What's the weirdest thing you've dropped in the toilet?
By scorpiobabes
@scorpiobabes (7225)
United States
June 21, 2008 6:26pm CST
I have things falling out of my pockets or out of my hands at weird, inopportune times. Of course, it never fails with a urine-filled toilet. I know urine is sterile, but I still flip out when I do something that stupid!
Today's accident involved a dollar bill...it must have fallen out of my back pocket when I was dropping trou. Of course, I didn't notice it until AFTER the deed was done and boy was I pissed! (no pun intended either!) 
Fortunately, it was still floating, so I scooped it up quickly and rinsed it in the sink. It still smells like urine though...
Then about a month ago, I was finishing a smoke in the bathroom. I noticed that my ashtray was QUITE full and decided to empty it. I finished my business, pulled up my pants and turned around, probably too quickly, to dump the butts and ashes into the bowl. You guessed it..I dropped the entire ashtray in! 
I was not happy, since it sank all the way to the bottom and was preventing water from draining. That was a particularly messy one...I had to use the bowl brush to get the paper to the side and then somehow get the now upside-down glass ashtray up off the drain hole. UGH, what a mess! And of course afterwards, I'm washing my hands in hot water with a ton of soap for nearly 10 minutes--THAT'S how much I was freaked out!
So admit it--what have YOU dropped in your toilet bowl (clean or dirty)? Share your story...c'mon, I can't be the only goofball in the world! 
Promise I won't laugh if you won't!
Fortunately, it was still floating, so I scooped it up quickly and rinsed it in the sink. It still smells like urine though...
Then about a month ago, I was finishing a smoke in the bathroom. I noticed that my ashtray was QUITE full and decided to empty it. I finished my business, pulled up my pants and turned around, probably too quickly, to dump the butts and ashes into the bowl. You guessed it..I dropped the entire ashtray in! I was not happy, since it sank all the way to the bottom and was preventing water from draining. That was a particularly messy one...I had to use the bowl brush to get the paper to the side and then somehow get the now upside-down glass ashtray up off the drain hole. UGH, what a mess! And of course afterwards, I'm washing my hands in hot water with a ton of soap for nearly 10 minutes--THAT'S how much I was freaked out!
So admit it--what have YOU dropped in your toilet bowl (clean or dirty)? Share your story...c'mon, I can't be the only goofball in the world! Promise I won't laugh if you won't!7 people like this
24 responses
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
22 Jun 08
I am not sure if you can really classify this as weird, but one time I dropped my cell phone in a toilet. I was at kohl's with some friend's and I had to go poo really bad. I dropped it before I pooed though and was really freaking out while I was pooing. It turned out okay enough, and I was still able to use the phone. We actually rushed to a store to see if they could fix it but it started working before we got it there. I was so 
when it happened. lol. Have a Great day.
when it happened. lol. Have a Great day.3 people like this
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Lucky you caught it before the poo came onto the scene--that'd have been so nasty! Our local news station has to create ideas for the one news person, though this time it backfired! She was trying to demonstrate how to save your phone if it ends up in the toilet, although she was chicken and just ran water from the faucet over it. Of course, over a 2 hour period, SHE COULDN'T MAKE THE PHONE STOP WORKING! Now that was embarassing! I'm glad you were able to get your phone working--if you're anything like me, you have a LOT of contact numbers in it!
I'm glad you were able to get your phone working--if you're anything like me, you have a LOT of contact numbers in it!2 people like this
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Luckily, I am a talking phone book myself so even if it did stop working I'd have all the numbers I really needed in my memory. That is embarrassing, running water over it for 2 hours and it still working? I would be sure that one of the ports would not work though, as I had to get a new charger (with a different port head) so that I could charge my phone, that was the only thing.
Most phone companies have a "backup" feature on their phones, and I think it goes to their website where you can retrieve it from there!
Have a Great Day!
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Well my husband's Bible fell in the toilet at church... I had to end up throwing it out because of the damage.. Boy was he mad! My maxi pad from my panties, fell in the toilet, after sitting on the toilet.. I yelled at my child, because, I thought that one of them put something in the toilet. But it was mines... My toilet bowl freshner fell inside of the toilet once.. It fell off of the wire it was attached to..
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
cream, I think you beat me...your husband's Bible, a maxi pad, the wire holder from the toilet bowl freshner AND a roll of toilet paper? Was it a full roll, cause that would be so WRONG! You poor thing!
