‘The locks on a block of public toilets are being changed following complaints it was being used as cheap lodgings.
With heating, a wash basin, a peg and a mirror, the eight cubicles in Stamford Hill, Hackney, east London, are cheap accommodation at just 20p a night.
Local businesses said there was competition for the cubicles and many wanted the more spacious disabled loo.’
‘Security camera footage at Mont-Joli airport in Quebec Canada captures footage of some poor guy peeing on an electric fence and getting the shock of a lifetime.’
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‘This guys friends were sick of having to go outside to take a piss so he created a pressurized urinal that launches the piss directly into the neighbors garden.’
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‘Singer Sheryl Crow has said a ban on using too much toilet paper should be introduced to help the environment.
Crow has suggested using “only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where two to three could be required”.
The 45-year-old, who made the comments on her website, has just toured the US on a biodiesel-powered bus to raise awareness about climate change.’
‘Japan’s leading toilet maker Toto Ltd. is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said Monday.
The electric bidet accessory of Toto’s Z series caught fire in three separate incidents between March 2006 and March 2007, according to company spokeswoman Emi Tanaka.
“Fortunately, nobody was using the toilets when the fire broke out and there were no injuries,” Tanaka said. “The fire would have been just under your buttocks.”’
‘A British dentist was found guilty on Thursday of urinating in his surgery sink and using dental tools meant for patients to clean his fingernails and ears.
A medical tribunal said it was satisfied the evidence showed 51-year-old Alan Hutchinson, who “routinely” did not wear gloves or wash his hands, had risked the health of “himself, staff and patients” for more than 28 years.
A dental nurse who worked for Hutchinson for 16 years said she had caught him urinating in the sink more than once.’
‘SkyWest Airlines apologized to a passenger who said he wasn’t allowed to use the restroom during a one-hour flight and ended up urinating in an air-sickness bag.
James Whipple said he had two “really big beers” at the Boise, Idaho airport. While on a flight to Salt Lake City on March 7 he wanted to use the cabin restroom.
The captain had declared it off-limits during the short flight because a light wasn’t working.’
‘A Toowoomba jockey has been caught using a sex aid in an attempt to deceive stewards in a drug test.
Jason Warrington was one of 19 track riders and jockeys who were nabbed in a drug raid at Clifford Park racecourse, Toowoomba, on Tuesday.
Warrington had left the track when he was asked by Queensland Racing stewards to return to provide a urine sample for precautionary drug testing.
Acting chief steward John Hackett became suspicious of Warrington’s actions while the jockey attempted to provide a urine sample.
Hackett caught the jockey squeezing urine from a dildo concealed inside his pants.’
‘Contrary to popular belief, NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak did actually make a couple of stops along the way on her journey from Houston, TX to Orlando, FL.
Up for bid is ONE of only a small handful of historic news media frenzy spawned memorabilia that we found “left behind” and that has come to be known as the Lisa Nowak NASA Astronaut DIAPER! It is clean and unused, and it can be YOURS if you are the lucky winning bidder.’
Followup to: Astronaut charged with attempted murder is released on bond
‘Up to 20 teenage girls from an exclusive Sydney Catholic school are under investigation for skinny dipping in a river during a Duke of Edinburgh camp.
A 14-year-old was suspended from Loreto Kirribilli yesterday and more are expected to follow as the school looks for truth among the rumours, innuendo and gossip of girls behaving badly. [..]
But it is understood that on top of the late night dip in the Colo River, a number of girls are alleged to have urinated and defecated in a cooking pot – used for preparing meals – as a practical joke.’
‘New Mexico has taken its fight against drunken driving to men’s restrooms around the state.
The state has ordered 500 talking urinal cakes that will deliver a recorded anti-DWI message to bar and restaurant patrons who make one last pit stop before getting behind the wheel.
The top of the devices feature the state DWI slogan — “You drink, you drive, you lose.” [..]
The cakes have enough battery power to last about three months.’
‘A Chinese woman says her pet dog has taken to peeing upside down.
Mrs Chen, of Changchun city, says 18-month-old ‘Baby’ began peeing in the new position just three months ago.
“He used to pee as other dogs do. But one day I found him putting both hind legs up onto the tree to pee,” she told East Asia Business News.
“I thought maybe that was only for the one day. But from then on, unexpectedly, he would pee in that acrobatic position.”
Chen says Baby’s other unusual trait is that he is a vegetarian.’
‘More than three-quarters of Australians say they would drink recycled sewage water, contradicting the NSW Government’s insistence that Sydneysiders find the idea distasteful.
The Herald/ACNielsen poll taken at the weekend shows that 78 per cent of Australians (80 per cent in NSW) would support the introduction of recycled water.
Support was consistently high across states, age groups and political parties; 19 per cent voiced opposition.’
‘It’s never too late for toilet training. Some Malaysian colleges may soon offer courses on how to keep public restrooms clean, the national news agency reported Thursday. [..]
