, wrap it up in gangs of toilet paper, & dump it into the wastebasket. throw some more toilet paper into the basket & THEN ask for a plunger.
thats a lot of work, i guess id just simply ask.
Defintiely ask for one.
I’d sit, let it clear itself out, and try to re-flush. Asking would be a last resort.
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Dan,
This is one of the best questions you’ve ever asked. Thank you for it.
I would likely become disabled with fear…. and might act irrationally…. I see myself reaching in the toilet with my bare hands to manually dislodge the excrement occlusion before it is discovered.
ryc: thank you for the thoughtful comment. I appreciate it.
If it’s a friend, I’d ask for a plunger.
Yah, um, I have this happen more than I like to think about. I’m good with a plunger by necessity.
And to specifically answer the question, if I feel like I have to take a big crap, I generally make sure there is a plunger in the room before hand.
and orchestra_rocks, some of us have never had the experience of going to pee and “accidentally” pooping. Some people’s plumbing just doesn’t work that way. Um, Dan, I hope you don’t block me since this is my 3rd comment in a row. I just keep thinking of more stuff.
LEAVE IT!!!!!
like other posters would depend on how good of a friend it was.
I want to say I would ask but it has never happened(knocks on wood)
I saw an episode of a show called Spin City and M.J.F’s character walked in after someone left a floater and he flushed and it ran over.
He ended up climbing out the window because he did not want anyone to think it was his house and it was Heidi Klums party anyways.
I thought it was hysterical.
I pray nothing like that EVER happens to me.
I have no problem asking for the plunger. I live in an old house w/ old plumbing as do many of my neighbors & friends. Eh, shit happens. And in the case of someone like, say, my brother, sometimes that happening shit is a fricking loaf of bread. I’d hope someone would feel comfortable enough to ask at my place.
I’d ask for a plunger but not say exactly what is in the toilet… just say you put too much toilet paper in or something.. lol
I would ask…but I would have to move to a new city after that. But then again, I would have to be DYING before I would poop at someone else’s house.
Only if it was a good friend would I ask for the plunger! Otherwise leave it especially if I thought no one would figure it out. Honestly though, I’ve never clogged a toilet, so that was a really hard question to answer… I’m not really a “super pooper” like some loved ones I know.
either way it’s really funny
If it is a really, really close friend, I leave it and tell them about it later, and laugh. If it is anyone else, I ask.
i don’t do that at people’s houses. i’ll just pee.
Dan. Your’e nto going to believe this, but this happened to me! Here’s what I did.
I yelled out “I’m sorry, but your toilet has overflowed, can you hand me a plunger?” The reply was “Dont’ worry, I’ll take care of it”. I was so humiliated. It was THE MOST embarassing moment of my life when I left that house. It was HORRIFIC!
EW thats disgusting!!!! I don’t poo.
Definitely ask, better than having it sit there and stink up the bathroom! I am very surprised that the 3rd person to comment, didn’t say ‘Turd’! (I digress…)
Ask discreetly. Unless I wouldn’t get caught as the one who left the turd.
I think I’d brave sticking my hand down there before asking. I’d feel guilty leaving, but if I was leaving soon afterwards, I might just dump and ditch.
Ask for the plunger and insist that I take care of it…
Ask…because they are going to know it was you anyhow when they find the big turd floating!!
Had it happen to me, not at a friends house, and I’d do again what I did then. Report to the house holder and let them take care of it, and suffer accordingly. It’s their septic system.
I’d ask. It’s the considerate thing to do.
If I can sneak out unnoticed, I might just do so. Otherwise, I guess I ask someone to go find the host/hostess for me. If I am at their house, hopefully we are friendly enough that we can laugh about it, rather than have him/her go talk about how gross I was behind my back…
Definitely ask, unless I’m at John’s or Rob’s place. Long story, but they’d leave the gift for me.
Sadly, my toilet must be built small or something, and it gets clogged by even medium sized deposits.
I would ask.
As far as I know, turd is spelled with a “u”. Or that’s how I’ve always seen it.
Believe it or not, I’ve been in this situation before. And rather than suffering being shunned by friend and friend’s parents alike, I sucked it up and asked for the plunger.
-Adam
Yes, you should ask. If you did it, you fix it!
Ask of course!
lol. I would ask for a plunger. its rude to leave it.
How on earth could you not ask for a plunger?
It depends if I was drunk or not. Come to think about it, I would never do a number two in anyones else’s toilet but my own. It takes too long lol
ask.
HA i don’t take craps in peoples houses! Unless I know them realllllyyy well and for a long time.
Terd is spelled turd. Oprah endorsed that turd James Frey’s shitty book where he pretended to be a badass. I think what I’d do is put it on the floor, then stomp it, then say, “HELP! I’M HAVING A SHIT FIT! AGGGGHHHH!”
This has happened with a friend at my house. She just left it there…and flooded our bathroom. We found out it was her later and it was even more embarrassing than it would have been if she had cleaned it up. There was a plunger in our bathroom anyway…
I’ve done both. It depends on whether it would be absolutely obvious that I was the one who left it there.
who doesn’t have a plunger near their toilet?
take the plunge!
Walk away and pretend that you had nothing to do with anything.
Ask! But wait, did they seriously talk about this on her show??
ask.