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"You know, stuff..." is my new weekly Friday feature which may or may not make you laugh, may be totally sports or Longhorn unrelated, and may even cause a drop in site traffic...but I'm willing to take that chance because well, I can. So onto the first edition of...

You know, stuff...Duece Dropper Edition

So I’ve got a friend who owns and operates a restaurant that was recently voted as having the "Best Public Bathroom in DFW" by the Dallas Observer. And while that ambiguous distinction may just be a not-so-subtle way of saying, "you’re in luck when the #5 Blue Plate gives you the #2 blues," the real question here is how in the hell does one determine Public Shitter Superiority?

It’s time for Toilet-Talk boys and girls, so pull up a stool and let’s shat a while...

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Star-divide

Some basic crapper criteria to begin the discussion...

  1. The Commode – The toilet itself should be of ample size; not too big that your feet dangle above the floor and not too small that you feel like you're going on a bombing run to destroy the Death Star. The lid should be made of something solid and heavy, a raw material perhaps, just NOT PLASTIC. Nothing is worse than dismounting from the crapper only to have the light-weight plastic seat sticking to your ass and then execrably crashing back down announcing to the rest of the world that you just shit so hard you worked up a sweat punching it out .  

Also, the flusher should not be hidden or one of those automatic kinds, it should be readily apparent and easily accessible for courtesy flushes and it shouldn't take six weeks to go silent again.  Plus, it should get the job done in one flush.  Some guys are proud when they beat the flush, but if the Bundy 5000 can't get it down on the first try, send that sucker back, Al would...cuz some works of art just weren’t meant to be admired.

  1. One Toilet Per Stall/Restroom Please – That combination commode and urinal side-by-side thing makes me tense. Defecating is not a team sport. It's man vs nature, not man vs. man. The sides of the commode should always be at least two feet from the nearest wall in case you need to achieve maximum butt cheek spreadage after a night at the cheese factory or want to avoid any toe tapping Senators with a wide stance in the Minneapolis airport bathroom. That being said, the toilet should never be too far from the toilet paper roll...you don't won't to pull a groin muscle reaching for the TP. Most of our digestive systems don’t give us enough time to stretch first before the whistle blows.
  1.  The Toilet Paper – I can't "stress" this one enough: Anything less than two-ply and you might as well use your hand. Scented and printed is permissible, but no really unusual designs and certainly no wording or funny characters (unless you’ve got Poops On Stoops TP).
  1.  Ambient Temperature – The temperature in the bathroom should never be higher than 68 degrees. That may seem a bit cold at first but nothing is worse than having a bead of sweat run down your butt crack. Most of you know what I'm talking about. The more porcelain surrounding crapper the better and no bright colors. We're trying to achieve a relaxing, antiseptically cool environment here, not a ride at Six Flags.
  1.  Reading Material –  Nobody likes to feel rushed. But let’s all agree to avoid crossword puzzles or word jumbles. Besides, nobody should be doing their business with a sharp object in one hand. One thing leads to another and you're headed to the ER to explain to Dr. Jelly Finger how you impaled yourself with a No. 2 while doin' #2.  Not pretty and I don't imagine if feels too good either. Oh and please don't leave the sports page for the next guy...I know it seems like the "eco-friendly" thing to do, but that's just nasty.
  1. Accoutrement – There should be no mints, ribbed condom dispensers, two way mirrors, deodorants, body sprays, or anything else you’d find for sale at Sexy Larry’s Quickie-Mart. and what the hell is up with that blue liquid they put those combs in? None of that either.  And if your establishment is just so hoity toity that you absolutely have to have a men’s room attendant on hand to demand a dollar just to hand you a towel, he should at least be blind or a midget. That's creepy anyway, who covers for him when he needs to take a shit break?

Update [2008-3-9 11:16:43 by 54b]:: Let's have some dividers between urinals, nobody likes getting hit with friendly fire (read: remnant piss splash back from one urinal over).

Also, very secure locks or fasterners on the stall doors aren't just nice, but a necessity. Few things are as uncomfortable as getting busted in on by a coworker while you're in the middle of flagrante-defacato.

That’s about it unless you want to put a flat screen on the stall door or a place to hang your pants, but then that’s just showing off and encouraging people to sit on the can so long their butt cheeks fall asleep.

Okay let'em rip...feel free to chiime in with your own suggestions. Public Restroom horror stories welcome as well.

Have a good weekend BONers,
--54b--

Be nobody but yourself in a world that wants you to be like everybody else.

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I would pay a hefty sum

For double-ply toilet paper with Stoops' face printed on it.

by Meekrob on Mar 7, 2008 11:00 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

TP

A lot of people like really thick, really soft toilet paper.  I disagree with this.  It doesn't have enough grip and clogs too easily.  I'll happily take mid-grade.

by excitableboy on Mar 7, 2008 11:42 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Mid grade

is okay, as long as you dont get the government stuff.  What we call, Air Force Form 1, is basically gritty sandpaper.  AWEFUL!

