Thursday, January 12, 2012

What I Heard From a Bathroom Stall

I was in the ladies restroom at the gym yesterday and was washing my hands and tying my sneakers.  I heard this lady talking on her cell phone.  She was in a bathroom stall.  She said, "Oh, I am so sorry I can't make it.  I am stuck in the worst traffic!  Complete standstill.  Must be some sort of accident. I was really looking forward to coming. Maybe we can get together next week."  She then comes out of the stall dressed in her perky little outfit, grabs her water bottle, smiles at me and heads to her spinning class.
Posted by Annmarie Pipa at 7:34 AM

147 comments:

  1. That is hilarious. I hate to hear people on cell phones when I'm in the restroom. They talk so loud and you learn all their business...whether you want to or not. :)

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  2. Hmmm, some people are odd and to have to make up such a story...while at a gym....hmmm. Funny though!

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  3. Oh man... traffic at the elliptical must be fierce!

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  4. Probably was late for spinning class and blamed it on the traffic.

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  5. Wow, that's funny! Some people ;)

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  6. see now I would do that to get out of going to the gym.

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  7. People can be soooooo funny at times. Hope you are having a great day.

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  8. hilarious!
    But I'm with Sue... I'd do it to get out of going to the gym...

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  9. Lol, some days I wish I had the nerve to do that! too funny. I'm rewarding you with a bloggy reward. Head on over to claim your gleaming badge of honor!! xox
    www.virtuouswomanexposed.com

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  11. Yeah- I'm sure the person on the other end didn't notice the echo that happens in a public bathroom. Geeezzz- how sad to lie so easily & with obviously no remorse.

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  12. Part of me thinks that's awful and part of me thinks it's understandable.

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  13. That's hillarious! I was in a restaurant bathroom once and the women in the next stall was talking on her phone saying "oh, I love you too. I just have to finish this dinner" FLUSH...lol I was just stunned, but hey to each their own right?!?

    I am a new follower from the weekend blog hop and I look forward to reading more of your wonderful blog!

    http://myroadtosavings.blogspot.com

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  14. LOL That is to funny! I was at Sam`s Club one day taking my girls to the restroom. When two employees came out of the restroom`s stalls on their cellphones, and to my surprise and horror neither of them washed their hands as they exist the restroom! ack! Now it just ruined my entire experience of cashiers handing me back my debit card! LOL

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  15. At first, I wasn't sure where that story was going "Oh, I'm sorry I can't make it...." hahaha! Wow! I've had times where I have thought people were talking to ME, and I was answering them all the while....only to come out of the stall, and have some chick looking at me like "mind your own business crazy lady, I wasn't talking to you!"

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    1. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that!

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  16. That is so funny!!! Stall call rejection...

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  17. Lol i wonder if the caller believed her with no background sounds. I just wanted to come by and tell you. I pick your blog as one of my favorite for 2010. Have a great day.
    http://pacifierspumpstheworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/best-of-2011-bloggers.html?m=0

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  18. I meant 2011. I must find a cup of coffee!

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  19. that's hilarious! thanks for stopping by my blog :)

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  21. Hi - thanks for stopping by to visit me at mamas*little*treasures. I'm now following you, too ;o) I would love to connect with you in our online Christian women's community, Ruby for Women . . . .your blog posts are sweet and I know that our members would love to read them. It's a great place to connect with other moms, so please stop by if you have a minute. Thanks, Nina @ mama*little*treasures and Ruby for Women

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  22. Gotta love those little moments that tell you what kind of character a person REALLY is :-)

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  25. She obviously didn't want to meet whoever it was...lol! :)

    Thanks for joining the bloghop today...I am your newest follower~:) Happy Thursday!

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  27. Oops!!! She probably didn't expect anyone to over hear her. I would have been so embarrassed.

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  28. That is so awful to make up a lie. She should have told them she was at the gym.

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  29. Wow, that's horrible. That just goes to show you, you can never believe anyone on what they say.

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  30. well she put a spin on that story didn't she..

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  31. LMAO What you hear from bathroom stalls these days. People and their phones. At least she was sitting down in a stall instead of walking and talking. My pet peeve is those walking and talking not paying attention to those in front of them.

    Anyhoo new follower from http://linkiescontestlinkies.blogspot.com

    Have a Wonderful day.
    thanks for a laugh

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  32. This is too funny because it reminds me of something I might do. I would rather be at the gym than anywhere else.
    Thanks for the follow. I'm following back.

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      http://www.boystobooks.com

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  33. She's lucky her pants were down or they might have spontaneously com busted! lol!

