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I need MNer Wisdom for a toilet slogan

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Wontletmeusemynormalname · 05/09/2022 22:44

Soooo we have nearly finished our harry potter themed bar in the house. We have a toilet in which we want to rig up to a bell because people will inevitably try and flush it and have to drink a shot, but it needs a warning and curiosity always kills the cat.....

So far we've come up with

You rang the bell, now you're going to hell..... Report to the bar for your potion spell.....

OP posts:
MarmiteCoriander · 09/09/2022 17:18

I'm sitting here in tears laughing, trying to work out what a seat in the shape of a toilet has to do with Harry Potter, and why you have it in a bar??? What am I missing? Clearly I'm not the only one utterly confused 😂

MassiveSalad22 · 09/09/2022 17:20

Anamechangeisasgoodasarest · 09/09/2022 17:12

The toilet is not functioning, it's actually doubled up as the storage for card games if you lift the lid.

So WHY are people trying to flush it?

They go into a room that has a toilet - presumably they want to use the toilet.
They lift the lid and see that it is for card storage.

Normal response would be "oops, this isn't an actual toilet, I'll go and find the real one"

Are they pissing on the cards?

Otherwise WHY IN GOD'S NAME would they be trying to flush it?

I don't flush toilets that I haven't used.

All of this.

I really hope your friends are all as heavily into HP as you are OP otherwise you’re going to have some perplexed guests 😄 if so, crack on!

LubaLuca · 09/09/2022 17:26

I'm so lost. A prop toilet filled with Uno, a bell to flush the toilet after not using it, going to hell and downing shots.

I'm so glad I live a boring life. Praying nobody pisses on the games.

BruceAndNosh · 09/09/2022 17:32

Bloody Changing Rooms has a lot to answer for...

decafsoyaflatwhite · 09/09/2022 17:42

MarmiteCoriander · 09/09/2022 17:18

I'm sitting here in tears laughing, trying to work out what a seat in the shape of a toilet has to do with Harry Potter, and why you have it in a bar??? What am I missing? Clearly I'm not the only one utterly confused 😂

It’s how non-employees enter the MoM, by flushing themselves down a toilet. A particular set of toilets, I hasten to add.

Is your bar invite only OP? 🤣

Gleeschue · 09/09/2022 17:43

I can't help on the question but can we see pictures of the bar/rest of the room. I love anything Harry Potter themed.

GuerlainHo · 09/09/2022 17:45

Sounds funky

but I’m confused how the toilet thing works. You said it doesn’t flush? So is the toilet in full working order or it isn’t but people use it and then realise it doesn’t flush?

dudsville · 09/09/2022 17:48

You're fantastic OP! There's a lot of very narrow thinking happening here, but you colour outside the lines!

FromageRouge · 09/09/2022 17:51

Try to flush it? I’d be more worried that somebody will fry to use it.

You sound…..zany.

Summerslam · 09/09/2022 17:53

What if someone gets absolutely sloshed in your bar and takes a massive shit in your decoy toilet? You'll need a LOT of Zoflora.

Tippexy · 09/09/2022 17:56

A fool and his money are soon parted!

SandieCollins · 09/09/2022 17:58

decafsoyaflatwhite · 09/09/2022 17:42

It’s how non-employees enter the MoM, by flushing themselves down a toilet. A particular set of toilets, I hasten to add.

Is your bar invite only OP? 🤣

Aah, that makes more sense!

SatInTheCorner · 09/09/2022 18:02

I am completely lost.

Is this a real toilet?
Is the toilet in the bar?
Why would people use it ?
Why not replace it with a working toilet ?
Where should people go to the toilet?
Are people actually pissing in it ? And then it won't flush ?

Too many questions

OnOldOlympus · 09/09/2022 18:02

Guys it’s a prop toilet in the bar which is actually storage for card games, I’m sure OP has a normal toilet in a separate bathroom. The prop toilet is not a real toilet, but people will try the flush anyway, out of curiosity. Like how if there’s a big red button you want to press it.

fruitbrewhaha · 09/09/2022 18:09

So your after a witty poem thing?

"This is not a loo, so here's a shot for you,
Drink it down in one and show us you're done"?

latetothefisting · 09/09/2022 18:10

OPs first post could have been clearer but she has now explained so not sure what people aren't getting:

  • the toilet is a seat in her HP themed bar. It's not in a separate room and is clear not a functioning toilet that anyone would actually use, unless they usually use the toilet in full view of all their friends
  • It's relevant to the theme of the bar because in the HP books you access the ministry of magic by standing in a toilet and trying to flush it
  • Friends have been trying to flush the toilet because of this, but because it is not a working toilet it won't flush
  • OP wants a rhyme to catch out friends who do this, to add to the fun of the bar. Presumably the people she's planning on inviting to the bar enjoy both fun and HP, so will not be as perplexed by all this as some of the posters.

I'm struggling to think of anything really witty OP. How about
"Muggle Alert!
The MoM revokes your invitation
Go to the bar and take a libation."

"This entrance is out of order, try the sink
Or go to the bar and get a drink"

"Bar rules: Don't flush this loo or drink and floo!"

"Due to recent infiltration by public enemy number 1, this entry to the MOM is undergoing maintenance, anyone caught attempting entry will be subject to a shotus alcoholus potion."

Or something along the latin line of the HP spells - cultus is toilet/bibere is to drink? Or play on out of order/get your (drinks) order? something rhyming 'flush' with being a lush?

That's all I've got!

GuerlainHo · 09/09/2022 18:12

latetothefisting · 09/09/2022 18:10

OPs first post could have been clearer but she has now explained so not sure what people aren't getting:

  • the toilet is a seat in her HP themed bar. It's not in a separate room and is clear not a functioning toilet that anyone would actually use, unless they usually use the toilet in full view of all their friends
  • It's relevant to the theme of the bar because in the HP books you access the ministry of magic by standing in a toilet and trying to flush it
  • Friends have been trying to flush the toilet because of this, but because it is not a working toilet it won't flush
  • OP wants a rhyme to catch out friends who do this, to add to the fun of the bar. Presumably the people she's planning on inviting to the bar enjoy both fun and HP, so will not be as perplexed by all this as some of the posters.

I'm struggling to think of anything really witty OP. How about
"Muggle Alert!
The MoM revokes your invitation
Go to the bar and take a libation."

"This entrance is out of order, try the sink
Or go to the bar and get a drink"

"Bar rules: Don't flush this loo or drink and floo!"

"Due to recent infiltration by public enemy number 1, this entry to the MOM is undergoing maintenance, anyone caught attempting entry will be subject to a shotus alcoholus potion."

Or something along the latin line of the HP spells - cultus is toilet/bibere is to drink? Or play on out of order/get your (drinks) order? something rhyming 'flush' with being a lush?

That's all I've got!

Ok that’s a much better explanation. I was so confused

GuerlainHo · 09/09/2022 18:21

’You’ve taken a piss and made a lake…now off to see Severus snape’

‘Muggles and Puddles’

GuerlainHo · 09/09/2022 18:29

’Youve had a piddle, now solve the riddle (Tom Riddle’

howaboutchocolate · 09/09/2022 18:34

I like @latetothefisting option of
"Muggle Alert!
The MoM revokes your invitation
Go to the bar and take a libation."

The problem is everyone will see it, not just those who flush the toilet.
You need to make it so it only appears once they have flushed. Either mechanically, so it pops up somehow via a stick attached to the flush mechanism, or electronically so the flush activates a motion sensor that triggers an Alexa to say the words. If you're very invested in this...

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