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Friday Funnies 19-Oct-2012 At 12:20:10 PM MrsM10iswhereitsat.

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After reading the thread Only True Hard Men Need Apply, on Chockstone this week; Derek told me this incident to pass on to the readers as he thinks it is relevant.

True Hard Man.

Three climbers were using the urinal in a public toilet at Horsham. The boulderer finished relieving himself, zipped up, strolled to the sink and proceeded to wash his hands, using plenty of soap and water and doing a splendidly thorough job. As he was drying his hands (with lots of paper towels), he loftily announced to no one in particular "In the bouldering dungeon, I learned to be clean and sanitary." The man then left the toilet in a cloud of self-satisfaction.

The second gent, a sport climber, zipped up, marched briskly to the sink, and scrubbed his hands with much less soap and water than the first man, doing a splendidly thorough job nonetheless. As he was drying his hands (with only one paper towel), he severely announced to no one in particular," In the climbing gym, I learned to be clean and sanitary, but I ALSO learned to be thrifty and environmentally conscious." He then strode from the toilet with a purposeful air.

The third man, an old trad climber, finished relieving himself, zipped up, and ambled past the sinks to the door, muttering to himself, "On multipitch, we learned not to piss on our hands."