Has anyone ever been so desperate for a wee on a coach trip that they've almost disgraced themselves?
Me and my mates were recalling an incident just last night when we went to Wigan (I think it was about '96, we lost 0-1!) on a toilet-less coach and my mate sat in silence for ages despite us asking him if he was okay until eventually he got really red-faced and admitted he was dying for a pee. But not just dying - absolutely on the verge! He was too embarrassed to go and ask the driver to stop and after a short while of poking fun at him, we realised that he really wasn't going to be able to last out until we stopped at the services. He also finally accepted this and had to go and ask the driver to stop, but he'd held it for so long that he could literally only hobble to the front - attracting everyone's attention - and begged the driver to stop - like NOW!
The sight of him standing there clutching himself with crossed legs and purple-faced almost brought tears to our eyes (and not just with laughter!). The driver said he'd have to wait until he could find somewhere suitable to stop.
The reason I haven't mentioned his name is because unfortunately for him, he really had left it too late and to put it very politely, as he hobbled off the coach after our emergency stop, he was already "going to the toilet" in his pants!! - and at 19 years old, wet trousers is probably one of the most humiliating things that can happen to a lad.
His cry of "I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" is just one of those things that I'll remember until I'm 95!
Anyway, he got over it (just!) and I suspect learnt a few things from the episode, like don't leave it so late before admitting that you really aren't going to be able to hold it - and maybe dark-coloured trousers and not jeans are more suitable for long journies on loo-less coaches!
As we were having a right old chuckle about it (and several other near-misses, I have to say) last night, someone said, "I wonder if that sort thing has ever happened to anyone else?"
Well...over to you lads ... !
Me and my mates were recalling an incident just last night when we went to Wigan (I think it was about '96, we lost 0-1!) on a toilet-less coach and my mate sat in silence for ages despite us asking him if he was okay until eventually he got really red-faced and admitted he was dying for a pee. But not just dying - absolutely on the verge! He was too embarrassed to go and ask the driver to stop and after a short while of poking fun at him, we realised that he really wasn't going to be able to last out until we stopped at the services. He also finally accepted this and had to go and ask the driver to stop, but he'd held it for so long that he could literally only hobble to the front - attracting everyone's attention - and begged the driver to stop - like NOW!
The sight of him standing there clutching himself with crossed legs and purple-faced almost brought tears to our eyes (and not just with laughter!). The driver said he'd have to wait until he could find somewhere suitable to stop.
The reason I haven't mentioned his name is because unfortunately for him, he really had left it too late and to put it very politely, as he hobbled off the coach after our emergency stop, he was already "going to the toilet" in his pants!! - and at 19 years old, wet trousers is probably one of the most humiliating things that can happen to a lad.
His cry of "I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" is just one of those things that I'll remember until I'm 95!
Anyway, he got over it (just!) and I suspect learnt a few things from the episode, like don't leave it so late before admitting that you really aren't going to be able to hold it - and maybe dark-coloured trousers and not jeans are more suitable for long journies on loo-less coaches!
As we were having a right old chuckle about it (and several other near-misses, I have to say) last night, someone said, "I wonder if that sort thing has ever happened to anyone else?"
Well...over to you lads ... !