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[Brian]

[...] You have to wonder [...]

Indeed, much to speculate about over this extraordinary story. The one thing, I think, which is clear about the way the flight attendant handled it was that he had no intention of helping the passenger. Maybe something about the way the situation began and developed caused the cabin crew member to regard the younger guy as a disruptive passenger intent on causing trouble, rather than as someone in acute need. Thanks for finding this and posting it.

[Fred]

Flight attendants should know when to make exceptions for an emergency, and this fellow's plight seemed to qualify. The outcome could easily have been a urine-soaked seat, and if the plane was still awaiting takeoff they'd have to return to the gate, deplane, and then delay for hours until a substitute was located. Or they would have reached their destination and the plane would have been taken out of service for cleaning. The FA was apparently experienced, so one might wonder if he found the passenger's desperation arousing. In any case, the FA will be seeking other employment.

[Brian]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... gest-icons

Don't bother to read the whole article (unless Eurovision interests you). But Graham Norton's contribution is the last one, and his final sentences about his experiences of commentating the Eurovision Song Contest reveal something maybe we've all long suspected:

When will I retire? I will see what happens. I can still hold my wee in for four hours – you don’t get wee breaks. So, I think my retirement will be based on my bladder.

[jdoewest]

A desperate father recently jumped off a safari ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom park in Florida to pee in front of everyone else on the ride and the wild animals that were roaming around. The video has quickly gone viral. He was surely kicked out of the park.

https://wdwnt.com/2026/05/i-had-to-disn ... he-bushes/

[SoakdBrute]

A desperate father recently jumped off a safari ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom park in Florida to pee in front of everyone else on the ride and the wild animals that were roaming around. The video has quickly gone viral. He was surely kicked out of the park.

https://wdwnt.com/2026/05/i-had-to-disn ... he-bushes/

It's strange to consider the circumstances that would lead to the father getting caught short (after all, you expect a grown man to be able to plan ahead to find a bathroom before suffering an emergency like that.) But the punishment seems a little harsh. Anyone who's ever been to the zoo on a hot day knows that it hardly smells like a bed of roses, public urination or not ...

[Brian]

Harsh indeed, but from what I've heard, in many parts of the USA it's considered the end of the world if the general public can see a man relieving himself. I believe I've heard Fred say that guys can get themselves put on the sex offenders register simply for peeing in public when they can't hold it any longer.

I feel for that guy at the Disney World. It must have been terrible for him in that vehicle trying to wait until a normal rest stop but then not managing to.

[WindowsXP]

A desperate father recently jumped off a safari ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom park in Florida to pee in front of everyone else on the ride and the wild animals that were roaming around. The video has quickly gone viral. He was surely kicked out of the park.

https://wdwnt.com/2026/05/i-had-to-disn ... he-bushes/

It's strange to consider the circumstances that would lead to the father getting caught short (after all, you expect a grown man to be able to plan ahead to find a bathroom before suffering an emergency like that.) But the punishment seems a little harsh. Anyone who's ever been to the zoo on a hot day knows that it hardly smells like a bed of roses, public urination or not ...

Don't get me wrong, I've been so excruciatingly painfully desperate to pee before where I've begged my body to just do it's thing and on some of those occasions it has - so I'm not being ignorant when I say that I'd genuinely rather hold it indefinitely or wet myself trying to - or even just accept defeat and let it out on purpose if it hurt so much to keep it in. Rather that than exposing myself at a family-friendly place like that where there's going to be kids everywhere and, of course, the animals that he exposed himself near. Getting caught short happens sometimes (in case that's what happened to him), but that can't be controlled, whereas his actions and lack of situational awareness could have been imo.

[twj731]

Total water loss at Gatwick today! Saw a tweet there were 30 minute queues for toilets at one point. And most were eventually shut down. Would love to find some more first hand accounts. Below from BBC article:
https://news.sky.com/story/gatwick-air ... s-13567089

“She added: "The toilets now are completely closed. They've put wet floor signs outside to stop access and there's a guy standing outside the toilet to make sure no one's going in."

Nick Hollings, a passenger flying to Florida, said: "I had to beg to be able to go to the loo. They weren't letting anybody in. It's chaos."”

https://x.com/nickhollings1/status/2081 ... 34247?s=46