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Did you know... that there have been many toilet-related injuries throughout history, and that such injuries are also common in urban legend?

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Possible Inclusion

One January 12th, 2007, Jennifer Strange participated in a radio contest called 'hold in your wee for a wii' in which participants had to drink as much water as possible without going to the toilet. Ms Strange returned home early in the contest, and was found dead in her home by her mother with causation listed as water intoxication. Would anyone agree that this is toilet related? It bears a significant resemblance to another possible candidate, that of the case of Tycho Brahe, a Danish Nobleman, who, according to Josesph Kepler's first hand account, Tycho had refused to leave the banquet to relieve himself because it would have been a breach of etiquette. The entry could go as follows: Would anyone agree that this is toilet related? It bears a significant resemblance to another possible candidate, that of the case of Tycho Brahe, a Danish Nobleman, who, according to Josesph Kepler's first hand account, Tycho had refused to leave the banquet to relieve himself because it would have been a breach of etiquette. The entry could go as follows: On October 24, 1601, Tycho Brahe died, 11 days after contracting a bladder or kidney ailment. According to his close friend, the famous German astronomer Johannes Kepler, he refused to leave the banquet he was attending at the time due to concerns of breaching etiquette. JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 03:28, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No and no, especially since the toilet wasn't invented until hundreds of years after Kepler/Tyco's deaths. While I'm the last person to deny others worthwhile amusement, this article veers way too close to an indiscriminate yuk-yuk, wink-wink list in places. George II, for example, simply happened to be sitting on a toilet (a commode, really) when he died; that's no more a toilet-related death than someone dying in bed is a "bed-related" death, having a heart-attack while out for a walk is "sidewalk-related", etc. E Eng 05:56, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How about the case of [redacted], who died of blood loss in surgery after trying to remove a toilet brush from her anus? JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 13:57, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest

E Eng 17:13, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How about we include a section talking about how doctors spread a myth that you could catch STDs from toilet seats to encourage people to come forward for treatment, due to catching STDs from a toilet having less stigma attached then the former, 'A whore gave it to me'. Another myth at the time spread by doctors was you could catch STDs from drink fountains. Or we could even put the fact that Straining to poo is responsible for 3.6% of burst blood vessels in the brain, which can cause brain damage or even death.^{[This is how Elvis died...I can't believe I get roasted for writing about squirrels and you 'guys' here are knee-deep in bathroom humor. Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 17:17, 23 August 2017 (UTC)]}[reply]

Here are some more potential things. This article on the Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1171/did-a-vacuum-flush-commode-once-suck-a-womans-insides-out. Also, some potential statistics to be included.

1. The more time you spend in the bathroom, specifically reading, the more likely you are to develop haemorrhoids, or swollen blood vessels in & around the anus.

2. Paruresis (AKA Shy bladder Syndrome) is a phobia 21 000 000 Americans suffer from where they are afraid of peeing in public places. (this could be psychological toilet related injury)

3. More than 3 800 000 Australians are estimated to have continence issues, representing 18% of the population.

4. 1.6 million people in the UK have continence problems

5. 85% of bathroom related injuries occur when someone falls into the toilet after the seat has been left up.

Another thing we could include is the invention for: 'Method of Bio-waste Removal from Isolated Dwelling Compartment of Military Facility and Device for its Implementation' which is a patent of a method Russians used to basically enclose excrement in shells and use it as ammunition. I would say that is a potential injury.

JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 02:46, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Possible inclusions

Hey guys,

Because of the way this article is presented, I'm just going to propose stuff before I edit it. So how is this article's content sitting?

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/04/28/exploding-toilets-no-laughing-matter/

What about this one?

http://www.mid-day.com/articles/death-by-toilet/17197185

Thanks, JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 12:12, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

New article: Exploding toilets

...and many more. Use the search template at the top of this page to find a huge supply of sources. Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 17:30, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

40k toilet deaths per year is a joke

Did anyone actually read the "source" of this claim that toilet-related deaths are common at 40,000 per year in the US? There are no actual statistics on that page, just a load of gag humour perpetuating goofy urban myths. 82.2.204.201 (talk) 09:26, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]