NightTrain
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:30 PM
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I have Phantom Handle Syndrome. |
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Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 08:51 PM by NightTrain
It just occurred to me tonight while I was eating at a restaurant. When I went to the bathroom, I reached for the urinal's handle, only to find it wasn't there because it's one of those toilets that flushes automatically. That's happened to me quite a few times, so I decided to name the phenomenon. I call it "Phantom Handle Syndrome."
You know, I really miss the fun of flushing a toilet myself! :cry:
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LincolnMcGrath
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:35 PM
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1. What was the last thing your hand touched before reaching? |
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Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 08:36 PM by LincolnMcGrath
That is why the handles are vanishing! No OCD here, but I know plenty of folks who suffer from it..
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:38 PM
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When I first read your title, I thought you might be referring to this: http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4051&n=1
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Gothic Sponge
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:42 PM
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Sometimes i can't get them to flush, and i have to do a dance in front of them to get it to work. Inevitably, someone always walks in thinking i'm nuts.
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:44 PM
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4. Would it be in the same group as the Phantom Light Switch Syndrome? |
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I constantly try to turn my kitchen light on in the same spot that my house had the switch but it's not in the same place. I feel like an idiot every time I touch the wall as I enter the kitchen and I realize that my switch is located on the other wall. I have also tried to flush a toilet and I reached up to pull the flusher chain down and I realized that I was in the wrong country :D
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:47 PM
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5. Now we're all in the wrong country |
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and it has a lot to do with it being in the crapper
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Sun Dec-26-04 09:05 PM
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I'm so used to the toilet at work, which flushes as soon as I stand up, that I pause at normal toilets, wondering for a second why the damn thing isn't flushing, then I remember it's one of those old-fashioned manual doo-hickies.
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Sun Dec-26-04 09:08 PM
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7. This sort of happens to me. |
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We have sensors on the faucets at work, and I've been in public restrooms where I've put my hands under the spigot and wonder..."Gee, why no water, yet?"
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