Eat a bunch of cheese and take some pepto
I want to rep you, but it won't let me. Sorry bud, but I owe you one. I literally laughed out loud.
I was playing a game of 1943, one of my favorites. I was 10 boards in, trying to finish on one quarter. An ill fated shart created a dilemna. Do I proceed with the run or do I let it run? I was really feeling it on this playthrough, and decided that nothing was going to stop me. Sometimes we make hard choices in this hobby.
OMG! I had a similar situation during the 80s. Shameful to admit, but I was playing.... Time Pilot, or maybe it was Rally-X, but it was at Loppo's Pizza, and I was having the game of my LIFE.... and had to piss like a Russian race horse.
I was faced with a decision..... keep playing, and risk pissing myself or try to run home(which I could actually DO back then.... run.... and home was across the street, maybe a 90 second run away).
My bladder got to the breaking point... so I ran. I'd left a bunch of lives, and tried to make it home. I didn't. Half way across the parking lot, I let loose. At that point, I said "fuck it" and ran back to finish my game, pants soaked.
I finished my game(which set a high score on that machine that wasn't beaten for a long time)... then ran home to shower and change.
So.... I feel your pain, brother.
As for stools(the kind you sit on).....
After the fire at Odyssey, Along with Lunar Lander and Paddle Battle, I was allowed to snatch pretty much anything I wanted(except the other games/pool tables). So I grabbed one of the tables(2'x2'), two chairs, and two stools. The stools were originally gun-metal gray.... but I later painted them bright blue. I still have all of that shit. To me, it's part of the legacy of that place that meant so much to me.
The chairs are fiberglass, with metal legs. I've had to sand the rust off of the metal part(it literally is all one piece) a few times, and spray paint them... but they survive to this day. The stools.... one is a floater(kinda)... good for Super Pac-Man and Lunar Lander/Asteroids(once it's working again), and the other is being used as a table in the living room. I should put the chairs down there for Pole Position and Dig Dug... but I'm not sure the wife would approve. We have some ancient(literally) dining chairs there right now.