How Amish Men Pee. Probably not how you're thinking.😮
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- Some rather odd info on the Amish and an inside look at the barn I grew up in.
Welcome to The Amish Potato’s Channel. My name is Cj Miller. I was raised Amish in Shipshewana, IN. I was Amish until I was 16 years old, when I started dressing “English”, drove a car and partied on the weekends. This is called Rumspringa.
I did this until I was in my late twenties. I then briefly joined the amish church, left again, and moved to Idaho where I discovered the truth of who Christ is, married my lovely wife and am now sharing my story on TH-cam.
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Why in the world bring this up. For weirdos, so you get more hits. I'll stay away after this one.
@@rogervancouwenberghe6685 that’s what it takes to have a TH-cam channel😉
@@theamishpotato Pieces of silver.
@@rogervancouwenberghe6685 No need to be upset. It's good to know that Amish men don't sit down to pee like liberal... males.
Oh and while it wasn't specifically stated, Amish men don't require help to urinate.
They "hold their own." Pun intended.
What a polite community. I grew up in the country in Oregon and we all just walk a little ways away from the crowd sometimes still in the conversation and let it go. Unless of course it's a fairly formal gathering where we walk as much out of sight as possible.
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I live in New York City now, but I grew up in East Texas. My heart jumped a little when you mentioned making hay-bale tunnels in the barn. I'd utterly forgotten about that childhood thrill.
I'm from Chandler what town are you from?
@@benlieckfelt4140 I grew up in a town called Pittsburg in Camp County, in the northeastern part. But I consider Houston my hometown.
Me too!!! Flashback to those tunnels and trying to make them go all the way to the bottom of the stacks! - By the way, I'm from Nacogdoches in the Heart of Texas. Houston is like a second home.
@@shirley8610 My Mom's side of the family are from Nacogdoches, many SFA alums. Tiny world, even on the internet.
I was a seminary student, working at a Lutheran Church in Lancaster PA. I was invited to attend a farmers club dinner at an Amish farm, there were many English and Amish families present. After dinner the men did a "Barn Inspection". Being from the city I thought we were really going to inspect the barn...only once inside did I realize that this was a polite way to allow the women folk to use the outhouse while the men found relief in the barn.
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My dad and I had a code "Christmas Caroling" which was leaving the dinner table to go outside after eating a bunch of food to fart....
Many English families?
When and why did they emigrate to Amish country?
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@@GazB85 "English" is the Amish term for non-Amish people. It refers to the language they speak, not the country they came from.
In rural NH, men often pee outdoors out of public view but not commonly in a corner of a barn, and when it's raining we sometimes pee off a porch. Our water supply is from wells, and we don't want to waste it by flushing. Not so much in winter, however, to avoid the sight of yellow snow.
Your puppy is absolutely adorable! I hope her wounds heal soon
my daughter lives in an area of Illinois with a large Amish community. in recent years Illinois law have been passed requiring gender neutral bathrooms in all businesses. for a long time I noticed Amish businesses were simply ignoring the new laws, which is perfectly fine by me. I assume there must've been some complaint, so I started noticing they simply took the male signs off the men's rooms while leaving the female signs on the ladies rooms! I personally found this to be absolutely genius! and I think you've just clarified why it was such an easy solution! I'm a devout Catholic, but the Amish I've met personally definitely do have a lot of wisdom to share and remind us of some aspects that we overlook. this is utterly brilliant!
Hopefully it’s just single toilet bathrooms that are gender neutral. Hate to be standing at the urinal and women walk by.
@@abutts02 it is single toilet, but the point is that the women still have a women's restroom and the men hardly use the other one anyway. So they've still got a safe spot for women, and they've appeased the Illinois Gestapo. It's not perfect, but it's the smartest solution I've ever seen when you're under the gun. My guess from the time I've spent in the area is that if a safety issue came up due to the bathrooms at their cafes, we may discover the limits on Amish pacifism. Just my perception.
I must be Amish. My barn has a concrete floor but outside, to one side, the brush provides privacy that saves time and eliminates trips to the house. Thanks for great video content.
