“It started when I was a kid, maybe 7, 8 years old,” redditor Blu3Army73 tells us. “I was a little kid on a big toilet. I had to spread my legs to not fall in, and if I wore a long shirt, it could get in the way.”...
We’re all pretty set in our own oral care routines. Some of us brush our teeth before breakfast; others would argue that brushing after is the way to go. In the scramble to just get ourselves together and out the front door, most of us don’t think...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
“I was tripped by this mouthbreather Troy,” Mike Wheeler admits to Eleven on Stranger Things. “Mouthbreather?” Eleven asks, confused. “Yeah, you know, a dumb person,” Mike explains. Later in the episode, we hear Eleven hurl the “mouthbreather” insult at someone themselves for the first time. Of course, Stranger Things is...
What’s a guy working a normal job supposed to do when his friends and fellow colleagues are all busy blowing out the candles on their retirement cakes? Everyone’s career trajectory being different, it’s not hard to believe that some of us will still feel the urge to...
First off, congratulations: The fact that you have a date planned means you must be doing something right. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, though — if you want to be your best possible (hopefully naked later on) self, you need to make sure that whatever your...
One of the best tips on how to write an all-time classic work of fiction comes from E.M. Forster, who advised: “‘The King died, and then the Queen died’ is a story; ‘the King died and then the Queen died of grief’ is a plot.” It’s also,...
You haven’t felt true cold until you sit on the toilet when it’s dropped below freezing outside. But surely, human ingenuity can outwit a chilly piece of porcelain? We went searching far and wide for a solution to this glacial problem. Here are the options we uncovered:...
“Don’t get involved.” That was the singular message I got from the University of Maryland’s Geoffrey Greif, author of Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships on the subject of two of your guy friends suddenly being at odds. “You should role model for them that you’re sure they can work out...
“If it’s yellow, let it mellow!” Or as they say in the Caribbean, “In the land of sun and fun, we do not flush for number 1.” It’s a maxim held dear by the selective flusher, and despite what cleaning product commercials might have you believe, the...
First, a friendly trigger warning for anyone on the keto diet: Science shows that consuming carbohydrates in moderation is healthier than consuming them either in low amounts or not at all, which means bread isn’t actually the devil. That said, not all breads are created equal, which...
The human body is capable of expelling various offensive aromas (something we’re all unfortunately extremely familiar with). But which of the two most prevalent stenches is the most unpleasant: Body odor or bad breath? Let’s take a scientific look to crown the officially nose-wrinkling king of stink....
