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[at-l] Squatting
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> From: bogey1 <bogey1@worldlynxyork.net>
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> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 10:43 AM
> ++ A Good reason to Give Up Squatting ++
Did you ever bend over to tinkle with a pack on and then was not able to
get back up?
> "Oh darn!" "Here I squat, toilet tissue in hand and my pack is pushing me
> down, down, down."
> "Should I just take a break here?"
> "Why not?", "I can't get up anyhow", I tell myself.
> "Darn if only I hadn't let my sticks propped up against that tree over
> there just out of reach, I might be able to pull myself out of this
> predicament."
> My hubby waits just 10 feet away.
> "Is everything okay, Slim?", he asks.
> "Sure, Bogey", I reply,
> "I'm making a micro- nature study of the duff here."
> I bet he bought that one!
> Quickly I try to remember all the nature guides I'd read so I can post
him
> in on my study..........How's it go? .......Urine is yellow, dirt is
brown.
> Rocks are hard, plants are green....wood is ....yep! That's the ticket!
> There's lots of stuff to study if you look real close........
> Finally, my legs bending under the strain, I roll out to the side kinda'
> like an awkward, bare-butt commando and come up with forest duff all over
> my tush.
> I brush it off, yank my pants up and go back to the trail. We continue
and
> I get this scratchy, itchy feeling in my drawers. I walk. I scratch. I
> walk. I scratch......oh the joys of hiking.......
> Later that day.......
> Uh, Bogey!, I have to pee!"
> "Got any Caladryl?"
> "Huh?", he says
>
> SLIM
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