Nice barn. I love old barns. I grew up on a small dairy farm in the central valley of California. I always peed outside, still do. There was always a peeing spot next to the barn, shop, tractors or whatever. Just don't pee on the hay, wheels, equipment or the electric fence.
nice barn, let's piss in it lol
My grandpa never used a back house or a bathroom in his life. He always said why would you do anything that disgusting in the house!
This is more of a quirk than something to be ashamed or embarrassed of. I would rather go under a tree or behind a bush than use a public toilet facility (which are usually filthy)and using an indoor toilet is more about conditioning than practicality. Thank you for sharing these insights into Amish life. I look forward to seeing more of these memes.
Agreed. We are from Iowa. My son got talked to during summer daycare when they were at a pool, because he went pee in the bushes. He didnt want to go into the public restroom by himself. He thought it was dirty and scary.
"Thomas Rikona" too many people doing that will poison the environment. Think the Ganges river.
That's why their relationships last longer 😆 no arguing over the toilet seat being up.
Thanks for the barn tour and being real about what the sawdust piles are for! 😊 Here's a tid bit -it's a common thing, if you're from the country, for males to do this outside. Farmers/ranchers don't have time to find a toilet!
Nice to see Miranda in the back there. Hope she is adjusting okay, from the move. Blessing to your family.
As a young boy, I was encouraged to pee outside and my son is too. We're not Amish, just regular people
Your parents' farm is so neat and tidy. I'm really impressed.
Always admired out nicely the Amish yards and lots looked. Always manicured so beautifully and the beautiful flowers.
Well fertilized and irrigated yards and gardens too!
Thank you for this. I found it very informative. The tour of the structure and purpose of the barn probably couldn't be experienced otherwise due to trying to respect Amish personal space.
Of course your daughter is near by. Nice to have such a cute shadow.💙
Now you know why round barns never became popular. No corners to pee in.
I have many Old Order Amish friends , love all of them and yes you are correct . "GO OUT TO THE BARN " . Thanks for sharing .😜
I'm not Amish but one of my earlier memories was going out to our barn and seeing a man facing the horse corral. He was there for an equipment sale and my Dad had warned me that I might see this. Also to ignore it. He didn't tell me why though. My Mom used to ask me if I needed a picture drawn for me in some of my more dense moments. This was one of those days. I saw said man on the side of the barn perusing our corral and I very helpfully asked "can I help you"? On reflection I realized the very startled man was doing quite well on his own!
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To help straighten his long fellow 😊
@@tracysmith9934 Ha ha!
My father would have never “gone” in our barn, nor would he have ever permitted anyone else to do that! When outside, there was an “outhouse” where the men went while outside working during the day. Inside our barn was the sweet smell of hay which was located on the second level. Our barn was a pleasant place to be because of its wonderful smell!
That is a great part of Indiana, We used to drive through there to a lake where we had a slip for our boat. It was funny to drive by Kroger Grocery Store and see the parking lot Chevy, Ford, Chrysler, Horse and Buggy, Chevy all parked in a row.
thanks Man! love your content!! I I got my drafts from our Amish friends and went to Mt. hope ohio to the sales all the time! new alot of Amish down there!1
It's nice to see someone point out that this may only be in their community.
One thing I have learned working very closely with a Mennonite community is that the "ruels" and way of life may and usually does vary between communities.
For example the Mennonites I work with are aloud to have diesel engine to run their shop equipment, a community 8-9 hours away has to use literal horse power like old black smithing shows.
When fishing in a small 12ft boat in a close raft of other boats my amazing friend Buzz would take "it" out and then get close to the outboard motor like he was fixing something. He'd relieve himself and no one but me was the wisher. God bless you my friend Buzz. Great memories with you.
We always bring a plastic coffee can while fishing in a boat.
Handy for the guys anyway.
This makes sense to me. The woman being visited doesn't have to clean after the visiting men. She can keep a clean house. Anyone walking into a public men's bathroom compared to a public women's bathroom knows.
