Travelers passing through Newton Poppleford, Devon (pop. 1,715) and in need of a toilet will have to look elsewhere for the time being.
Officials from the sleepy English village have closed the town’s only public restroom indefinitely after a local resident reported that he was “propositioned” by a bearded man wearing a wedding dress while using the facility.
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“I entered the toilet to find a bearded man in his late 50s or 60s wearing a full white wedding dress,” the horrified man told police. “He invited me into the cubicle with him and stated the toilets in Newton Poppleford are a well-known gay haunt.”
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The man said he found the incident “thoroughly abhorrent and reprehensible,” especially since there is a school nearby and children pass through the area regularly.
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The official toilet closure comes after an alleged increase in reports of guys hooking up in the bathroom stalls, which authorities are still unsure how to handle.
“We might have to look at installing CCTV or something like that,”Parish Clerk David Atkins said. “This has put the future of the loos in jeopardy.”
Authorities say they are working to find an “appropriate action” for what to do next. In the meantime, anyone seeking a bathroom in Newton Poppleford to relieve themselves will have to look elsewhere.
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h/t: Daily Star
Glücklich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI
1EqualityUSA
Another bigoted republican?
bottom250
What happens in the rest room stays in the rest room. I would have closed many rest rooms for propositioning men for sex.
Glücklich
@bottom250:
Ha ha. Maybe the town’ll change its name to Newton-Poppabottom.
Restroom would be too distracting for me. Done it twice like that – once in a bar in Berkeley and once on a date at the W Hotel in SF – spur of the moment.
It’d be just my luck to try it again and get stuck next to the stall where some poor guy’s Taco Bell lunch is making a run for the border.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rfoIsYxjPo
martinbakman
Maybe the ol’ girl just wants his chance to walk down the aisle. It’s legal now.
But alak, aren’t those places just haunted by closet cases? Our bride to be is barking up the wrong tree.
Bauhaus
I say NO to CCTV. Restroom surveillance should be left to a strapping gay, leather clad attendant.
Stached1
This is why they hate us.
@martinbakman: Some people apparently get off on public sex with strangers, or are exhibitionists.
onthemark
@martinbakman: Maybe he was stood up at his wedding, like Miss Havisham in whatever Charles Dickens novel that was.
Also, Newton Poppleford sounds like one of those ridiculous made-up Dickens names anyway.
Juanjo
Somehow I think this story is a bit off. Not saying closet cases and some others do cruise tearooms but the fact is what gay guy goes around cruising a public restroom in a wedding dress? I am thinking either the person who made the complaint is a bit off or some homophobe went off the reservation.
Dave084
Wow. If a town of 1700 has that much action maybe it’s time for a visit
NoCagada
So nobody has to piss or take a crap when they’re out?
greenmusic23f
@1EqualityUSA: In England, so no. 🙂
captainburrito
Just install one or two of those single occupant stand alone cubicles.
1EqualityUSA
greenmusic23f, oh, thanks. It was 4:38am our time, my orbs weren’t even quit open yet.
Periwinkle
@Juanjo: and not calling it bogging…