W.C. Boggs & Son

I really wish I had taken a picture or at least read fully one of the most intriguing signs I have seen in a long time. Quite simply it was a product recall from a local DIY store, attached to a toilet was a warning informing customers of said toilet that it was dangerous. Now think about that, dangerous. It's a strong word for a toilet, I'd describe toilets as awkward, cold, even alarming if you have ever sat down quickly in the dark not realising the seat was up so dangerous intrigued me. Unfortunately I was in a hurry and it only registered what I had saw as I reached the car.

What on earth made it dangerous? It has a tendency to shatter if hit by a particularly heavy stool? Or maybe it has a weight limit, exceed it and find yourself on the floor surrounded by sewage nursing a backside impaled with shards of porcelain. What if it has a lavish flush that fires uncontrollably like a geyser to deposit it's contents regularly onto the roof? Or maybe the toilet seat has a tendency to snap back like a crocodile clip with hilarious results. The mind boggles but fantasy is never far from reality, a recent news story from the United States reported that millions of faulty flush mechanisms had been causing toilets to explode with many receiving laceration injuries. Ouch!

One of the funniest lavatorial humour I found on the net was a photo of graffiti that had been scrawled in a toilet cubicle, quite simply it said 'Rate Your Experience' then added 'Using A Movie Title'. I tittered, then smirked, then did a big belly laugh as I read some of the ratings. Black Beauty and The Departed were funny but I started to crack up at One Flew Out Of The Cuckoos Nest, The Blob and The Fast and Furious. By the time I had reached Grease, Max Payne and Magnum Force I was rolling about uncontrollably.

I'm sure you can think of many others but on that puerile note and as its Sunday I will leave you with one more, Tarka The Otter.

 

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