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TRAVEL BLOG9.17.07
The Sen. Larry Craig Bathroom at the Minneapolis Airport: ‘It’s Become a Tourist Attraction’
Some, like the one above, are taken from the exterior by professional news photographers. Others are taken inside by strangely giddy travelers. How popular has the bathroom become with tourists? From the AP story:
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COMMENTSLast week my husband and I had to drive down to the Minneapolis Airport to pick up our son, who had been at a Bible Camp in Norway. Our son’s plane was delayed and at some point my husband had to visit the facilities. We’d heard all about what goes on in the “facilities” in Minneapolis, so you can imagine how scared both of us were. My husband was raised as a good Lutheran. He’s incapable of saying no. So what do think would happen if “respectable looking” gentlemen, as Sen. Craig certainly seems, were to proposition my husband in a bathroom stall?
By on 9.18.07 at 07:48 AM
Currently having spent the night here, I can’t imagine why someone would intentionally seek out that particular bathroom. There are hundreds that all look the same in this airport. By foxnomad on 12.4.07 at 05:14 AM
This is hilarious! I always thought that almost anything can be transformed in a tourist attraction. But never thought about… you know… a toilet! :)) OMG! After reading this post I have to check out, no matter what! By Groomsmen on 4.24.08 at 03:51 AM
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