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Porcelain Throne Days…

toiletMany of us will spend more time than usual on the porcelain throne today. Maybe that’s why the Friday after Thanksgiving is so widely observed as a holiday, so we can stay close to the water closet. Yesterday’s feeding orgy is paid for with today’s gastric and digestive ailments. Some may suffer … did you ever hear of anyone enjoying? … the green apple quick step, a.k.a., ahemmmm … diarrhea. Others may become bound up in the throes of constipation.

It has been said that the web has answers for everything. In support of that premise, there is a web-site dedicated to the latter, and probably has links for the former. Are you ready for this? Let’s Talk Constipation dot com.

If you are one of the millions of afflicted Americans, take your laptop or plenty of reading material into the little privacy space to occupy your time and mind during your visits. And happy shi… er, uh, sitting…

2 Comments so far

  1. twomartini November 23rd, 2007 11:15 am

    Actually, one of the most enjoyable moments in my life is sitting down on the Friday after Thanksgiving and weighing two pounds less when I stand back up. Those are rare the times in life when such activities can create such great pleasure.

  2. jackie November 26th, 2007 1:11 pm

    i have a name for the flu…i call it the ’sit down defecate,jump up spin around and regurgerate boogie’….