Not a day goes by without people reading in newspapers about risks to our health and safety, as this article from freesheet Metro explains:
Category: In The News
In The News: Spending cuts hit public toilets
In all the bad news over public spending reductions worldwide, here’s an amusing spoof video over how the cuts in the UK will affect people when using public toilets.
In the News: Why Glastonbury 2012 is going down the pan
The world famous Glastonbury pop festival may not take place in 2012 as a result of a potential toilet shortage….
In The News: Is urine the new smog?
This article from Potlatch blog is mostly about economics and politics, but has some references to peeing in the urinals. Unless one knows about the comparisons, you won’t be able to understand a single word of it.
In The News: “Call of Nature”
It’s been on the web for a while, but we’ve only just found this. It’s about bathroom etiquette. From Grant Barrett in “The Lexicographer’s Rules”. My latest column in the Malaysia Star. It is written for English learners. Bodily functions are a rich source of English slang, so naturally, we have a lot of ways…
In The News: “If you thought you knew what watersports were, it’s time to think again”
From Sam Wollaston, this article from the UK’s Guardian newspaper: Picture, if you wouldn’t mind, a shop that sells magazines and a section labelled “Watersports”. You’re probably thinking windsurfing titles, some about jetskiing, a few copies of Motor Boats Monthly, aren’t you? Me too.
In The News: Space station toilet breaks down
You got to have some sympathy for the astronauts of the space shuttle Endeavour. First, their current flight was delayed for several days due to bad weather, and now, even when they get to the International Space Station, the main toilet there breaks down.
In The News: A WEE tip for cinema-goers
This has been all over the web, and has been mentioned in an article for the UK Metro freesheet: It’s a feeling many of us are familiar with- sitting in the cinema, crossing your legs but you just know that if you make a dash for the toilet you’ll miss a crucial scene. Well, don’t…
In the News: Actor drinks own urine for TV show
Actor Will Ferrell, according to entertainment website Digital Spy, is to appear on the Discovery Channel TV series called Man Vs Wild.
In The News: Two “Wet” Magazine Articles
I’ve located two wet articles from UK mens’ magazines (sorry, not much real porn in them). I hope they’ll be of interest. The first was taken from Maxim, from a section called Feminasties. Peenami (Or: When one has to go, one simply has to go!) I was in a club when I bumped into a…