Exploding toilet
As I was logging out from my Hotmail junk account (the one I use for all those annoying websites that won't let you in unless you register), my eyes caught this news which sure made me laugh hysterically. It talks about a man who encountered something I've only seen in movies: his toilet exploded...as he was sitting there...smoking a cigarette. I can only imagine the trauma - and the mess :) I'm sure glad I am not his neighbor!
And here comes the tragi-comic part: this ill-fated man is suing some company for $10 million because of this incident! As you'll read in the article (link below), it looks like there was some gas leak (funny!) - not from him but from a gas pipe (I can't stop laughing as I write this) underneath the toilet unit.
Now one would be curious what caused this gas to be ignited: his cigarette that he was smoking. OK, is it just me or has this "multi-tasking" thing gotten out of hand? Don't take me wrong, I am all for multi-tasking, but the only other task I can think of doing while sitting there is read. So read this Mr. lawsuit-happy PA man: a bathroom's function is not as a smoking area, or cafeteria (I know someone who drinks coffee while doing his business!)!
Am I the only one to think we've become way too lawsuit-happy? The irony is that this man is a methane power plant operator! So, wouldn't he be in a better position than all of us to know bathrooms are gassy places (pun intended) and anything flammable (more pun...) would ignite something? Geez!
Here's the link
And here comes the tragi-comic part: this ill-fated man is suing some company for $10 million because of this incident! As you'll read in the article (link below), it looks like there was some gas leak (funny!) - not from him but from a gas pipe (I can't stop laughing as I write this) underneath the toilet unit.
Now one would be curious what caused this gas to be ignited: his cigarette that he was smoking. OK, is it just me or has this "multi-tasking" thing gotten out of hand? Don't take me wrong, I am all for multi-tasking, but the only other task I can think of doing while sitting there is read. So read this Mr. lawsuit-happy PA man: a bathroom's function is not as a smoking area, or cafeteria (I know someone who drinks coffee while doing his business!)!
Am I the only one to think we've become way too lawsuit-happy? The irony is that this man is a methane power plant operator! So, wouldn't he be in a better position than all of us to know bathrooms are gassy places (pun intended) and anything flammable (more pun...) would ignite something? Geez!
Here's the link
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