Heroism? The price of bladder cowardice, Andrew, in Paris where I am now, is usually 50 eurocents but can rise to a whole euro per pee depending on
desperation and the neighbourhood.
On Wed, Apr 3rd, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Heroic tales! of an Aussie abroad ... ;-)
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> On 3 April 2013 01:55, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Well, sort of....
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> > Doug
> > On 2013-04-02, at 8:43 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
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> > > "America, can do, does."
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> > > Possibly not the most thoughtful of boasts for a place without public
> > > toilets?
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> > > On 2 April 2013 14:44, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > >> In Brooklyn waiting in a queue at Starbucks for the unisex toilet
> > >> because there do not appear to be any public toilets in New York
> > >> the African American girl behind me looks like she might know
> > >> how I get to the start of the Brooklyn Bridge so I can walk
> > >> back to the Manhattan side? She looks it up on her phone for me
> > >> while the queue in front is reduced by one and I am now next.
> > >> Controlling my jiggle as well as I decently can, she directs my gaze
> > >> to her screen and asks if I want to write it down. Left on Lafayette
> > >> then take the next left on ... Excuse me, I'll see you in a sec, I
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> > >> as I ease past the exiting previous toiletgoer.
> > >> Now, Lafayette and ... what was it again, I ask, on egress.
> > >> Check with a guy in a purple t-shirt outside, she says, amiably.
> > >> He's my brother. I just phoned him. He'll direct you. Thanks.
> > >> And there he was outside. And direct he did. Most accurately.
> > >> I walked the Brooklyn Bridge with blissfully enencumbered bladder.
> > >> America, can do, does.
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