Man Glued to Toilet

[Evo]

I am so sick of frivolous lawsuits. This is the kind of thing that makes costs go up for the rest of us. :grumpy:

What do you think about people that file these types of suits?

"Dougherty's lawsuit, filed Oct. 28, claims that officials at the Home Depot in Louisville called for an ambulance after he had been stuck for about 15 minutes. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, which separated from his skin, leaving abrasions, according to the suit.

The lawsuit claims he suffered pain, humiliation and financial losses and seeks $3 million in damages."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1302539

[Pengwuino]

I would say... an appology and a home depot gift card.

Anything else is crap. Even that is a stretch since home depot had nothing to do with the prank (unless it was an employee who did it!).

[tribdog]

I have so terrified of super glue, having had a few traumitizing experiences with it. My nightmare is that someone puts some on the escalator and I get dragged around and into the room where they store the stairs after they get to the bottom. I land there and the stairs just keep piling on top of me

[tribdog]

I would say... an appology and a home depot gift card.

Anything else is crap. Even that is a stretch since home depot had nothing to do with the prank (unless it was an employee who did it!).
stretch? lol no pun intended

[BobG]

I am so sick of frivolous lawsuits. This is the kind of thing that makes costs go up for the rest of us. :grumpy:
What do you think about people that file these types of suits?
"Dougherty's lawsuit, filed Oct. 28, claims that officials at the Home Depot in Louisville called for an ambulance after he had been stuck for about 15 minutes. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, which separated from his skin, leaving abrasions, according to the suit.
The lawsuit claims he suffered pain, humiliation and financial losses and seeks $3 million in damages."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1302539
I wouldn't use the same restrooms he uses - bad luck follows him around. Home Depot was the second time he'd been glued to a public toilet.

[Moonbear]

I would say... an appology and a home depot gift card.

Anything else is crap. Even that is a stretch since home depot had nothing to do with the prank (unless it was an employee who did it!).
I agree. If the end result was nothing more than a few abrasions, at best, they should pay his ER bill (though, geez, they probably could have just gotten some acetone and removed it right in the store without the abrasions), assuming it was an employee. If it wasn't an employee, then whoever the prankster was is responsible for paying the bill. But that's it. Geez, what an overly melodramatic person to be crying over pain and suffering for a stupid prank. Next time he should put paper on the seat first.

[tribdog]

I wouldn't use the same restrooms he uses - bad luck follows him around. Home Depot was the second time he'd been glued to a public toilet.
what a coinkidink
I will say this though. that superglue is sneaky stuff. it gets in places it has no right being.

[Moonbear]

I wouldn't use the same restrooms he uses - bad luck follows him around. Home Depot was the second time he'd been glued to a public toilet.
Really? So this guy is faking it to sue? Afterall, if you get glued once to a toilet seat, I'd bet that any sane person would check every public seat for glue before using it from then on...or else would hover. I didn't know anyone actually sat on public toilet seats anyway. :yuck:

[JamesU]

I think the guy should stop supergluing his @$$ and trying to get money off of lawsuits

[Moonbear]

what a coinkidink
I will say this though. that superglue is sneaky stuff. it gets in places it has no right being.
Especially when your girlfriend superglues your genitalia to your abdomen and leg! That's another story out that someone is suing over...she claims it was consensual, he claims he slept through it and she did it to get even for breaking up or something like that...now, I'm a sound sleeper, but I find it very hard to believe that something like that wouldn't wake someone up if it wasn't consensual, as strange as it sounds.

[mattmns]

Did he not see the glue or not look? Was this somekind of really fast acting super glue? Would not the glue have dried up?

[Ivan Seeking]

Man Glued to Toilet

I was going to say, been there done that, but this is different.

[tribdog]

it doesn't dry right up, until you sit on it then instant

[tribdog]

I was going to say, been there done that, but this is different.
lol, need some pepto?

[Evo]

it doesn't dry right up, until you sit on it then instantSounds like you're speaking from experience. :biggrin:

[JamesU]

Look at his first post ;)

[tribdog]

I've told the story before I"m sure. I didn't get glued to the toilet, but I did go to the bathroom and ended up with my hand glued to my best friend

[Moonbear]

Did he not see the glue or not look? Was this somekind of really fast acting super glue? Would not the glue have dried up?
That's what had me really suspicous when I first heard this. Superglue dries really quickly, so unless the prankster had just left, it should have been dried up before he sat on it. The only other types of glue I can think of that would cure that quickly but not be dry that quickly require two parts, so he'd have had to paint the other part onto his butt before sitting down. Anything else ought to have been fairly slow drying, so not stuck before he could stand back up (unless he is nasty enough to have sat down on a seat that was "damp" and didn't immediately get up and clean off...in which case, just how long was he occupying the restroom anyway?) It all sounds very fishy. I hope they took lots of pictures of his butt to show to the jurors and televise if he's going to sue...it would serve him right!

[Moonbear]

I've told the story before I"m sure. I didn't get glued to the toilet, but I did go to the bathroom and ended up with my hand glued to my best friend
Well, I guess that just leaves one thing to do, and who could blame you for it when stuck in that predicament? :biggrin: :rofl:

[tribdog]

how about, and I'm just guessing here, a person could place a tube of superglue under the toilet lid and put a pin prick in the tube. when someone sits down it squirts and you get stuck

[loseyourname]

I've told the story before I"m sure. I didn't get glued to the toilet, but I did go to the bathroom and ended up with my hand glued to my best friend

Didn't that happen to Jim in one of the American Pie movies?

[tribdog]

yep, I was first though. I even told about it here, before the movie.

