LAUGH BREAK Gore Signs On to New Campaign (on board waterless urinal corp)

NY TIMES ^ | 11/17/03

[Liz]

For Al Gore, a politician so famously interested in both the environment and technology, the offer to serve on the advisory board of Falcon Waterfree Technologies must have been hard to resist.

"He is very concerned about the world water situation and the crisis that the U.N. is predicting — that by 2026, the world demand for water will outstrip the world's supply by 56 percent," said James Krug, president of the company's international division.

And so he signed on to be a rainmaker, so to speak, for Falcon's marquee project — the waterless urinal.

Mr. Krug said Mr. Gore was urged to join the seven-member board last summer by Marc Nathanson, a lead investor and a Clinton appointee to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Mr. Krug said Mr. Gore, who is not being paid but receives stock options, had so far "encouraged us to be very active politically to get our message out there, because it's such a compelling technology."

(The technology involves recyclable cartridges and biodegradable sealants, but enough of the dirty details.)

Mr. Gore is no stranger to corporate boardrooms. He and his business partner, Joel Hyatt, a co-founder of Hyatt Legal Services, are developing a cable news channel. Mr. Gore also serves on the board of directors of Apple Computer Inc. and is an adviser to Google Inc.

Waterless urinals are already at Disney World and the Taj Mahal, as well as in numerous federal government buildings, on military bases and throughout the postal service. No word yet on when the White House might remodel its bathrooms.

[steve8714]

unlike his career, which is in the waterless crapper-

[steve8714]

unlike his career, which is in the waterless crapper-

[steve8714]

unlike his career, which is in the waterless crapper-

[Armedanddangerous]

SEE? I TOLD you the 2000 election results were a good thing!

[Corin Stormhands]

And to think a couple of glasses of iced tea are all that kept this man from being the leader of the free world...

[Ragirl]

This is just too funny to be true! LOLOL

[Rebelbase]

I wonder if Gore washes his hands after going?

[dead]

Who needs urinals?

(Click on picture!)

[Semper Paratus]

Didn't Al promote the "Gore Flush" toilet that only used 1.5 gallons per hit.

[nwrep]

unlike his career, which is in the waterless crapper-

[Gman]

"I carry no man's water!!!"

[dead]

I like how the NY Times can cite only environmental concerns for Al Gore's presence on this board (of course the stock options he is receiving have nothing to do with it!)

Meanwhile, they see greed and corruption everytime Dick Cheney blows his nose.

[CaptRon]

unlike his career, which is in the waterless crapper-

Now that's funny!

[MJY1288]

Al Gore is gonna be busy in the coming year, Between being a spokesman for "Waterless Unirinals" and starting up his new Cable News Station "Al Gorzeera", I hope he can handle the stress :-)

[dandelion]

A front for funding, perhaps? The DNC has some strange bedfellows, but some of these "business partnerships" come across as more than a little strange...

[PJ-Comix]

Algore invented urine.

BTW, this is a subject that Algore is quite an expert in. Remember all those tea-tea breaks he took in the White House whenver the subject turned to illegal activities. Algore claimed that he drank so much tea then that he had to go to the bathroom all the time. By strange coincidence those illegal activities were only dicussed when Algore was in front of the urinal. Maybe that is where Algore came up with this idea.

[PJ-Comix]

I wonder if Gore washes his hands after going?

Yes....With recycled urine.

[FreePaul]

...Falcon's marquee project — the waterless urinal.

I thought that was called a litter box.

[Cooter]

Maybe he feels bad about this million-gallon photo-op:

[Onelifetogive]

"He is very concerned about the world water situation and the crisis that the U.N. is predicting — that by 2026, the world demand for water will outstrip the world's supply by 56 percent," said James Krug, president of the company's international division.

Is anyone aware of whether any calamatous predictions have ever been made like this before??? If so, did the world actually end?

[Onelifetogive]

Maybe that is where Algore came up with this idea.

Just like a government paid "public servant." Did all the work while on the government payroll....and now is cashing in on it as a private citizen...

[Onelifetogive]

And so he signed on to be a rainmaker, so to speak, for Falcon's marquee project — the waterless urinal.

Something about this project smells....

[Consort]

Urineless bladders might work.

[finnman69]

http://www.worldtoilet.org/

not a joke, it's the UN of crappers.

[secret garden]

bump for gorons.

[finnman69]

http://www.worldtoilet.org/hp/Press_Release-World_Toilet_Day_19_Nov_2003.doc

Press Release
It's Everybody's Business!

19 November is World Toilet Day. Be our Toilet Ambassador.

On this day World Toilet Organisation wants all toilet users to get involved. Be a Toilet Ambassador. Here are 10 things that everybody can do:

1. Wipe clean the toilet seat before to ensure hygiene, and after use as a courtesy for the next toilet user
2. If the toilet is not clean or well-maintained, tell the toilet owner
3. Similarly if the toilet is well kept and maintained, praise the toilet owner for his efforts. Do more, tell it to everyone!
4. Use half-flushes to save water, and don’t forget to flush too
5. Give way to the old and disabled, and help them if possible
6. Give suggestions to the toilet owner on how to make the toilet more cheerful and user-friendly
7. Treat the public toilet you are in, as if its your own at home
8. Do not be seated for too long, as the next person using waiting outside was just as anxious as you were before
9. Keep the floor dry by wiping hands or using the hand dryer after washing
10. Tell the next person about World Toilet Day, and why its so important to carry out the nine things above

Get each and everyone to add on to the 10 things mentioned above. If everyone joins in, there will be more and better public toilets.

This year, the World Toilet Oganisation (WTO) would like the general public to speak out about the public toilets that they used. Be it brickbats or bouquets, the user (that’s you and I) should give feedback to the owner of the toilet about the state of the facilities, whether there are sufficient provisions e.g. cubicles, soap etc, the comfort of the toilets stemming from design, or just how clean, dry and odour-free the place is, or just how courteous or rude our fellow users are.

World Toilet Organisation hopes that by having people take some action, we can increase awareness and demand for better toilet environment. As we always say" If you don't discuss it, you can't improve it."

In Singapore, for example, the public is encouraged to give their feedback by email or by Short Messaging System (SMS). Worldwide feedback will then be consolidated, and shared with other toilet associations and interested parties around the world. WTO will also table this as one of the agenda for next year’s World Toilet Summit. The 2004 summit will be held in November 2004 in Beijing, China.

World Toilet Organisation wishes everyone "A Happy and Healthy Toilet Day".

Issued by: World Toilet Organisation
Date: 5 November 2003

About World Toilet Day

Since 19 November was declared ‘World Toilet Day’ back in 2001 by 17 toilet associations around the world, much more have been done. Besides this, there is an annual World Toilet Summit and many other regional conferences being held. Each toilet association has also engaged in many activities promoting clean toilets in their own respective country.

Since 2001, World Toilet Day has become a global platform for academics, sanitation experts, toilet designers, environmentalists etc. to share the latest on rural and urban types of toilets. This year onwards, we would like the public to do so.

As an organization for the masses, the World Toilet Organisation calls to action each individual, in their respective country, to request for better equality (more facilities for women?); more accessibility & special provisions (for the disabled & mother with babies?); clean toilets (for everyone); and more toilets (for the less fortunate), etc. We are hearing comments from those that mattered most.

About World Toilet Organisation (www.worldtoilet.org)

Our values change over time and so do expectations of the standards in public toilets. It is a reflection of our views on public health and hygiene issues. The WTO provides a platform for us with the following objectives:

1. Establish a world body to coordinate and promote sanitation issues.
2. To continuously generate awareness for the importance of a good toilet environment.
3. To gather resources and promote creative development in the Research & Development, Usage & Attitudes and Aesthetics & Functionalities in Design for the betterment of health in general.
4. To propagate the need for better toilet standards in both the developed and developing economies of the world.
5. To provide and promote a community of all toilet associations, related organizations and committed individuals to facilitate an exchange of ideas, health and cultural matters.
6. To collate, publish and disseminate information globally in a timely and viable manner globally.

World Toilet Organization is a non-profit organization comprises of currently 17 members. They are:

· Restroom Association of Singapore
· Japan Toilet Association
· Korea Clean Toilet Association
· Taiwan Toilet Association
· Australia Toilet Association
· Beijing Tourism Bureau
· British Toilet Association
· Global Sanitet Club Finland (formerly known as Finland Toilet Association).
· Gramalaya, India
· Indonesia Toilet Association
· Malaysia Toilet Committee
· Moscow Toilet Association
· Paruresis Society, USA
· Society of Continence
· Sulabh International
· Toilet & Toilet India
· Philippines Toilet Association

In recent developments, at the recent 2003 World Toilet Summit held in Taipei, Taiwan, the theme was why toilets are important to the image of the country (Tourists’ Toilets); sustainable toilets that will not harm the natural environment (Remote Toilets in Mountain areas); and where Toilets of the Future will be (Next Generation of Rural & Urban Toilets).

The 2003 World Toilet Organisation’s declaration is:

1. Share and exchange technological, cultural and social information on toilets that cater to tourists, toilets that are located in the mountains and developing sustainable toilets. This includes the operation and maintenance issues.
2. Give the highest priority to resource management and ecologically sustainable toilets in support of the Johannesburg Earth Summit 2002.
3. Address the ongoing quality and quantity imbalances between Male and Female toilets.
4. Incorporate humanization principles when designing toilets.
5. Form feedback mechanisms e.g. focus groups to develop practical solutions to the above issues

World Toilet Organisation also takes this opportunity to reinforce our tagline ‘Its everybody’s business’

[Palladin]

Waterless urinals--what a concept!

In Cina they've has them for centuries. They're called holes in the ground.

Gore has been standing in one since November of 2000.

[Mark]

If you have a standard toilet, you support terrorism!

[Consort]

[Palladin]

That should read:

In China, they've had them for centuries.

I hate it when I misspell my Gore insults.

[Liz]

Sorry, I know it's a nasty habit but I'm addicted to flushing. I can't stop. LOL.

[Liz]

Heheh.....good zinger.

[Liz]

Maybe everyone could limit ther liquid and roughage intake?

[Puppage]

HAVE YOU SEEN AL'S POLITICAL CAREER?

[Spok]

I'll bet you didn't know he invented the urinal, too!

To which Clinton responded "You can do it standing up?"

[PJ-Comix]

Maybe Algore could invent that gizmo from Waterworld where Kevin Costen took a gulp from his own recycled urine. The dopey thing about that scene was that Costner was surrounded by ocean water. Which would you rather drink. Recycled ocean water or recycled urine? I know my answer.

[Palladin]

Gore the Slumlord has an agenda here.

He will never have to fix his tenants' plumbing again!

[Some hope remaining.]

I'm pretty sure I've seen some stuff written during the '50s about being out of water by the late '70s.

[TX Bluebonnet]

I don't think I'd want to be the rainmaker for a urinal company. UGH!

[big'ol_freeper]

Well after his political career turned to cr*p he decided to make a career out of it!

[dangus]

It's an odd choice for a former presidential candidate, but not worse than Bob ("I'm not a lecherous horny old man, but I play one on TV") Dole pitching Pepsi by getting a Viagra-fortified boner over then-16-year-old Brittney Spears.

Frankly, if they can get these into Porto-potties or busses, I'd buy stock in the company.

[dangus]

O MY.. I never thought of that... that's hysterical!

[cubreporter]

I seriously wonder if this man EVER thinks first of what he is about to say or do. He just keeps giving joke material to the world and I really and truly don't think he has a clue either. Yipes...really beginning to feel very sorry for him.

[Theo]

Didn't Al promote the "Gore Flush" toilet that only used 1.5 gallons per hit?

You mean the one that requires 3 flushes to operate correctly?

[Prov1322]

I do not understand the hoopla over someone declaring the "invention" of a waterless urinal when we've had them for years...we just called them subway entrances!

[PJ-Comix]

Ever notice how many projects Algore has been getting involved with since he lost in 2000 but he NEVER follows thru on any of these projects? He was in some West Coast investment company. What happened to that? Then he was involved with Apple Computers. So what happened with that? Then there was a lot of hype about a Liberal News Network. Then that was altered to a news network for young people called VTV. It turns out that another company already has a VTV for college kids. The liberal radio talk show host to counter Rush is SURE to go bust because I saw who Al has in mind, Ed Schultz, and believe me, Schultz will bomb out in a matter of weeks. So now Algore is getting involved with waterless urinals. How long will this latest shtick last? By his recent track record, not long. Algore would be better off by going to the source and inventing waterless urine. Just take a pill and it absorbs all the water in your urine so when you have to do your thing, only "Pixie Dust" floats out.

[MissAmericanPie]

He will never go for it because you can't flush chads down a waterless urinal.

[aShepard]

.....Is anyone aware of whether any calamatous predictions have ever been made like this before??? If so, did the world actually end?.....

Not to worry. Global warming will melt all the icecaps and water will be plentiful!

[boothead]

Gore Signs On to New Campaign (on board waterless urinal corp)

Same company that made the famous lavatory Bill Clinton got off in. Both waterless.