Our little Grandson is a city boy and he loves the fact he is allowed to go outside to pee when he visits us on the farm. 😆
I'm a country girl and we went anywhere we had to. No big deal. The horse trailer was a good spot; I'm just saying. We grew up hearing guys saying, " I got to go see a man about a horse..." then they'd go somewhere outside out of sight and go.
EVERYONE has peed outside at some point. We've all been in a situation where we gotta go and there is no convenient indoor facility. But, going outside to the barn when you're inside and facilities are convenient is a whole different level.
using indoor facilities that waste the fertilizing properties of urine while you're literally on a farm is objectively just stupid.
I think McGee on "NCIS" had to do something on a job site and ended up either poison ivy on his rear end! My family headed to Savannah for vacation and someone would invariably have to stop to go pee (or whatever) and my dad would stop and let them outside the car to go in the shrubbery nearby. I had to go too. Got no poison ivy, but when I looked up there was an old farmer and his cow looking down at me. The farmer was laughing. The cow just mooed.
Great content!
I still live on our 80 acre 1860's farm here in Missouri. My grandparents bought it back in the 30's and I was raised here on the property with my family. It's a wonderful life here still and I pee outside ever day!
My grandpa always peed in the barn as did I and my brothers. It had a dirt floor in one part.
Grandpa farmed until 2003. 1 row corn picker, belt driven hammer mill, McCormick hay stacker and everything else was only 2 row.
Same here in New Mexico.there’s nothing more refreshing than an open air pee.
I grew up in Kansas. I remember the boys and dad aiming at dad's peach tree that was behind the outhouse.
Wow, Amish are the most gifted hard working ppl ive ever seen ! They work hard and love life as a simple way to survive vs. city noise and fake everything.. They make the best home made remedies that a dr. would want as well !
Hey CJ, Just stepped in to say hi thank you for sharing a bit about your life, farm and thoughts as well as offer my best wishes to you and yours. ✌️
My maternal grandmother (Pennsylvania "Fancy" Deutsche - German Lutheran) grew up on a farm in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (the farm is pretty much now I-80) and what you have described is pretty much how they did things back in the 1910s, 1920s, and even up until the 1960s when municipal (city, borough/town, and township) building codes mandated (with exceptions, mainly for Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities) indoor plumbing and either septic tank or municipal sewer hookups.
that is so true!! I went to a Switzer Amish church service one time and the men told me to find a corner in the barn if I needed to urinate
We have Amsh guys over. They NEVER ask to come into the house for potty time. Always wondered where and how they were doing.
Now you know😂
We used to make hay bale forts, but we weren't supposed to because it made the knots in the twine they were tied with super tight and it had to be cut off. My grandpa and uncles always saved and reused their twine.
My (boy) cousins talked about "taking a whizz" through the cracks at the back of the barn - forgetting there was an electric fence strung behind there. The experience was rather shocking! LOL
Lol I laughed too, when you told that about the men and the bathroom, but there are non- Amish men that do that also and sometimes go anywhere they might think that they are not seen. lol
Fort Wayne here! Thanks for sharing. I grew up near Grabil, it has always been very fascinating to me.
I work in horse racing and the stalls are our bathrooms as well! 🤣
Fascinating! I found you through Tawra & your live chat with her! 🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
One day at my brother-in-law my sister's house my brother-in-law was kind of bragging about his American Indian heritage ! Telling me about how he's part Indian and showing off his arrowhead collections , now I know my brother-in-law so immediately after hearing this I had to correct him !! You see my brother-in-law has a big problem with his prostate and so he's always having to stop and take a pee , every time you turn around he has to take a piss !! So I looked him dead in the eye and I told him you're not a native American Indian your European !! Every time you turn around you'repean ! You'repean , You'repean !
Good to see a video from you again,C.J.. always interesting
Hi CJ ! I’m here from living on a dime! I’m subscribed to you anxious to watch all your videos ! 🥰
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@@theamishpotato you are so very welcome 🤗. Mike and Tawra are good Christian teachers .. love them both ..
