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Horror in London's West End as man is crushed to death by a 'telescopic urinal' on Shaftesbury Avenue - just yards from Harry Potter theatre
Daily Mail ^
| 1/27/23
| Olivia Jones
Posted on 01/27/2023 3:35:26 PM PST by Libloather
A man has been crushed to death by a hydraulic urinal while working on the device in London's West End this afternoon.
Emergency services tried to save the man, who has not been named, but he died at the scene at Cambridge Circus on the junction between Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road - outside the Palace Theatre, where the Harry Potter play is being shown.
The victim was performing maintenance on the pop-up urinal which rises from the pavement for those out in London at night.
The theatre is uncertain whether tonight's performance of the stage show at 7pm will take place, a spokesman said, adding: 'It is an ongoing situation. We will try and give as much notice as possible.'
**SNIP**
Hydraulic, pop-up urinals were brought into use by Westminster City Council about 20 years ago in an attempt to discourage street urination.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: crushed; london; telescopic; urinal
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What a way to go.
To: Libloather
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posted on
01/27/2023 3:36:35 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: Libloather
Damn! That's a real pisser.
3
posted on
01/27/2023 3:36:36 PM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: Libloather
4
posted on
01/27/2023 3:37:39 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Libloather
5
posted on
01/27/2023 3:37:41 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Libloather
Take something simple and make it move .... what could possibly go wrong.
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posted on
01/27/2023 3:38:15 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Libloather
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posted on
01/27/2023 3:39:09 PM PST
by
TexasGator
(!!!)
To: Libloather
It's bad enough you have to deal with those vicious gangs of "Keep Left" signs over there.
8
posted on
01/27/2023 3:41:05 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Libloather
At least he died doing what he loved.
9
posted on
01/27/2023 3:43:16 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Governor Dinwiddie; PROCON
You 2 timed that, I refuse to believe otherwise.
To: Libloather
Pretty bland object.
Maybe they could add open alligator jaws or something.
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posted on
01/27/2023 3:43:55 PM PST
by
fruser1
To: Libloather
Proper Lockout/Tagout procedures were NOT followed.
12
posted on
01/27/2023 3:44:08 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
To: Libloather
Was the theater suppose to provide some magic sort of protection?
13
posted on
01/27/2023 3:44:39 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: BenLurkin
I wonder which Lord’s idiot cousin got the contract to install such an idiotic contraption.
14
posted on
01/27/2023 3:45:33 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: BenLurkin
Do those things just pop out of the ground whenever you need to whiz? What will they invent next?
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posted on
01/27/2023 3:47:01 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
To: Rurudyne
Take something simple and make it move .... what could possibly go wrong. Take a whizz in the middle of the street on a big fire hydrant … what could possibly go wrong?
16
posted on
01/27/2023 3:48:33 PM PST
by
rhinohunter
(“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
To: rhinohunter
17
posted on
01/27/2023 3:51:18 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: PROCON
He got the shaft on Shaftesbury Avenue.
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posted on
01/27/2023 3:52:12 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Libloather
There’s gotta be some kind of interlock! This is like that 767 that deployed thrust reversers at full speed and altitude. It shouldn’t happen.
Someone call the NTSB!! errr... Maybe the NUSB?
There needs to be a full ARC analysis on that public facility.
Urinal Disasters: Coming soon to the Smithsonian channel
Someone’s gonna be pissed!
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posted on
01/27/2023 3:52:33 PM PST
by
Samurai_Jack
(This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
To: Libloather
pissed on or pissed off is the question in this situation...
20
posted on
01/27/2023 3:55:57 PM PST
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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