Come on. Admit it. Toilets are funny.

Go ahead. Put the paper down for a second, walk into the nearest lavatory and throw a belly laugh at the john. It will make you feel great all day. Who cares how the toilet feels about it?

Like most people, my own life has overflowed with comical bathroom adventures. Whimsical trips to my Grandpa's outhouse. . . The hilarious day in grade school when the sewer backed up. . . Those merry times when, in pledging a college fraternity, the active members made me stand right in the bowl and keep flushing, all the while singing "Surfin' USA," frankly one of the highlights of my academic career.