[Evo]

yep, I was first though. I even told about it here, before the movie.They stole the idea from you!!!! You can sue them!!!

[Moonbear]

how about, and I'm just guessing here, a person could place a tube of superglue under the toilet lid and put a pin prick in the tube. when someone sits down it squirts and you get stuck
If you sat on a toilet seat and felt something squirt as you sat down, would you continue sitting? :yuck: Normal people would jump up before any glue would have a chance to work.

[tribdog]

you don't understand how fast this stuff sets. we are talking less than .5 seconds. if you have it on your thumb you can't touch your thumb and finger together faster than it sets. it's instant

[moose]

you don't understand how fast this stuff sets. we are talking less than .5 seconds. if you have it on your thumb you can't touch your thumb and finger together faster than it sets. it's instant

Yup, I've done several projects in the past few weeks for school involving crazy glue and super glue.......

[Moonbear]

you don't understand how fast this stuff sets. we are talking less than .5 seconds. if you have it on your thumb you can't touch your thumb and finger together faster than it sets. it's instant
It's not that fast. I've used superglue, and it gets tacky quickly, but I've never been unable to pull my fingers back apart if I get a drop on them (or remove my fingers from whatever I've been gluing together...I just keep switching fingers to hold whatever I'm holding and it doesn't stick).

[tribdog]

then you are using too much superglue. the less the better, and are you using dollar store superglue? that stuff sucks.
you should never see a tacky superglue. it is liquid then set

[Moonbear]

then you are using too much superglue.
I could say the same for you if you had enough on whatever you were gluing to get it on your hands and then glue your hands to your favorite body part. :biggrin:

[tribdog]

I know what you are thinking, but it doesn't take much glue. I'm rather small. hard to believe, but I've had parrots laugh at me and point.

[Astronuc]

how about, and I'm just guessing here, a person could place a tube of superglue under the toilet lid and put a pin prick in the tube. when someone sits down it squirts and you get stuck It would squirt under the lid, not on top where the person is contacting the seat - so no bonding.

Edit: Anyway, if the seat was up, then one could see the tube of glue, no? If the seat is down, it does not go down futher, unless its one of springy types, but my first point applies. And it enough time elapses, the hole will dry up - that's why one has to put the cap back on the tube.

Trib - don't spend too much time thinking about this. :biggrin:

[Ivan Seeking]

Besides, quick setting contact cement would probably would work.

[tribdog]

okay:
the seat is down.
the tube goes where the seat makes contact
the hole MAY close, but the 120-250 lb *** will force the glue through the hole
if at any time any glue, skin and seat are in the same place you are glued.

[BobG]

Darn that Harry Coover (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05309/601174.stm), anyway. The gun sights he designed were a complete flop - the cyanoacrylate would just stick to everything, making it terribly difficult to cast. All he's done is cause a whole lot of trouble. People should stick to duct tape the way nature intended.

I think having been glued to a toilet before made it easier for Dougherty to deal with it this time (he's only suing because it took so long for someone to respond to his calls for help - not for being superglued to the toilet). In fact, Dougherty was pretty composed by time paramedics arrived. He calmly asked the paramedic, "Have you ever seen anything like this before?" to which the paramedic replied, "Yes, but it's the first time I've ever seen one framed."

[moose]

maybe we need some quick drying 5 minute epoxy.....

[moose]

okay:
the seat is down.
the tube goes where the seat makes contact
the hole MAY close, but the 120-250 lb *** will force the glue through the hole
if at any time any glue, skin and seat are in the same place you are glued.


Maybe I should move out of Arizona.....

[Smurf]

In fact, Dougherty was pretty composed by time paramedics arrived. He calmly asked the paramedic, "Have you ever seen anything like this before?" to which the paramedic replied, "Yes, but it's the first time I've ever seen one framed."
framed? huh?

[tribdog]

Okay. I'm done testing.
after 12 minutes still sticking
after 15 minutes still stuck, maybe not as much, hard to tell
after 16 minutes still stuck definitely weaker
after 17 minutes not stuck, unless you consider post it notes sticky
19 minutes not stuck at all

[scott1]

I herd that he might be making it up.

[Moonbear]

Okay. I'm done testing.
after 12 minutes still sticking
after 15 minutes still stuck, maybe not as much, hard to tell
after 16 minutes still stuck definitely weaker
after 17 minutes not stuck, unless you consider post it notes sticky
19 minutes not stuck at all
So is that 5 fingers you now have stuck to something? Leave one free to type the story after you dial 911.

[tribdog]

So is that 5 fingers you now have stuck to something? Leave one free to type the story after you dial 911.
fingers!!!
damn, wish I'd thought of that

[mattmns]

Tomorrow I am going to test this out on my toilet and see how long it actually takes. I just need to make sure I have a phone with me.

[tribdog]

hey if you need some corroborating evidence let me know, maybe I'll try the experiment as well.
geez read the posts

[mattmns]

hey if you need some corroborating evidence let me know, maybe I'll try the experiment as well.
geez read the posts
Woops, I read fingers, and thought you were not actually trying it, lol :redface:

[matthyaouw]

you don't understand how fast this stuff sets. we are talking less than .5 seconds. if you have it on your thumb you can't touch your thumb and finger together faster than it sets. it's instant

I'll vouch for that. I spent an hour or two with half a model tank kit and a small file stuck to my hand. I honestly can't remember how I got myself into or out of that predicament. I'mm pretty sure I've glued my hand to a table too.

[scott1]

If he wins I whouldn't be surprised to see the Toiltes at home dept have warning labes that say:
Warning:Home Depot is not respossible for being stuck to this toilseat or any other injuries.Please urinate at your own risk:rofl:

[tribdog]

that's funny