I saw a man checking his Blackberry tonight while standing at a urinal.
That, my friends, is called an addiction.
I am getting a PDA from work... if I ever check it while standing at a urinal, please take it away from me and tell me that I have a problem.
I was over at MrBadak's blog and came across his Funny Goal Urinal post.. The men would have a field day with that (pun intended) one!! LOL!
So, of course, being a woman, I never knew that they had all these sorts of crazy urinals for men.. after all, the ladies' restrooms are always pretty standard and conservative.. I guess men tend to "aim" high!
Anyways, since I was being a curious cat, I
Socialite Nicole Richie is lending her name to a bizarre campaign to save street lights from the dangers of…dog urine. The pregnant Simple Life actress is concerned about the abrasive chemicals found in dog urine and the damage they do to street lights as they mark their territory when relieving themselves. The socialite, who has two dogs - Foxxy Brown and Honeychild - has signed up to promote Swedish inventor Lennart Jarrelbro’s latest creation, dog urinals, to stop the metal on the posts being eroded by the chemicals found in canine waste products. “They’re so clever,” she said. “It’s a cute rubber cup attached to the post and a hose to pipe the urine into the gutter.” Jarlerbro himself stated that “The average lamppost has a lifespan of 30 years but my invention could add a further 15 years.” Meanwhile, Richie and her other half Joel Madden recently hosted a baby shower for their upcoming first child.
Water has been scarce and hard to keep up these days and a lot of sectors and establishments have taken the initiative to be able to save water. One overlooked aspect back then was the use of urinals which used flushes to drain away the wastes by humans. While hygiene may be covered, it is the proper use of controlling water as a means of flushing that has drawn criticism.
We have seen in most establishments the installation of modern and simple waterless urinals to eliminate the waste of water today. No longer is it necessary to have to flush them (something which also has some hygienic and health concerns). Some may find them costly, but the real thing is that they save water which is even costlier if used up!
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Yes, the latest urinals come equipped with such high-tech features as hydraulics, self-cleaning mechanims, games, and more. Urilift At $75,000, the self-cleaning Urilift is touted as the “world’s most high-tech” — consisting of “a two-meter high stainless steel cylinder with three alcoves, each with a urinal, and no doors.” By day, the Urilift is lowered below street level for a nice clean look. Then at night, an operator comes by with a remote and the Urilift hydraulically lifts to sidewalk level in about two minutes You’re in Control Created by the MIT Media Lab (2002), You’re In Control is a urine-control system where “sensors in the back of a urinal detect the position of impact of a stream of urine, enabling the user to play interactive games on a screen mounted above the urinal”. $100,000 Bulletproof Urinal That’s right, each one of these public toilets/restrooms costs a whopping $100,000. These things are “not only bulletproof, but can withs
American men should understand the main rule of using a urinal in a public restroom: If possible, choose a urinal one apart from the other guy. In other words, do not use a urinal next to someone already using a urinal if another urinal one or more apart is open for use.
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Does anyone else see a huge problem with this? Some of the people who these things are targeting are drunk out of their mind, and we’re going to help them by giving them advice from a talking urinal. Imagine going into one of these bathrooms to find a drunk trying to talk back to the magical urinal. You do not help a drunk by giving him a talking inanimate object. Especially a urinal.
Forget about drunks. If I walk into that bathroom completely sober and I hear the urinal talking to me when I start going, that’s it! It’s a good thing I’m at the urinal, because it would scare the piss out of me.
With love,
Steve. talking urinal, alcohol, New Mexico
