People in the old days sure were tough ...
Aw, c'mon, Del, where's your pioneer spirit? Nothing wrong with using a chamber pot. At least you won't have to go out the back door and down to the end of the backyard and into a dark, smelly little building that's inevitably full of creepy, crawly spiders. ...
And when this is all over, you're going to know all about how to fix a toilet!
If I didn't have to empty out my own chamberpot, maybe I might feel more excited about it.
As it is, I'm already cleaning out my mother's used and stinky diapers. When she sees me grimacing as I pick them up, she said, "Honey, why don't you wear plastic gloves? There are some right over there."
I looked at her and said, "I'd rather you be more neat and not throw them on the floor, than me have to use gloves to pick them up."