Big Blowout in the Plastic PortaPotty

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I saw this portable toilet yesterday at a new home job site. I’d actually seen it a few days earlier from the road and thought maybe someone had backed into it with their truck. Yesterday I drove in to see if I could talk to the builder and found that the damage was of a different sort. And that got my mind to wondering…

I saw this portable toilet yesterday at a new home job site. I’d actually seen it a few days earlier from the road and thought maybe someone had backed into it with their truck. Yesterday I drove in to see if I could talk to the builder and found that the damage was of a different sort. And that got my mind to wondering…

What the heck happened here? Was it:

A. “I knew I shouldn’t have had all those beans last night.”

B. “Hey, that wasn’t my cigarette!”

C. “I hope he can tell us what happened when he gets out of the hospital.”

Or was it something else completely? Whatever happened here, though, I’m betting it wasn’t as bad as what happened to the poor guy in the portable toilet on this job site.

I love working in this field! You just never know what you might see when you visit a construction site.

 

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  1. I called the number on the
    I called the number on the potty, got an email address and forwarded this article.

    "Yea, we picked it up this morning."

    Since I cheated, I won’t share what I was told happened. Never would have guessed. 😄

  2. What happened? Looks like a
    What happened? Looks like a plastic chemical melt down…

  3. Is it related to a Myth
    Is it related to a Myth Busters episode?

  4. Famous last words – "Hey
    Famous last words – "Hey guys, watch this!!!"

  5. I called the number on the
    I called the number on the potty, got an email address and forwarded this article.

    “Yea, we picked it up this morning.”

    Since I cheated, I won’t share what I was told happened. Never would have guessed. 😄

    1. So what happened?! It’s been
      So what happened?! It’s been over two weeks and no follow up!

      1. No idea. No one was there
        No idea. No one was there when I stopped by. We don’t have anything to do with this job; I saw it from the road and stopped to have a look.

      1. I think Steve was kidding. He
        I think Steve was kidding. He posted that in the middle of the night, shortly after this article went live, so if he had called, I doubt he would have reached anyone who could have told him what happened. :~)

  6. Or D: "I told you the
    Or D: "I told you the boss said you spent too much time in there!"

    It doesn’t look like the classic cherry bomb damage, I’m thinking a lit cigarette left on the TP roll.

  7. What happened? Looks like a
    What happened? Looks like a plastic chemical melt down…

  8. Is it related to a Myth
    Is it related to a Myth Busters episode?

  9. Famous last words – “Hey
    Famous last words – “Hey guys, watch this!!!”

  10. Or D: “I told you the
    Or D: “I told you the boss said you spent too much time in there!”

    It doesn’t look like the classic cherry bomb damage, I’m thinking a lit cigarette left on the TP roll.

  11. Looks like thermal distortion
    Looks like thermal distortion of some sort. Was them some sort of intense sun reflection that was focused on the potty

  12. Looks like thermal distortion
    Looks like thermal distortion of some sort. Was them some sort of intense sun reflection that was focused on the potty

  13. So what happened?! It’s been
    So what happened?! It’s been over two weeks and no follow up!

  14. No idea. No one was there
    No idea. No one was there when I stopped by. We don’t have anything to do with this job; I saw it from the road and stopped to have a look.

  15. Nice. Not enough Methane in
    Nice. Not enough Methane in the tank to cause this. (Ya don’t wanna smoke in one of this no matter what). I’m going with an exterior fire on the ground that got away. Most of the damage centers around the front right corner and low.

  17. I think Steve was kidding. He
    I think Steve was kidding. He posted that in the middle of the night, shortly after this article went live, so if he had called, I doubt he would have reached anyone who could have told him what happened. :~)

  18. According to a pleasant woman
    According to a pleasant woman named Shurla at Blu-John in Atlanta, a nearby burn-barrel had it’s way with the Porta-Potty.

    Burn Barrel 1, Porta-Potty 0. That’s a final 😄.

  19. Nice. Not enough Methane in
    Nice. Not enough Methane in the tank to cause this. (Ya don’t wanna smoke in one of this no matter what). I’m going with an exterior fire on the ground that got away. Most of the damage centers around the front right corner and low.

  20. According to a pleasant woman
    According to a pleasant woman named Shurla at Blu-John in Atlanta, a nearby burn-barrel had it’s way with the Porta-Potty.

    Burn Barrel 1, Porta-Potty 0. That’s a final 😄.

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