Do you drink out of outdoor drinking fountains in Portland?
We've seen this movie before -- and so we never do.
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Comments (10)
That guy is an interesting fellow. 2 dollars says he's just insane. The modern world creates insanity while making impossible to function while being even a little bit insane.
Posted by Jo | July 24, 2012 8:40 PM
At least he didn't whip out an AK and shoot all the kids in the park.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 24, 2012 8:44 PM
Charged with 'misuse of a drinking fountain.' Only in Portland could that be an actual named criminal offense. If only the Admiral's loo had been nearby, this bit of unpleasantness could have been avoided.
Sheesh.
Posted by The Other Dave | July 24, 2012 9:52 PM
All the time! Almost every day, in fact!
Except just this evening while biking through I passed up one in Waterfront Park that was surrounded by at least a dozen homeless people.
Posted by reader | July 24, 2012 9:55 PM
But, really. Sometimes the junk just needs to be washed.
Posted by reader | July 24, 2012 9:57 PM
The other day while I was working out at my gym under the 405, I saw a large homeless women crouch behind a concrete post and relieve herself. She looked around to make sure no one could see but she did not account for the mirrored glass of the back of the building across the street. This is one reason why the loos are so badly needed.
Posted by reader | July 24, 2012 10:05 PM
Man, this is one thread I could have avoided? I agree with the last person that certain basic needs should be provided for, but I wish I could get the images out of my head.
Posted by Nolo | July 24, 2012 10:21 PM
Are they sure it was a water balloon?
I've seen a vagrant reach into the gutter for a (presumably used) condom, and then fit it over the spigot of the Benson Bubbler so that it filled up with water. He was amused.
This was the bubbler adjacent to City Hall.
I rarely drank from the bubblers before I saw that, and never since.
Posted by Downtown Denizen | July 24, 2012 10:49 PM
Maybe it's time for the City to commission another informational video, this time on the importance of not washing one's goolies in the water fountains. A little tip: they might not want to see if the rights on AC/DC's "Big Balls" is available.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | July 25, 2012 11:13 AM
This story made Drudge!
Posted by Pom Mom of LO | July 27, 2012 11:38 AM