{"id":4687,"date":"2013-07-17T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2013-07-17T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T13:00:35","slug":"why-i-cannot-go-to-the-toilet-without-first-looking-into-it-with-comic-strips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/2013\/07\/17\/why-i-cannot-go-to-the-toilet-without-first-looking-into-it-with-comic-strips\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Cannot Go To The Toilet Without First Looking Into It (With Comic Strips)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-18-15-pm.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4688\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-07-17 at 2.18.15 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-18-15-pm.png\" width=\"467\" height=\"588\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-18-27-pm.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4689\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-07-17 at 2.18.27 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/files\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-18-27-pm.png\" width=\"487\" height=\"591\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-23-23-pm.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4690\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-07-17 at 2.23.23 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/files\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-23-23-pm.png\" width=\"439\" height=\"564\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-23-33-pm.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4691\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-07-17 at 2.23.33 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/files\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-23-33-pm.png\" width=\"479\" height=\"561\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-27-26-pm.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4692\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-07-17 at 2.27.26 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/files\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-27-26-pm.png\" width=\"440\" height=\"553\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-55-49-pm.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4693\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-07-17 at 2.55.49 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-55-49-pm.png\" width=\"410\" height=\"534\"><\/a><strong>Which is why, 26 years later:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-18-15-pm.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4688\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-07-17 at 2.18.15 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2013\/07\/screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-2-18-15-pm.png\" width=\"467\" height=\"588\"><\/a>{inspired by this disgusting post from <em>Slate: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2013\/07\/16\/snake_bites_man_s_penis_from_toilet_bowl_a_brief_history_of_when_rats_snakes.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cA Brief History of Toilet-Based Animal Attacks.\u201d}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which is why, 26 years later: {inspired by this disgusting post from Slate: \u201cA Brief History of Toilet-Based Animal 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