Announcing lavatorial intent.

I can't see anything wrong with that. I always say "I am going to the lavy" My Pa a mariner used to say he was "going to the heads" an old maritime saying.

I find the tv advert where the boy has to get up in the middle of his class to go to the wc absolutely excruciating! Not only does he have to pick up a toilet roll and walk out of class with it, but when he gets out of class virtually the whole school is waiting out there chanting. I know it’s a normal bodily function but how does that ad make it less embarrassing for kids?

mabon2

I can't see anything wrong with that. I always say "I am going to the lavy" My Pa a mariner used to say he was "going to the heads" an old maritime saying.

Oh yes, the heads! ⚓

ViceVersa

Everyone does it - even the Queen! I have no problem with it at all - and we have no locks on our bathroom door either (took them off when the children were very little after our niece managed to lock herself in her own bathroom and the door had to be broken down). As for the farting, you really wouldn't want to live in our house - between me with my IBS/DD, husband who could win Olympic medals if it were a sport and the dog, you'd definitely be clutching those pearls!

Everyone does it
ViceVersa I remember some advice given to me by an older colleague when I was in my first job, that if anyone intimidated you, just look at them while they're talking and imagine them sitting on the lavatory. Everyone has to do it, they're no different, she said.

My mother always said she was “just going to see her aunt”.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that anywhere else.
The heads is pretty common around here though, very much a boating community.

In a restaurant announcing you need the loo might be a bit off putting but in your own home where is probably only one loo, then if you're going to be in there a longer while than normal, I feel that it's only polite to ask if other members of the household if they need a wee before you occupy the bathroom for longer than ten minutes. My husband has always asked us if we need the the loo before he goes and that's all he says and we all know what it means... the bathroom will be out of bounds for about 20 minutes, especially after him having bowel cancer.

In restaurants, I often ask a waiter or other person where the loos are, as it is not always obvious. Surely asking for the loo is synonymous with saying why you want to visit it.

A bit more polite than saying I'm going for a sh*t, I guess

Always announce it, especially at work. Don't always say going to the loo, sometimes say just going for a wee. Can't see a problem, see all have to go

I'm in the "just going to the loo" camp although sometimes I also do " excuse me a moment".
I also ask the OH to "pause the telly" because I don't want literally to lose the plot.
Both the OH and I have had bowel operations in the last 15 years and things can get a bit erratic in that department.
I also find the little boy going to the loo in front of the school advert excruciating.
I don't think that there is anything wrong with euphamism if that's the way you roll.
I always say to OH "how would you like it if I announced .... that I was going for a s***?

I say “going to the loo” or “ pay a visit” and I’m going to carry on with powdering my nose😄
My DH called loos with no locks “constipation loos”

Excusing myself at a meal with an old boyfriend, he replied “Of course, you’ve got to empty yourself”😨
Magenta8😂

As an aside, something popped up on Facebook telling me that I could stay in a converted public toilet in Oxford, it’s now a hotel with 2 suites. It’s called The Netty ( which only NorthEasterners like me would understand!) But I don’t think it’s for me, anyone can wander down the steps and bang on the door, several reviews alluded to security concerns but it looks quirky and fun.

What about Onslow in ‘Keeping up Appearances??’ 😂.

Who cares? Does it bother you that much?? 🤣

No , just find it irritating as I have mentioned a few times within the thread.

Excuse me, folks, I'm just off to visit the little room.

Well done , are you telling us because you need some help ?😁

ginny

Well done , are you telling us because you need some help ?😁

No, I just thought you might miss me 😁

Doodledog

Mollygo

Do tell, Ashcombe.
I don’t know the ^other connotations^

Seriously?

Cocaine is a powder that users sniff up their noses. I don’t partake myself, but I would have thought that was obvious 😀

How rude! You ‘would have thought it was obvious’, you said. Well, bully for you. Like Mollygo, I didn’t know the other meanings either!
I thought your comment unnecessary and snooty!

Crossstitchfan in fairness Doodledog did end with a smiley emoji.
The 'other' meaning didn't dawn on me either till Doodle explained. I didn't take offence though. I could imagine it being laughingly pointed out, in a similar way to Doodle, if the subject came up in a group
conversation.

Does everyone know how to go to the toilet with politeness and decorum now? 😀

When we were out and about as a family, my Dad would say loudly, "I'm just going to hold my own."
Mum used to cringe and pretend he wasn't with us 🫣

crossstitchfan
I didn’t take offence, because I missed the response.
Only the words seriously and thought that was obvious could be considered a bit know it all.
I am actually impressed that Doodledog knows so much about using cocaine, despite protestations about not partaking.

You’ve got a point, Mollygo.

When I was a child I can remember hearing my father talking about “going to see a man about a dog”
I also remember being very disappointed each time he came back without one.