The exploding toilet

  • Absolutely amazing storytelling. Gripping yet hilarious at the same time.

    Nothing to do with HN, but I'm so happy I got to read this. Now I'm going to read his other stuff, brb... :)

  • Articles like this are a prime example of why HN should not be about just tech. Thank you for sharing. I hope nobody flags it.

  • Patrick has been writing "Ask the Pilot" for years at Salon.

    He's really interesting, and this is one of his best articles. If you fly a lot, I recommend looking up his Salon archives. He lives in Sommerville and used to host a yearly meetup to look at his photography- not sure if it's still alive...

  • Nothing to do with HN, but I was standing in a museum gift shop (waiting for my family to finish pawing over gewgaws and gimcracks) and strangers were staring at me because I was giggling uncontrollably at my phone.

    How embarrassing. Thank you :-)

  • For a more tech-related, but less amusing column, try:

    https://www.boston.com/community/blogs/askthepilot/2013/04/h...

    but I prefer the _Creature from the Blue Volcano_

  • Read aloud in film-noir-style narration this proved an amusing tale.

  • I'm not exactly sure what that has to do with anything... but I liked it :)

  • I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard through this. Hilarious.

  • That was very poetic...

  • Try reading that and imagining it in the voice of the late Jean Shepherd. Priceless.