Toilet Modesty

[Salu]

This is one of the subjects that can only really be discussed on a forum. Not the sort of thing you bring up in the pub is it?

What do I mean? Well I got thinking about this on a recent visit to France where I observed that it is perfectly acceptable to be seen peeing on a tree or at the side of a building. The "Gents" is often rather exposed and one feels somewhat "on display" as you are micturating.

It's very different over here. If we need a pee when driving for example we tend to hike half a mile into the forest to avoid detection.

Why do we never see people go to the loo in films? Not that I particularly want to.....but it is not seen. It's almost taboo.

We have two young children. 4 and 18/12 and we have "found" ourselves not closing the door when we relief ourselves or not objecting to having the door pushed open. I'm not sure whether we are allowing our kids to grow up with less inhibitions or whether they will think it normal to pee in public. They do look rather strangely at us when we attempt to close the door when there are guests in the house for example....

Dunno whether you have any comments on this or whether this will turn how to be a "how sad" thread that will hang over my grave.....

[ian@huth]

I once went to a public toilet in France which was just one big room with a concrete trench down the middle. Whatever you wanted to do you had to do in that trench in full sight of anyone else that was there. No toilet paper or sink in there either. The locals didn't seem to bother in the slightest when crouching down with their pants round their ankles and thrusting away.

[Chris]

My dad never locked the door (or even shut it fully). When I was small I thought nothing of it. As I grew up, I found it increasingly gross. Now, I am happy to say, he locks the door.

I think whatever you try to bring your kids up to believe about that sort of thing, the influence of society at large is very strong. They'll pick up the idea that it's gross from somewhere else.

In our house we don't lock the door unless we have guests, but that was an acquired skill ... I found the idea of Mrs T seeing me straining away on the bog far too wierd for quite some time after we got married.

[etccarmageddon]

I'm not sure whether we are allowing our kids to grow up with less inhibitions or whether they will think it normal to pee in public.

I personally think you're a bad parent. Totally. Your kids will grow up to urinate all over the place. If this is the kind of generation that parents today are bringing up then there's no hope. I want to be able to walk the streets without worrying about kids weeing on me!

Why do we never see people go to the loo in films? Not that I particularly want to.....but it is not seen. It's almost taboo

People do go to the bog during movies but tend to miss critical elements of the film and often annoy other theatre patrons by their need to get past the chair.



my advice is simple - be careful about going public with your toilet activities - look at what happened to george michael!

[SOSAGES]

Originally Posted by Salu

Why do we never see people go to the loo in films? Not that I particularly want to.....but it is not seen. It's almost taboo.

1. dreamcatcher
2. goes twice
3.austin powers - fat ******* and austin goes for a lenghty pee at the start

and thats just the start ..

[Chris]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

People do go to the bog during movies but tend to miss critical elements of the film and often annoy other theatre patrons by their need to get past the chair.

I think he meant that we don't see the characters in the films going to the bog ...

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

<snip>People do go to the bog during movies but tend to miss critical elements of the film and often annoy other theatre patrons by their need to get past the chair.

Errr, I think he meant 'why do we rarely see members of the cast using the bog'. This does happen more so these days but people don't really want to see Tom Cruise or Angelina Jolie having a cr@p (well, only in specialist areas, anyway ). As with Towny and his wife, I don't particularly think Mrs Nug wants to see me while I'm sat on the throne.

On the other hand, I don't particularly see an issue with the door being open while there's number 1s taking place - I don't think it'll encourage kids to pee in the street as, again agreeing with Towny, they'll come to the conclusion that it's pretty rank as they get older (or at least until they've had a skinful in the pub, anyway).

[Chris]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

1. dreamcatcher
2. goes twice
3.austin powers - fat ******* and austin goes for a lenghty pee at the start

and thats just the start ..

This sort of illustrates the point, in a roundabout way. While I can't comment on Dreamcatcher (as I've not seen it), in Pulp Fiction, Tarantino's aim is to shock with images of extreme violence and drug taking. In the context that Salu has noted (namely the rarity of on-screen dumping in Western Cinema), Travolta going to the bog is just part of the film's explicit nature. In Austin Powers, the aim is also to disgust, albeit in a comic way.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

1. dreamcatcher
2. goes twice
3.austin powers - fat ******* and austin goes for a lenghty pee at the start

and thats just the start ..

Yeah, but one of the theories behind Pulp Fiction is that everything happens while Vincent is in the toilet (and, during the second one, he gets shot on the way out!)

[zoombini]

I have seen several films where they do.
Can't remember the names etc though.

Myself I don't like it, the door should remain closed, watching someone else have a pee or po is not what I'd call nice (although some may like it ).

[AndrewJ]

makes for crap entertainment.




whaaat??

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

I personally think you're a bad parent. Totally.

Possibly not the best thing to say to a parent here............

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

People do go to the bog during movies but tend to miss critical elements of the film and often annoy other theatre patrons by their need to get past the chair.

I think Salu meant on screen ... lol

And the thing i found starnge at first in a French bar was the communal toilets and the lack of 'proper' doors, a few beers soon sorted out any inhibitions i had
After that it seemed like the most natural thing in the world to pee whilst talking to some French lassie

[SOSAGES]

in dreamcatcher the fat guy at the start is on the loo and the alian comes out of his bum - nasty huh

and V vega goes to the loo to have a read and to wait for butch talking of the loo.

check this:

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Possibly not the best thing to say to a parent here............

I'm sure Salu realises the whole post was a send up.