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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: crushed; london; telescopic; urinal
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What a way to go.
1 posted on 01/27/2023 3:35:26 PM PST by Libloather
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That’s a real pisser.


2 posted on 01/27/2023 3:36:35 PM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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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.)
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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.)
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5 posted on 01/27/2023 3:37:41 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

Take something simple and make it move .... what could possibly go wrong.


6 posted on 01/27/2023 3:38:15 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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7 posted on 01/27/2023 3:39:09 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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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!)
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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))
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To: Governor Dinwiddie; PROCON

You 2 timed that, I refuse to believe otherwise.


10 posted on 01/27/2023 3:43:32 PM PST by Duke of Milan
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To: Libloather

Pretty bland object.

Maybe they could add open alligator jaws or something.


11 posted on 01/27/2023 3:43:55 PM PST by fruser1
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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.)
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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)
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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)
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Do those things just pop out of the ground whenever you need to whiz? What will they invent next?


15 posted on 01/27/2023 3:47:01 PM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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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)
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Don’t Whizz on the Electric Fence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSdG9_8PEo


17 posted on 01/27/2023 3:51:18 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: PROCON

He got the shaft on Shaftesbury Avenue.


18 posted on 01/27/2023 3:52:12 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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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!


19 posted on 01/27/2023 3:52:33 PM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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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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