RING RING - IT'S THE CLUE PHONE AND IT'S FOR YOU

So I'm watching an old rerun of Friends - that's what being sick will do to a person - and Joey had just moved into a new apartment.  He was super excited because his favorite part of the new place was a phone next to the toilet. 

It occurred to me how many of my friends are squeamish when it comes to the toilet call.  I think that my friend Stacey used to be fine with it, realizing the ideal nature of the situation - captive audience and all - but for almost all others, I hide the flush as best I can, because, like it or not, I talk to you from the commode.

What is it about talking to someone while they are in the bathroom that is so off-putting?  It's not as if I'm going to ask you to help me out "down there" or ask you to pull my finger or urinate directly into the receiver.  If anything I would think that having my (almost) undivided attention would be an enviable position, given the myriad other distractions there are out there.  It's not like I have to pay that much attention to what's going on - it's pretty much routine at this juncture of my life.