The Horror, The Horror.... of pub toilets
Weird // Jim // 23rd May 2003
Feel the white heat of paper-jam's web technology, click on the link below to launch an immersive interactive adventure through the horrors of a pub toilet (move the mouse pointer round a picture and some words will appear at the top).
In my personal pantheon of really horrible pub toilets, honourable mentions to the Roebuck Hotel in Stoke-On-Trent and a pub near (the former) Wembley Stadium where I once had to go for a piss while what seemed like half the national front sang "No Surrender" and checked whether I was circumcised.
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Comments
....also, the bogs in the Bowling Green in Leamington are fairly minging too.
Jim : 23/05/2003 21:53:18
I didn’t think I’d ever hear the Roebuck Hotel in Stoke-On-trent mentioned ever again..oh, the fond memories...and the stinking loos are part of that i’ll have you know.
Talking of bad toilets, I thought Aussie pub loos were quite good until I went into the loos at the Cock ‘n’ Bull at Bondi Junction in Sydney, which got gradually worse throughout Sunday night until they reached that tasteful point only achieved in student union loos..I feel right at home.
Vanessa : 26/05/2003 01:03:49
It’s one thing going into stinky toilets, its another when you have a bad habit of dropping your handbag in the loo after you’d flushed it (it was a little pouch thing if you are trying to imagine a full size bag). This only really happened in Oz, and wouldn’t be a major problem except my passport was usually in my bag - and also anyone elses passport I was looking after! My passport never recovered, but I do have the joy of knowing that when another of my bags was stolen when I got back to the Uk my Oz purse was in it.
Sarah : 27/05/2003 02:22:10
May I recommend the toilets in the ever-joyful place that is the Colosseum, in Coventry.
If the place opens at 10, the gents are flooded by 10.05. It’s a miracle. Maybe there’s a bloke there with a bladder the size of the Hindenberg (pre-fireworks...)
steve : 28/05/2003 22:22:32
Maybe cause I only ever have pleasant thoughts I can only remember nice toilets. Can highly recommend the girls toilets in the modern art gallery in Edinburgh - very nice multicoloured tiles. Also some very attractive toilets in the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. I also like posh hotel toilets which have Molton Brown handwash and hand cream!
However, the best toilets have to be in Rackhams in B’ham. The ladies toilets on the 6th floor are for the common people but if you have a House of Fraser card (or pay ?1) you can get into the 2nd floor loos where they have individual soft fluffy hand towels, toilets big enough to hold a rave in and taps that automatically turn themselves on as you walk towards them. Plus the obligatory lady spraying you with a mulitude of perfums on the way out!! Next it will be serving you chilled white wine whilst you do the business!
mrs peel : 02/06/2003 22:10:15
Nice to see someone bringing a touch of class to this otherwise unpleasant affair.
Jim : 03/06/2003 19:08:16
For those in need of clearing out a blocked nose, I highly recommend the first floor bogs in Sugar nightclub, they f**king stink of piss! Mr. Muscle drain cleaner has nothing on the un-blocking power of that putrid stench!
I mean, have they ever been cleaned?
Matt : 25/08/2005 20:17:42
One valuable lesson I have learnt: if the toilet seat is down in the ladies loo, don’t lift it up.
Julie : 05/04/2007 13:09:42
There are some horrors out there, but there really are some good pub toilets too..
You should check out our reviews at www.pubtoilets.com
Pub Toilets review website : 29/08/2008 11:22:22