The lighter side...

[Gareth Hughes]

It's not all doom and gloom:

From the agenda for the Nxxxxxx Diocesan Advisory Committee:
“Churchyard matters:
Kxxxxxxxx, St xxxxx (Grade II*)
To erect a freestanding biotoilet on a concrete slab base. The toilet comes in a cabinet which has wheels making it mobile if necessary. The outside of the cabinet can be printed with knapped flint stones to match the church.”

I can’t decide which of the two unique selling points I like most – knapped flint exterior wallpaper or the idea of going for a (possibly unscheduled) ride round the churchyard while attending to a call of nature.

 

[MdB]

 

[robgil]

Will it have a moon shape cut out of the door?

 

[Pford75]

At some festivals, the trend towards 'toilet tipping' has become a real problem. Fitting them with wheels opens up new possibilities.

 

[Schoolmarm]

At some festivals, the trend towards 'toilet tipping' has become a real problem. Fitting them with wheels opens up new possibilities.

Thanks for the warning! I'm off to Leeds Festival at the end of August. :shock:

 

[AMc]

To erect a freestanding biotoilet on a concrete slab base. The toilet comes in a cabinet which has wheels making it mobile if necessary. The outside of the cabinet can be printed with knapped flint stones to match the church.”.

The mind boggles - I presume "freestanding" doesn't mean you have to support yourself like them continental ones?
"Biotoilet" as opposed to those toilets that you don't use for "biological" things?

Portapotty with wheelie bin stickers -as always we love a picture!

 

[Gareth Hughes]

At some festivals, the trend towards 'toilet tipping' has become a real problem.

I believe it's particularly rife at Glyndebourne.

 

[Nigel Watts]

At some festivals, the trend towards 'toilet tipping' has become a real problem.

I believe it's particularly rife at Glyndebourne.

Shocking, I know. There's so much Corporate wealth there now that if you offer anything less than a fiver to the flunkey he won't switch the tap on and hand you your towel. Deft use of the ha-ha and an empty Champagne bottle gets round this problem I find.

 

[Gareth Hughes]

To erect a freestanding biotoilet on a concrete slab base. The toilet comes in a cabinet which has wheels making it mobile if necessary. The outside of the cabinet can be printed with knapped flint stones to match the church.”.

The mind boggles - I presume "freestanding" doesn't mean you have to support yourself like them continental ones?
"Biotoilet" as opposed to those toilets that you don't use for "biological" things?

Portapotty with wheelie bin stickers -as always we love a picture!

Oh, for your sake I do hope that "Portapotty" isn't a registered trademark. Especially not of Portakabin (note the spelling - capital P, lower case k). Their legal department has become quite notorious (google - another trade name genericised by familiar use - "Dick Ellershaw Portakabin") for surfing the net and demanding their protected names be replaced by "portable building", "portable toilet" etc . "Portacabin", however, is not (despite Dick's protests) a registered trademark and I take great pleasure in using it as often as possible, just to annoy them. Portacabin. Portacabin. Portacabin. So there.

 

[AMc]

Why not? "Portacabin"

 

[Flyfisher]

Their legal department has become quite notorious . . .

They had a memorable run-in with Private Eye some years ago. The Eye published their letter of complaint under the title "What a tragic way to make a living" and subsequently used "Portakabin" as the heading for all their other letters in that issue, even though is bore no relation to the letters in question. I don't recall any formal legal action being taken.

http://adammacqueen.blogspot.com/2007/09/portakabin.html

 

[Zebra]

The toilet comes in a cabinet

I quite like this bit. I'm picturing a mahogony affair, with carved panels and ornate drawers, and inside...a toilet!

 

[Penners]

It's not all doom and gloom:

From the agenda for the Nxxxxxx Diocesan Advisory Committee:
“Churchyard matters:
Kxxxxxxxx, St xxxxx (Grade II*)
To erect a freestanding biotoilet on a concrete slab base. The toilet comes in a cabinet which has wheels making it mobile if necessary. The outside of the cabinet can be printed with knapped flint stones to match the church.”

I can’t decide which of the two unique selling points I like most – knapped flint exterior wallpaper or the idea of going for a (possibly unscheduled) ride round the churchyard while attending to a call of nature.

It's reassuring to know that, even in these austere times, no expense is being spared in ensuring that a high standard of architectural purity is observed in the curtilage of a listed building.

I wonder where Nxxxxxx is, 'bor.

 

[Feltwell]

The outside of the cabinet can be printed with knapped flint stones to match the church

Hmm - sounds similar to these "lovely" wheelie bin covers.

http://www.flashtrashwheeliebincovers.co.uk/wheelie_bin_covers.html