What a way to go: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64430454
A man died after he was crushed and trapped underneath a telescopic public urinal while working on the device in central London.share
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Pop-up toilets are stored beneath the ground and brought to street level at night for people to use.
Somebody did a piss-poor job installing that thing.
shareOkay, what in hell is a "telescopic urinal"? Any Brits know?
shareIT'S LIKE A SECRET ELEVATOR THAT RISES FROM THE GROUND...ONLY IT ISN'T AN ELEVATOR...IT'S A PLACE FOR HOBOS AND DRUNKS TO PISS.
shareBut I don't get the point of sinking it below ground during the day.
shareSO THE STREETS AREN'T LITTERED WITH TOILETS...LOOKS CLEAN AND NICE...THEN THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THE TOILETS RISE FROM THE EARTH...APPARENTLY THEY HAD A REAL PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE URINATING IN THE STREETS.
shareWacky Brits. And where do these bums piss and defecate during the day? It just seems like a half-assed solution.
shareI SUPPOSE THERE ARE LESS PEOPLE WHIPPING IT ON THE SIDEWALK DURING THE DAY.🤷🏾♀️
share“SIDEWALK”
Pavement dear boy, pavement.
YOU EVER PEE IN THESE THINGS,ANDY?....DO THEY HAVE DOORS?...CAN YOU POOP IN THEM?....HOW COMMON ARE THEY?....JUST IN FANCY SPOTS OR ALL OVER?....DO PEOPLE HAVE SEX IN THEM LIKE AN AIRPLANE BATHROOM?...WHAT IF YOU ARE PEEING WHEN ITS TIME FOR THEM TO GO BACK DOWN?
shareYOU EVER PEE IN THESE THINGS,ANDY?....No
DO THEY HAVE DOORS?...Some do, some don’t.
CAN YOU POOP IN THEM?....The ones with doors, yes.
HOW COMMON ARE THEY?....Only in major cities.
JUST IN FANCY SPOTS OR ALL OVER?....I’m guessing in areas of high footfall + bars.
DO PEOPLE HAVE SEX IN THEM LIKE AN AIRPLANE BATHROOM?...Probably.
WHAT IF YOU ARE PEEING WHEN ITS TIME FOR THEM TO GO BACK DOWN? No idea!
MUCH APPRECIATED,HELPFUL ANDY....THAT IS SOME GET SMART SHIT...BLEW MY MIND THAT THEY ARE REAL...TERRIFIES ME THINKING OF THAT DUDE GETTING SQUISHED AND STUCK UNDER ONE.
shareWhen I visit London, I’ve probably walked passed loads without realising because when they’re up, they just look like a normal toilets and when they’re down, you don’t know that they’re there.
If I lived there, I’d notice that fact that one minute it’s there, the next it’s not.