AAPWPP
This might need to be filed under an “overshare” for tumblr, but whatever.
I came down with a small case of the flu yesterday - chills, fever - and a little bout of throwing up toward the end of the day. I was fairly miserable but managed to sleep through most of it.
This morning I woke up feeling better but soon discovered that the red headed step child of the flu was rearing it’s head - Diarrhea. In my opinion it’s 10 times worse than anything ever in life. I believe this so strongly that I once considered printing bumper stickers that said “Well, at least I don’t have diarrhea!” Anyways…
I headed down to RiteAid for a few things - TheraFlu, Gatorade and Chicken Noodle Soup. Then I decided to cruise down the aisle with Imodium AD to see if it was worth purchasing. That stuff is EXPENSIVE, so I passed it up. But there was this man who was in the aisle with me, intently staring at the toothpaste. I left the aisle to get something else, then returned down it to go to the register. The man must have been looking at Imodium or Beano or Preparation H or something - because as soon as he saw me coming he twirled around and pretended to be analyzing the toothpaste once again. Obviously embarrassed.
Which brings me to this - why is there such scorn around poop?! You get the flu and throw up everywhere - cool. You get a cold and snot all over everything in sight - fine. But you have one little bout with diarrhea and it’s like you’re being banished to an island full of diarrhea lepers.
So with the help of my creative friend Joe I am creating the AAPWPP. The American Association of People Who Poop Proudly. Anyone with me? Probably not. Oh well.
