Excuse me, but isn't that Englishman's Ass?

by closer2fine 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  closer2fine

  
  

  . http://news.excite.com/news/r/011022/11/odd-urinal-dc

  London Flushes Out Street Foulers
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Drunken revelers in London's West End have met their Waterloo with the installation of two French-style urinals offering an alternative to city pavements.

  Westminster Council said Friday it hopes the specially commissioned public toilets will provide a solution to the increasing number of men urinating against walls and doorways, creating a health hazard in the heart of London.

  The urinals -- unveiled to the sounds of ABBA tribute band Bjorn Again singing the 1970s pop classic, "Waterloo" -- were designed by the council and purpose-built by Swedish firm Danfo.

  "Stand-up," doorless urinals are a common sight in France, but are a first for Britain and will be on trial for a year at two locations, a council spokeswoman said.

  Like their French counterparts, they are not fully enclosed, with a user's back visible to passersby. "People will be able to see your back, but nothing else," she said.

  The Council had been using mobile urinals in locations around the West End at weekends, but the new installations were the first permanent, on-street, plumbed-in public conveniences in London, she said.

  "As far as we are aware they are the only ones of their kind in Britain," she added.

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  Englishman

  Closer2fine,

  Ah the old Froggy backless bog appears in the Smoky City at last! I remember when you used to pay just a penny for a poo and you got a door as well. This led to the rhyme: "Here I sit broken hearted. Paid a penny and only farted."

  What the article doesn't mention is that when in France you don't even get a loo seat. Just an earthen wear slab with a hole to God knows where and 2 foot-shaped blocks to anchor your feet in.

  Luxury!

  Englishman.

  Nostalgia isn't what it used to be....
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  closer2fine

  In the US we know that rhyme as:

  "Here I sit broken hearted
  Came to shit but only farted"

  Anyway, I saw this article and thought of you :o)

  closer

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  hillary_step

  Hi E'Man,

  What memories your comments bought back of my student days in Paris. Those French toilets were a nightmare to negotiate and always smelt as if De Gaulle has jammed the dead bodies of all his political foes down there.

  I remember one afternoon attempting to live up to a pseudo Henry Miller persona and drinking myself into the staggers in a sleazy bar via very cheap plonk that doubled for bleach. It was well into the early hours before I left the bar to head back to what would certainly be a blistering attack from my aunt, who had against her better judgment, kindly lent me a room in her apartment But before heading home I made the mistake of using the toilet in the bar.

  In negotiating the black hole I swayed back and forth trying to keep my trousers from the customary filth that accompanies these chambers in France.

  Imagine the horror when my car keys fell from my pocket with a jangle and disappeared into the hole of death. I stood up trousers around ankles with my mouth mimicking the hole at my feet, staring into its clammy depths, a look of desperate disbelief on my face.

  Just in case you are wondering, no I did not - rather than attempt that, I walked home and slept on the stairs by the booth belonging to the concierge, who occasionally spat a disgusted glare in my direction while he picked his teeth, as if to say ‘filthy Englishmen’. Filthy France I say!

  HS
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  Michael3000

  HEY! Don't forget the rest of that ditty:

  "Later on, I took a chance - tried to fart and shit pants"

  --Michael

  "Any day spent NOT knocking on doors is a good day!"