There were calls for a full government inquiry yesterday as a man fell to his death down the steps leading to the gents toilet in The London Hospital Tavern in Whitechapel.
Mr. Ted Carter, 45, is the 12th man to have been killed while negotiating the steep, narrow stair access to the toilet in the last 6 months bringing the death toll to more than five thousand since it opened in 1927.
One regular drinker told The Whitechapel Whelk: “Those stairs are an absolute nightmare and I’m surprised that the death toll isn’t even higher. On some Saturday nights you can see blokes piled up at the bottom, one on top of the other, where they’ve failed to make it due to the steep drop. Going back a few years, my grandad fell down there on Boxing Day in 1953 and ended up in a permanent vegative state. It’s high time something was done in my opinion. How many more innocent deaths must there be until the government sit up and take notice?”
A spokesman for the nearby, Royal London Hospital, who have to deal with the dead and injured, said last night: “Our advice to drinkers is to wait until they get home, or to be like me and have a slash in the doorway of the carpet shop down the road”
February 9, 2016 at 3:39 pm
It can’t wait! Just like in driving upon getting a ticket that their excuse is they’re driving fast cos of one’s need to go to the loo.
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February 9, 2016 at 7:20 pm
Well, the question is, did they die before relieving themselves or after? I would hate to think that they died having to pee…although I’m sure their bladders were relieved one way or another.
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February 11, 2016 at 12:09 pm
The next time I see someone fall, shall I throw myself down after them and feel the front of their trousers, Marissa?
Artful Dodger
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February 11, 2016 at 9:26 pm
Do you really need to ask that question? Of course!! It’s for the good of all mankind. This is a terrible tragedy after all.
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February 9, 2016 at 11:24 pm
It’s God’s punishment on those who slope off for a pee when it’s their turn to get a round in.
Allelujah !
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February 10, 2016 at 6:37 am
Blimey, I hope so! My mate’s so reluctant to buy a round he hasn’t been down the pub since 1963 😦
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