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  35. Wow!!! LOL too funny!! Thanks for following!! I am following you right back!!! :D

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    1. thanks for stopping by and following - now following back :D

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  37. Too funny!! I am following from the Fabulous Friday Hop. Hope you get a chance to check out my blog... http://www.atthemapletable.com

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  38. Just started following you. Thanks for the follow!
    Unreal! I would never dream of doing that!

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  39. That post just brightened my day and i was having a shocker with my twins so thank you! Just found your blog and having fun exploring...great reading...am now following on GFC...hope you get a chance to drop by my blog too sometime.
    http://mummymusingsandmayhem.blogspot.com/

    Thanks again for sharing such a funny story, i would have been horrified when i walked out!

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  40. omg!.. That is so funny!! If you were going to tell a lie like that, you would at least do it where nobody could overhear - wouldn't you??!! lol :)

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  41. Fortunately the mobile has no webcam yet !

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  43. LOL, that's funny.

    Thanks for stopping by

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  44. I do it more often than anybody I know. My mother-in-law never takes NO for an answer. So I always say YES to all her invitations and if I don't want to go, I'll just invent an excuse on the day she expects me to come. I know it's not nice but if I say NO to her, the invitation turns into an insistence, and the insistence into a harassment.

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  45. Thanks for the laugh....also for visiting me @ http://wts2011.blogspot.com I am now following you. I am amazed how you do it all with 8, my 3 run me ragged some days!
    Have a great weekend!
    Jo

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  46. Thanks for visiting my blog and following me... I am now your newest follower... Great blog!!

    Marianne
    www.bondedwithlove.blogspot.com
    www.bondedwithlove.etsy.com

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  47. This is HILARIOUS!!!!

    Christina
    http://prayersandpeekaboo.blogspot.com/

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  48. Thanx for visiting my blog and following me. I got a chance to visit your site and now I am a follower. Thanx for the laugh, quite hilarious. And well written.

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  49. I need to go to the gym more often! I came to your blog via the Friendship Friday Blog Hop!

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  50. I was just reading something from Joyce Meyer yesterday and it went a little something like this..."your word is your HONOR, do what you say you are going to do."

    Thanks for visiting my blog and for commenting today. Have a blessed weekend! PS...I'm following! ;)

    www.thebrokenmommmy.blogspot.com

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  51. Wow. That's painful. How did it happen that lying could become so easy and acceptable. Everyone needs to stop and think. Someday we will be judged for what we say.

    Thanks for stopping by my Linky Party today. We hop blogs on Wednesdays and frequently offer a Friday link up as well. Please come by often! :)
    www.ducksnarow.com

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  52. ow that is funny!!!! although lying isn't so funny!!! and she will reap what she sows. Thanks for stopping by I hope you will follow me back....if you aren't already! and believe me the road trip is going to be a blast as I am meeting the love of my life..:) we haven't made it public yet...as there are people trying to tear us apart.

    Blessings
    Rainbow

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  53. That is really funny. I want to say I am shocked, but I am starting to think more people do that than not. Stopping by from the MBS Alexa Blog hop. Just left you a review :)

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  55. I guess she wasn't concerned who overheard her. I kinda don't like when people just talk on these phones for all to hear!

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  56. I've often wondered why people feel the need to lie. Too bad someone didn't flush a toilet to flush that lie down as well.
    I don't think she could have lied that one away. LOL

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  57. haha, that's great. oh well, gotta' make up something!

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  58. That's horrible!
    ~Following you back, can't wait to read more :)

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  59. Wow...and with no shame :)

    Thanks for stopping by Carrigan's Joy. Baby is still in and I'm saying "hi!"

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  60. LOL! So funny! Thanks for dropping by my place and following!
    Hope you stick around!
    Love, Olga
    P.S.: your newest follower

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  61. Hahaha that is sooo funny! My aunt had 8 kids - 7 boys and 1 girl, the youngest. It was always so much fun at their house! New follower, thank you for following me!

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  62. I am never sure if I should be impressed or not... there is no way I could pull off something like that. I am the world's worst liar.. which I guess is a good thing.. But still...

    My mom used to (and probably still does) talk on the phone while doing her business... sound effects and all... totally gross....

    (following back- if that darn button works foor me today)

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  63. LOL! Why do we women always feel like we owe some sort of convoluted explanation when we are declining somebody's invitation?

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  64. Too funny! It is amazing what you can hear in the bathroom. I think it was a risky place to lie- because bathrooms are usually loud- but I guess she didn't care.

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  65. Wow! That will leave you reflecting! So happy to connect. Thanks for following See Beautiful. We're your newest follower and can't wait to come back and play soon.

