To be filed under: Potty Humor

I'm generally not a fan of the frivolous lawsuit but this time I'm not so sure. This morning the Associated Press reported that a guy had an emergency call from Mother Nature in a Home Depot outside Boulder, Co. Unbeknownst to him, someone had put superglue on the toilet seat. After he sat down and realized he was stuck his cries for help were ignored by Home Depot employees, which is the basis for the suit. It comes as no surprise to us that this sort of thing happened near a college town where over 29,000 kids go to school, those meddling kids! But I digress. Check it:

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Home Depot has been sued by a man who claims the chain's store in Louisville, Colo., ignored his cries for help after he became glued to a toilet seat as part of a prank. Bob Dougherty, 57, said he became stuck to the toilet seat last year after somebody smeared glue on it.

I guess one could argue that this incident simply means that these particular Home Depot employees are a-holes. Or perhaps, given the cavalier attitude of the employees, this sort of thing happens at this Home Depot all the time.

A store employee who heard him calling for help informed the head clerk via radio, but the lawsuit said the head clerk thought it was a hoax.

One could also argue that anyone who takes a duker in a public commode deserves to have is butt glued to the seat if he doesn't wipe it down first. For us here at Pedro's the thinking is that you've got to wipe that bad boy down. If the loo here at PNYC HQ is any indication of non-residential loos everywhere, the savagery that occurs therein is unspeakable in civilized company. Next time, pass on that burrito at the food court unless you're going straight home and have a couple of hours to kill, know what I'm sayin'? We'd also suggest that HD sack all the a-holes who ignored this poor sod. I mean, from there, things only got worse, really worse. The final insult:

The lawsuit said after about 15 minutes, store officials called for an ambulance. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat. The lawsuit said Dougherty passed out while being wheeled out of the store.

Can you imagine the horror? If I ever got wheeled out of anyplace with my pants down and a toilet seat glued to my ass, I'd pass out too. I mean, seriously Kyle, that's just crazy. And speaking of crazy, I bet the sick pranksters who did this are still laughing their heads off today. Demented, but probably true.

Anyway, check out the link to the story here and don't forget to vote in the poll. Results are interesting.