An upmarket store looks to toilet humour for its latest advertising campaign, inspired by a quote from a Hollywood actress. From Huffington Post UK, with bits added by The Bathroom: Harvey Nichols Advert Features Models Wetting Themselves In Excitement Over Sale. Department store Harvey Nichols has turned to toilet humour to promote its latest sale….
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In The News: Can Botox treatment cure bladder weakness?
In has been in many newspapers today. Here’s a brief article seen in UK freesheet Metro about it. Cut down on your trips to the loo- Botox your bladder It may be most popular with those who want to iron out wrinkles- but Botox could help those who need too many tinkles….
In The News: University puts up toilet instruction posters
This article was taken from the BBC News website. Posters have gone up around a university campus instructing students on how to use the toilet properly. Swansea University says it has produced them to help address cultural differences. The posters include images showing students what they should and should not do. Some students have called…
In The News: Was David Cameron right to veto the gents?
While most of the media attention at the recent European Union summit had focused on UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s refusal to sign up to an agreement over the tackling of the Eurozone debt crisis, some had questioned his alleged ability to hold his pee for long periods at such important meetings. From the London…
In The News: Pees & Qs Gaga?
This story has been all over the web. Here’s how the Daily Mirror (UK) tabloid saw it, with bits added by us. STAR’S RUDE REVELATION It can take her three hours to put on her outrageous outfits, so it’s no surprise Lady Gaga takes a short cut when she’s, er, caught short… If you’ve ever…
In The News: Dutch trains to get ‘bag toilets’
Let’s face it, what do you do if you get caught short on a train, and there aren’t any toilets around? It’s bad enough on a regular journey, even worse if you get caught up in an emergency. However, in the Netherlands at least, they have found an answer in this report from the BBC:…
In The News: Women workers forced to wear ‘I need pee’ sign
In many workplaces, people are often monitored by their managers on bathroom/toilet breaks. This news article picked from Metro UK looked at one manager who certainly had taken things too far. A factory boss who ordered women workers to wear a red sign around their necks when they wanted to use the toilet is facing…
In The News: Caught short by the law
A police officer’s normal shift is never routine. They can’t have a break by set times, and they often cannot just nip off to the toilet when they’re desperate. It’s worse when they have to cover demonstrations and riots. Their desperate plight is highlighted in an article from Metro (UK): Officers’ fury over lack of…
In the News: Singer: Wee did not romp
UK singer Charlotte Church had responded to earlier claims in the tabloids that she was filmed having sex with her boyfriend. From The Sun: Charlotte Church insists she was NOT having sex when she was filmed with her knickers around her knees- but was just caught short. The singer, 25, says she had been on…
In The News: Surprise at public artwork
From the current issue of Private Eye satirical magazine, found in the Funny Old World column: “The idea came to me during a city centre protest,” artist Marcel Walldorf told a press conference at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden, “when I thought about the riot cops who were there all day.”