    Happy seeing beautiful!

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  66. That would bug me. Liar, liar, pants on fire. You know not to get to know her or start a friendship with this woman.

    Joyce
    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/

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  68. hee hee...
    This reminds «Louis» of this text message exchange:
    • "Hi, babe. What are you doing?"
    • "Nothing much. I'm really tired. Just going to sleep now, babe. And you?"
    • In the club. Standing behind you."

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  69. Thanks for popping by my blog http://thelittlelilypad.blogspot.com ! 8 kids- that's great! Glad to be following. You should have flushed the toilet while she was taking....

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  70. Classic,I may need to try this soon.lol :)

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  71. :) .. that was funny. Thanks for stopping by and glad to follow you.

    Vardhini
    Event: New "U" - Healthy Eats
    Event: Healing Foods - Cauliflower

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  72. LOL Claire,I am shocked she didnt say she was stuck in a tunnel rofl

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  73. LOL. Thanks for your follow on my blog, On the Road Photos. I am returning the favor.

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  74. Niiice...haven't we all been there at some point in time? So funny how you caught her though, lol

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  76. I hate it when people talk on their phone in the bathroom stall.

    I feel bad for the friend who must have heard the echo...

    Thank you for stopping by my blog. I'm now subscribed to your RSS feed.

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  77. oh my. the bathroom can definitely be an educational and entertaining place. I'm following back!

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  78. Thanks for visiting my blog. How sweet. Speaking of telling little white lies as we like to call it....yes, why do we feel we must lie about things at times.....We know it's wrong and not biblical for sure. But I got a feeling if everyone would be honest they have done the same thing at one time or another. You know like..."Tell them on the phone I am not here" or "I'm sorry sweetie but my calendar is so full that I will not be able to make it"...never once looking at the calendar...and well, our list of lies could go continue. But yet it remains a lie! Simple fact is...it's a lie! Lord help us as women to speak the truth in love.

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  81. I've got one for you. One day I was sitting outside at a car wash. A woman sitting not to far from me was talking about one of her patients. She went on and on about this poor woman who's cancer had returned. I was hearing way to much, such as the persons name, that she had lived in our area her whole life, and how she wouldn't call the office back to talk about treatment. I couldn't believe my ears. What about patient confidentiality. I thought about working up a big cry, turning to her, and telling her, that she was talking about my aunt. I know, not very nice, but I bet she would have learned a lesson.

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  82. Hilarious! How did you keep from laughing out loud?

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  83. thats just funny Following from the Hop http://mommaof3-littlebits.blogspot.com/

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  84. OMG!! You post some funny stuff :)

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  85. lol, okay I can't stand it when people talk on the phone in public restrooms. I do not want the sound of my peeing broadcasted to the whole world, it's bad enough having the people in the next stall listening. lol, I guess I am kind of a nervous peeer.

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  86. You should have told her that her blinker was still on as she walked by you.

    ~Bliss~

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    1. That is great about the blinker.lol... It does seem odd the way people can't just ask to reschedule without lying... or even straight up say they don't want to hang out.

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  87. you made me laugh out loud. That was so classic. I hope there were no kids in there. They hear enough lying without needing to hear it in the potty!

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  88. I have to learn by other's ingenius skills! Nettie

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  89. No one ever realizes that the cell phone is the dirtiest thing people use, specifically because of these "restroom scenarios"!

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  90. Thanks for the laugh!! and the follow..I really like your mind! Following back

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  91. That is too funny! Thanks for stopping by my blog and following me. I am now following you via Networked Blogs.

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  92. She sounds like a good friend to have, huh? *insert eye roll here*

    I was in a public restroom recently, and as I began to wash my hands, a young woman came in, talking on her cell phone. Without thinking, I started the hand dryer. Oops! Then again, there is a time and a place for phone calls I suppose.

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  93. I just do not get people like that. ugh.

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  94. Now if I only lived somewhere that excuse would work...

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  95. That poor person on the other line :(

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  96. haha...such random stories one get to listen are so entertaining..why bother yourself..after all that is none of our business..isn't it..haha
    and thanx for visiting my blog and putting in such a sweet comment..following you..:)

    elegancestylized.blogspot.com

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  97. Wow it's amazing how people can lie right through their teeth.

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  99. That is a funny story!!! I would be too embarrassed to lie... let alone in public... for fear of getting caught. HA! She didn't even care, did she?! That is just too much!
    thanks for stopping by my neck of the woods. Glad to have you along. I am now your newest follower. :)
    Take care,
    Steph

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  100. Haha! Nevermind, this one made me laugh! ; )

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  101. She's so smooth... I'd be stuttering throughout my whole sentence. LOL. Hilarious.

