Search results for: “urinal”

  • Low Flush Toilet Retrofit

    Watts Up With That has a post on how to retrofit your toilet for lower water use. The retrofit is available at Amazon. It is dual flush. So it varies the total flow according to the button you push. The manufacturer MJSI, Inc., is headquartered in Shorewood, Illinois. Here is a simplified explanation of how…

  • Just what the doctor ordered!

    Especially if the doctor is a urologist. I’m talking about urine-controlled video games, which are soon to be debuted in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley IronPigs will debut the “Urinal Gaming System” in its men’s bathrooms—the custom urinals feature a “pee controlled” video screen that will entertain fans as they use the restroom. The system is…

  • Has the statute run on last year’s shower?

    Is showering while kids are present now a crime? According to at least one interpretation of the law, it apparently is: [U]nder Pennsylvania’s child protection laws, what Sandusky admitted to in an interview with NBC’s Bob Costas could fit the definition of indecent exposure. If children under 16 were involved, it could be a first-degree…

  • urine for some fertile and explosive ideas

    I found a fascinating article on building a do-it-yourself urinal that basically just drains the urine into the ground. This is what it looks like: After detailing how to make it, the author concludes with these remarks: Urine is not full of toxic bacteria like excrement is, so there is no health risk to pumping…

  • Institutionalized pedophobia

    While it is not a new subject at this blog, yesterday I stumbled into another incident of restroom tyranny. At a local bar/restaurant I’ve visited before, I went to the back to use the men’s room, and to my surprise there was a line of three men. Something about their sheepish behavior reminded me of…

  • Asparagus pee from me, but not from thee!

    As there has been a pretty steady series of posts about Jared Loughner’s massacre, I though I would pause for a post about something which seems irrational to me, and may gross out some readers.  The other night I realized that I have a double standard where it comes to asparagus pee. Many — but…

  • Only through unfairness can fairness be achieved!

    I’m noticing a very peculiar trend in restrooms lately. In government buildings, I am seeing floor after floor in which there are two types of restrooms, labeled thusly: Women’s Restroom and Unisex Restroom While it’s not the biggest deal in the world, I find myself having no other choice than to use the unisex restroom,…

  • Federal crackdown leads to new improved fake penises!

    To the anti-abortion lobby, Congressman Bart Stupak is a hero right now. But to those who oppose government health care, he’s anything but a hero, because his anti-abortion amendment is what saved the day for the Pelosi bill. While at least one anti-abortion conservative blogger warned that Stupak (a supporter of government health care) was…

  • Equal holes for all?

    The so-called “potty parity” movement is something I’ve had fun ridiculing in the past, but never took seriously. However, laughing at politically correct nonsense does not make it go away, because I’ve learned that over time, ridiculous things tend to become deadly serious. Via an email from a friend, I’ve learned that his time, “potty…

  • Had enough of the sewer culture?

    We’ve all heard of the Safety Nazis, and I’ve complained about an emerging group some people are calling the Gonad Nazis. And I’m fond of complaining that I hate to violate Godwin’s Law — usually just before I violate it. So this time — just for now — I have decided that I will not…

  • Live blogging imaginary foot crimes

    Michael Vick can heave a big sigh of relief! This morning he’s been bumped off the front page by Larry Craig, apparently because the country is more worried about restroom foot-tapping than professional athletes who torture unwilling dogfight combatants to death. But as I mulled over what might have motivated Craig to plead guilty, it…

  • Aimed fire? Or spray ‘n’ pray?

    The story of ‘naut rage (if that’s the proper term) has attracted a lot of attention. While there’s nothing new about jealous rage, even homicidal rage, there’s just something about that diaper. I think that’s what’s really captured the public’s limited attention span. A diaper-wearing adult (especially one from the rational-and-scientific class) having a tantrum…

  • gold at the end of the rainbow?

    I don’t mean to make light of serious events, but an email quoted by Glenn Reynolds reminded me that there are other issues besides Ann Coulter’s Godless business and Abu al-Zarqawi’s now-headless routine. I refer of course to potty parody parity. It may have been neglected on Women’s Confidence Day, but it’s long been an…

  • Flush a libertarian and find a luddite!

    I don’t like to think of myself as a Luddite, but yesterday’s experience with a high tech toilet hardly endeared me to the idea of modernizing and revolutionizing Every Last Personal Thing. At O’Hare Airport I made the mistake of going to the bathroom and entering a sit-down toilet stall. First I was a bit…

  • Patriarchal peeing contest?

    The front page of yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer featured an irresistible story about Philly’s latest urinal quagmire. I mean, who could resist this headline? City plumbers union says no way to no-flush urinals A political fissure has developed between environmentalists (who love the no-flush urinals because they don’t waste water) and the plumbers’ union (which wants…

  • Vintage recycling project

    I’m having a bit of a low tech problem. My toilet is one of those tacky, early landlord special, low-flush models which ought to be called a “no-flush” toilet, because it often takes several flushes to get its job done, and many times a plunger is needed in addition to that. (Yechh!) As Radley Balko…

  • Careful with the public trough

    Over a year ago, I wrote a post in which I confessed to using a men’s room which had been taken over by women, and I ridiculed the so-called “potty parity” laws. I should have kept my mouth shut, because I may have given the Philadelphia City Council ideas. Councilman Frank Rizzo (who doesn’t seem…

  • Regulatory flow invites national “pee” party!

    I’m pissed. Earlier tonight I heard about a wonderful new drug-law aid called the Whizzinator: The WHIZZINATOR? is an easy to conceal, easy to use urinating device with a very realistic prosthetic penis. It has been extensively tested and proven to work under real-life conditions! The WHIZZINATOR? is designed to be comfortably worn as an…

  • iPod is the new Pissoir

    Daniel Henninger says out with Modernism and Post-Modernism and in with respite. For the sake of argument, I am willing to agree that Duchamp’s urinal was the most influential artwork of the past century. If this is even close to being true, we may declare the modern art movement dead. Why? For one reason: It…

  • Burn while you learn!

    Everyone, please take a moment to do two things. Peruse the 84th Carnival of the Vanities, hosted by Trudy W. Schuett at WOLves. And don’t miss the 43rd Bonfire of the Vanities, hosted by On the Fritz. I’ll highlight some of my favorites, starting with the Bonfire. Incredible as it sounds, the Gleeful Extremist was…