Morning All !
Very long day yesterday....up and down to Town. Something a tad embarrassing happened on the way up. About 10 mins before the train reached Cardiff, I got locked in the ruddy toilet ! It was one of those toilets with a semi-circular electric door. The toilet itself was marvelous...very clean and modern and not smelly at all, but when I pressed the button to get the door open, it went phutt and all the lights when out !
I banged like *** on the door, but nobody heard me. The door was open about half an inch but without a crowbar, I couldn't do anything....I mean, who the hell goes for a pee with a crowbar !
The emergency handle was looking at me very enticingly, and I have always wanted to pull one of those ! But I knew we were shortly to arrive at Cardiff, so waited patiently until we arrived. I then recommenced my fevered banging and yelling and eventually the Guard came along. He tried to override the electric controls but in the end had to engage a large BR chap from the platform and they managed to pull the door back.
What a bloody palaver ! Everybody was very apologetic and couldn't have been nicer. But I seem to recall a favourite rhyme of my Dads, from when I was a kid...."Three old ladies were locked in the lavatory".............