Irish bar has a creative solution for people constantly writing on its toilet doors

If you can't beat them, join them.
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Andrea Romano
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If you can't beat them, join them. But only on your own terms.

The Salt House, a pub in Galway, Ireland, was tired of its patrons constantly writing on its toilet doors, so the pub owners came up with a clever solution: a children's toy.

The pub placed a sign kindly asking customers to not draw on the walls and doors and offered a Magna Doodle (a toy magnetic drawing board) to people who just can't help their artistic urges.


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One patron celebrated this new feature by writing a very special, rhyming message only befitting a Magna Doodle that said, "you are not me and I am not you, but we'll live together in a big blue zoo."

Problem solved.

BONUS: Because you're probably hungry for fries

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Andrea Romano

Andrea Romano -- comedy writer, craft enthusiast, lady -- was a Watercooler Reporter. She worked as an intern at Mashable beginning in January 2014. Andrea recently completed her Masters degree in Media Studies and Film from The New School and writes sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The People's Improv Theatre. She once watched three Paul Rudd movies in a row on a bicoastal flight and didn't realize it until she landed. She does things like that a lot. Twitter: @theandrearomano

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