I enjoyed your interview with Tawra, God Bless you and your family! I’m subscribed to your channel also.
As a Florida man I grew up peeing outside a lot. When I lived in Central America I did it more often. No sense in wasting water.
By the way, I met Amish people in Costa Rica. They have a dairy farm and make cheese and stuff. They have to use a truck to deliver but they said at home they live like other Amish people. They were very very nice and a pleasure to talk to. The older lady was white and might have been American or European but we only spoke Spanish together.
I also saw Amish people in Belize next to a river with their horses and buggy. Dressed similar to the ones in the states and Costa Rica. I didn't talk to them because we rode by in a boat.
There are Amish in my home town in Florida too. They have a little neighborhood and they mostly ride bikes to the bus stops to get around. They're nice too. The girls aren't as innocent as they pretend to be...😉
CJ, first time seeing your video. I love all people and cultures and I appreciate your time to unite us all.
I grew up in Sturgis Michigan, right on the Indiana Michigan line. There were a lot of Amish in that area. I've always wondered about how the Amish lived surrounded with today's technology.
my husband drove for the Amish and he always peed in the barn..
My kids saw me pissing by the barn one day and said ; dad what are you doing? I said spraying to keep the bears away. They said but we don’t have any bears around here dad. And I replied exactly!
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I'm not sure exactly why, but I've ALWAYS LOVED barns and garages, and the like.
Nothing awkward about using the corner barn facilities...what's really awkward is when my toddler grandsons would whip it out in the front yard...I had to shield their presence from cars going by and explain that the front yard was not the bathroom area..country kids don't feel the need for embarrassment until they get of school age...kids do and say the most unexpected things, LOL.
I potty trained my 1st grandson to pee on the trees outside. However, has he got older and lived in the city. It was a while new ball game. He would pee of the porch and outside. It took us forever to get him to use the bathroom. My bad😁
@@bethedmonds3028 Yes, the grand boys are grown, but sure would like to revisit those days again. Lol!
I saw nothing bad about this. People like me are curious about lots of stuff. Not to make fun but just for the fun of knowing.
In the 1970s I lived in California with a couple from England and their girl-toddeler. The Mom would cradle her near the ground so she could *get relief* almost anywhere such as parking lots or beside busy streets, which they explained was fully acceptable in England LOL, kinda sorta cute I guessed. Another American friend told me that when he served in Germany (1966) women would leave bars, move to the gutter, hike skirt, squat and let go big beer pisses and it was totally acceptable to the Germans (roflmao and wince). I have to admit I'm fairly repelled by both.
@@rogervancouwenberghe6685 Very interesting comment...info that I didn't know..thanks.
Wow that's enlightening..my grandmother was Amish she left when she wanted to marry my grandfather who was Indian..she walked everywhere she could and grandfather and ALL the men would always go behind a tree..i always wondered why..now I know um n yuk lol...gram was not permitted back n when her mother died she didn't know for years n had me take her to the grave I remember walking through cornfields to sneak in so she could visit😔 CJ keep the info. Coming please
Wow, thank you for sharing a sneak peek of the home you grew up in. I can sure appreciate the time, hard work & craftsmanship your folks put in to their property. 👍 Nice. I agree, your family does have pretty horses. Fun fact to share with you. I paid to Rescue a true Dwarf horse(not a pony or a mini) that was owned by an Amish man near shipshewana. I'd like to share that story with you🙄. Interesting that you feel awkward going outside to take care of business. It is common for men to tinkle outside.
I live on a farm in Texas & my son always owes outside because he’s usually always outside. Nothing wrong with it if your doing it on tha cool. I always thought Amish were pretty cool & I thought I might could live like that. I know y’all are some amazing builders, I’d love to have a small cabin built for me.
Saw the title of this video and couldn't just not look. That was a new (for me at least) and very interesting rabbit hole about the Amish people 😊 And, in spite of the subject, told with respect and humour.
Thanks for for allowing us outsiders a chance for an inside view,brother
Entertaining! I am originally from Indiana and now in Idaho. I visited Shipshewana and Goshen many times.
