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Man Trapped In Toilet When Lock Freezes
AP ^
| 1/21/06
| Staff
Posted on 01/21/2006 8:33:58 AM PST by Millee
BERLIN -- When a 58-year-old motorist nipped into a German highway rest stop public toilet to answer the call of nature Friday morning, he had no idea how cruel nature could be.
Off highway A6 near the town of Lichtenau in Bavaria, which has been experiencing cold weather and snow over the past few days, the man found himself trapped in the toilet stall after the lock froze while he was inside.
Unable to pry the door open, the man finally was able to explain his predicament when someone occupied the stall next to him and get them to call police on a cell phone.
After about an hour in the chilly cell, police were able to get the door open and free the man, whom they described about "thoroughly frozen through, but in good general health.
TOPICS: Travel; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: germany
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I could see something like that happening to me.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:33:59 AM PST
by
Millee
To: Millee
Holy cryo crappers Batman!
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:37:05 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Millee
How long was he doing his business for the lock to freeze? He couldn't crawl under the stall or break through the door?
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:43:27 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: mtbopfuyn
How long was he doing his business for the lock to freeze?There could have been some super-cooled water in the lock, and when he disturbed the lock the water flash-froze.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:44:51 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(My new years resolution is to quit using taglines...)
To: mtbopfuyn
He couldn't crawl under the stall or break through the door?
I haven't been to Germany since the late '80s, but as I recall, the doors on a lot of public toilet stalls were full doors. Many were also pay toilets as well, so the locks were a lot sturdier than the ones you find here.
To: Millee
No man can have that bad aim.
6
posted on
01/21/2006 8:59:55 AM PST
by
carlr
To: Millee; mikrofon; martin_fierro
To: Charles Henrickson
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:03:34 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: cripplecreek
At least no one triple-dog-dared him to put his tongue on the lock.
To: Charles Henrickson
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:06:17 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Xenalyte; Bacon Man; humblegunner; Hap; Flyer; Eaker; pax_et_bonum; Dashing Dasher
Stuck in a forzen crapper ping.
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:08:51 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Every Day is One of Those Days)
To: Xenalyte; Bacon Man; humblegunner; Hap; Flyer; Eaker; pax_et_bonum; Dashing Dasher
Followed by an "I can't type worth crap" ping.
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:09:47 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Every Day is One of Those Days)
To: Welsh Rabbit
I was there in the early 80's. I remember one winter the frost on the trees was so thick it looked like snow. It was almost creepy.
BTW did German TP ever get any softer?
To: carlr; Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro
Actually, had he not been such a sitzpinkler and stood up, faced the lock and "lubricated" it, he probably would have freed himself.
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:24:43 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(You want some yogurt with those frozen lox?)
To: Dutch Boy
BTW did German TP ever get any softer?
No.
To: Millee
the man finally was able to explain his predicament when someone occupied the stall next to him "Can you spare a square?"
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:27:26 AM PST
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
To: Welsh Rabbit
To: Allegra; thackney; humblegunner; Eaker; TheMom; stevie_d_64; Leapfrog
Stuck in a forzen crapper ping.I bet that was fum!
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posted on
01/21/2006 11:49:12 AM PST
by
Flyer
(Does anyone ever PULL the envelope?)
To: Flyer
He wasn't trapped. The Carolina cheerleaders were with him.
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posted on
01/21/2006 12:42:58 PM PST
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: Allegra; Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner; Flyer
If I had a nickel for every time I was stuck in a frozen-lock restroom, I'd have, like, three nickels.
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posted on
01/21/2006 2:00:09 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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