OLYMPIC UPDATE
I regret to report that London, after decades being the butt (Har!) of jokes about public-toilet quality, has definitely surpassed the USA. Here's the Russell Square Scarily Advanced High Tech Automatic Toilet. It cost 20p (Har!). When you put your money in, the door on the right opens Star-Trek-style, and you go in there, and when you're done all kinds of automatic flushing and handwashing and drying and generally cleansing things automatically occur. It is the size of a small apartment.
I availed myself and was deeply impressed. Here I am at the Control Panel.
(Photos by Miss Sophie Barry)
Is it true that the English pee on the left side of the toilet?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | July 24, 2012 at 05:29 PM
Sophies FIRST EVER LOO SHOT!
Dave should be proud!
SHe is not old enough yet to be embarassed by her dad's mere existance.
Great pics!
Posted by: MikeyVA | July 24, 2012 at 05:48 PM
I've in that loo!!!!
Posted by: Jan in Grimsby | July 24, 2012 at 05:55 PM
^ Insert 'been'. Keyboard confusion. Again.
Posted by: Jan in Grimsby | July 24, 2012 at 05:57 PM
Dave what a nice picture. The outside of the restroom looks really cool. Wouldn't ya know that you would be at the control panel.
Posted by: Theresa | July 24, 2012 at 06:09 PM
Are you sure that's not a Tardis in disguise?
Posted by: Ralph | July 24, 2012 at 06:12 PM
Kudos to Miss Barry on her picture! Ralph, I was wondering that myself. Is anyone else concerned that Dave is wearing a red shirt?
Posted by: nursecindy | July 24, 2012 at 06:21 PM
It's not a Tardis. It's a Dalek trap.
"EXTERMIN-- er, pardon me, I mean ELIMINATE WASTE HERE!"
Posted by: padraig | July 24, 2012 at 06:21 PM
Impressive. But can you fly it home at warp speed?
Posted by: JD | July 24, 2012 at 06:51 PM
We've had those in San Jose, Ca for almost 10 years. They did wonders for the prostitution and drug trade.
Posted by: Mike | July 24, 2012 at 07:01 PM
20p! At least our public toilets don't cost half a dollar to use.
Posted by: Elon | July 24, 2012 at 07:11 PM
Daves out of the country? Well for Judy only http://www.underwearnewsbriefs.com/2009/08/underwear-of-the-week-cocksock-mesh-breif-with-waistband/
Posted by: ahfongu | July 24, 2012 at 07:23 PM
Wait. Who are you, ahfongu. Do you silently stalk the blog waiting for Dave to disappear?
Posted by: Elon | July 24, 2012 at 07:28 PM
glad you all made it safely across the pond :)
1st stop: dave at the controls of a 'star trek style' toilet,
where he no doubt left his 1st 'captain's log'...
Posted by: ligirl | July 24, 2012 at 08:35 PM
Why didn't it turn Dave's hair pink?
Dave, did your hair break the Pommie fashion toilet?
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | July 24, 2012 at 09:00 PM
KILL THE SPAMMER!!!
Nice loo, Dave. Much better than the Parisian pissoirs, I can tell you.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 24, 2012 at 10:28 PM
If the spammers start writing humor columns I will kill myself.
Posted by: padraig | July 24, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Why is there a pic of Boy George on the side of the loo? Is he still relevant over there? If so why? *sorry, the video "Do you really want to hurt me" creeps me out just like Tim Curry in clown makeup...just sayin'*
Posted by: Doc Rick | July 24, 2012 at 11:44 PM
*oh, and shoots the spambot in the thigh just because*
Posted by: Doc Rick | July 25, 2012 at 01:24 AM
Wasn't Boy George arrested for some sort of immoral loo activity?
Posted by: David Gulliver | July 25, 2012 at 02:07 AM
Doc Rick. You never heard of Camden Town? It's a silly place.
Posted by: Doctor Frankenstein | July 25, 2012 at 03:57 AM
Boy George? That's Dave!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 25, 2012 at 05:54 AM
nc...that was certainly my first thought.
my second thought is, how come i suddenly can't make capital letters while filling in fields on-line [question mark]
Posted by: Betsy | July 25, 2012 at 06:46 AM
yes .... the red shirt bothers me too... what up with dat?
Posted by: queensbee | July 25, 2012 at 07:17 AM
Judi,
Blocking the moron spammers would be a good thing.
Posted by: MikeyVA | July 25, 2012 at 07:34 AM
Or at least tasering them senseless.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 25, 2012 at 08:06 AM
Watch out for Klingons.
Posted by: Steve | July 25, 2012 at 10:21 AM
I don't understand how these spammers get through. Sometimes when I post a link I have to type in two words that look like this: TiTmou! ArCnE4. Then it asks me something like who was the 23rd Vice President of the U.S. Of course I always get one of the code words wrong and have to start all over. btw, Levi P. Morton was the 23rd Vice President. The president was Benjamin Harrison.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 25, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Jeff,
They are already senseless, that is why they spam.
Posted by: MikeyVA | July 25, 2012 at 10:29 AM
That's where we stayed while in London last November! Well, to be more precise, the Hotel Russell in the background, not the actual loo.
Posted by: Boo Augustus | July 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM
So now that Sophie is a published professional photographer, does this mean that Dave gets to write off her Olympic expenses on his taxes, like he does with his other
holidaywork expenses?Posted by: Arctic Al | July 25, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I just trolled (no pun intended) through this thread twice and didn't spot the spam. Am I losing it, or did he/she/it get whacked?
Posted by: Omniskeptic | July 25, 2012 at 03:59 PM
The spammer seems to be sleeping with the fishes.
In the bottom of a wonderful loo.
Posted by: Steve | July 25, 2012 at 04:41 PM
Ah, he met his Waterloo, then?
Sorry.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | July 26, 2012 at 12:26 PM
geeeeez. i go through the blog comments every single morning of my life and delete the spam. ahem. you can't wait an hour? if you would stop spamming the thread with posts about spammers, this could still be a humor blog. :-p
Posted by: judi the barberho | July 27, 2012 at 01:37 PM