All my kinfolk up in Tennessee Appalachia all had barns & outhouses even in the mid 1960's. A city boy ain't never had such a thrill as doing #2 in an outhouse with 6 inches of snow on the ground. Takes an hour before you 'hang loose' again.
I grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, that's what we did, pee in the barn back in an empty calf or heifer stall, or in the gutter, no biggie. I to find it more comfortable or natural peeing outside vs say a public bathroom (gas station) or someone's house.
I grew up in Angola Indiana, in Steuben County.. I knew quite a Few Amish folks... almost converted myself... Great videos.. I also lived in Boise and up North in Priest River
Lol. Thanks for “that” tidbit!
I grew up in Centerville Mi, was a main hub for amish and many knew my parents and we even had them build additions on to our home, very nice people, we where friends with Verne Yoder Mini Me from the Movies. The yards and Barns where impeccable. I remember when the funerals how greyhound buses would come in, this was a big event...Enjoy your videos....
Good video i am here in the Holmes County Ohio Amish community...even non Amish just pee outside or in the barn especially after a few homemade hard ciders! Haha cheers
I need to find a way to create a sawdust corner in my home for Amish guys.
And cats too, apparently....
If one doesn't own a barn life is difficult.
Your dog is an Australian cattle dog and, they are bred to round up cattle. That is why she try’s to round up the horses and even cars, which is not unheard of. They are fantastic dogs, one of the most faithful dogs ever.
This was a fun one. My son would love to be able to do that. He was always peeing outside when he was little. Guess it's a guy thing. Lol!!😂🤣❤️🤭
it is a guy thing -- and children love it... went to a pool party over the summer and the hosts gave the boys (age 10 - 12 ) permission to go behind the shed to do their peeing -- never saw a group of boys that age need to pee in a two hour period before !! LOL and us adult women got a kick out of them doing it!
Not exactly, my sister and I often used the great outdoors, why go home when your up in the woods?
Love your videos 🙂 and I think the pc that went around the cows neck whilst being milked is called a "stanchion" stan-shun.
That’s it!
Lol, from the PNW, grew up in the country and spent a lot of my life on boats as well. The men often for convenience would just pee outside. My dad would just walk around the back side of the garage. On the boats they just pee over the side. No big deal.
As a female with my own rural home with privacy during the summer I would shower outside with the garden hose. A 75 foot hose of water heated by the sun was perfect. No steaming up the inside bathroom & need for extra cleaning.
I used to drive for an Amish construction company. I soon figured out about the barn. 😉
Hey cousin. Liked the video brought back a lot of memories from when we were kids. This is Jerry Lynn by the way.
I live in upstate NY, lots of Amish here. I LOVE the donuts!!!! I will lock em up when I see the Amish selling donuts. ❤️❤️❤️
Wow That's where my Nannas Farm hand went to when he was taking a break🤣👍 I was a kid I'm 66 now and Mr Joshua said he'd hurry back soon. Now I Know Haha
What A Great Video,Thanks For Sharing Such Treasured Stories.
Using the corner of my barn..... that isn't gonna fly!
Love the content CJ.. am enjoying all the videos.
I grew up using the barn too.
Now a days you can't pee outside at night because so many dam street lights!
Considering the fact that, in many Amish communities, "I love you" is considered obscenity, I can imagine how you could find discussions about basic human functions highly uncomfortable. I'm proud of you for finding the courage to make videos such as this one. Some people can't appreciate how close to impossible it can be to overcome childhood conditioning.
In my family, hugs, and any other blatant displays of affection were abruptly and often cruelly, cut off at the age of seven. I still struggle to get past that.
My brother and I go to an Amish community that’s close to where we live and he uses the outhouse because of course he doesn’t realize he could go to the barn and do it
Not only Amish men do it. Most farmers do it. I did it for years in Kentucky as a boy and still do it today in Virginia at 53 years old. Ain’t nothing wrong with it.
