The Outhouse That Started My Collection
Many years ago, I was in the outhouse on my grandma’s farm with my pants down. I felt the hairs on my neck rise and looked up. What I saw scared the crap out of me! A live raccoon was about 4 feet from my head in the rafters!!! Back then we left the door open to air it out and it must have gone inside. I had heard that if a raccoon is cornered, it will attack you. I didn’t want any part of that action so I tore the door open and ran outside with my pants down. Well…my sister happened to be outside and was looking right at me laughing her head off. Years later for Christmas, she gave me a present. I opened it and what I found was a miniature outhouse with a raccoon inside! Well that is the year the Outhouses of America Tour was started. All because of an outhouse, a raccoon, a sister, a Christmas present and the Internet!
My favorite contribution sent in by a visitor who used to sing this song at girl scout campfires
- The Passing of the Backhouse – The Poem found typewritten in a book
- Idaho Poop Moose Mints (a tin of poop!)
- The Gas Station Outhouse – A Poem
- A Bird House Outhouse with Functioning Door!
- The Outhouse – A Poem about Outhouses
- The Tiny Cabin Short Story
- There is an Outhouse in the 2009 Disney Pixar movie “Up”
- Toilet Made Out of Money
- Dump Cake Recipe
- Terre Haute, Indiana Outhouse Expert Recites the History of Outhouses in Rhyme
- North Carolina 1/3 Scale Pump Cover Outhouse
- The Boy and The Outhouse
- Newfoundland Newfie 2-Holer Model Outhouse
- The Outhouses of America Curator’s 2004 Christmas Gifts
- A Custom Built Miniature Motorcycle Handmade Outhouse
- Put your Kleenex inside of this Model Outhouse
- A Birdhouse-Sized Homemade Outhouse
- Wooden Outhouse Magnet
Sam the Lavatory Man (A Canadian Girl Guide Song) (this is one of my all time favorite contributors!) Listen to the mp3 Version below
- Now you see’em; Now you don’t; Naked in the Outhouse
- A Leather Outhouse Door Knob Ringer
- An Outhouse Towel Rack
- An Outhouse on Fire; Remember to Crush All Smokes
- Buy an Aristocrat Privy Division Outhouse
- You Better Register Your Name in the Outhouse!
- The Outhouse Revisited – A Book by Sherman Hines
- An Outhouse CD Holder
- An Outhouses of Northern Michigan Shirt
- A Copper Outhouse Music Box
- Deposit Your Money in the Outhouse Bank!
- An Outhouse Night Light
- See Santa in the Outhouse!
- Watch our creative Enter Store video
- An Outhouse Storage Container for Toilet Paper
- Reach for the Outhouse if you need something to Wipe With!
- An Outhouse Towel Rack or is it a Towel Rack for an Outhouse?
- An Outhouse Collection in Pennsylvania!
- A Book to Read While You Are In An Outhouse – Relive the Story!
Listen to a couple of sample flushes that are inside the book
Do you have a story using an outhouse or have a general comment?
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