When my nephew was little, I got him one of these Hot Wheels Potty Cars. Recently I found out that they have become quite valuable. I wonder if my nephew kept his?
On a semi-related note, I found out that there is such a thing as a car potty. It is a camping toilet that can fit between the front and back seats of a car. You line it with a human-sized poopy bag and add a handful of kitty pine before using. Later you can dispose of the waste wherever waste is disposed of.
I talked to my neighbor about these, and she declared me “bat-sh*t crazy”. In this day and age, though, how crazy is it? I’ve read of people being afraid of using public rest stops because they feel unsafe. Some truck drivers have these rather than using truck stop restrooms. If you live in a house/apartment with one bathroom, having a backup might be nice because plumbing nearly always decides to break in the middle of the night over a holiday weekend. Living in your car? This solves at least one of your immediate problems.
In my family, intestinal disease runs rampant. Several relatives have had to have sections of their intestines removed. Hospital won’t discharge you until you’ve had a bowel movement, but there is no guarantee that more might need to come before you can get where you’re going. (Full control doesn’t come back for several weeks.) Set one of these up in the back of the car with a privacy blanket, and you might have a more confident drive home.
Even if your initial reaction to collapsible toilets is that they are a bizarre idea, now that you know about them, I bet you find yourself thinking about occasions when they might be useful.
Just knowing that I’ve caused you to think about pooping in your car brings joy to my day.
I’ll poop in your car.
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The Adventures of Bitey Dog 
LAUGHING BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN CAMPERS OR CARAVANERS KNOW THE HANDINESS OF PPORTA-POTTIES ! (NAME FOR THEM IN THE CAMPING/CARAVANING INDUSTRY )
YOU MAKE SEVERAL SALIENT POINTS FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO MY LAUGHTER IS KNOWING LAUGHTER NOT MAKING FUN OF LAUGHTER !!!
HUGSSSS
Thank you! I appreciate your knowing laughter. 😆
HAHAHAHA! 😀 💩This is great! Made me snort-laugh! 🙂
But, on a serious note, I can agree with, and appreciate your thoughts! I DO think collapsible toilets, car toilets, and portable toilets would make life and travel easier! 🙂 There have been some occasions, when traveling, that I wished we had a toilet in our car.
I have so many stories…Here’s just one…
When our kids were preschoolers we were traveling through the mountains and it was pouring down rain…no rest stops or towns or indoor toilets for many many many miles. Our 5 year old pipes up, “I gotta’ pee really bad!” We finally found an old wooden outhouse by the side of the highway, so we stopped and I took her in. It’s dark in there, stinky, a huge deep (seemingly endless) hole to balance precariously over, rain, lightening and thunder goin’ on, and she says, “I’m not peeing in HERE!” HA! I finally got her to do it by promising to hold on to her and not let go. 😉
Oh, and I was the person who carried toilet paper, wet wipes, toilet seat covers, Lysol, etc., with us when we went on road trips or camping. 😉
(((HUGS))) ❤️
PS…Oh, Toby, I bet you could and would! 😉 😀 💩
Oh my goodness, that story you told sounds like something right out of Scooby Doo! 😂. You are a good – and brave – mama.
I remember pulling off to the side of the road or finding outhouses along the way on trips when I was a kid. Do people still do things like that? I have a feeling no. (It just underscores how old and bumpkinish we are. 😆)
HA! Yes! That outhouse encounter for us was over 30 years ago now. Not sure anyone still does things like that. 🙂
Maybe that’s for the best. Haunted outhouses aren’t necessarily good things. 😆
So true! 😮 😀
Our neighbor across the street says she left the side door open to her van and she swears up and down our bad cat, Frank, pooped in it. I’m sure it wasn’t him but if there had been a potty they might have averted misfortune. Chester says it was probably a raccoon.
Bad cat Frank? This guy sounds like quite a character! Does he get blamed for a lot in the neighborhood?
I agree that if more people had potties, a lot of misfortunes could be averted. 😆
I could write a book of grievances! Sadly he passed about 15 years ago. Maybe i will hijack the chester blog for frank stories!
Stories within stories might be fun. Let Chester tell about his predecessor. 😊
I actually saw one of these in use at the park, a mom who was potty training her daughter had the little one seated on it in the back of a van. I thought it was a darned good idea, honestly.
That sounds like a wonderful use!
Remind me not to hitch a ride with a trucker. I am sure those would be valuable, I had one but someone took a shit in it
Was it Toby?