Pissotiere
September 21st, 2004 by gina.revill
 
This sign was on the side of a cute wee pub in Manchester. I went in to ask the people behind the bar what the word meant but they didn’t know? Any guesses?
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Comments
Yeah, it’s just a posh name for a pissoir.
A place where we men can express our inalienable right to do it standing up!
Andy
September 21st, 2004
Ah.
So it is that simple.
Thanks for enlightening me Andy!
Gina
September 21st, 2004
Cute we pub! Na, thats the Britains protection a favourite watering hole of mine when I lived in Manchester. As far as I remeber it is near the Bridgewater Hall - the new home of Manchester’s resident orchestra! Of course I coule be wrong, but……
Stephen Powell
September 21st, 2004
As we thought then, see
http://www.theculturedtraveler.com/Archives/AUG2001/En_Pissant.htm
Do you know I saw a luminescent small blue bird in the dirty canal alongside———a kingfisher??????? Middle of Manchester?? I’ve searched rural Southern England for years. Don’t tell me I’m not going mad. Any views?
Ian
September 25th, 2004
It’s not the Britains (sic) Protection, it’s the Lass O’Gowrie
Matt
December 12th, 2005
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