WITHOUT STUDIES WE WOULD KNOW NOTHING

All around the world, women are better empathizers than men, study finds

(Thanks to GJ)

Half of all Americans (51%) hide out in their bathroom when they want some much-needed peace and quiet, a recent survey of 2,000 respondents says.

(Thanks to Michael Parry)

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[Meanie the Blue]

Ask me if I care.

*Flushes*

[George Costanza]

I'll be gobsmacked the next time I read a story about a woman empathizing with the snake she just in her toilet bowl by allowing it to reside in her bath tub.

[JG]

Ralphie Parker, in 'A Christmas Story', pointed out that the bathroom was the only place he could be alone and decode Little Orphan Annie's secret message

[Elaine Benes]

So where do the other half hide?

[man tom]

Rap, rap, rap..."you have to come out of the bathroom, there is only one in the building for everyone to use...you have been in there 30 minutes, what are you doing in there?

"No, I need some much needed peace and quiet."

*A 3 year old girl once locked herself in our bathroom for an extended period of time. I could here the water running through the door. I rapped on the locked door and said, "You have to come out, other people are waiting to use the restroom."

She said, "No."

I had to force the door open. The little girl was playing with the hand soap dispenser under the water trying to figure out how to get the little mermaid figurine out of the soap bottle.

The next time she came with her mother I locked the inside door and considered hiding in the bathroom for some much needed peace and quiet.

*Really, has any one of you ever in your life 'hid' in the bathroom to get some peace and quiet? Never mind. Or, go ahead and reveal yourself. Whatever.

[man tom]

'Hear' the water running

[man tom]

You know when you find tennis shoe prints on the lids of your toilet someone has been there who was not there for some peace and quiet.

[man tom]

I dated a woman who kept putting herself at another one's place.

[nursecindy]

I'm very empathetic right up until someone says or does something stupid. Then all bets are off.

[wanderer2575]

Depending on one's diet, the bathroom might be the last place one could expect peace and quiet.

[man tom]

I have a great deal of empathy spread throughout my day. I have to keep reminding myself not to wound some of the people I come across.

[Buddy the Elf what's your favorite color]

I need some "Alone Time," Papa.

[Pullet Surprise]

My constipated father used to sit on the toilet to work out his problems. Like already mentioned in the list, it creates and irregularity in and otherwise regular household.

[wanderer2575]

Remember: How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you are.