Photo of the day !!

[Jamie-Lee Costello]

 

[Jamie-Lee Costello]

 

[Jamie-Lee Costello]

 

[Jamie-Lee Costello]

 

[Jamie-Lee Costello]

 

[Jamie-Lee Costello]

 

[Jamie-Lee Costello]

 

[ericbear]

engineers of the family to explain please

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When design is hostile on purpose

It's an Anti-urination device. Anti-urination devices have been used for centuries. People "caught short" in the street have a preference for peeing close in a corner where they feel they have some degree of privacy. If you make them stand back from being tight in the corner, they are less likely to pee there. Hence, buildings have long been built with something to prevent people from getting close into inside corners. Sometimes this takes the form of a stone structure in the corner, other times it is bars placed to discourage people from getting in close. The picture actually shows both. Someplace I have a book which was the guide book to a walking tour of anti-urination devices in an English village, mostly from the 1600's and 1700's. So it is a long-standing design feature.

 

[rbkwp]

 

[rbkwp]

thanks
confirms 6ins research

sidenote,sort of related
1st time ever i used one of those European toilets where you squat to use/ supposed to be better for your functions apparently
anyway this was in that place where the leaning tower of pisa is
i love eggs and had shouted myself a egg ommellette saturated with olive oil
of course i had the runs, 1/2 an hour later
rushed to the public toilet
then had to jump out of the way, when the swirling water made an absolute mess of things
plus
i had thongs/flip flops on geesh ha

 

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PLACES ON EARTH WE STILL HAVEN'T EXPLORED

 

[BillM]

 

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THE VAST MAJORITY OF EARTH'S MOUNTAINS

 

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[rbkwp]

leave her alone humankind

ANTARCTICA'S SUBGLACIAL LAKES

 

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