Then again, I’ve been there and you apparently haven’t.

You know Swiftee, my money is on a real a**hole like you being the first of the bunch to go crying to the gastroenterologist.

I’m as right wing as they come don’t insult me. And I’m not stealing anything – the can would still be there when i was done. Since when is getting something for nothing bad?

Pfft.

Sounds like an offer to stick his head up everyone’s ass and bring back a full report.

And the “depends” joke was great! Well done, JGMPLS.

Or perhaps “wham-plog-thank-you-ma’am.

Will this bill cover casino’s or will the DFL protect them from this, too?

The issue here is that a legislator, or, in this case, legislators, have bought into the idea that it is necessary for government to mandate that private establishments open their restrooms to individuals who have a certain medical condition, which, if you read the definition of the term in the bill, can be interpreted as pretty much anything.

Do you honestly believe that is the proper role of government? Most of us don’t believe the proper role of government is to address personal grievances. And it’s that type of discernment and judgment that separates good legislators from bad legislators.

Is that more plausible than say, a “poop lobby”?

I’m willing to bet this came from a constituent, and has little to do with the nanny state you all are sh*tting yourselves over.

It seems like this would make them fiscally responsible – able to stretch a dollar as it were. Something Republicans seem to have a hard time with these days, at least on the federal level.

Sounds like dems are providing a little cover for Franken, because even they know he’s full of it.

I’m surprised you haven’t figured out the angle on this one. The DFL and its affiliates are going to be busing in protestors by the tens of thousands during the Republican National Convention. These protestors won’t have a place to take a dump unless they drop some coin at a local watering hole, restaurant or other retailer in St. Paul. Under this bill, the protestors will be able to walk into any retailer or other establishment in St. Paul, do their business and then leave – all without spending any money. A wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am of sorts.

1. Get a bunch of College Republicans to dress up like slobs. Show up at Ciresi’s firm and demand to use their private toilet facilities. Claim you have some condition. If they refuse, ask them why they are cruel haerted.

2. Show up at Lori Swanson’s office. Do the same thing. Listen to someone tell you how you can’t use her private bathroom because of safety concerns.

3. Go the Minnesota Supreme Court. Ask to use their private bathroom facilites because you have to go “real bad” Specifically ask to use Justice Page’s bathroom since he would no doubt think this os wonderful legislation.

4. Go up and down Uptown stores and shops and ask to use their private facilites. Make sure you are dressed like a slob or shady character so they can get used to all sorts of weirdos using their private bathrooms once this becomes law. If they say no ask them why they are opposed to the “downtrodden”.

5. Do the same in Emily Murphy’s district to all the good liberal business oweners.

6. repeat weekly until session is over.

Depends.

People like you start from the perspective that without Government intervention, the world would fall apart.

This is being mocked because imposing fines on retailer that don’t let people use their bathroom facilities is an hysterical overreach begging to be lampooned.

You can have compassion for folks that suffer from those ailments and still think it is out of line for the Government to impose a fine on Super America because they wouldn’t let a non-customer take a dump.

And does this happen to such an extent that it requires legislative activity?

Seems to me that a public awareness campaign directed towards retailers might be a better avenue than having state government impose fines.

The clerk at Target is an asshole if he doesn’t let the guy with any of these issues use the bathroom. But legislating against it reaches new heights in absurdity.

Don’t post on this site with your holier than though attitude and imply the people making fun of the legislation are making light of these diseases, ’cause it just ain’t so.

I wonder which one of you gasbags is going to be the first to rupture a colon whilst passing a dose of karma. While septic shock sets in, your feces flowing freely inside of you, resulting in massive heart, lung, and kidney infections, think about “mud butt” and chuckle. They’ll soon be slipping a tube in you that’ll prevent that from ever happening, unless your colostomy bag overflows while you’re sitting in a chair.

Seriously, aging men cracking poop jokes is like an inmate on death row making fun of another inmate convulsing in the chair.

Just out of curiosity, how many of you chuckers are too squeamish to have a colonoscopy?

Nobody from Hennepin County is forgetting these worms. Nobody.

This is way too funny.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mud+butt

They posed an interesting question since this law only applies to certain afflictions. How is a retailer to know who truly suffers from these problems?

They suggested that people suffering from these problems carry with them a “frequent pooper card” to establish their identity.

I hope the voters are watching.

Thanks again!

I actually voted for his DFL opponent Jess Langerud since if you’re going to be voting for a Democrat, you should at least have the nerve to vote for an ACTUAL Democrat.

It sounds funny but Langerud was more to the right then Abeler.

Fine, you can use my restroom but the toilet paper will cost you.

Hey!!! there is only one Kahuna!!

In a session in which we are looking to ban cell phone use in cars, and now demand private businesses open their doors to ensure people don’t shit themselves, this obviously appropriate amendment would solve two serious problems:

First, it would end the dangers of motorbating, which studies show to be 10-20 times more dangerous than talking on a cell phone (yet still less dangerous than applying makeup on the Interstate).

Second, and more importantly, it would protect those suffering from CMS from the embarrassment of throwing down right there in public.

Surely, our compassionate DFL friends can find it in their oversized hearts to include this clearly appropriate provision in their “Freedom to Poop Act of 2007.”

We’ll then call it the “Freedom to Poop and Jerk Act of 2007.”