My adopted son, Lamarr Houston, once beat up Chuck Norris. Now thats a bad ass!

by kirk1005 on Mar 7, 2008 11:43 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I prefer to use a loofa

Once you are done mopping up, just rinse it off.

Better for the environment, and it exfoliates.

by BoddickerIsClutch on Mar 7, 2008 11:44 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

2 points for Boddicker.
"So what if I'm tired? I can rest when I die." -- Major Applewhite

by the1austin on Mar 7, 2008 12:08 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Walls between Urinals

Unless we are talking trough style, sacrifice the extra 2 bucks and one inch of wall space between each urinal and put some plywood between me and the next guy over.  I dont need my shoes covered in some other guy's splash back.

Also, no midget urinal.   If you want to make sure the 4 foot and below can still stand to pee, then get a longer urinal, but don't install one urinal that is 2 feet lower than the rest.

by Wells on Mar 7, 2008 11:48 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Some sanitastically salient points my friend
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Mar 7, 2008 12:13 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously

How bad do you have to F-up as a DMN employee to earn this assignement?

Disclaimer: I may be wrong.

by Shake on Mar 7, 2008 12:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

The Cadillac of Commodes on Campus...

At UT, we've all had crappy experiences in the restroom (cue comedy drums).  But, some on campus are definitely worst than others and one shines above the rest...

Worst.
#1.  Anything in the PCL.  So crowded, messy, noisy, people in and out, using cell phones, I can't concentrate in there!  Too many Daily Texan's on the floor it feels like your in a birdcage.  The restrooms are situated right by the elevators, so there is always prime traffic in the area.  

Best.
#1.  Gebauer building.  Nobody knows these restrooms exist, and I am only now letting the secret out because I'm now an Alumni.  If on campus, GEB is located right behind main building on ICD, and the building has small, remarkably clean facilities.  Only one "stall" per bathroom so you're all alone baby, and nobody next to you asking if you can "spare a square."  For an Added bonus, go to the 4th floor one, the window is low and you have an amazing view of north campus, and nobody can see that your reading "Study Breaks" in privacy.  The bathroom fixtures are actually nice.  What's best about GEB is that its only home to Liberal Arts offices, no class rooms, so no student traffic.  Plus, only like three men work in liberal arts so they are incredibly empty all the time.

The GEB male bathrooms... the only place to go on Campus.  

Anybody agree?  Have other favorites?

"So what if I'm tired? I can rest when I die." -- Major Applewhite

by the1austin on Mar 7, 2008 12:07 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Gebauer Bldg

HA! HA!! I thought I was the only one with this secret! I have my staff meeting at WC Hogg every week, and before I head into WCH I like to take a Bombilla-sized dump in the Gebauer 4th floor one-holer! Man...the ways I've brutalized that porcelain should be canonized in myth and song!

I would totally read the Washington Post every single day if I cared at all about helping Dan Steinberg keep his job.

by Bombilla on Mar 7, 2008 12:48 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

One of my favorites

And Im killing myself because I cant remember exactly, but there is a mens bathroom in the stairwell of RLM between, I want to say, the 7th and 8th floors.  But Im not sure.  I also want to say its the staircase on the West side of the building, but its been years since Ive been there, so again I cant say for sure.

First of all, no one uses the stairs that high in the building.

Second of all, if you do use the stairs, you dont need to use the bathroom.

I have never seen another soul in that bathroom.

by BoddickerIsClutch on Mar 7, 2008 1:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

RLM

I'm nearby (science and engineering area) so I'll have to check it out.

There's a one-holer in the stairwell of the basement of Patterson Labs (just south of RLM) that's truly awesome (fond memories of this toilet as a biology grad student).

Also, MBB has a spectacular shitter on the northside of the 2nd floor. Handicap stall has its own sink and everything.

I would totally read the Washington Post every single day if I cared at all about helping Dan Steinberg keep his job.

by Bombilla on Mar 7, 2008 1:33 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

One more.. Horror Story...

Texas Chili Parlor, no place that serves XXX chili and cheap beers should have shower curtains instead of doors for the restroom stalls...

Use your imaginations.

"So what if I'm tired? I can rest when I die." -- Major Applewhite

by the1austin on Mar 7, 2008 12:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Cain and Abels

Since the time I was in school, I think the place has burned down and been remodeled, but it used to have a commode and urnial right on top of one another and no stalls, dividers or even a lock on the door.

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Mar 7, 2008 12:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Done my business there many times.

The key is to get a lookout to stand at the door and make sure no one walks in on you because the doors didn't lock.  Someone trustworthy, not some asshole that is going to wait two minutes then throw the door open for all the girls standing in line for the ladies.

College was fun!

by 16thLonghorn on Mar 7, 2008 1:24 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Hilarious!

Dude, I just lost $1.25 worth of Dr. Pepper after reading your link, specifically when I read this:

I was rewarded with a fart of colossal magnitude -- a cross between the sound of someone ripping a very wet bed sheet in half and of plywood being torn off a wall.

Outstanding work, my friend. Outstanding...

