2005 - October

[johnb]

I feel duty bound to defend poor Paula, it was only - to use the Sctottish - a "wee" stop

Is this true? I never saw the famous incident, since it wasn't broadcast here in Spain. Such was the furore that I assumed it was something more than a sly piss. After all tour de france riders do this all the time, squirting their wee over anyone and everyone. And I'm sure I once read that Bernard Hinault or some similarly superhuman cyclist continued in one mountain stage with runny number twos squirting out his shorts.

On Tim's confessional note, I have from time to time been caught short - on longer runs into the hills I carry paper (after one unfortunate incident with a leaf). Anywhere near a car pulling in point in the Sierra Nevada contains a large selection of human output, incidentally.

The question is, if you are in the middle of nowhere what do you do with it? I used to stow it beneath a rock, but apparently this slows down the natural breakdown - my old turds could live longer than me. Should I start carrying a trowel?