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I've never trusted those automatic toilets but that's next level.
My Dad lost the majority of his grandfathers and great-grandfathers to grim workplace accidents and the impact on the families effected is a real hammer blow that can be felt generations later. I hope they get the answers they need.
I’ve never trusted those automatic toilets but that’s next level.
That's why I stand 10 feet back from them and piss in a glorious arc.
I hope they get the answers they need.
Yeah, I did vacillate about posting this as an andfinally because there's a real, human tragedy here. Mmmmm. Vacillation.
Mr Holding's parents, both in their 80s, had been "knocked for six".
Translation?
Stunned, shocked. It originates in cricket, in which hitting the ball beyond the boundaries of the field without it bouncing gets you six points
I'd never given it any thought about where the expression came from. Makes sense though really, interesting!
Anyone want to bet they find he was to blame for his own demise?
It took two hours for a crane to come pull it off of him??
Probably couldn’t find one that was Safer Lorry Scheme & ULEZ compliant.