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Four million Brits suffer from toilet phobia
The Daily Mail ^
| November 11, 2006
| Staff
Posted on 11/11/2006 4:54:47 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Argh, you beat me to the punch. ;-D
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:13:16 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: indylindy
They don't need to worry about the gators, the crocs are the ones with the lasers.
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:13:34 AM PST
by
kinoxi
To: MadIvan
"Few people will talk about having an anxiety disorder in the first place, but for them to admit they have a toilet-related phobia is rare because of the obvious embarrassment and humiliation of being laughed at or not being taken seriously." The ones who have the problem are probably laughing the loudest.
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:14:10 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Beyond the crossdressing, fashion industry, bath houses in San Francisco, and Barbara Streisand's career still being viable - you know something is seriously wrong with the gay community by their affection for public toilets.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:14:33 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
Jeezy Peezy... the Democrats next research project: How many people in America suffer from toilet phobia? How much can we squeeze out of the taxpayers for this dibilitating condition?
Thanks for the chuckle !!!
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:14:35 AM PST
by
xtinct
(I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
To: Mrs Ivan
Was that Agoraphbia or Algore-aphobia, the well documented phenomenon of needing to throw up at the mention of his existence?Dear, you know I suffer from Algoreaphobia violently. Fortunately I still have the bucket I keep by the bed for when I watch the BBC.
Love, Ivan
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:15:54 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: kinoxi
Sorry you are right. I am getting a phobia over all these phobias A Phobia Phobia.
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:15:59 AM PST
by
dforest
(be careful you don't become what you hate the most)
To: MadIvan
Toilet Phobia...
Would this be called
toibia?
loobia?
Wham!bia?
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:16:06 AM PST
by
bannie
To: MadIvan
This comes from some long forgotten just discovered book of fairy tales, yes?
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:16:33 AM PST
by
arthurus
(Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
To: MadIvan
How many mama's have said to their families to go before they leave the house?
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:16:38 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: arthurus
I don't take it seriously. It's good for laughs, though.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:17:35 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Mrs Ivan
"I know I just said this to you personally, but I think the question ought to be shared with a wider audience.
What happens when a person with a severe toilet-phobia sees a loo?
Do they sh!t themselves?"
No. Ya just hold it in until you can get home. Seriously, I have this "problem". My husband and I attended a 3 day outdoor music festival a while back and all they had were port-a-johns. No WAY was I going to use one for #2, so I held it for 3 days until we got to a hotel. My hubby refers to me as a poop camel now as I can hold anything for days if needed.
In my 13 years in the workforce before staying home with our son, never once did I go #2 at work. Ever.
I'm not proud of it, but I just can't go #2 in public. Interestingly enough, I've spoken with my girlfriends about this and none of them go #2 in public restrooms either, unless it is an absolute emergency. I think women are trained to hold til we get home (although not to the extreme to which I take it). My husband says men just go wherever there's a toilet - no shame, no embarrassment. Must be nice.
As I type this, my 7 month old is sitting in his highchair chomping Cheerios, and, you guessed it, going #2. Too funny.
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:18:57 AM PST
by
coop71
(Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
To: MadIvan
Our local gay males prefer the woods and shrubs of our local public parks. It's about the only time they ever go in bush in their life. ;-)
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:23:54 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: MadIvan
Ivan: The Democrats could solve this problem if it wasn't for the mean Republicans.
To: MadIvan
"Few people will talk about having an anxiety disorder in the first place, but for them to admit they have a toilet-related phobia is rare because of the obvious embarrassment and humiliation of being laughed at or not being taken seriously." And justifiably so. Like many people, I had to take psychology courses. Whether people dust of their old textbooks, or rummage through the Encyclopaedia of Human Behavior, or the MMPI Casebook, or whatever, come on, has anyone ever heard of this, seriously?
I think the National Health made it up so they can announce cures and treatments for it.
It is so much less challenging and costly than treating Kidney Disease, for example.
Loos in the UK are just fine. They do not harbor monster hairy spiders or bogeymen.
More likely, it is a manifestation of the ubiquitous Big Brother Surviellance Cameras that did it, where CREEPY little wankers sit in a darkened room spying on their neighbors instead of dealing with violent criminals.
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:25:17 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
("Illegal Immigrant": The Larval form of A Democrat.)
To: popdonnelly
Well I expect the Democrats are probably experts on the topic - they're so full of s*** they know what to do with it.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:26:42 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
I have a somewhat similar problem. The fews times I've been in the hospital in the last 20 yars and have had to use a bed pan to urinate, I've found it an absdolute devil to make anything flow and its all paychological.
To: fzx12345; MadIvan
might have something to do with the fact that a lot of public urinals in the UK are big "let's all pee on the wall" devices Maybe they're afraid of meeting George Michael.
aka
Wakemeupbeforeyougogosis.
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:27:24 AM PST
by
uglybiker
(Don't look at me. I didn't make you stupid.)
To: Gorzaloon; Mrs Ivan
Loos in the UK are just fine. They do not harbor monster hairy spiders Mrs Ivan has a very different view on that.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:28:00 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: coop71
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posted on
11/11/2006 5:28:00 AM PST
by
basil
(Exercise your Second Amendment rights--buy another gun today.)
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