While going to the toilet lift heel of foot and keep toes on the floor,.

Seriously.

This helps in movement.

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Thank you, Osier, for the tip.

Thank you, Jesus, for Harlan Osier.

Oh sheez. Why do I fear that, next time I go to the bathroom, I will think of a certain WGB poster...
Damn you and your meme spreading, Harlan.

Why fear it? I'm eating raising bran and drinking really strong coffee in anticipation of putting Osier's words into action.

Be sure and let us know how that goes, AC. For those of us who suffer from chronic constipation, gastritis, ulcers or colon cancer, your anectode could prove very.... moving.

Harlan's a ballerina? I can't think of anyone else who'd crap on points.

.......raise heels....

you know, there are days i think this place can't get any stranger!

i tend to find staying in bed those days is for the best

I've been doing it wrong all these years!

[WARNING, shit discussion follows]

ACTUALLY, I'm very glad we've got this thread. And yes, that's excellent advice -- it forces you to clench up your muscles a bit. Lots of guys to that directly before ejaculating.

So I've been thinking about shit a lot lately and I'm really bothered by the fact that we never talk about it. It's culturally forbidden, especially for women. I mean, we don't even fart, much less shit. The most frustrating thing about it is that even though I really feel there's no reason that shit should be entirely stricken from conversation (though I can understand not wanting to discuss it, say, while you're eating) I can't for the life of me seem to broach the subject with anyone. One of my friends recently showed me an essay he wrote about different strategies to keep your ass from getting splashed while shitting in the shallow toilets of Scotland, and that was encouraging and broke the ice a bit, but I still didn't feel like I could discuss my own shit particularly. Although, I did mention that the trick is to make sure that one end of the turd has already broken the surface of the water before the other end exits your anus (excellent, I just said 'your anus', this feels like progress). But anyway, that was pretty much the extent of the shit discussion we were able to have.

I seem to recall also a book (somehow I'm thinking it was Mark Twain) wherein a young boy mentioned the feeling of satisfaction he got from taking 'a good, clean shit' in the woods and wiping with leaves.

I think it's not so much that I have loads to say about shit or anything, I just feel that if it's sometimes one of the more enjoyable parts of my day, why does it need to be so touchy? I'm not saying either that I want to discuss shitting with perfect strangers, but perhaps with my partner, or close friends. Do other people do that already? What if I think my movements are abnormal or not coming with enough frequency? People could be suffering in silence, never knowing that they need more vitamin B.

That post was the shit.

teh shit...

Raising the heels just gets you closer to...

Nature's platform

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So I've been thinking about shit a lot lately and I'm really bothered by the fact that we never talk about it. It's culturally forbidden, especially for women. I mean, we don't even fart, much less shit. The most frustrating thing about it is that even though I really feel there's no reason that shit should be entirely stricken from conversation (though I can understand not wanting to discuss it, say, while you're eating) I can't for the life of me seem to broach the subject with anyone.

quote:

'm not saying either that I want to discuss shitting with perfect strangers, but perhaps with my partner, or close friends. Do other people do that already?

Perhaps I should forward Mrs AC's email address. (It's one of the reasons I proposed.)

No shit?

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They divide the pleasures of the body into two sorts; the one is that which gives our senses some real delight, and is performed, either by recruiting nature, and supplying those parts which feed the internal heat of life by eating and drinking; or when nature is eased of any surcharge that oppresses it; when we are relieved from sudden pain, or that which arises from satisfying the appetite which nature has wisely given to lead us to the propagation of the species.

- Utopia

Even Thomas More canvassed the subject.

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Originally posted by RobW:
Raising the heels just gets you closer to...

Nature's platform

Suddenly I understand this sculpture so much better.

www.aros.dk

This WGB will be the fuckin' death of me, sweartagod...

Given the absence of a Papua New Guinea style hole-in-the-floor toilet, I guess perching on the seat would be the closest we could get to squatting, but that's likely to lead to more splashing challenges, as well as injuries when the seat falls off due to forces in unplanned-for directions...

But yeah, there is at least a deep satisfaction in a successful BM that tends to be taboo to even mention...

But what's that quote about one measure of civilisation being the distance man puts between himself and his excreta?