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@mtgrlz_zerocool (708)
• Romania
22 Jun 08
i haven't dropped anything in the toilet, but one of my friends did. he was flushing the toilet and wanted to talk on the phone at the same time. big mistake :)) he dropped his phone (while the toilet was flushing) and never saw the phone again.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Either your friend had a very tiny phone or it was a super-powerful toilet! 
I'm sorry to hear that your friend lost his phone...did the person he was chatting with have any idea what happened (until the call was lost)?
I'm sorry to hear that your friend lost his phone...did the person he was chatting with have any idea what happened (until the call was lost)?2 people like this
@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Well having kids everything will end up in the toilet lol. Worst was a toothbrush as it got stuck in the pipes so it would rattle everytime you flushed and poop couldnt get past it. It was gross to get out and im just glad i didnt have to do the dirty work. And no I didnt make my son use the toothbrush again.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Minnie, I'd have never expected you to let your son use it again! I've never heard of a tooth brush being flushed; the worst was at one of my old jobs--one of the women just didn't understand that sanitary napkins are NOT meant to be flushed, so she did it twice (the plumbers had to come two different times). But for some reason, everyone kept looking at me (I guess because I was the youngest or something), and I'm like, excuse me, I have more manners than that! Really gross--now I know why plumbers make so much money!
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
23 Jun 08
I don't know how wierd it is, but I dropped $100 in $20 bills in the toilet once. There is absolutely nothing in that toilet that would have stopped me from fishing it out. LOL. But even funnier, one time I was walking home from work and had to go real bad. I ran into a gas station bathroom and threw my purse in the sink and went on to take care of having to go. I heard running water and looked over and saw that when I threw my purse in the sink it had turned on the water. My purse was now filling up. You should have seen me with my pants around my ankles trying to save my money, cell phone and everything else from drowning.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
23 Jun 08
You must have been a sight, trying to save everything in the sink! I can just imagine...As for the money, that's a substatial amount to be dropping in there--mine was a buck (but with so few, every one counts!)
(and the sink story is the weirder one!)
Thanks for sharing!
I can just imagine...As for the money, that's a substatial amount to be dropping in there--mine was a buck (but with so few, every one counts!)
(and the sink story is the weirder one!) Thanks for sharing!2 people like this
@mrsjbelle (1640)
• United States
22 Jun 08
I dropped my cell phone in once. It was in my pocket when I bent over. I believe it was clean water thank goodness. I took it apart let it dry and went on my merry way as it still worked lol.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
You were very fortunate that it was clean water! I'm glad that it still works. How long ago was this?
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
22 Jun 08
I haven't dropped anything in the toilet...but my older son always drops the bar of soap when he's in the shower...and I can't imagine how he does that...unless he's throwing the bar around!
But my little one who is 19 months.....is always putting things in the toilet (on purpose)...the last thing he put in was a battery(AA) two days back! I didn't want to put my hand in and pick it up even if it was a clean toilet. I just hoped my husband would do the dirty job after yelling at me for not watching the little one....but it went off with the next flush!
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
31 Aug 08
lol...you might find it cute...but not for me. Many more things have gone into (and been flushed down) the toilet since then. I'm not sure if he's getting out of the habit...because it still happens on and off....though there are times when he doesn't go into the toilet even when the toilet door is open (earlier he was waiting for a chance to get in and throw something into the toilet!)
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Your older son has to be doing SOMETHING with that bar of soap--my toilet is on the opposite side of the bathroom from my tub shower, and I usually have clean clothes stacked on the closed toilet lid! I love the battery story though...that's cute!
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
22 Jun 08
I once dropped an important nut-bolt of my water pumping motor in the flush. It was night time and it was not possible to get a new nut-bolt at that time. I immediately wrapped my hand in a polythene bag and digged it in the pot to pull out the all important nut-bolt, without which we could not able to pump water to our water tank.
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Desperate times call for desperate measures! I'm glad you had a plastic bag to keep your hand clean--that could have been a really messy situation! Were you able to find it quickly?
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
23 Jun 08
LOL! Yes, I was lucky enought to find out the nut-bolt quickly.........and I took a sigh of relief!!!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
23 Jun 08
I can just imagine! It's not too different from my great photography quest to come up with an edgy image and resulted in my cat getting stuck in a dry toilet! How old were you at the time?
