By
Blaine Arcade (in a sense)
The Second of Four Bathroom Breaks
As a child not quite out of diapers yet, did you ever have the fear that the toilet would suck you down into it and you would drown or be crushed, or both, in its pipes? I didn’t, but I’ve heard people say things like that. It’s always a joke; they’re always reflecting on how dumb they were, how frightening new things are, and how a toilet might carry with it all the fears associated with water in general. If you showed one to a small animal it would just think of it as another place it could potentially drink or drown.
I didn’t have those fears, but I struggle with them now as an adult. I have a legitimate reason, though not one you are likely to believe. As the heading of this section says, I’ll be talking about the second of four things. The proper place to start is the first, so if you haven’t read my first, I suppose you could call it an account, I encourage you to do so. It will be much easier to follow along that way. The first one is called Captain Rob Fights, and it can probably be found near wherever you found this one. Continue reading →