Public loo

In a train station in Dusseldorf this week, I was glad to find they had one of those clever automatic cleaning cylinder toilets  like the ones in Bedworth and Hanley. I went to the door clearly indicated by the pointing finger.The door appeared to be stuck. I waved my hand in front of it in case it was operated by a motion sensor. Nothing happened. I tried to prize it open by getting my fingers in the little gap between the white panels - still no success. I walked round to the other side where another pointing finger sent me back to the door which was stuck shut. I looked for a button to press or a handle to turn. When I failed to get into the toilet I was pleased to see there was another one very near by, The door on that one was also stuck shut. I was disappointed, as by this time I actually needed to use the facility more than I had when I first discovered it. As I scanned the station for another sign to other toilets which might be working I noticed a block of toilets called "wash and fresh" It was then I realised I had been attempting to open a concrete advertising pillar.

In researching circular public toilets, I discovered that one blew up in Hanley. 
Officers found the roof ripped off and smoke coming from the inside. Parts of the surrounding pavement had also been lifted. A spokesman said there were unconfirmed reports that nearby traffic lights had been affected.

Rebecca Jackson, from Aquila, said they had isolated the cable but were investigating the fault and the siting of the toilet.

"This could have been quite distressing if not dangerous if someone had been in there and we are taking it very seriously," she said.

If you have read any of my other blogs you will know that I usually draw some deep and meaningful spiritual lesson from my little stories. Today I wont.