Posted on 08/18/2004 12:57:39 PM PDT by quidnunc
German men are being shamed into urinating while sitting down by a gadget which is saving millions of women from cleaning up in the bathroom after them.
The WC ghost, a £6 voice-alarm, reprimands men for standing at the lavatory pan. It is triggered when the seat is lifted. The battery-operated devices are attached to the seats and deliver stern warnings to those who attempt to stand and urinate (known as "Stehpinkeln").
"Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines, so if you don't want any trouble, you'd best sit down," one of the devices orders in a voice impersonating the German leader, Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. Another has a voice similar to that of his predecessor, Helmut Kohl.
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Be careful what you wish for. Law of Unintended Consequences says that this device will simply make men stop lifting the seat.
geez.... what a bunch of freaks..
Both voices similar to that of Hillary Clinton...
In my world, toilets are supposed to take crap, not dish it out.
Anyone who brings one of those abominable things into my area will not like what I do to the talking toilet.
I hope they're waterproof... cuz, if I lifted the seat and heard it warning me, I know where the stream would be headed!
I think they need to go a little further back in German history to insure full compliance.
Maybe they will start peeing on the floor instead.
After a long standing (no pun intended) argument I had to PROVE to my fiance I wasn't peeing on the seat.
Its seems women think that any drop of water within 3 feet of a toilet is the result of urination. I made her stand in the bathroom, verify no spots were anywhere. Then I flushed the toilet a couple of times. She was shocked to see an occasional drop of water fly out of the toilet.
Case closed!
Or urinating on the device. Urine contains salts that will quickly destroy the electronics.
You need to get a hobby.
The forgot the "Sieg Heil" at the end of that message.
I'd bust open the device and piss on all its circuits and transistors.
That damn thing had better be waterproof.
This cr@p is an example of the bilge that comes out of a government relieved for the past 60 years of many of its more serious responsibilities, such as national defense. This is proof that we need to get our forces out of the Eurosocialist states, sooner rather than later.
Are you kidding?
Ever step into public restrooms where some slob urinated all over the seat? Makes you wonder if he actually got any inside the bowl.
If this does not qualify for a JD ping, I do not know what does... :-)
Kerry = Sitzpinkler
I always thought that 'german men pee sitting down' was just an insult to their masculinity, not the actual reality!
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