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Subject:Re: porta potti and explosion(funny story)
From:Alan Pickersgill
Date:Fri, 10 Dec 1999 20:05:04 -0500

Amusing doesn't cover it Jeff ! Laughed so hard I thought I'd pee myself !

At 03:04 PM 10/12/99 -0800, Max/Joyce Wellhouse wrote:
>Jeff is definitely sharing too much!
>
>DM&FS
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Stewart <Fonman4277@aol.com>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 10:05 AM
>Subject: Re: porta potti and explosion(funny story)
>
>
>>Since we're back on the subject of porta-pottis, here's a funny story from
>my
>>trip to BBTT back in October. I had had a few beers after getting my
>daughter
>>to bed around 9:30. About 11:00pm, I decided to turn in myself. At around 3
>>am I woke to natures call, tried to ignore it, but couldn't. I carefully
>>climbed down from the top bunk, trying not to wake my daughter who was
>>sleeping in the lower bunk. It was dark- I mean really dark- fumbling
>around,
>>I find the porta-potti, raise the lid, kneel down and go about my business.
>>When I stood up, however, the knees of the sweat pants I was wearing were
>>wet, as were my feet . Yup, in the darkness I had missed the bowl
>completely
>>and had gone on the floor!!  Everything had "sounded" OK in the dark, had
>no
>>clue as to what I was doing til I stood up. Luckily, I had just carpeted
>the
>>camper with a scrap I picked up when my office was recarpeted- it went in
>the
>>dumpster at the campground. The sweat pants got shoved into one of the
>>plastic trash bags I'd brought along. Thought you all might find this
>>amusing.  Jeff S.
>
Alan Pickersgill
Ottawa, ON
Canada