Guest guest Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 > When you have to visit a public toilet, you usually find a line of > women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, > you check for feet under the cubicle doors. Every cubicle is occupied. > Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman > leaving the cubicle. You get in to find the door won't latch. It > doesn't matter, the wait has been so long you are about to wet your > pants! > The dispenser for the modern 'seat covers' (invented by someone's Mum, > no doubt) is handy, but empty. You would hang your bag on the door > hook, if there was one, so you carefully, but quickly drape it around > your neck, (Mum would turn over in her grave if you put it on the > FLOOR!) down with your pants and assume ' The Stance. > In this position, your aging, toneless, thigh muscles begin to shake. > You'd love to sit down, but having not taken time to wipe the seat or > to lay toilet paper on it, you hold 'The Stance.' > To take your mind off your trembling thighs, you reach for what you > discover to be the empty toilet paper dispenser. > In your mind, you can hear your mother's voice saying, 'Dear, if you > had tried to clean the seat, you would have KNOWN there was no toilet > paper!' Your thighs shake more. > You remember the tiny tissue that you blew your nose on yesterday - > the one that's still in your bag (the bag around your neck, that now > you have to hold up trying not to strangle yourself at the same time). > That would have to do, so you crumple it in the puffiest way possible. > It's still smaller than your thumbnail. > Someone pushes your door open because the latch doesn't work. > The door hits your bag, which is hanging around your neck in front of > your chest and you and your bag topple backward against the tank of > the toilet. > 'Occupied!' you scream, as you reach for the door, dropping your > precious, tiny, crumpled tissue in a puddle on the floor, while losing > your footing altogether and sliding down directly onto the TOILET > SEAT. It is wet of course. You bolt up, knowing all too well that it's > too late. Your bare bottom has made contact with every imaginable germ > and life form on the uncovered seat because YOU never laid down toilet > paper - not that there was any, even if you had taken time to try. > You know that your mother would be utterly appalled if she knew, > because you're certain her bare bottom never touched a public toilet > seat because, frankly, dear, 'You just don't KNOW what kind of > diseases you could get. > By this time, the automatic sensor on the back of the toilet is so > confused that it flushes, propelling a stream of water like a fire > hose against the inside of the bowl and spraying a fine mist of water > that covers your bum and runs down your legs and into your shoes. > The flush somehow sucks everything down with such force and you grab > onto the empty toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged in > too. > At this point, you give up. You're soaked by the spewing water and the > wet toilet seat. You're exhausted. You try to wipe with a sweet > wrapper you found in your pocket and then slink out inconspicuously to > the sinks. > You can't figure out how to operate the taps with the automatic > sensors, so you wipe your hands with spit and a dry paper towel and > walk past the line of women still waiting > You are no longer able to smile politely to them. A kind soul at the > very end of the line points out a piece of toilet paper trailing from > your shoe. (Where was that when you NEEDED it?) > You yank the paper from your shoe, plunk it in the woman's hand and > tell her warmly, 'Here, you just might need this. > As you exit, you spot your hubby, who has long since entered, used and > left the men's toilet. Annoyed, he asks, 'What took you so long and > why is your bag hanging around your neck? > This is dedicated to women everywhere who deal with any public rest > rooms/toilets (rest??? you've GOT to be kidding!!). It finally > explains to the men what really does take us so long. It also answers > that other commonly asked question about why women go to the toilets > in pairs. It's so the other gal can hold the door, hang onto your bag > and hand you Kleenex under the door. > This HAD to be written by a woman! No one else could describe it so > accurately. > Send this to all women that need a good laugh. > A Friend Is Like A Good Bra... > Hard to Find > Supportive > Comfortable > Always Lifts You Up > Never Lets You Down or Leaves You Hanging > And Is Always Close To Your Heart!!! > > Share this with a friend! > I Just Did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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