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debm55

(60,612 posts)
Mon Jul 10, 2023, 11:40 PM Jul 2023

Has anyone gone to the bathroom in an unusual place? I went to a concert-outdoor venue and drank too

Last edited Tue Jul 11, 2023, 08:58 AM - Edit history (1)

much . Ladies room(there was only one had a line of women) so I ran into the woods behind the restroom and did my thing.
edit to add--But it begs the question-Why are lines to the Ladies room so long?

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Has anyone gone to the bathroom in an unusual place? I went to a concert-outdoor venue and drank too (Original Post) debm55 Jul 2023 OP
In college leftieNanner Jul 2023 #1
Good idea. Why are women's restrooms so crowded with lines? debm55 Jul 2023 #2
I will occasionally use the Men's room if there's no one in there. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2023 #8
In the third world, bathrooms are not a thing. cachukis Jul 2023 #3
Turkiye in the 60's...you really didn't want to use a toilet when you were in the middle of nowhere. Karadeniz Jul 2023 #4
Turkiye in the 60's...you really didn't want to use a toilet when you were in the middle of nowhere. Karadeniz Jul 2023 #5
The African brush in Kenya. Had to re-route due to flooding sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #6
I recall that Stephen King ( another post on him tonite) usonian Jul 2023 #7
I went to bathroom on a desert island called sea base as a scout leader LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #9
That time I went jogging and had to enter the forest to take a dump. GreenWave Jul 2023 #10
I used the facilities in the men's room once. Niagara Jul 2023 #11
Oh, that happened after getting off the Train NYCDC for B Clinton's 1st Inauguration... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #17
When nature calls, nature calls. Niagara Jul 2023 #20
👍😄 electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #22
in a cave nt yellowdogintexas Jul 2023 #12
In the woods, in below-zero weather, while winter camping. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #13
When we were kids, Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #14
Excuse me?!!! This is the kind of thing that goes to my grave! Phentex Jul 2023 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Jul 2023 #24
In your pool Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2023 #16
It was a normal single bathroom (a stop on the long distance bus) BUT water in the toilet was hot... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #18
Soooo many unique places. Alpeduez21 Jul 2023 #19
When I was Young and in the boilermakers I was told it was tradition to pee in the coal pile Hotler Jul 2023 #21
In front of the bathroom door at my grandparents house. milestogo Jul 2023 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Jul 2023 #25

leftieNanner

(16,159 posts)
1. In college
Mon Jul 10, 2023, 11:45 PM
Jul 2023

At the football games, the line for the women's room was very long. Since the boys were only using the urinals, my friends and I frequently used the empty stalls

Karadeniz

(24,746 posts)
4. Turkiye in the 60's...you really didn't want to use a toilet when you were in the middle of nowhere.
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 12:15 AM
Jul 2023

Actually, you wouldn't find a toilet, but one of those stand-up things, more like a latrine. So, I opted to look for a place to hide behind out in the fresh air. I had dad stop when I saw some delapidated ruins, just a short wall, really. I scampered over to it, ran around behind it and came upon a Turk who looked like he lived there. I was so embarrassed for him, being discovered in his poverty. I don't think we ever found such a perfect place...

Karadeniz

(24,746 posts)
5. Turkiye in the 60's...you really didn't want to use a toilet when you were in the middle of nowhere.
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 12:16 AM
Jul 2023

Actually, you wouldn't find a toilet, but one of those stand-up things, more like a latrine. So, I opted to look for a place to hide behind out in the fresh air. I had dad stop when I saw some delapidated ruins, just a short wall, really. I scampered over to it, ran around behind it and came upon a Turk who looked like he lived there. I was so embarrassed for him, being discovered in his poverty. I don't think we ever found such a perfect place...

sinkingfeeling

(57,835 posts)
6. The African brush in Kenya. Had to re-route due to flooding
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 01:05 AM
Jul 2023

and that added 6 hours to our trip. Entire tour group stopped and guys went one way and gals the other.

usonian

(25,324 posts)
7. I recall that Stephen King ( another post on him tonite)
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 01:08 AM
Jul 2023

tells of the time he and his brother were at a park when nature called. Not having paper, his brother urged him to use some leaves, which turned out to be poison ivy. This is from memory, so correct me if I'm wrong.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,869 posts)
9. I went to bathroom on a desert island called sea base as a scout leader
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 01:52 AM
Jul 2023

We spent a week on this island with small chemical latrine

GreenWave

(12,641 posts)
10. That time I went jogging and had to enter the forest to take a dump.
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 06:54 AM
Jul 2023

Luckily the leafs (leaves, eh Canada?) were not poison ivy.!

Niagara

(11,851 posts)
11. I used the facilities in the men's room once.
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 08:42 AM
Jul 2023

It was the late 90's, the ex and I were at the bar drinking, dancing and having a great time.


I suddenly realized that the alcohol that I was consuming needed to be released. The line for the Ladies room was really long and my ex needed to use the facilities too. He suggested that I use the Men's room with him, I wasn't sure that I was going to make it and the line to use the Men's room wasn't as long so I agreed. When it was our turn, he used the urinal and I used the toilet at the same time. We washed our hands and left the single use restroom.



Another time during Covid, I was traveling and I didn't feel like putting on my mask to enter the rest area building, so I just stepped into a wooded area and did my thing. Came out the woods, disinfected my hands and continued on my way.



Since I'm a caregiver to a few clients that are in their 90's and they both live at home, sometimes there are toilet working properly issues inside these homes. I purchased a female urination device so that if I have to, I can just go outside. It's not a catheter and the entire device and travel bag are washable. This is what I purchased.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B093WDYMG3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

electric_blue68

(26,856 posts)
17. Oh, that happened after getting off the Train NYCDC for B Clinton's 1st Inauguration...
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 06:25 PM
Jul 2023

At Union Station.

Now I couldn't do it, but a whole lot of the women in front did - which shortened the line for the rest of us! 👍

Ocelot II

(130,536 posts)
13. In the woods, in below-zero weather, while winter camping.
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 01:36 PM
Jul 2023

Whereupon I discovered the colloquialism "freezing your ass" can be a real thing.

Response to Phentex (Reply #15)

electric_blue68

(26,856 posts)
18. It was a normal single bathroom (a stop on the long distance bus) BUT water in the toilet was hot...
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 06:28 PM
Jul 2023

and steamy! 😮😄

Alpeduez21

(2,054 posts)
19. Soooo many unique places.
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 07:25 PM
Jul 2023

I've peed on both sides of the east and west continental divides while straddling each one.

Passed out leaning against a wall in a hotel room after a Grateful Dead show. Manager came in and started kicking us all out. Since I just woke up I whipped it out and started peeing on his leg. I am banned from the Red Roof Inns in Rochester NY. I still really high and drunk.

A gay bar in New Orleans had one of those trench urinals like they did back in the day. Some guy laid in it and insisted people pee on him. I had to go and that was the place, soooooo. . .

This thread might go into the category of be careful what you ask for.

Hotler

(13,747 posts)
21. When I was Young and in the boilermakers I was told it was tradition to pee in the coal pile
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 08:45 AM
Jul 2023

in a buildings boiler room, boilers were gas fired then so we just peed in the floor drain. That was the first thing you did went you went for a repair.

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