Carrying on a certain theme of late …
The high point of SBL may well have come today, just before a session in which I was involved in some ways. I was busting for a crap and knew I needed to present my paper shortly. A desperate search revealed that each cosy conference room had its own, somewhat intimate toilet, opening out directly into the room. The toilet in our room was ‘out of service’, so I thought, ‘what that hell’, and ducked into the one next door. Given my propensity, shall we say, for a good purge, I left behind something that would have made an elephant feel insecure. Slipping out of the room in order to return next door, I could clearly see the wilting effect on those who had gathered.
23 November, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Hmmmm! It just happens that the room next to us was flooded while I was presenting my paper for the AAR, Saturday from 9-11:30 AM. I wonder…
Was the the scene of the crime one of the Marriott Marqui’s Sierra rooms?
23 November, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Indeed it was, Sierra I or H, I believe.
23 November, 2011 at 5:50 pm
The man who raced in after me was somewhat delirious.
23 November, 2011 at 5:51 pm
It is a very common, earthy thing, really. One we all share.
24 November, 2011 at 8:59 am
I am not sure everyone shares it., Roland. Deane was at ETS; maybe we should ask him what he saw/heard/smelled….
24 November, 2011 at 2:08 pm
It seemed that every time I was sitting in a cubicle, there was all sorts of loud grunting going on in the adjacent cubicles. No poo smell whatsoever, though – they were obviously a saintly lot.
26 November, 2011 at 11:28 am
Deane, I never grunt, since it always slides out with ease …
23 November, 2011 at 11:21 pm
What?!? I introduce you to Jorunn Buckley, and your bowel movement ranks as the high point of SBL? For shame.
26 November, 2011 at 11:27 am
A fuller assessment is on its way; actually, it’s posted now. You, um, feature in it.
26 November, 2011 at 11:36 am
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