Malaysia’s government recently said it wanted to start a “toilet revolution” in a country where public restrooms have long nauseated citizens and tourists with their lack of basic items such as toilet paper, soap and sometimes even toilet seats.
Lau said his ministry plans to soon introduce a system for the public to lodge complaints about filthy toilets via cell phone text messages.’
‘NSW transport Minister John Watkins has apologised to train commuters who had to wet themselves or ask for toilet stop because of a lack of facilities on trains.
A number of passengers on the south coast service have suffered the humiliation of wetting themselves due to the lack of facilities on board, The Sydney Morning Herald reported today.
The toilet-equipped cars previously used on the service have been removed for safety reasons and replaced with cars used on the Sydney network that don’t have toilets.
Passengers have reportedly been forced to urinate in cars or wet themselves before the end of their trips of up to two hours.’
`An Australian state plans to introduce recycled sewage to its drinking water as a record drought threatens water supplies around the nation, a state leader said Monday.
Queensland state Premier Peter Beattie said falling dam levels have left his government with no choice but to introduce recycled water next year in the state’s southeast — one of Australia’s fastest growing urban areas.
“We’re not getting rain; we’ve got no choice,” Beattie, who said his government had scrapped a referendum planned for March on the issue, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.’
‘The body of a 3-year-old boy was found in a septic tank less than 10 feet from the house where he was reported missing, Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan said Saturday.
The body of Loic J.M. Rogers was found late Friday, and an autopsy showed that he drowned, Meehan said.
“This is a tragedy,” Meehan said.
It was unclear how the boy got into the septic tank, and the manhole-sized lid was closed. Meehan did not classify the death as a homicide, but said investigators do not believe he could have climbed into the tank and put the lid back on himself. An investigation is continuing.’
`A California radio station has fired 10 employees, including five on-air personalities, after Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, died following her participation in a “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” competition, reports the Sacramento Bee. The 28-year-old died of water intoxication, having consumed an estimated two gallons of water in an attempt to win a Nintendo console for her children. The winner of the contest was to be the person who managed to drink the most water without going to the bathroom.
Strange called into her office after the show and told a coworker that she had a “really bad” headache and would be going straight home. She was found dead in her Rancho Cordova home on Friday afternoon by her mother, who had gone to check on her after being contacted by the concerned coworker.’
`Angry homeowners called on the police yesterday to stop a house on their “lovely” estate being used to make porn films.
They claim adult filmmaker James Edwards has shot sex movies in full view of his neighbours.
They say women have exposed themselves on the drive of his £400,000 house in Bradley Stoke, Bristol.
One was fined £80 for urinating in the front garden while being filmed. [..]
He also warned he plans to feature the street in a TV porn series. “Using special effects, I’ll show actors having sex in front of neighbours’ homes.”‘
‘Strange, 28, was found dead inside her Astral Drive home in Rancho Cordova Friday afternoon. Her death came just hours after Strange participated in a radio station KDND 107.9 The End contest, testing contestants to drank as much water as they could without going to the bathroom.
The winner of the “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest would take home a new Nintendo Wii video game system.’
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This is quite an interesting old advertisement for a car dealer, somewhere around Baltimore by the sounds of things.
Don’t forget to bring your wife. 🙂
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So, you have a vagina but want to piss standing up? No problem. 🙂
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`A shamefaced thief caught on CCTV as he walked out of a Hampshire pub with a urinal in his rucksack has handed himself in.
The 42-year-old man, who has not been named, handed himself in to police in Salisbury on Monday evening.
The man, from Salisbury, Wilts, told police he had taken it from the Royal Oak pub in Southampton as a “souvenir”.’
Followup to: Police hunt pub urinal thief
`British police said Friday they were hunting a man who stole a urinal from a pub toilet.
The suspect walked into the Royal Oak pub in Southampton, on the English south coast, ordered half a pint of beer and then made several visits to the men’s toilet.
There he carefully removed a white urinal from the wall, stuffed it into a rucksack and was captured on closed circuit television walking out with the bulging sack on his back.
“He made a very, very expert job of dismantling it from the wall and turning the water off. A very professional job,” landlord Alan Dreja said in a video posted on the Southampton Daily Echo newspaper’s Web site.’
`Authorities in Danville, Pa., have decided to drop a disorderly conduct charge against a 12-year-old special education student who they accused of deliberately wetting her pants at school.
A school superintendent now says that it was a mistake to bring police into a case of school discipline.’
Followup to Young Girl Facing Charges After Wetting Pants
`A 12-year-old special education student in Montour County was charged with disorderly conduct after authorities said she deliberately wet her pants at school.
Her mother told the Press Enterprise it happened because her daughter was frightened by the principal. [..]
Her mother said the girl is terrified of Duckwork and has wet herself during previous confrontations with him. But Danville Police Chief Eric Gill said school officials are at their wits end with the girl, and they believe her actions were deliberate.’