Outhouse races, held in towns and cities across the western US, let teams compete in their own portable potties, complete with four sides, a roof, atoilet seat and even arolloftoiletpaper.
On our desks, we had the essential supplies of the time: a bag of cookies, a pile of letters, an electric typewriter, a bottle of Liquid Paper and arolloftoiletpaper.
What seems like a ritual to others is really just practical, she says: Always do it in the same sink -- the process is "gross, but so good" she says in her iReport -- and always have arolloftoiletpaper next to me.