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@ayumitakashi (4462)
• United States
22 Jun 08
LOL. You sure have a lot of accidents with that toilet. But the only time that I remember dropping something in there was a book. I was so mortified and angry because I don't know how it happened. I guess I was sick and weak that day and so in goes the book. The toilet didn't have any pee because I had already flushed it. And the book didn't get too wet becaues I took it out right away. Only a corner of the book got wet. I was so glad it was only the corner and not the whole thing.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Yes, I'm a klutz! I'm lucky that I didn't fall in along with the ashtray...now that'd been really embarassing! (and probably NOT a discussion topic!) I'm glad that your book only had the corner wet; I love to read and I'd have been absolutely devastated if that happened to me, pee or not! Thanks for sharing! 
I'm lucky that I didn't fall in along with the ashtray...now that'd been really embarassing! (and probably NOT a discussion topic!) I'm glad that your book only had the corner wet; I love to read and I'd have been absolutely devastated if that happened to me, pee or not! Thanks for sharing! 2 people like this
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
23 Jun 08
this is a pretty gross discussion! The grossest thing for me had to be my daughters hands, since she thought it would be fun to splash in the "water" and snuck in there before I had a chance to move her - you can bet we used a lot of soap and hot water and sanitizer lotion after that experience!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
23 Jun 08
It's gross, but look how popular it is! But tell me, how old was your daughter at the time? I can see why she was thinking it was fun--just be thankful it wasn't a freshly used toilet bowl (or was it?)
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
23 Jun 08
I've dropped a bottle of hairspray into the toilet (sealed) AFTER it was flushed. I've also dropped my debit card and pony tails (i never fish ponytails out) in.
The strangest things I've found in my toilet are:
a water kinda beetle. I'm told they crawl up the sewer lines. I tend to freak when i find these in there and it results in flushing lots of hot hot water and bleach down my toilet.
I also found a snake in my toilet after bringing in a box of outdoor stuff to wash and setting the box by the toilet in the bathroom. Lucky we only have garter snakes. I took him out and set him free. Apparently my dad found one in the toilet at their house after i brought a box of sand toys in when i was 4 or 5. I used to catch snakes and play with them with my dog when i was 3.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
23 Jun 08
Oooops! about the hairspray--did it clog it up? I understand about the ponytails and the debit card (still, it DOES end up somewhere and with identity theft on the rise, I can see why you're willing to brave the bowl for that!)
Did you pick up the snake at your house? Perhaps he came in with the box. I've only touched one snake and that's enough to last me a life time! (A boa..yikes!) Apparently it's not as uncommon as you think either--here's a story about a 6-foot snake found in a toilet in NJ! http://www.wnbc.com/news/5131199/detail.html
Thanks for sharing!
http://www.wnbc.com/news/5131199/detail.html
Thanks for sharing! 2 people like this
@dasiejanie (590)
• United States
22 Jun 08
A few days ago i was getting a hair cut, i had on a a huge smock thing they handed to me when i walked in, i went to the restroom and didn't notice there was a belt thing i was supposed to tie, thank god it was connected to the smock! well you probably guessed it...
they went in the toilet! the smocks weren't there for the taking so i had to ask for another one, the lady looked at me odd when i walked out without mine on, she said oh did you get yours wet? I thought how would she know, then i realized she meant from washing my hair...well my hair hadn't been washed yet, it was dry, there was the longest pause...then i just blurted out the truth, she just stood there
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Ooops! That's probably up there with 'ok, I've humiliated myself, now I'd like to climb under a rock!' moments. It reminds me of my eighth-grade trip...BIG shirts were in, and my friend Sarah was 4 feet, 10 inches and was wearing this massive shirt. We were at Great Adventure (Six Flags) and had to go to the bathroom. Of course, when her turn came, the only stall available was the handicapped one, with the ultra-high seat. At some point she lost hold of her shirt and when she flushed, her shirt started pulling her into the toilet! Thank goodness she could still reach the door--it took two of us to keep her AND her shirt!
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@latriciajones (846)
• United States
22 Jun 08
i myself have never dropped anything in the toilet but once after i went in the restroom behind my friend i noticed that one of her paychecks had accidentally fallen into the toilet. When i told her of course she tried to get it out but it was all wet and torn by the time she did. The bad part about it was that it was for a couple hundred dollars. Thats why when i use the restroom i try and make sure there is nothing in m pockets that could fall out.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
You are a lot smarter than me! I had totally forgotten this single dollar bill was in my pocket; I'd have never thought it would fall out (from my other pants and jeans, which are quite loose and baggy, but not these!). I hope your friend was able to replace her check--that's unfortunate. Thanks for sharing!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
23 Jun 08
I think you've won for the most disgusting story! So tell us, did you go after it, or sacrifice it to the p00p gods?