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  102. Hahaha! This is so true! It happens with so many of us

    Love
    http://www.meghasarin.blogspot.com

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  104. I've heard cel phones are full of bacteria... i guess it has a lot to do with where you USE THEM.
    A bathroom is not a good place to use the cel phone. And no place is a good place to lie :(

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  105. Ha ha!! I like that she smiled at you when she left! :-)

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  107. So glad you stopped by my blog. Your blog is so good, I am enjoying your stories. I adding you to my "blogs I follow". Have a great rest of the week.

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  108. Oops, did she have a long nose like Pinnochio?

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  109. Actually, it's funny at all. Why is it hard to tell the truth? She's making her life so complicated. Hope she's un-spinned it during the class.

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  110. so sad that people live their lives in such a way :(

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  112. We tell these little white ones when we don't want to hurt someone, but in reality we are hurting ourselves by stooping to a non-truth. My dad used to tell me...all it takes to tell the truth is a little bit of guts. She didn't have to say she was caught in traffic, she could have just said "I can't make it", and been true to both the person and herself.

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  113. Wow!!! It just astounds me how easily people lie now-a-days.

    ~An Old Fogey.

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  114. I just don't make plans with people I don't want to hang out with so I do not have to do this- I admit, I am guilty of this, ( not the spinning class) but the cancelling on someone because I am just not in a social mood.

    This one is funny though. It amazes me what people do in the bathroom.

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  115. That is SUPER funny! You should have loudly asked if she could pass you some toilet paper or flushed!

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  116. I love it! I am your newest follower (following back) from TheStuffofSuccess. Enjoy your week. Athena

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  117. Oh good for her! Sometimes you need a little 'me' time :-)

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  118. Wow! That takes some nerve. I don't understand the need to lie. Just be honest or don't give a reason at all!

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  119. that is too funny. I guess she was in a standstill releasing her bladder.

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  120. Too funny. But me, I would have run into a stall next to her's and flushed the toilet! Hehe.. Liar, Liar!

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  121. Sort of true. All those bikes in spin class are at a complete standstill!

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  122. The first time I went to a dance with John his ex-wife (unbeknowing to me) came in while I was in a stall and made a few remarks then she left fast so I didn't see her face. I had heard of her so I figured out her game.

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  123. lol I wonder why she was so certain that a toilet wouldn't be flushed during this call. Funny!
    Girlfriends Are Like Shoes

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  124. Wow, I thought that only happened on TV! I can't believe people really do this. And like Ruby S said, a toilet could flush. That has NEVER crossed my mind when I'm on the phone in the bathroom. Not that I'm on the phone in the bathroom a lot....

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  125. love it....thanks for stopping over at my place! Following you now, too! Angie

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  126. hahahah I hope you hear more things from the bathroom stall lol.

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  127. Too bad the other person didn't hear her flush...wait maybe she was also one of those rude people who don't flush...

    www.dawnsdisaster.blogspot.com

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  128. Thank you very much for busting me! I didn't know anyone else was in that bathroom! (Oh well, the important thing is I made it to my gym class...)
    Love your writing, good to "meet" a fellow blogger!

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  129. Is the fact that I would have been tempted to start yelling "hey.. there's no paper in here! Can I borrow some toilet paper? I'm late for spin class!!" just completely wrong? LOL

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  130. Funny, similar thinking as Beckey - my hubby said you should have flushed in the stall next to her while she was still on the phone!!!

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  131. Oh, ya Flush in the stall next to her . Right on. Your hubby is

    right on

    with that remark.


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  132. Gee, at least she could have lied in private . . . like her car!!!

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  134. Oh my gosh! That deffinitly gave me the laugh I needed this morning. "some people"! HAHA

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  135. Funny. Would have been funny to add some background noises to throw her off.

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  136. this is funny...i hear stuff in the restroom at work all the time and most of the time, it's things that I wish I hadn't heard.
    thanks for stopping by my blog, I am now followoing you.

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  137. Oh goodness! This is funny, and also sad huh?! Some people are just too much for words! Thanks for visiting my blog!!

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  139. Sometimes I want to cry out "she's in the toilet" when I hear people talking on their cell phones in the bathroom. Can't people wait just a few minutes to call someone back? There really are some places that should be phone free.

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  141. That's a great time to flush the toilet in your stall and flush out the liar in the next stall, hahaha. That'll teach her to lie. A flushing would have been a dead giveaway and how could she explain that sound... I have no sympathy for liars.

    JB

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