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SQUUUUUUUUARK!!! You know how the subject of toilets and elimination invariably pops up between the lime sorbet and the spatchcock fricassee? Well, it often pops up in Fridaysville, because the holy grail of bicycle travel, apart from finding a good bakery, is finding a place to relieve oneself on the road. Chuck Holmes sent in the above photo. Over to Chuck: Dear Bike Friday Gang, As you should probably know, bicycles have been my major form of transportation during the past 15 years since my retirement at age 62. I have an old Currie Electric I can't seem to part with, a really nice Marin Comfort designed to my tastes and our "Little Red"... I've enclosed a photo of my new bike, necessitated by my advancing years ... now 77! They didn't have a folding model but as a 3 wheeler used just around my neighborhood, it should do me nicely. Thanks much, Chuck Homes chuck.homes@cox.net Well Chuck, as long as it has a half flush for a #1 we'll endorse it - there's a drought out there you know. Do you have a composting version? GALS, do you want to pee like a man? Now before you screech a resounding nyet, think about it ... those long lines, traipsing across parks looking for the Ladies, wearing out your welcome in Starbucks when there's a perfectly good tree nearby ... I just got this curious item in my email box from Jennifer C in Berkeley who swears by it for traveling. You'll still need to wash your hands though! You'll also find it linked under www.bikefriday.com/women - where else? Apparently, if you don't want to shell out for such hands-on tuition, there's this DIY link, a bit like learning to ride a bike no hands from a book ... FINALLY, there's the trick of leaving your bike on one side the road, running off and peeing on the other. Idea is that people will be so interested in seeing an abandoned bike up for grabs, they won't even notice you abluting on the other side of the double yellow line. just be quick about it! |
June 18, 2008: The Stand to Pee Man responds ... I see you have posted something about my teachings in your blog! It's funny, several other bloggers of note have written about this and I can always tell when this happens, as I get the most off-the-wall emails. My typical emails are from college-aged gals who heard of this from some Facebook post, or from another girl after a night of drinking at a beach party. Of course, I also have received notes and queries from some rather prominent women as well, none of whom shall be mentioned! Here are a sampling of some of the emails that your post has generated today, and how I determined that you were the culprit! "I envy you, sir. You hold the dream job of every red-blooded (expletive deleted)..." "I found the link to your site from a post by Lynette Chiang (http://www.bikefriday.com/women) on her site. Is this for real? You are on to something here!" "You can put your hands on me anytime, sweetie! Where in Northern California are you?" "You are going against God's will. You (bleep, bleep, bleep)..." Houston Chronicle: http://blogs.chron.com/memo/archives/2008/01/post_168.html |
A customer just returned from a cross country jaunty on her Friday and sent along this tip: I tried using the poncho. I thought it would be better than a cloth sarong because I was afraid I'd pee on it, and I'm sure I did. The poncho doesn't work when there's any breeze at all (that's why I peed on it). I only tried it 2-3 times. The wind was blowing all the time. Now it's rolled up inside a plastic grocery bag. Maybe I'll take it out in the yard and hose it down good would notice when we passed a likely spot. Then I would decide if I needed to go. I knew it was a good spot if, when I walked there, there was lots of old toilet paper lying around. I NEVER left my paper behind. I used a plastic bag that I threw all our trash in when we were on the road. There were times when I think the cars could see my head and maybe even my upper body, but I told myself that was okay. I would experimentally squat and then look to see if I could see the road. Also I squatted with my back to the road. Sometimes hubby would walk over to the other side of the road and try to do something distracting. [Like squat? - Ed] When we started the Kansas part of the trip, I sprayed myself with Deet to keep the chiggers and ticks off me before I went into the bushes. I only did that when I was going in a "shady" area. If it was sunny, chiggers weren't supposed to be there. Every time I got out of the bushes I looked and had Herschel check me for chiggers and ticks. A friend told me years ago that her old Appalachian Granny peed standing up in the woods and she watched her when she was small. When I asked "how" she just described her "assuming the stance" and going ... SCREEEEEECH! Fred says, if you have to stand up like a meerkat, you might be better off squatting. We birds are lucky - no one ever thinks to look up and pity the poor bugger who does ... |
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