What a load of poo!!

[TheMonkey]

Was it touching cloth?

It was positively scraping it

[BoredBloke]

I would say that most of this is down to public bogs being dirty, having no bog roll and facing the distinct possibility of meeting George Micheal there. I personally try to do all my pooing on company time using their bogs and paper. I have even rushed to work early for a 'pressing engagement'

Weekends I have to use my own bog, but I have still reduced my bog roll usage down to 2/7.

[Buffoon]

We had someone who started tulipting in the bins at work!

That’s a good idea! I must start doing that. Now that I have found God through bowel movements, I must spread his word.

[SallyAnne]

I know a guy who only ever tulips in public toilets. It's like a cat thing. He's a pain in the arse to play pool with because half way through a game he disapears for a tulip.

We had someone who started tulipting in the bins at work! Clearly didn't suffer from this particular disorder!

[Flubster]

I'm like that. I had a turtle's head once and managed to get from the A5 Edgware Road all the way to Leytonstone in 22 mins (driving at 95mph round the North Circular) rather than sh!t in a public bog.

Was it touching cloth?

[Joe Black]

Perhaps he's just trying to save a penny or two...

[MarillionFan]

I know a guy who only ever tulips in public toilets. It's like a cat thing. He's a pain in the arse to play pool with because half way through a game he disapears for a tulip.

[hyperD]

Paruresis ('shy bladder' syndrome) - the fear of urinating in the company of others

I know people who pay good money to do that.

Parcopresis ('bashful bowel' syndrome) - the inability to defecate in public toilets

Parcoaimis ("scat-agun" syndrome) - the inability to get your stool to reside in the bowl, rather than up the wall or all over the door handle.

[n5gooner]

I'm like that. I had a turtle's head once

Not sure I wanted to know that! Too much information!!!

[TheMonkey]

I maybe in the first stage of this.
I don't use public toilets and if i have to ,i put layers and layers of toilet paper on it.

I'm like that. I had a turtle's head once and managed to get from the A5 Edgware Road all the way to Leytonstone in 22 mins (driving at 95mph round the North Circular) rather than sh!t in a public bog.

[Buffoon]

I found God while having a mega dump. I thank it all to Chico.

[andy]

I maybe in the first stage of this.
I don't use public toilets and if i have to ,i put layers and layers of toilet paper on it.

[BoredBloke]

Millions 'hit by toilet phobia'

A source of anguish for many
A campaign is being launched to raise awareness of the crippling impact of toilet phobia.
The National Phobics Society estimates at least four million Britons are affected - but the true number could be many more.

In some cases people refuse to leave their homes, and risk their health.

The society has classified the disorder as an anxiety condition in its own right, and is launching a self help book and DVD.

Toilet phobia can simply be manifest as a mild distaste for public loos.

No matter how funny we might find it, it's certainly no laughing matter

Nicky Lidbetter
National Phobias Society


'I was reluctant to go out'

But some people develop such an intense obsession that they are left housebound, and may refuse to undergo potentially life-saving medical examinations.

They may deny themselves fluids, which can harm the kidneys, or take drugs to avoid "accidents".

Many sufferers will not even take a job if a toilet is located off a communal area and they can be observed going in or out.

And routine situations requiring the provision a urine sample fill some patients with terror.

Experts believe that the stigma surrounding the phobia means that many people refuse to admit they have a problem.

The National Phobics Society (NPS) hopes its new campaign will go some way to tackling this issue.

It also argues the medical profession needs educating about toilet phobia in order to encourage sufferers to come forward.

Taboo

Nicky Lidbetter, NPS manager, said: "Few people will talk about having an anxiety disorder in the first place, but for them to admit that they have a toilet-related phobia is rare because of the obvious embarrassment and humiliation of being laughed at or not being taken seriously.

"But, no matter how funny we might find it, it's certainly no laughing matter. We have to tackle this condition head on."

Professor Paul Salkovskis, a leading clinical psychologist, said part of the problem was society's squimishness about going to the toilet.

"Around the world we use a lot of humour and euphemism to describe what is a basic human function.

"We say 'I'm going to the bathroom' or 'I'm going to powder my nose' because there is a taboo surrounding using the toilet."

Several conditions are thought to be behind toilet phobia. These include:


Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) linked to a fear of contamination

Agoraphobia - an anxiety disorder manifesting itself in a sense of feeling trapped and the need to escape

Paruresis ('shy bladder' syndrome) - the fear of urinating in the company of others

Parcopresis ('bashful bowel' syndrome) - the inability to defecate in public toilets
Treatments include cognitive behaviour therapy, which helps people to break the cycle of faulty thinking, and hypnosis.

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this comes from the 'latest' thing at the top of the beeb news website. Must be a quiet news day then if this ranks as one of the top news stories of the day!