Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,607,059 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Bottom of toilet league.


It's driving people around the U-bend U-bend n (AUT), (in pipe) → recodo

U-bend n (Brit) (Aut) → coude m, virage m en épingle à cheveux;
(
 as they try to find public loos in the North East.

According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Government figures it's getting harder to spend a penny as the region has lost 10% of its public toilet facilities in the last four years, and stands bottom of the national league table for the number of loos open to the public.

Despite a growing need for conveniences in urban and rural centres, particularly on Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week.

Friday

young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe]

See : Servant
 and Saturday nights, there were 260 toilets in the North East by the end of last year, down from 286 in 2000.

Now Hexham MP Peter Atkinson said authorities were using disability discrimination legislation as an excuse to close down traditional brick-built toilets. He said: "It is a serious issue."
COPYRIGHT 2005 MGN Ltd.
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2005 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:Jun 11, 2005
Words:125
Previous Article:Dealer spared jail for family.
Next Article:A taste for bikes.



Related Articles
RANGERS LOOS HOPE.
Nov. 19 declared as World Toilet Day.
A Spoonful of Sugar: Multipurpose cleaning fluid dispenser.
MP fury at train toilets farce.
BEAST WHO BATTERED DAUGHTER, 2, IS JAILED; Tot's toilet training terror.
Football: Enjoy it while you can, boys; SkyBlueTuesday A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK LOOK AT COVENTRY CITY - WITH DAVID WARDALE.
Millions of Brits read, text and chat to friends while in the loo!
Millions of Brits read, text and chat to friends while in the loo!
Now, a toilet seat that weighs you before and after doing your business.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles