Why?

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:29 am

http://www.luxist.com/2006/11/19/urinal-sculptures

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:44 am

That's almost as good as the bar in Aberdeen that at one point installed a see through urinal with TV screens underneath it. They used to play videos of Glasgow Rangers so all of us Aberdeen fans could pee on them. That was ace.

Those are great though. Mind you I would be worried that a flower of that size would attract a bee of equal proportion. Especially as you'd be in the area with a rather vunerable body part in the open

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:52 am

I love them. I would be jealous of the boys in my house if they got one of those (especially love the shell,) and I had nothing as comparably lovely to use. The price is a bit steep, but I guess that's not an issue for some art connoisseurs.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:12 am

chrisoff wrote:That's almost as good as the bar in Aberdeen that at one point installed a see through urinal with TV screens underneath it. :

Ha ha! I read that too quickly and thought they had TV CAMERAS beneath the urinals...

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:20 am

Form over function, I feel sorry for the person that will have to clean those.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:20 am

I.D.10-t wrote:Form over function, I feel sorry for the person that will have to clean those.

What would Lambchop do?

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:42 pm

The only good reason to create art is for art's sake. Granted however, I don't want one.

(Christoff, that wouldn't work here in the U.S. The Ranger you pissed on may be on your team next season...)

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:06 pm

Cofaidh wrote:Chrisoff, that wouldn't work here in the U.S. The Ranger you pissed on may be on your team next season

It's not so much the players (well maybe a couple of them), but the team that you're pissing on.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:00 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:
I.D.10-t wrote:Form over function, I feel sorry for the person that will have to clean those.
What would Lambchop do?

Hide the plumbing, for one thing. Sheesh! Can't they hide the pipes in the wall and just give it a push-button or something?

I had a urinal in a bathroom once, right near a sunny window. Planted a nice, big fern in it. Worked out real good.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:05 pm

The one on the right certainly puts a new spin on, "She sells seashells ..."

djm

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:31 pm

I don't think art has anything to do with it. They're all clearly designed to avoid splashback. You don't realise how serious this can be until you've used the plain stainless steel wall variety wearing sandals. And if someone with a particularly healthy flow-rate happens to be standing next to you...

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:14 pm

Mental images I really didn't need

CountryKitty · Post by **CountryKitty** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:46 pm

ROFL

When I saw the urinals, I told my not-quite-16yo daughter, "Those are lovely, but what guy would use them?"

Only my Rose would give a limp-wristed gesture while replying, "A pansy."

*sigh* She's just a little too much her father's daughter!

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:54 pm

Well, after reading SteveShaw's post and then taking another look at them, if the designs really would prevent splash-back, I may consider a slightly less effeminete version of one of them.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:10 pm

SteveShaw wrote:And if someone with a particularly healthy flow-rate happens to be standing next to you...

Flashback to Cheech Marin with Stacy Keach in the men's room at the cop shop the film Up in Smoke:

"Hey! HEEEYYYYYY!!!"

"Oh! Oh, sorry, man."

djm