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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
Always wondered why there were so few Brits on the Oregon Trail..
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posted on
11/11/2006 8:54:11 AM PST
by
onehipdad
(Praying for the enlightenment of dumba$$ liberals everywhere....)
To: MadIvan
"It is known as the 'secret' or 'silent' phobia because of its double whammy impact,"... Often times "toilet phobia" is augmented by "oral phobia" which can lead to "silent phobia" but not necessarily contained to "silent phobia".
Some have been stricken with "dog do phobia" which is the avoidance of dog do because of their other phobia's impact on them and also some have been stricken with "bear phobia" because well, we all know what bears do in the woods, and in some extreme cases some have been stricken with "plumber phobia" which is the avoidance of having plumbing repaired, however the most prevalent off shot phobia is the phobia many acquire for the numbers 1 and 2.
We need some serious government investment in this phenomena before it destroys civilization as we know it.
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posted on
11/11/2006 8:54:40 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Lord help me be the conservative liberals fear I am.)
To: MadIvan; UltraKonservativen
Reminds me of Wembley Stadium and the underground station before and after the FA Cup Final
123
posted on
11/11/2006 8:55:58 AM PST
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: Gumdrop
I am not good with public loos but the receptionist at work is even worse there are some events she will not go to because of it.
124
posted on
11/11/2006 8:57:00 AM PST
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: MadIvan
125
posted on
11/11/2006 8:59:01 AM PST
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: KoRn
What is this tooth brush thing with Americans about the Brits most Brits I know are very particular about cleaning their teeth and dental hygiene.
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:00:42 AM PST
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: MadIvan
***At least four million Britons suffer from debilitating toilet phobias and most are too embarrassed to seek help,***
Let me guess... These are the only toilets left that still face Mecca.
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:01:29 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Out of the Hospital again! Glad I voted a week earlier!)
To: Solamente
My dad tells the story of rats down the toilet when he was a child, they had a dog who was a ratter and she used to get hold of them by the throat and bash their heads against the wall till she killed them.
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:02:17 AM PST
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: MadIvan
I always say "I am going to the sh*t house, so talk loud or turn up the volume if you can't handle gross noises."
When I was younger I tried to not pee in the water when oneing it, but too often missed the commode completely. It finally dawned upon me that my host or hostess would rather listen to a few seconds on Niagara Falls than mopping up the great flood.
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:07:09 AM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(We'll stop calling you liberals,liberals, as soon as a better word for "sh*t for brains" is coined.)
To: Gorzaloon; coop71
This is an example of over pampering and national health care failures. When you have the federal government funding national health care, you can generate more funds by finding more "phobias" or problems.
As to over pampering, I see it in my niece and nephew. Their mother (college educated teacher, with a masters in special needs) sees everything her kids complain about as a potential catastrophe. She has trained them to believe many things (like they can't drink their milk cold, or the can't walk on the grass barefoot, etc.). Although, when the kids are left at our house for a few days, they either do it or do with out, but no pampering to reinforce their growing phobia's. Inside of 48 hours, most of their nonsense goes away, but as soon as mom shows back up, the phobias return.
To the people who say they "can't" use a public bathroom or go #2 in a public toilet, your wrong. The right phrase is "you refuse to use" not "can't." There is a big difference.
To: san juan
Of course I giggle at fart jokes, don't you?
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:16:08 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Gorzaloon
Hahaha, I have SUCH a difficult time not responding to MY wife's posts on here! We have a truce about not bringing the threads home. It is very hard, but today we are being extremely sad and sitting in the same room on different computers!
Do we use our wives to scare the spiders away so it is safe for us, thereby never seeing the dreaded Loo Spiders?
I am way too much of a chicken where spiders are concerned, I scream for help!
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:36:10 AM PST
by
Mrs Ivan
(English, and damned proud of it.)
To: HighWheeler
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:37:26 AM PST
by
Mrs Ivan
(English, and damned proud of it.)
To: MonroeDNA
Who are you and why are you asking such rude questions?
134
posted on
11/11/2006 9:38:15 AM PST
by
Mrs Ivan
(English, and damned proud of it.)
To: coop71
I don't like going # 2 in a public toilet, as in a retail store or movie theater. Don't like a porta-potty for anything at all.
But as for while at work?
As one of my most beloved coworkers says: Don't sh*t on your time, don't work on *their* time. LOL!
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:38:48 AM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
(Suicide Bomb Instructor: "Now pay attention, I'm only gonna do this once...")
To: MadIvan
Calling it a toilet is also going for the euphemism. It is a clo and has been since civilization arrived in the eastern Mediterranean.
136
posted on
11/11/2006 9:39:41 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA DLQS GSCW)
To: Mrs Ivan; Gorzaloon
I am way too much of a chicken where spiders are concerned, I scream for help! I can attest to that.
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:42:23 AM PST
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: MonroeDNA
"But, no matter how funny we might find it, it's certainly no laughing matter for almost seven per cent of the population who are reported to suffer from this condition." You always KNOW when a truth is invented, when it is "Seven" of this, or "Seventy" of that.
A slow day in the newsroom.
a Google search reveals mostly UK origins, quack Herbal remedy nonsense, and this thing, on a UK equivalent of Geocities, etc.
http://home.freeuk.net/parcopresis/
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posted on
11/11/2006 9:50:49 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
("Illegal Immigrant": The Larval form of A Democrat.)
To: MadIvan
I have leporiphobia, fear of rabbits/hares, and I am proud of it. Those filthy war criminals.
139
posted on
11/11/2006 10:11:51 AM PST
by
Ptarmigan
(Ptarmigans will rise again!)
To: MadIvan
Toilet phobias range from a mild dislike of public loosThat's called 'normal.'
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posted on
11/11/2006 10:12:46 AM PST
by
HitmanLV
("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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