So you were raised in a barn! LOL. That's what it sounded like when you started the video. It's funny because if our rooms were a mess or we left the front door open, mom would say clean your room...you weren't raised in a barn. Shut the door...you weren't raised in a barn! I'm going to teach the men in our house to start going outside in the garage. My two little grandsons too. Do you have any idea how much time this would save me on cleaning toilets??? They can't hit the blind side of a barn on a good day. 😂. Do you suppose that is where that saying came from? Great video! Love it! Have a blessed day!
we were told that as well!
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My dad was actually born in a barn! When you leave a door open, and country people ask if you were born in a barn, my dad can literally say, Yes, I was born in a barn. This wasn't an uncommon experience in the country during the 1930's when he was born!
@@bouffant-girl what fun it must have been to hear him answer 'yes'!
Weird fact to come across. Just found this channel by accident & found it so interesting that I subscribe.✌️👍🤓
So interesting! I grew up in Sturgis, MI. We have dear Amish friends who live in Nottawa MI. Speaking of Shipshewana…the Bluegate has the BEST French fries ever!! You’re welcome. ☺️
Thank you most interesting...love visiting Lincoln County when in America
Now I know to stay away from the sawdust. I wonder how often that pee pile gets cleaned out for pissy smell. I can squat on a wilderness roadside if need be.
All this reminded me of being at my southern church, looking out the window as the good ole boy elder had his back to me. I thought, "Oh my!", but considered where I was at and just chuckled. It is a memory to have used Dawdy's two seater outhouse, Sears and all.
We always said,"Always wear 2 pairs of socks when you go in the woods."
We had a number of round barns built in a circle with a silo in the center. Whenever I was passing by one with my Uncle Carl he would dryly comment, "That farmer went crazy." "How so?" I would ask. "He couldn't find a corner to piss in." was his answer.
Nice barn tour and chat...
I live in Mishawaka Indiana so know some about the amish community around Elkhart county. I grew up around Osceola, Mishawaka, and Elkhart.
Did not know this... interesting but not weird... cool info
I go behind my garage. I live in a rural area. Went out one day and there is my neighbor behind my garage taking a leak. He was startled by never stopped what he was doing and asked if he could borrow a ladder. Yep, excepted practice.
I'm a man and been peeing outside when outside for ever ,doesn't all men and boys do that wherever they live ?
I don't know how far away from Berne, IN that is, but my former best friend lived in Berne when we met. (I live in East TN) So the first time I visited there I was AMAZED and excited to see Amish! He was like "Meh" lol No big deal to him. I really loved visiting that area for almost 15 years.
Being brought up on a Mountain nearest neighbor was probably 5 miles elsewhere.. if you were out digging coal ( to fill the bin for winter) or picking wild berries or mushrooms or hunting.. whatever tree you were near would get watered.
😅 That's cool! You never have to worry about men leaving the toilet seat up or not aiming right. I'm a woman and have to admit that I have gone pee in my horses stall more then once. 👍
Still holds true in our little part of the country, in KY. We are not Amish or Mennonite, but men have always done this, and still go outside, when they’re already outside. Behind a shed is the most popular place.
There are many Mennonite families in our community, and also Amish in, this, and neighboring counties. Within sight of my home is a small Mennonite school, a sheep farm, and metal roofing business (Yes, I have seen the sheep in the school yard and “Mary Had a Little Lamb” comes to mind).
My niece married a guy whose family left the Mennonite community when he was a little boy. I need to ask him how much he remembers. He’s a truck driver, one brother is military, another is a flight medic. His parents still wear traditional Mennonite attire.
I've always been interested in the Amish ever since I was introduced to them back in Pa.
love your videos your farm reminds me of my grandparents farm.my fathers parents were from goshen
Goshen is my hometown. Was just there for a couple of reunions. Home Sweet Home
In NH we do it here...or the woods, or corner of the garage...behind the Chevy...lmao
Amish men and bikers in a MC seem to have this in common. That and the level of care given to a horse, y'alls have the lean muscle ours have steel. Both loved and shown respect.
C.J. sir, you are awesome.
"I'm just gonna get real here"... cracked me up! ☺