In for a penny in for a pound - man gets more than he bargained for after WC fall

Image: Sanook

BANGKOK: A picture of a Bangkok man was shared around the internet after he fell down in a toilet.

The man was taking a leak but slipped and fell on a part of an old toilet bowl. He was treated for a 30cm cut to his back and was covered in blood.

Foundation workers who treated him at the scene and then took him to Sirinthorn Hospital posted the picture on Facebook on the Klum Khon Asa Koo Cheep Koo Phai page.

The accident had happened at the Chaumniwat housing estate in the Soi Chalerm Prakiat R9 area of Bangkok.

Source: Sanook

-- 2016-07-16

Absolutely riveting news, must be a very slow news day.

Just wondering what the title means?

'In for a penny in for a pound'

''Foundation workers who treated him at the scene and then took him to Sirinthorn Hospital posted the picture on Facebook on the Klum Khon Asa Koo Cheep Koo Phai page.''

Did they have permission to do so or are they just a bunch of #$@%^?

Just wondering what the title means?

'In for a penny in for a pound'

A typical UK saying, in this case hinting at a further saying (although unstated) - maybe worth 6/10.

Just wondering what the title means?

'In for a penny in for a pound'

When you go for a pee, the English often refer to it as spending a penny. Being as he went all in I expect calling it a pound is meant to be funny.

Man falls and cuts himself. Shocking.

This is why our toilet has small tiles on the floor. Also the shower has.

Man falls and cuts himself. Shocking.

The shocking bit is the lack of confidentiality by the emergency responders, again!

What a bummer.

No use digging into this story any deeper as you could just end up in the sh$t.

Just wondering what the title means?

'In for a penny in for a pound'

...came into spend a penny and ended up getting a pounding.

Edited July 17, 20169 yr by tandor

This isn't news so why have we been made privvy to it ?

Now we know what toilet humour is.

What, couldn't he find a snake? I saw a 4 meter or more dead python on the side of the Phanat Nikhom- Chacheongsao highway about 4 days ago. He looked like he had been through a wringer, not just up a down pipe. The body was about 100 to 150cm in diameter over most of its length. Sad loss crossing the road. We hit a python at speed in a tuktuk just outside Vientiane in Laos about 15 years ago. When I say speed, it was (i was told) a custom 500cc tuktuk and it was going fast enough before we hit the snake and then I thought we had gone into orbit.

Edited July 17, 20169 yr by The Deerhunter

It actually means if your in for a penny might as well be in for a pound

in for a penny, in for a pound

phrase

used to express someone's intention to complete an enterprise once it has been undertaken, however much time, effort, or money this entails.

Edited July 17, 20169 yr by Deepinthailand

so, what was he really doing?

my guess, he was learning, (or practising) how to 'squat' (practising on) a conventional bowl, and slipped?

Stupid headline for this story.

so, what was he really doing?

my guess, he was learning, (or practising) how to 'squat' (practising on) a conventional bowl, and slipped?

Eating his dinner once he had got it out warm. Or just maybe he was having a piss and fell over. Or he had had a piss and the floor was slippy and fell over on his way out. Or he was hiding from the immigration police because he's on overstay ( oh several people here will jump on that one).or he was just pissed went to sleep and when he turned over caught his back on some Shap object. Maybe he was a druggie shooting up. Or maybe it was in fact just an accident. When you have all finished playing miss Marple someone let me know your outcome. This is so riveting.

Just wondering what the title means?

'In for a penny in for a pound'

When you go for a pee, the English often refer to it as spending a penny. Being as he went all in I expect calling it a pound is meant to be funny.

Yes, you have to be of a certain age to remember it but the public lavatory cubicles had coin operated doors: you had to put a penny in to access. It wasn't such a bad system. Thailand had a similar system but payment had to be made to an attendant at the entrance: 1 or 2 Baht, even in the upmarket shopping centres . Until about 15 years ago.

To be regretted is the decision of the French to abandon completely the pissoir in favour of the unisex sanisette: much interesting history gone at the same time many other cities are actively installing the old fashioned version.

This man deserved some privycy.

Edited July 17, 20169 yr by Prbkk

Some have made statements concerning the idiom "in for a penny in for a pound" and all are incorrect definitions. In fact, it means that if something is worth doing, such as when gambling or taking a chance go the whole hog and take all of the risks, not just some of them.

Just wondering what the title means?

'In for a penny in for a pound'

title means that if you want to do anything di it big.

how apt it is for this episode i too cannot figure out.

Some have made statements concerning the idiom "in for a penny in for a pound" and all are incorrect definitions. In fact, it means that if something is worth doing, such as when gambling or taking a chance go the whole hog and take all of the risks, not just some of them.

Not so oh supreme being. Ruler of the known inner vortex of your own mind

Yesterday I almost tripped over one of my sons toys in the garden.

This morning I had Kellogg's Cornflakes for breakfast!

Stupid headline for this story.

Stupid story and hardly newsworthy. People fall in Thai toilets every day

The reporter must be a very naive woman. Men stand up to have a pee, so unlikely to fall over unless drunk. He was probably squat down having a number 2

In for a penny, get an ass pounding.

Oops, wrong cubicle

''Foundation workers who treated him at the scene and then took him to Sirinthorn Hospital posted the picture on Facebook on the Klum Khon Asa Koo Cheep Koo Phai page.''

Did they have permission to do so or are they just a bunch of #$@%^?

Guess.....