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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 12:09:49 -0600
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- From: Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
- Subject: Peeing and Walls (was Re: Inexcusable favouritism by Carolyn)
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- On Mon, 14 Dec 1992, Ruth M. Hanschka wrote:
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- > In a previous article, gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK (Graham Toal) says:
- > >
- > >Yeah? Bet you can't pee over the wall!
- > >
- > Why would she want to? Unless Tushar were on the other side, maybe....
-
- This reminds me of how I learned just how different boys were from girls.
- In the first grade, one day we were all queued up to do the
- bathroom-before-recess thing. As might be expected, there was a girls'
- line and a boys' line. I had already done my business and was in the line
- to go outside when Tommy Haygood came running pell-mell out of the boys'
- room yelling, "Mrs. Greenburg, Stan Gustas is peeing on the wall!" Well,
- of course, Mrs. Greenburg went into the restroom to stop this anarchist
- and subversive behavior.
-
- Me, I had this *huge* question mark hanging over my head for the rest of
- the day, trying to figure out how he did that (visualizing someone with
- the equipment I had attempting this maneuver) and failing miserably. So,
- of course, the minute I had the chance, I asked my mom. It seems the best
- questions are asked in an automobile, in 5 o'clock traffic. :)
-
- As for the rest of the story, no, I don't remember how my mother answered
- the question, but take my daughter as evidence that I figured it out. So
- I learned that 1) the apparati varied significantly and 2) boys didn't
- seem overly concerned with the state of their bathrooms.
-
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