4 Million Find Toilets Take The Piss
Friday, November 10th, 2006Most people know the problem with public toilets - god damned nastiness. Pee pee on the floor, graffiti on the walls, doo-doo on the seat (so I’ve heard). However, most people aren’t scared of their own wee-wee seats. The National Phobics Society estimates that around 4 million Britons are affected by “Toilet Phobia” (I know we make up some crap here on Neebone but not this, I swear…).
Toilet phobia is thought to have other conditions behind it:
Professor Paul Salkovskis, a leading clinical psychologist, said that the phobia was a result of societies inability to embrace the shitter - unlike monkeys, which regularly sniff each others asses and sling poo at passers by in places like jungles and London Zoo.
“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.”
Well actually, most people I know say “I’m going to the toilet”, “I need to pee” or “Damn, my ass. I need to take a shit, excuse me”, so I guess that’s only for those elloquent individuals in higher society whom are unrequired to deficate in general.