Are we having trouble with the new toilet signs?

fnaah said :

The “biological” symbols (actually, they’re astronomical, based on the symbols for Mars and Venus) used to confuse me until I mentally associated the male one as sort of representing an erection and the female one sort of representing “x marks the spot”.

Go on, laugh.

I used to go to Cube a bit, and they had these signs – I used the same method to remember which was which – unti I realised that it didn’t matter anyway as all sorts used both anyway ;o)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it ….

I agree, this story needs illustrations.

Somebody want to sneak a pic of one of these signs next time with their phone? I’m curious.

A very narrow escape Dan.

Yeah for a moment there I thought I was in a B grade American college T+A movie and thougth about peeking over the door for a hot lesbian scene.

Then i remembered I was at the lighthouse so that dispelled anyhopes of that 🙁

This is where an acute sense of smell comes in handy: a faint wiff of stale urine always leads me directly to the male toilet. 😉

A very narrow escape Dan.

If a queue had formed you could have been in there all night.

And then at closing you’d have had to explain to the bouncer just what it was you were doing in there.

I once in a sober state entered the wrong toilets at Lighthouse (Dont laugh I was there for my best mates sisters 21st)

I panicked and just went straight for a stall and sat down.

I then had to count how many times the door opened and closed before I could skulk back out.

I then proceeded to tell all my friends what happened and had a gaffaw.

The “biological” symbols (actually, they’re astronomical, based on the symbols for Mars and Venus) used to confuse me until I mentally associated the male one as sort of representing an erection and the female one sort of representing “x marks the spot”.

Go on, laugh.

Knightsbridge’s signs can be a bit difficult to identify – they use some form of shadow figures on ‘funky 70’s background colours’. To know which door to use, you need to identify the subtle differences where the shadow figures ‘bulge out’.