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Potty Issues: Weird Bathroom Tales

News From Public Toilets Around the World

By Buck Wolf, About.com

Like a vacation in Vegas, what goes on in a public toilet usually stays there . . . but not always.

Smacked in the Head With a Toilet Seat

An 18-year-old woman hit her boyfriend over the head with a toilet seat after reportedly catching him smoking crack in the bathroom.

Sometimes, It Pays to Go

A town in southern India is paying residents close to a dollar a month to use public urinals, a plan to promote public hygiene.

Russian Town Unveils Monument to the Enema

Some people would rather not think about it, but the people of Zheleznovodsk, a town in the south of Russia, are offering their salute to a a medical procedure for those of us who are feeling a little bunched up inside.

'Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers: I'm Stuck on the Potty!'

A 31-year-old man had to call his wife to free him from a Wal-Mart toilet that had been covered with some sort of adhesive.

Naked Man Rescued From Porta-Potty

Firefighters in Lebanon, Pa., freed a 31-year-old man who was wedged up to his waist in the hole of a portable toilet.

Houston, We've Got a Potty Problem

There is only one toilet aboard the International Space Space Station, and it’s not working.

Man Says JetBlue Made Him Sit on Toilet

A New Yorker is suing JetBlue for $2 million because the pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and spend more than three hours on a flight to California on the toilet.

New York Man Slammed Against Wall by Exploding Toilet

A 61-year-old man from Johnson City, N.Y. was using a bathroom at his son's house when steam and hot water gushed from the toilet after he flushed and threw him several feet into the shower wall. He was not injured, telling reporters, "It was kind of hot here for a minute."

Runaway SUV Knocks Man Off Toilet

A New Zealand man was knocked off the toilet when a runaway SUV crashed into his home. The car had been parked without its emergency brake fully engaged and rolled backward down a 32-foot bank.

Pee Wee Robbery Goes Awry

Two women on probation and required to be screened regularly for drugs were arrested for allegedly trying to flag down a DHL truck and steal clean urine.

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