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| Making love in a toilet okay in Italy |
| 2004-10-06 |
| Making love in a bar lavatory does not breach public decency laws so long as the door is shut, an Italian court has ruled. A Swiss couple were accused of committing obscene acts after the owner of a bar in the northern Italian town of Como caught them having sex in the lavatory, Ansa newsagency reported. State prosecutors demanded a six-month prison term for the un-named male defendant and a five-month term for his partner. But Judge Luciano Storaci threw out the case, saying public decency was not offended because the door was closed. However, he fined the Swiss man 200 euros ($NZ366) for breaking the lock on the lavatory after he was caught with his trousers down. "If the barman had given me time to get dressed then nothing would have happened," Ansa quoted the Swiss woman as saying. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 Now we don't know if grunting coming from "inside the booth" is a sign of constipation or relaxation... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-06 10:57:18 AM |
| #10 Gives a whole new meaning to the terms: "Coming and Going" |
| Posted by: RN 2004-10-06 10:45:28 AM |
| #9 Ick! While wandering through Italy with the kidlings (they were toddlers then), we were forced by circumstances to use a pub's toilet. Ceramic, like a shower stall with a drainboard, 2 foot shapes on either side of a largish hole in the floor. Veeery slippery, not exactly clean, and how do I explain to kids what to do in this emergency? If the Swiss want to disport themselves in such a place, better they smash their skulls than I dirty my shoes. Ick, ick, ick. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-06 10:40:14 AM |
| #8 "Making love in a bar lavatory does not breach public decency laws so long as the door is shut, an Italian court has ruled." Interesting. Does the shutting of a door in a public place make the space behind the shut door private? And if it was one of those toilets where people can still see your feet when the door's closed would that be private? And what if the owners closed the door to the bar and everyone participated in a mass orgy? Would the bar no longer be a public place? |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-10-06 9:54:12 AM |
| #7 Admittedly, this helps explain how they came up with "Honey Bucket". |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-10-06 9:49:58 AM |
| #6 Here's a toilet with a view...outside and inside. I think this would appeal to the closet exhibitionists... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-06 9:45:13 AM |
| #5 Bang! Bang! Bang! Come out of there! Lot's of people are waiting! Go Away! This is a perfectly legal use of this room! Buzz off! |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-06 9:38:53 AM |
| #4 I tried making love in a toilet once. I had blue-stained butt cheeks for a month. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-10-06 9:30:07 AM |
| #3 Next, sex in outhouses and port-o-johns. Hooray for Switzerland! |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-06 9:13:47 AM |
| #2 and clean up your jizz! |
| Posted by: Gleath Elmeash1399 2004-10-06 8:46:06 AM |
| #1 "Making love in a toilet okay in Italy" I say fair enough, provided you're not going to damage anything, inconvenience anyone else, or are doing it against the wishes of the toilet owner. Reasonable enough? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-10-06 7:04:49 AM |
