[Namron] Lock on the Privy

[Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair]

So we would just have to come up with a proper punishment such an 
individual.  Threats of beatings would probably either be ignored or 
invited...so maybe a withholding of mead would be a better deterrent.

Donnchadh

Miles Grey wrote:
> JOHN wrote:
>   
>> I was thinking the key would go on a BIG hoop or ring which can be kept
>> on a table just inside the Hospitality Pavilion.  That way if you need
>> to get in there straight away NOW, turning a key is a lot easier than
>> fumbling with a combination lock.  And yes, take the lock inside with
>> you or else tempt fate of being locked inside :-)
>>     
>
> Perhaps now isn't the time to point out that the hardware on the outside
> of the privy that allows it to be locked (a hasp, padeye, a pair of
> flanges with holes, etc) function by allowing the rigid shackle of the
> padlock to be passed through either one hole (in a flange or padeye)
> trapping the door or hasp behind it or through two holes (in a matched
> pair of flanges) preventing separation of the flanges.  The *lock* part
> prevents those whom you do not want to gain access to the privy from being
> able to remove the rigid shackle.
>
> Carrying the padlock into the privy with you prevents anyone from locking
> the *padlock*, but it does absolutely *nothing* to prevent a
> mischievous/scurrilous individual from, say, picking up a stick from the
> ground and jamming it in place as if it were the rigid shackle portion of
> the padlock.  This would leave you clasping the padlock and its key inside
> the privy but still unable to open the door.
>
> Of course, no one would really *do* anything like that.  This thought just
> popped into my paranoid little mind completely unbidden.
>
>   Miles Grey
>
>
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