I would totally read the Washington Post every single day if I cared at all about helping Dan Steinberg keep his job.

by Bombilla on Mar 7, 2008 1:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Best Duece Goose on 6th Street

Whenever I used to be out on 6th Street and I had to let the devil out, the bathroom at The Driscoll Hotel bar was my favorite place to grow a tail.

I was in Austin for a wedding this summer and walked 5 blocks to the Driscoll for old times' sake and I'll tell you, the magic has not left.  It brought a tear to my eye.....and the bathroom was nice too. HEYOO!!!!

College was fun!

by 16thLonghorn on Mar 7, 2008 1:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Worst place in Austin....

Port-O-Potty at Stubb's durning a concert.

College was fun!

by 16thLonghorn on Mar 7, 2008 1:28 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Neophyte!

Man, you should try the O'Boys during ACL Fest. ONLY consume fiber-rich foods during this weekend!

I would totally read the Washington Post every single day if I cared at all about helping Dan Steinberg keep his job.

by Bombilla on Mar 7, 2008 1:40 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh I know!!!

Try hitting one at the Sunday afternoon show, while they've had two days to marinate.

College was fun!

by 16thLonghorn on Mar 7, 2008 1:45 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Talledega

The ABSOLUTE WORST were the port-o-johns at the free camping site near Talledega SuperSpeedway.  We stayed there from Wednesday thru the race on Sunday and we all promised not to crap in the camper because the smell would be aweful in the ol' Jayco Jay pull behind...Come Friday, there was NO WAY I was gonna crap in that port-o and just held it until we went to the gas station again for beer, which was a daily occurence.  Not much better though.  Keep in mind, this was end of April or the begining of May in Alabama, MAJOR SWAMPASS!

My adopted son, Lamarr Houston, once beat up Chuck Norris. Now thats a bad ass!

by kirk1005 on Mar 7, 2008 3:20 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Cain and Abels

hasn't changed much. When Austin and Ellis took over they added a bumch of stuff. Added stalls in the shitter and plasma screens. They have since been stolen. But the remaining brackets add a nice touch.

Chili Parlor? You don't shit in there man. You just don't.

I've seen in the Onion that the shitter at Emos was deemed "Too disgusting to shit in" i agree. If there is any room in Austin not worthy of my poop this is the one.

Someone mentioned ACL. I was volunteer coordinator for a couple of years for the fest. First year on the job on a Saturday, a guy comes up and (he'd had a few of something) and sheepishly says he was sent to ask for some help with a problem he was having and thought the volunteer staff could help. Seems he had gone to pee and in trying to un button his pants had put his keys in his mouth. After holding it so long he let out a gasp and in went the keys. He explained this to me and my response was "tough shit". Did I mention we were volunteers?

by UTHomeSearch on Mar 7, 2008 3:41 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Luckily I haven't had tooo but I've seen more

than any person should ever have to see...  You know what I mean?

"So what if I'm tired? I can rest when I die." -- Major Applewhite

by the1austin on Mar 7, 2008 4:11 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

How much

would they have had to pay you to actually go in after those keys?

by Wells on Mar 7, 2008 4:57 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Another nomination for worst in city...

Juan in a Million.  In the original building, where you walk in, there is a restroom that I couldn't believe.  It is literally 2 feet by 3 feet, I'm not kidding, if you are going to have to take a seat, you have to back in.  I'm 6'3 and about 250, so I'm a big dude, but the thing is like a restroom that belongs in Willy Wonka's Factory, not for humans.

Also, I am pretty sure, not 100% but pretty sure that its the only restroom in Austin where the men and women share a common sink just outside the crapper for both.  So, there are essentially two stalls, not kidding, man and women.  No urinals.

If you go there after a night of drinking on Saturday for Sunday morning breakfast I highly recommend knocking out the beer shits before you leave the house.

"So what if I'm tired? I can rest when I die." -- Major Applewhite

by the1austin on Mar 7, 2008 4:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Best/Worst Latrine

Best dumps I've ever taken were at my Grandpa's ranch.  No electricity, no real running water, so we had a hole dug some hundreds of feet from the shack where we stayed.  On top of this hole, there was a sort of short table with no top, to which we had affixed a toilet seat (nice, ceramic one, too), complete with lid (Don't know why, but it really made it feel like a toilet).  The flushing mechanism was a short garden shovel stuck in a pile of dirt beside the contraption.  You had to take your paper with you, and there was occasionally a slight smell from the previous patron if they hadn't "flushed" properly, but once you sat down, it was absolute silence.  Like, Duke free-throw silence.  Let me tell you that a perfect acoustic environment such as this one, coupled with a three foot drop, produced some of the most satisfying sounds I have ever heard.  I definitely recommend dropping one from a height.

Worst toilet was the same john at night.  Especially if you were in a hurry, you might be tempted to bypass the usual flashlight-inspection for scorpions.  Oh, and if that coiled brown thing in the hole starts rattling at you, just give it a good flush.  If you're brave, though, nothing beats coiling up a warm, steamy friend next to him.

Go boom, mothers. Please, just go boom.

by Horn Brain on Mar 7, 2008 4:23 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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