Elmo Doesn't Speak Up on His Cellphone, Mom's Suit Alleges
That sounds like a case for Tommy Hotcrotch!
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2005 11:04:38 am PDT #5557 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2005 11:05:38 am PDT #5558 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
To me, it helps increase the privacy, so I can pretend that the other people can't hear any other noises I might be making as well
No! It means their ear-attention is pointing right at you! The gaps inbetween your words? They can't escape hearing you tinkle. The stalls have ears.
there used to be a law in RI that at least one ladies room in every non-residential building had to have a cot or such like
Was there a rationale for that? I mean, a good one?
Connie Neil - Jun 29, 2005 11:06:00 am PDT #5559 of 10001
brillig
Big and/or fluffy skirts aren't impossible in regular bathroom stalls, but I prefer the handicapped stall.
I don't know how you do this everyday, Jilli. The one time I wore Elizabethan with the 20-yards of skirt (in two skirts) and the hoops and the boned bodice that prevents normal bending in the torso, I was trapped with only normal sized stalls at the event site. I sat there nearly in tears wondering if I was going to have to take the whole damned mess off to cope properly.
There are a million untold stories in history. How people coped with normal bodily functions in crazy clothes is one of them.
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2005 11:07:31 am PDT #5560 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How people coped with normal bodily functions in crazy clothes is one of them.
Peed right there in the street, right?
Kathy A - Jun 29, 2005 11:07:48 am PDT #5561 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
How people coped with normal bodily functions in crazy clothes is one of them.
Crotchless drawers, connie.
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2005 11:08:04 am PDT #5562 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There are a million untold stories in history. How people coped with normal bodily functions in crazy clothes is one of them.
Monkeys carrying chamber pots would assist you.
DXMachina - Jun 29, 2005 11:09:18 am PDT #5563 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Was there a rationale for that? I mean, a good one?
I'm sure there was some sort of rationale, a paternal respect for female frailty?
Oh, wait, you said a good one...
The law also required that women get a lunch break. Men could go hungry.
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2005 11:10:05 am PDT #5564 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That sounds like a case for Tommy Hotcrotch!
There should totally be a lawyer with that name.
"The 't' is silent, your honor. Accent on the second syllable."
DXMachina - Jun 29, 2005 11:10:42 am PDT #5565 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
How people coped with normal bodily functions in crazy clothes is one of them.
You don't even have to go that far back. When I was in college, bodystockings were all the rage.
Atropa - Jun 29, 2005 11:10:44 am PDT #5566 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I don't know how you do this everyday, Jilli.
Years of practice? Years of wrangling Giant!Fluffy!Skirts at nightclubs with less-than-ideal bathrooms?
Hoops are easy. As long as you have a good grip on the fabric and one tier of boning, hoop skirts can be flipped up, twisted sideways, and generally compressed to be smaller while using the bathroom. Hoops + petticoats + corset? That takes a bit more wiggling.