So tell us, did you go after it, or sacrifice it to the p00p gods? 2 people like this
@carrotcake14 (361)
• Philippines
22 Jun 08
I ran out of load and I have to send a message for my mother to tell her I will come home late. Since the place at that time is so noisy, I borrowed my friend's cellphone and go to the washroom instead. But because of my clumsiness, I dropped her cellphone at the urinal. That was so disgusting. It's a brand new phone and I can't afford to buy her one, I just closed my eyes and picked it with my own bare hands.Yuck! It took me some time to get out of the washroom, to check if the phone is still working and wash my hands. Luckily, it did work.And I told my friend that I'll just pay her instead for using her load. After that, I went back to the washroom and wash throughly my hands. So much for being clumsy!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
It's terribly embarassing when we do these things; fortunately, in a forum like this, we can be relatively anonymous! Did you friend ever find out where her phone was? That could be difficult to explain!
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@hopejordan (3561)
• Australia
22 Jun 08
hi there scorpiobabes
well i have dropped a couple of things in the toilet i dropped 5 cents i have had my keys in the toilet once thanks for this discussion and take care
@violetdreams (658)
•
1 Jul 08
Personally, I don't remember ever dropping anything in the toilet unless I meant to. BUT, my year old son did drop a cordless phone in there! Needless to say the phone never worked again and insurance had a good laugh when we called up make a claim for a new phone.
Another great story (not mine I hasten to add) is from a friend who had her baby in the toilet - no lies! She went to the toilet and had a baby! Didn't even realise she was in labour, and she should have known because she already had 2 kids. Talk about a painless and effortless birth!
Violetdreams
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
1 Jul 08
I LOVE the stories! In fact, I'm going to award your friend this special 'Spongebob' award certificate...I'm glad to hear that the baby is ok! 
I have heard similar stories, but usually they involve teenagers at the prom and the results aren't all happy endings. 
I think that doctors have figured out that it's much more comfortable for a woman to be seated upright to give birth, instead of laying awkwardly. Let gravity do it's job!
I have heard similar stories, but usually they involve teenagers at the prom and the results aren't all happy endings.
I think that doctors have figured out that it's much more comfortable for a woman to be seated upright to give birth, instead of laying awkwardly. Let gravity do it's job! @wolfwillow (12)
• Canada
22 Jun 08
haven't really dropped anything in the toilet but when I was younger we moved into a house. Well it had a 1/2 bathroom downstairs that we had trouble with the toilet. When the plumber came to fix it he found a hair brush that someone had flushed. I think thats the craziest thing I have ever seen pulled out of one.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
My next door neighbor's daughter tried to flush a Barbie doll head down the toilet--they kept the toilet turned off for 4 years to prevent any more surprises! But a hair brush? It must have been one of those skinny curling brushes--I would think anything else would be too big! Thanks for sharing!
I did get inspired to do an art photo; because we were building our home ourselves in sections, we'd see odd things pop up and be stored in other rooms. In this case, it was a Kohler toilet--in the middle of our living room! I was inspired to do an artsy-type photograph, so first I grabbed my camera and tripod, set it up and started shooting. B-O-R-I-N-G! Hmmm.....what could liven this up? I know...a CAT curled in the bowl! I went and hunted up the lightest cat (white, with brown/black patches) and put him in the bowl. Voila! Only problem...his leg slipped and was trapped. I tried unsuccessfully to rescue him, but his howling, scratching (and eventually) biting caused me to seek out my father. He worked on that poor cat for 15 or 20 minutes before he got him out, though now he tells me another 2 minutes and he'd have smashed a $500 toilet to rescue him!
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@pjones9288 (6)
• United States
22 Jun 08
What is the weirdest thing I've ever dropped in the toilet you asked, well I would have to say my flip flop. I know you are asking how in the world did my flip flop end up in the toilet. Well it actually happened while I was in college at Mississippi State. I had used the restroom between classes. The germ freak that I am I was flushing the toilet with my foot to keep from touching anything nasty. Well so much for that! As I was bringin my foot back down my shoe came off and landed in the toilet. It was still flushing so I had to reach in and grab my shoe to keep it from possibly stopping up the toilet and really making a mess. I washed it off and tried to dry it with the hand dryer. You could still hear me squeaking all the way down the hall when I walked!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
I'm the same way--I've risked FALLING in the bathroom to avoid touching anything in a public one! You're definitely NOT in the minority...I think a lot of people feel the same way! Glad you got your shoe--it must've been some balancing act trying NOT to touch your barefoot to the floor!
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