Airport bathroom etiquette.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:40 am

My 18-year-old son still refuses to use a urinal in a public restroom, preferring the relative privacy of a stall. After this, I'm not so sure ... Maybe Isaac Asimov was more prescient that we thought in his Foundation novels, where one main character finds it incredibly distasteful to be forced to use a public toilet.

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:17 pm

For those that don't like public restrooms: http://www.sneakyleaker.com

I hope they never make one for the other end.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:57 pm

The "motorman's friend" was an old product used by long haul truckers. Similar to Sneakyleaker, but with a bag on the end that was strapped to the leg.

Burt Reynolds used one during an EST marathon seminar in the movie "Semi-Tough".

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:26 pm

Erik

I wish I had not clicked on that site but I did out of curiosity....there is one for the other end !

we are doomed as a species

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:09 pm

They could have come up with a better name for the other end product. Staying with the "Sneaky Leaker" motif, I would have called it the Deceptive Deficator.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:05 pm

The funniest "urinal" I've ever used was at a local radio station's spring kite flight. It was out in a farmer's field, and the "urinal" was a trench dug with a backhoe - the guys line up against a low 2 x 4 barrier (so you won't fall in!!), hang it, and let 'er rip. The funniest part was it was directly in front of the parking lot and the cars had a lot of females sitting and watching! The dirt berm from digging was not high enough to block the view. Once we all walked up and noticed, still hearing the "call of nature", it was like FI and let 'er hang. I think beer was involved, too.

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:56 pm

I have a brush with fame in a urinal involving the I-don't-want-to-talk-to-you-while-I'm-peeing thing. Around 1990 I was a student at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. Bruce Cockburn was playing a concert at the school's newly constructed athletic centre. It was an hour or so before the show as my (future) wife and I got there early to poke around. I went into the washroom to do my business and while I was standing there, Bruce Cockburn came in and stood at the urinal next to me. I'm a big Cockburn fan and I wanted to say something to him but I always felt that these guys get hounded enough anyway. And besides, we were both standing there having a pee and it was very awkward to strike up conversation. So, I turned my head slightly toward him, meeting his eyes, and said in a deadpan voice and straight face - "Hey." He started smiling and laughing quietly to himself. After about 20 seconds he responded - "Hey." I finished, washed my hands and left. As I left, him and I were both still chuckling.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:03 pm

!!! Hilarious, Stubby! That's the spirit!

John, people knock beer all the time, but the fact is, it helps us to pee.

rob · Post by **rob** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:18 pm

Ever smear a fudge brownie on your hands, reach under the stall's wall, and ask the person next to you for extra toilet paper? I did that once in high school. You should have seen how fast he ran!

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:48 am

Bill, I met Jay Leno in a similar situation.

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:40 am

This is one of the funniest things I've ever heard on a tangent of the subject of public interaction and urinary activities. David Sedaris on the Stadium Pal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdymtyXt8Y

fatcat · Post by **fatcat** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:56 am

The term "Frantic" took on a whole new meaning after hearing my pal flyingBrian's tale about the last 10 minutes of a flight he made into Wendover airport, and no empty bottle in the plane.

winston · Post by **winston** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:56 pm

Mark,

That was hilarious.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:49 am

Now, according to the news this morning, 'dude' may be taking back his announced intention to resign...and has retained a lawyer to try to undo his guilty plea on the 'disorderly conduct' charge. That's REALLY hilarious...talk about "living in your own private Idaho"...

I think the best thing about all this is that the time-worn pickup phrase "Didn't we tango?" can now be replaced by the much more modern sounding "Did we bump?"...

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:16 am

A very well known guitar maker you all know had a relationship with a guitar player you all know, which went south over some business and personal issues. The guitar maker was travelling in Japan when he encountered the guitar player in the backstage men's room at a venue, just barely supported by the urinal privacy partition, due to his advanced state of drunkeness. (This was shortly after said guitar player had been through rehab and annouced to the world he was completely sober, by the way.)

They greeted each other but the guitar maker could not resist the temptation of the situation and proceeded to hose the player down thoroughly. He said he had never felt so incredibly relieved and years of pent up animosity disappeared on the trousers of the player who staggered back to the stage.

True story.