To me this sounds suspiciously like an episode of The League, but Stephen from Cherry Hill, New Jersey claims his daughter recently caught him heading into the bathroom “for a little sit-down,” laptop in hand. When five-year-old Rosie asked why Daddy was bringing his computer into the fecal mist zone, he replied, “Multi-tasking.”
A few minutes later, Rosie slipped the following note under the door. (The drawing had already been done earlier.)
Translation: What are you thinking Dad? That’s a horrible thing to do.
Can you really argue with her?
related: Never put nature aside for television.
40 responses so far ↓
#1
Not You
A five-year-old WROTE that? Hmmm….
It seems like a forgery to me.
Jan 30, 2012 at 10:51 pm rating: 2
#2
Roto13
I could argue with her if my pants weren’t down to ankles right now.
Jan 30, 2012 at 11:03 pm rating: 22
#3
zenvelo
She probably knows how to do that note nicely in Paint, but dad has the damn computer while taking a shit!
Jan 30, 2012 at 11:35 pm rating: 30
#4
Jessela
Honestly, the bathroom is one of the only places I can go to be alone. I take my computer w/ me for a radio just to get away from the fam for a few min :p who can blame a guy? Ha! Even then they still yell through the door 1/2 the time…
Jan 30, 2012 at 11:37 pm rating: 9
#5
Mrs.Beasley
I’m thinking that Rosie’s experience with the laptop mostly involves Skyping with Granny.
Jan 30, 2012 at 11:49 pm rating: 16
#6
Rillion
Dear Rosie,
Mind your own business. It’s Daddy’s laptop and Daddy’s bathroom, and Daddy will do what he wants in there primarily because it’s the only place he can have some privacy from you. Now, go play with your toys, and let Daddy play with his.
Jan 30, 2012 at 11:52 pm rating: 17
#7
Rectangle
wow Dad. you are disappoint to us all
Jan 31, 2012 at 12:40 am rating: 9
#8
Poltergeist
Looking at the note makes me think that Mommy told Rosie what filthy sin Daddy was really using that computer for behind the closed bathroom door.
Also, am I the only one who at first read “hrabll” as “hairball”?
Jan 31, 2012 at 1:22 am rating: 15
#9
Wrench
I have IBS, if I didn’t toilet-top I’d never get anything done.
Jan 31, 2012 at 5:31 am rating: 13
#10
Lil'
I don’t really get the need to take reading/work materials into the bathroom – doesn’t it just make it take longer? Why not go in, focus on handling THAT business, get it done, and get back to your work. I was pissed when I found out one of my coworkers was taking our office newspaper into the restroom every morning, then bringing it back out and placing it on the kitchen table where most of us read it at lunch.
Jan 31, 2012 at 7:58 am rating: 32
#11
Celeste
My son takes his iPhone into the bathroom and plays games. At least I hope that’s what he’s doing in there when I hear him whooping and hollering.
Jan 31, 2012 at 8:51 am rating: 17
#12
Dane Zeller
Rosie, it’s quite natural for men to take their computers into the bathroom. I’ve been doing it for a long time; so have many of my friends. It was hard to get the desktop in there, but much easier than the keypunch machine.
Jan 31, 2012 at 9:23 am rating: 23
#13
MAMARILLA2
RED FLAGGED!
Jan 31, 2012 at 10:53 am rating: 3
#14
meeper
Just wait until she’s older and starts getting phone calls from her dad while he’s in the washroom. I speak from experience: “Why is it so echo-y on your side? You’re calling me from THERE again, aren’t you!”
Jan 31, 2012 at 11:13 am rating: 7
#15
John | Married (with Debt)
I’ve learned to get out of the bathroom in a minute or less. Sitting on that toilet can give you big problems.
Jan 31, 2012 at 12:45 pm rating: 5
#16
Adriana
My boyfriend takes the laptop, Kindle, and Nintendo DS into the bathroom. Maybe he’s trying to tell me that he doesn’t want me using his stuff anymore. All that I’ve learned is that I have a higher tolerance for urine and fecal matter than I had previously realized.
Jan 31, 2012 at 1:48 pm rating: 13
#17
bookworm
When my brother was a teenager, he piled up his plate with dinner one night and then made a beeline toward the toilet, plate in hand.
He later admitted that it was a pretty bad idea.
Jan 31, 2012 at 2:12 pm rating: 18
#18
Lisa
My 10-year-old has taken to bringing his Kindle into the bathroom where he places it on the floor and leans over to read while he takes care of business. Now, I’ve cleaned that floor…I know what happens to the floor at the base of a toilet used by two little boys, and I certainly wouldn’t want to borrow his Kindle after witnessing that little ritual.
Jan 31, 2012 at 8:34 pm rating: 8
#19
redheadwglasses
At my old house, my bathroom was 12×12 — huge! We had a TV in there on a dresser. And because the house was old, the pipes were old as well, so it took a long time to run a bath (no shower). sometimes that meant taking a plate of food with me — or just a sandwich — while I waited for the water to get to the right temp and level. FTR: My bathroom was *immaculate* (two years as a hotel maid in high school taught me well).
A friend found this out and was disgusted: “You EAT in your BATHROOM?”
Me: “Your cats’ litter box sits in the middle of your kitchen floor, up against the stove. You don’t think that’s worse?”
Feb 1, 2012 at 11:20 am rating: 14
#20
Aneres
reminds me of the seinfeld episode where george took the library book into the bathroom
Feb 5, 2012 at 9:37 pm rating: 1
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