Saturday, July 4, 2015

CLANCY OF THE OVERFLOW CAUGHT SHORT, FANGED IN HOSPITAL TRIP

When Clancy visited the Townsville Hospital recently on a personal matter  he was given a large  plastic denture container into which he was asked to provide a urine specimen, there apparently being  a shortage of the usual Tiny Tim  specimen  containers .   On a  previous visit, Clancy was  shocked  when he went to  the busy  bus stop  shelter  and taxi rank  opposite the  hospital  and spotted  a   dangerous  pedestrian hazard , a  raised  sewer  (man)personhole  in the  middle of  the footpath, which had  obviously overflowed  at  some stage , see above.Yuk. Safety conscious Clancy imagined many a tottering hospital patient running to catch a bus tripping over  the  sewer  lid  and  ending up  in emergency or  maternity.  
Clancy took the above photograph  on his latest visit  to the hospital showing  the foot of a disgusted  Kiwi nurse waiting for a  bus, the  dangerous  top   decorated with  fag ends and  incubating   ankle and  toe  biting  bacteria  said to be capable of  jumping  extraordinary distances , according to advice  on  walls  in  public conveniences . As the real estate spruikers say : location, location, location . No doubt  this Townsville attraction  will  be on the  must see itinerary of  all  those  tourist industry people  coming to town  soon , an event described by the Townsville Bulletin as a coup. The local poobahs should act quickly to overcome this  obvious danger to  pedestrians  and unsightly  blot  on the  landscape.