Some people might leave the city and find life a bit different in the northern country. I’m up in the north country, or as they say in Kristi Noemland, the Nort Country. We’re not that far Nort or north, but just up in Northeast Michigan. Life is different up here. It seems it takes 3 times as much work and costs 3 times as much to execute tasks.
That Eagle does not just S__T on Friday. Just an old expression from the Henry Ford Generation. One thing that is different up here is they have ‘Outhouses.’ I know, at first, I thought it was ewww… Outhouses get a bad rap, but they definitely have their advantages
- You have no plumbing issues___ No line leaks or breaks.
- You do not have to remember to flush___ just wipe and go or some… Just go!
- No need to remember to put the toilet seat down___its always down if it has one?
- They can be as clean, dirty, and aerated as any public bathroom like Walmart.
- You can use all the toilet paper you want___ You cannot plug the commode.
- You actually could throw Tampons and napkins down____ Modern outhouses get pumped out, so they sometimes ask you not to do that. Pee, puke, poop, and toilet paper only! Just like the ones attached to the sewer lines.
I’m sure there are more advantages, and I am also sure I am not the first or only person to think of this. Nonetheless, like Walmart, one disadvantage is that you must use what they provide unless you bring your own toilet paper. It’s a good idea often the Outhouse toilet paper can be a bit ruff! Sometimes, it’s relatively thin, like Walmart. Don’t they know when toilet paper is that thin you use twice as much or more? Risk/Reward. But still, you can use all the toilet paper you need. In the outhouse, perhaps not Walmart, you might plug the commode.
The Rangers said they used to put good Charmin Toilet paper in the outhouses, but the Bears were stealing them. It stopped when they changed the toilet paper to thin, cheap stuff. You learn something new all along life. I heard the Ranger say the Charmin Blue and the Red Bears were stealing the toilet paper. I always thought bears s__t in the woods. Whether you are a Blue Bear, Red Bear, or anyone else. Do not let home habits stop you from being Charmin clean.
Oh! I almost forgot one of the major advantages of the old outhouse. Sometimes, you get lucky and hit just the right plop. With a good plop, the water in the hole can splash right up to wash your crack—just like a European Bidet. It can feel so refreshing!
It all sounds better than corn cobs and Roman bathrooms with multiple seats in a row. With multiple seats someone might be there to help you if you fall in. Perhaps that is where the expression; ‘Did U Fall In?’ came from.
Some people climb in. Another disadvantage is that dropping something in the outhouse hole can be quite different than dropping something in a modern toilet. A woman rescued from muck inside Otsego County outhouse after trying to find her Apple Watch that she dropped down the commode!
Jennifer Dixon Detroit Free Press September 20, 2023
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G541jAt3jqY
Out Houses are not just for people but for Birds as well although the above one would probably be used for a nest. It’s just that you are not supposed to S__T in your own nest.
What an advance the outhouse was in advancing civilization. Before the toilet seat was invented. Why bother with a toilet? Just dig a hole in the ground. Squatter Toilets! I don’t think I can even assume that position anymore.
Ron DeSantis, in Florida is:
‘Shouting Out ‘The Outhouse’
State records initially showed the specific contract amount for Portal Potties was for $22 million. However, recent reports from Florida state legislators (as of February 2026) have cited figures as high as $93 million in total spending on “portal-potties” from emergency funds. Contracts were actually signed and fronted by the State of Florida (specifically the Florida Division of Emergency Management) under Governor DeSantis’s emergency orders. Florida is currently seeking reimbursement from the federal government (FEMA/ICE) for these costs. Source: Gemini
I can see why Governor DeSantis’s needs these portal potties. He and his cronies are full of crap!
