CENTERVILLE, Utah -- What should you do when your toilet dies in the line of "doody"?
Have a funeral, of course.
Tomorrow morning, a hamburger joint in Centerville will have a "moment of silence" for the potty that was destroyed last week when a patron's handgun fell out of the holster and fired as he was hitching up his pants.
The bullet shattered the toilet in the Carl's Jr. restaurant and sent sharp shards into the man's arm. The 26-year-old shooter, who had a concealed-weapons permit, was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
But the "john" was destroyed, and the national hamburger chain is feeling the loss.
"By all accounts, it was a good toilet; reliable and well liked by customers and crew members alike," wrote Brad Haley, executive vice president of Carl's Jr. marketing, in a tongue-in-cheek note posted on the company's Facebook page.
The outpouring from the community has been overwhelming, said Carl's Jr. manager Christian Martinez.
"We have received e-mails and cards from all over the country expressing condolences for our loss," he said. "People will have the chance to say goodbye in their own way at the memorial service."
"It seems only fitting to have a formal service to let everyone say goodbye to such a critical member of our team that was in very close contact with the public each and every day," Haley eulogized. "Our thoughts go out to the surviving men's room urinal and porcelain sink. We only hope that the new toilet can fill the void left by its predecessor, but so far it hasn't made much of a splash."
Employees at the restaurant will hand out bottles of Kaboom Bowl Blaster toilet cleaner to the first 50 funeral attendees, he said, as "it was the toilet's favorite."
-- Scripps Howard News Service
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