When I was in my late teens a new style of pizza was introduced by Pizza Hut (for a limited time if my memory is correct) called 'The Sicilian'. The Sicilian was a square pizza with some apparently traditional (or secret - I can't quite remember) concoction of herbs and spices. The TV adverts made the pizza look absolutely delicious and, to Pizza Hut's credit, the Sicilian was indeed a treat.
At the time I had a good friend with whom I would visit Pizza Hut quite regularly. One Friday night we decided to share a Sicilian to see what the fuss was all about. We had a great night eating pizza and taking full advantage of Pizza Hut's 'Ice Cream Factory' (a self-service ice cream machine which you had unlimited use of), and we went our separate ways.
We met up the following morning as we had arranged to travel to Leeds for a shopping trip, kindly driven by my mother. When we were half way there I begain to feel uncomfotable; my stomach groaning as if I was hungry and twisting and contorting as if I was being massaged from the inside out. I decided to ignore the pains and with incredible willpower would attempt to disguise any external symptoms as best I could, hoping that we would get to Leeds soon.
Ten minutes later we drove into Leeds and parked in a car park next to the indoor market, not far from the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It was such a relief to get to Leeds without exploding - the pain in my stomach at this time was almost unbearable. We all got out of my mother's car and left her to deal with the Pay and Display machine as my friend and I started to walk towards the shops. At the precise moment my legs started to move I knew something was wrong.
The pain in my stomach suddenly increased an unbearable amount, and no amount of clenching my arsehole could stop what was happening. I was leaking into my pants. I stopped walking and made a feeble excuse about checking my wallet for money, naively hoping to buy myself a few seconds with which to regain control of my bodily functions. Success. The leaking had stopped. We started walking again, and I clenched my arse cheeks together with as much force as my muscles could muster. We reached the other side of the car park seemingly without incident, although by this time I was cold and sweaty and felt like I was going to pass-out. However, the reprieve was only temporary as the closer we got to the shops the more my stomach felt like they were being minced. Once again warm liquid began to ooze from my arse, a small squirt with every step I took.
"I'm just going to nip to the loo" I said as we approached McDonald's. I managed to get up the stairs to the toilets, accutely aware of the warm soft mass gathering in my pants. I burst through the door, went into a toilet cubicle, dropped my trousers and exploded all over the bowl. Imagine the scene from the first series of South Park where Kenny has explosive diarrhoea and you're pretty close. The diarrhoea had the consistency of double cream, the colour of Nutella chocolate spread, and it smelled as foul as anything I had ever had the displeasure of smelling.
After a couple of minutes of suffering terrible stomach cramps and further outbursts, I attempted to clean my pants with toilet paper. At the time this was the worst uncontrollable outburst I had suffered and I was an amateur when it came to clean-up. I used an entire roll of toilet paper trying to clean my pants and backside, and the bowl I had decorated, before I decided to give it up as a bad job. I rolled up the pants and carefully stashed them behind the toilet bowl. On this note I should say that since this happened to me, I have felt guilty for simply leaving my soiled pants hidden behind a toilet. I genuinely felt pity for the member of McDonald's who discovered them. If a McDonald's staff-member is reading this who worked at a Leeds McDonald's in 1994/5 and found a pair of Navy Blue briefs covered in foul-smelling diarrhoea behind one of your toilets, I sincerely apologise but there was nothing else I could do.
The friend I was with was female and therefore thankfully unable to come into the toilet to see why I was taking so long. I pulled up my trousers, washed my hands and composed myself. I met up with my friend who was in the restaurant enjoying a milkshake, and we reconvened our shopping trip. Whilst I felt a huge relief to be rid of whatever it was that was disturbing my insides, I felt dirty and extremely fragile. I had never experienced something quite like this before, but I certainly would again.