Tracy in Ky Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 "Did you know that rats can hold their breath for 2 days, and can enter the house by toilet?" LOL! Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 she is confusing rats with cockroaches. Either way, hope she is wrong!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelmaLou Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Too funny! My husband heard the same thing about the toilet. He was told by an employee at Lowe's that when you remove a toilet for any length of time, you should cover the opening because snakes and rats can enter the house that way. I strongly suspect that's an urban legend. But my husband covered the hole with a huge plastic bucket and placed three 20 lb weights on top until he could replace the toilet. (We removed it to peel wallpaper, texture, and paint behind it.)When it was time to install the new potty, he was so funny. Keep in mind that he's a former pro football player. Big guy. Brave. Protector of our home. He told me and the boys to leave the bathroom. He pulled the weights off and before he pulled the bucket away from the opening he was ready with a sledgehammer in one of his hands to pound the beast that might be waiting at the top of that hole. I was in hyseterics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 LOL to both of you!!! I am dying!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Is it true? I ask in earnest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Too funny! My husband heard the same thing about the toilet. He was told by an employee at Lowe's that when you remove a toilet for any length of time, you should cover the opening because snakes and rats can enter the house that way. I strongly suspect that's an urban legend. But my husband covered the hole with a huge plastic bucket and placed three 20 lb weights on top until he could replace the toilet. (We removed it to peel wallpaper, texture, and paint behind it.)When it was time to install the new potty, he was so funny. Keep in mind that he's a former pro football player. Big guy. Brave. Protector of our home. He told me and the boys to leave the bathroom. He pulled the weights off and before he pulled the bucket away from the opening he was ready with a sledgehammer in one of his hands to pound the beast that might be waiting at the top of that hole. I was in hyseterics. I know someone who had a snake in her toilet. I'm pretty sure the snake didn't enter through the front door and slither into the toilet to take a nap. I always look before I sit :ohmy:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhesa Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Nope...not an urban legend. I've actually had this happen to me (thank goodness, not while I was sitting on a toilet!) My sr. year of high school I cleaned a woman's home for extra $. It was a very old, grand home- don't know if that matters or not! But I went in to flush the toilet to clean- and this big brown thing started bubbling out... then started swimming around! (Insert scream here):willy_nilly: I slammed the lid down and ran to the kitchen counter to stand on it. (I realize that doesn't make a lot of sense, but hey- I was a high schooler.) After settling down, I called the exterminator. Yep, it was a rat. A big one, he told me. He also said it doesn't happen often, but rats do occasionally get in pipes. I couldn't sit down to use the bathroom for a long, long time. I still occasionally do a double check...:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisychics Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Great. :eek: One more thing to watch out for. I couldn't even watch Ratatouille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Urban legends breath holding rats. Now that is one I would watch. We enjoy watching Mythbusters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarleneW Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 A friend had a baby gator in their toilet once. They live in Fl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 The rat in the toilet happened to me too. I lifted the toilet seat and there was a rat swimming laps in the bowl! My dh watched while I got a big margarine type tub and scooped him in. (He was my cheering section). We got in the car and drove about a mile to a golf course with a stream. I got out to let the rat out of the tub. A man stopped and asked, "Are you dumping hazardous waste?!" I said, "No, only a rat!" He got out of there quickly! :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 This was just in the news! http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23411217-5001021,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 that's hilarious. i hope i don't get paranoid about sitting down now LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaC Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Well I don't know about indoor plumbing but my grandparents had an outhouse and I spent a few weeks with them every year in the great state of OK. Once those weeks turned in to a couple of years. Anyway to the point one quickly learned that all kinds of things could and did crawl up the sides. Water moccasin snakes love outhouses as do all kinds of spiders because all kinds of flies like outhouses. Seems like the opening for the seat was always covered with spider webs ewe :001_huh: Bout once a month my grandfather and my uncle would go to the trash dump on the ranch with their 12 gage and do target practice with the rats. The too me along with I was about 7 or so and skinny as a stick and let me after much begging fire the shotgun. I landed plumb on my but and never begged to do that again unless it was a 22 ;) Course I was allowed to only shoot at tin cans :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 When I found out about the snake thing, I didn't rest easy for several years. (Of course, I was very young at the time.) The rat thing is worse. They are FASTER! Where is that brain bleach when you need it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I thought that was cockroaches, LOL...... Regena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyAberlin Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Okay Daisy has a story for you about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Nope...not an urban legend. I've actually had this happen to me (thank goodness, not while I was sitting on a toilet!) My sr. year of high school I cleaned a woman's home for extra $. It was a very old, grand home- don't know if that matters or not! But I went in to flush the toilet to clean- and this big brown thing started bubbling out... then started swimming around! (Insert scream here):willy_nilly: I slammed the lid down and ran to the kitchen counter to stand on it. (I realize that doesn't make a lot of sense, but hey- I was a high schooler.) After settling down, I called the exterminator. Yep, it was a rat. A big one, he told me. He also said it doesn't happen often, but rats do occasionally get in pipes. I couldn't sit down to use the bathroom for a long, long time. I still occasionally do a double check...:D EEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!! Oh my heck. Explaining now to the children why it is imperative we keep the toilet lids closed at all times. ~Is not relishing the thought of explaining a sledgehammer in the bathrooms to visitors.~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyAberlin Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 My philosophy is to always turn on the light when going to the restroom in the middle of the night because you never know what might be lurking in your toilet.:ack2: I used to think I was just crazy, but now I think it might be a wise thing to do LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelleWI Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I stumbled to the bathroom, bleary-eyed, in the middle of the night during my last pregnancy. I nearly broke my own rule and sat down without looking. At the last second, I looked and saw a hornet - fat and crabby - walking around on the seat. :ohmy: I always look. Always. My children are always coming to me with little gems of information about different animals. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Okay, this is gonna be just ONE More reason why I don't wanna bother getting up in the middle of the night to go pee. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I know someone who had a snake in her toilet. I'm pretty sure the snake didn't enter through the front door and slither into the toilet to take a nap. I always look before I sit :ohmy:. That's too funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 This happened to my MIL too. She was at a dinner party at her sister's and flushed...out popped a rat. She got the added embarassment of running out of the bathroom with her underwear around her ankles screaming at the top of her lungs. Now she gets the joy of being a family legend. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Yep, I woke up to use the toilet at about 3am one night last summer and discovered a rat in the toilet. I started screaming. My husband held it under the water with the plunger while we listened to it squealing. Then it finally disappeared. The city came out the next day and found a nest of rats down in the sewer about a half of a block up our street. We just happened to be the highest house with the oldest pipes and the rat found it's way to high ground. Shudder. For weeks, I couldn't even use that toilet. It was horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 But I went in to flush the toilet to clean- and this big brown thing started bubbling out... then started swimming around! (Insert scream here):willy_nilly: I'm going to have nightmares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Yep, I woke up to use the toilet at about 3am one night last summer and discovered a rat in the toilet. I started screaming. My husband held it under the water with the plunger while we listened to it squealing. Then it finally disappeared. The city came out the next day and found a nest of rats down in the sewer about a half of a block up our street. We just happened to be the highest house with the oldest pipes and the rat found it's way to high ground. Shudder. For weeks, I couldn't even use that toilet. It was horrible. Oh, DAISY!!! That is horrific. I need new pipes. They like old pipes? AAAAHHH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 that's hilarious. i hope i don't get paranoid about sitting down now LOL I'm just gonna hold it. Forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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