Travelers ask to see Craig bathroom

[Tab]

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - When tourists ask for the bathroom in the Minneapolis airport lately, it's usually not because they have to go.

It's because they want to see the stall made famous by U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's arrest in a sex sting.

"It's become a tourist attraction," said Karen Evans, information specialist at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. "People are taking pictures."

Craig was arrested June 11 by a Minneapolis airport police officer. The Idaho Republican pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
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Just 15 minutes into her shift on Friday, Evans said she had been asked directions to the new tourist attraction four times. Other airport workers field the same question.

"It's by the Lottery shop, right next to the shoeshine shop," said newsstand worker Abdalla Said, adding he gets the question daily.

The Royal Zino Shoeshine shop owner's grandson, Royal Zino, said it has been hectic.

"People have been going inside, taking pictures of the stall, taking pictures outside the bathroom door — man, it's been crazy," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070916/ap_on_fe_st/odd_craig_bathroom

People really need to get a life. Checking it out if you're there already, maybe. But taking pictures???

Sheesh.

[saltpoint]

1. Well dammit, why not? Ireland has its Blarney Stone; we can have the Larry Craig

stall at the Minneapolis Airport.

[Crabby Appleton]

2. Just don't bend back and try tokiss anything. nt

[saltpoint]

4. LOL!!!

[Deja Q]

13. Do you mean 'to kiss' or 'tuchis'?

:hide:

[babylonsister]

7. LOL, but oye!

:hi:

[saltpoint]

9. Oye indeed. I'm thinking Triple AAA could do a bus tour...

:hi:

[Deja Q]

3. What do Graceland, the Mall of America, and the Mpls/StP Airport all have in common?

You can, amongst other things, flush lots of money down the toilet there.

[JohnnyLib2]

5. One columnist wrote about this, gently.

Here's an amusing column about The bathroom from a few days back.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=305683

[Cerridwen]

6. Surprise.

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. (Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956))

Just in case you ever wonder again why we have the government we have.

edit: close paren

[rocktivity]

8. Did I say that they should put a plaque on the door and charge admission

or DID I say that they should put a plaque on the door and charge admission?

:rofl:
rocknation

[roamer65]

10. The Larry E. Craig Memorial Restroom.

I think the name is fitting. The only places named after Rethugs should be restrooms, since they have taken the country straight into the crapper.

[Deja Q]

14. Well, nobody's perfect...

:hide:

[0rganism]

21. I had exactly the same thought on reading the OP

Stick a plaque on the bathroom and designate it as a state historical marker.

Put a nice picture of Sen. Craig's head on the inside of the door of each stall, except replace the eyes with those ridged-plastic anamorph thingies (can't remember the technical name) so they appear to follow the user from any angle. It will be the envy of every other airport men's room on the planet.

[laststeamtrain]

11. I'm gonna sell some gin-u-wine tp I picked up off the floor there on the ebay. n/t

[moondust]

12. delete

[Turbineguy]

15. Where's my

"Beware of Limbo Dancers!" dymo label?

[Tab]

16. If the airport was smart

they'd reinstitute pay toilets.

(although thank goodness those are gone)

[B Calm]

17. The republican national convention is going to be in Minneapolis

next year. I imagine probably over half of the conventioneers will be looking for that bathroom..

[ossman]

18. Looking for the bathroom and staying off the bridges.

[Tab]

19. Is it really? How fitting. n/t

[MadBadger]

20. Ill be in minneapolis I believe Thanksgiving.

I want to go see the bathroom.

[entanglement]

22. Do we have a new tourist attraction in Minneapolis?

:)