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SubTitle: The Bridge as a Bathroom
Posted by: DAN BLAINE (100.53680@germanynet.de) on 11/14/1997@02:48hrs:
In Reply to: The Verazzano-Narrows Bridge posted by: Bob Sheridan on 11/14/1997@00:24hrs:
Everyone has probably seen the start of the NY marathon on TV...but
what is never shown is what happens on bridge. 20,000people or so
have been waiting at Fort Wadsworth for the start and have been
drinking down many cups of coffee (provided for the runners in what
seemed like 50gallon urns). After the start gun goes off (by this
time we have probably waiting at the start line for at least an hour)
and we start to shuffle over the bridge, the urge to answer the call
of nature becomes unbearable! I would say half of the 20,000 runners
p** over the side of the bridge, right about the mid-point...at this
point of near-bladder burst, there is no discrimination between the sexes:
I've seen ladies put one leg up on the railing let it go right along
side some man...nobody says a word about this...we're all suffering
equally and we all have an ultimate common goal...to finish!