日曜日, 10月 29, 2006
Drunken Russian miner
This is a classic. I saw it first well over a year ago, then lost it, but never forgot it.
It's a piece of an interview about workplace safety being compromised by drinking in a Russian mine. The interview is not important; the presence of the man in the background says it all.
The right to pee: a question of gender
Men, on the other hand, have a toilet very handily on roof-top level. They also have a toilet downstairs.
I go to men's toilets every now and then, not only because I can't be arsed to queue to the over-subscribed women's toilets, but also because I find it ridiculous that something like the place where you get to pee is restricted by gender.
I never expected to be told off by bouncers at a gay venue for using the 'wrong' loo, but that happened tonight, at Camp David. I went to the men's toilet, the one located upstairs. The lock of my cubicle didn't work, and I tried to keep the door closed with my foot while peeing. So far, so good - Hey, I had just saved about 30 minutes of my life by going to the men's rather than trekking down to the women's. Someone tried to enter my (unlocked) cubicle while I was finishing my business, but that someone happened to be my flatmate, and once I emerged from the cubicle we fell over laughing. Just as we were laughing, two meathead bouncers entered and spotted that I was (gasp!) a GIRL, in the wrong place! They told me in really harsh words to get the fuck out of there, and quickly.
Why?
Check me out!
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