Tim, Tom, Pam, John & Dick

Saturday, Jun. 14, 2008 - 2:31 a.m.

I was so sorry to hear about the passing of Tim Russert.

I've never heard so many colleagues and interview subjects sing the praises of a news person.

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I saw a mention of Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson and their kids all cohabitating again.

This is good, because they are both off of the streets and we know where they are.

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In other news, at just past midnight this fine Saturday morning, John asked me to survey my readership.

He wants to know if, when you take a phone call, do you bring the phone into the bathroom with you to continue the conversation.

I tend to do that without a second thought because back in 1983, I spent a total of a month and a half in the hospital after a bad car accident, and when that happens, your ability to make small talk while doing your duty into a bedpan gets a little more polished than it ever really should be. That time in the hospital redefined my personal boundaries forever, and unless you have gone through it, I guess it's hard to understand how you can speak to somebody while taking a leak.

These days, I don't even think about it.

But John wanted me to ask who does what. So I am.

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Hey, if there are any readers out on the far east coast, check and see if your local Christmas Tree Shop is still stocking Mill Farm Gummi Lighthouses.

If they are, please get in touch with me, because I want some.

Thank you.

Penis.

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Okay, that's it, have a nice Saturday.

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10 of my readers commented on this entry

art - 2008-06-14 12:33:37
i have, on occasion, talked on the telephone whist taking a dump, but i dont think i have done so whilst peeing. i used to take the fone in with me when i was showering, also, i have sat in a bathtub whilst on the fone!!! i was shocked when i came home from work to find tim russert died, only 58, and for me thats scary, he was only 8 years older than me. makes me think that i dont have that much time left. ACK! why end your post today with "thank you" "penis" ? interesting!!
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beanie - 2008-06-14 12:52:25
depends on who I'm talking to, and how bad I have to go! Usually not, though...
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Anne - 2008-06-14 13:32:09
hehe, depends on who I'm speaking with...and then how urgent it is! Usually yes, though because its mostly family and they are not frequent callers. See your d-land email for the gummy low-down....
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Jeff - 2008-06-14 13:44:08
Sure...I take the phone in the bathroom with me all the time. However, I will usually wait to flush until after I've hung up. Unless they are asking me for money. :-)
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Jamie - 2008-06-14 16:09:54
You already know that I do it. I have already -- with YOU. ;-)
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Mitter - 2008-06-14 18:40:12
What the hell is a "Christmas Tree Shop"?? Seriously - I have a HUGE thing about shopping - as in I can't STAND TO SPEND MONEY. *sigh* Tomorrow I'll be with some shoppers though - so I'll ask them. I only talk on the phone in the restroom with REALLY close friends, and only after telling them their choice is to 1.) Call back, 2.) be put on hold, 3.) Deal with it.
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Bob - 2008-06-14 18:43:01
With a bluetooth-enabled headset, all things are possible.
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bluesleepy - 2008-06-14 18:48:53
If I REALLY have to poop, I will take the phone into the bathroom with me. Peeing to me is no big deal, so I do that all the time. But generally the only person I talk to on the phone for any length of time is my best friend, and we already have an understanding that it's acceptable. One time my brother peed while I was on the phone with him, and I made fun of him for doing that because geez, men pee loudly! It was funny, though. I will most certainly keep my eye out for those gummi lighthouses the next time I'm at the Christmas Tree Shop. I think I need a few things there anyhow.
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Rosie - 2008-06-14 20:05:22
When you have the bladder capacity of a chipmunk, AND the lovely combo effect of two different medicines, one of which constipates you, the other which gives you the grizzly poos, taking the phone into the bathroom becomes a necessity. I do, however, wait to flush. I first saw an actual land-line phone in a bathroom at the Little America Inn in Flagstaff, AZ way back in 1976! It was a big thing in their advertising, so I guess THEY thought it was OK to chat whilst doing one's business.
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Hysmith - 2008-06-15 00:19:32
If I am on the phone when the urge hits, I try to hold off; there's a certain acoustic quality to the bathroom that I feel is obvious to the person on the other end. If I'm in there and it rings (yes, I carry my phone in there do Do Serious Duty--I have games on it...) I check the ID. If I know who it is and that person is likely to have something urgent to say--something about the kids, for example--then I pick up and wait to flush until I'm off the phone. Otherwise I have perfectly good voicemail. Gummi Lighthouses? I take it there's one of the infamous Rules that states any common object has a gummi doppelganger?
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