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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

HR 2: Tourist Stories Pt. 2

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Audacy

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mens Room Question: What happened to you as a tourist, or while on vacation?

Transcript

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0:00.0

The shenanigans continue. This is the men's room with Miles and Thrill.

0:05.6

We head to Italy and Florence's Neptune Fountain, and it's got a new scar, a new suspect.

0:11.1

Italian police, a 28-year-old tourist climbed onto the 16th century marble monument as part of a pre-wedding dare to touch the statue's genitalia,

0:25.3

causing what experts described as minor but significant damage to the statue.

0:30.1

A specialist later found harm to the legs of the horses that she stepped on and to something that she grabbed onto for balance.

0:34.6

The Guardian reports the cost for repairs estimated that. $5,800 to touch a

0:41.1

stone penis. The woman, meanwhile, has been charged with defacing an artistic and architectural

0:45.3

asset, which the local's note carries a potential fine of up to $47,000. It's going to be an expensive

0:54.1

vacation.

0:54.9

Yep.

0:55.7

The fountain has increasingly become a propped in the tourist challenges, according to city

1:01.3

officials.

1:02.3

Now, despite tighter surveillance, including closed caption TV installed after earlier incidents,

1:07.7

visitors continue to scale the statue for selfies and for social media stunts.

1:13.6

From the German Taurus to damage Neptune in 2023 to a teen who hit overnight in a city cathedral to climb its dome two years ago.

1:23.5

Georgio Casselli, who oversees Florence's fine art office, said such behavior reflects a lack of respect for the city's heritage and warden against indulging in ignorance and superficiality around its monuments.

1:34.5

Good luck with that. Yeah, this is the world that we're living in now with social media.

1:38.8

So our question, what happened to you as a tourist or while on vacation, 206, 803 rock?

1:43.3

Hello, Monica.

1:44.4

Welcome to the men's room.

1:46.7

Hi there.

1:47.5

Ola.

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