Among the many daunting obstacles to attending the Obama inauguration -- frigid temperatures, humongous crowds, security issues, impossible transportation odds and little to no chance of actually seeing our next president -- there's one that is little discussed but, in my case, insurmountable.Being a woman of a "certain age," there's no chance whatsoever that I can go 10-12 hours without a loo.
On another frigid January day in 2003, before the Iraq war (sorry, "Operation Iraqi Freedom") began, I did the no-bathroom thing in D.C. and made it about nine hours, a world record for me. So I know what I'm talking about here.
And the inaugural committee has announced an expected crowd of 2,000,000, give or take half a million people. The number of portable toilets planned for the crowd: 500. That's one for every 40,000 people there. Sure, some people will have VIP toilets and others will wait in line at restaurants and any other place that shows mercy. Still, that leaves a huge number of people who gotta' go.
Just imagine this scene with thousands more people, all of them bundled against the cold, making it take much longer for each person to actually go, and there you have my own personal nightmare.This is not going to be a zip in (no pun intended) and zoom out of town event. Even after the Fourth of July fireworks on the Mall, with maybe 250,000 people), it can take three hours to get a Metro train out of town.
There must be some secret weapon other people have that I don't know about. I mean, what are they planning to do about the call of nature?
There is, of course, one other option.
Well, heck, if she can use them, I certainly can. But how do you get them off once they're saturated? I've even thought about taking a pair of scissors to do the job, but I'm sure I'd have security all over me if I brandished a pair of scissors.Any suggestions out there?
I'd really, really like to go. To the inauguration, I mean.
7 comments:
They pull on like panties so you just pull them off and replace them with the clean one you're carrying in your big bag. But you still need someplace PRIVATE to do this procedure unless you want to wear a saturated diaper until you're home or at Beth's! ;) I don't know, Nanny, I vote for a $2500/night hotel room!! ;)
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Enjoy!
Laurie, This is awesome! I wonder if I can get it in time. Did you Google "female incontinence"?
I'd heard of it sometime in the distant, foggy past, and the name stuck with me!
I assume, after reading the weather forecast for inauguration day, that you'll just snuggle up and watch from the telly! =0
I'm still leaving it open. What I need, I think, is someone to go with me. It's probably going to be above freezing and sunny.
Oh! I thought it was going to be frigid and blizzardly! Don't say that about needing someone to go with you because I was wondering how many days it would take me to get there. ;)
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