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A novel thread? The perfect urinal

sam_little

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So last night I had a bit of a spat with my ladyfriend over the shape of the perfect urinal. She is an architecture grad student with a strong sense of design. I have a penis, and have had it for 25 years. Thus, we both think we know a thing or two about how a urinal should be designed. I have never met a urinal that didn't splatter at least a tiny bit, so here is my idea

Mine: essentially an inverted orange street cone shape draining downward (maybe -60 degrees from horizontal) with a slight arc, terminating at a gooseneck (sump?). The opening would be flared out, but the flanges would also drain down. There would likely be no splatter, and if so, it would be deflected down a tube rather than back at my khaki shorts.

Hers: Similar to mine, but bulbous and not angled as heavily. The way it was drawn, the lip closest to the user was actually turned in on itself, which seems like it would be hard to clean automatically with a flush (my biggest gripe and the source of our "bigger issues" coversation).

So, what do you all think. Ever run into a urinal that couldn't use improvement. Seems that this would have been solved long ago, and not likely by a bunch of cyclists, but who knows...
 
robdamanii

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Does this whole thing stem from her having to clean the bathroom, I'm guessing?

My take is....if you don't have a penis, you shouldn't be designing something that is a penis-exclusive item.

That would be like men designing Tampons.
 
HRDTLBRO

HRDTLBRO

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robdamanii said:
Does this whole thing stem from her having to clean the bathroom, I'm guessing?

My take is....if you don't have a penis, you shouldn't be designing something that is a penis-exclusive item.

That would be like men designing Tampons.
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sam_little

sam_little

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robdamanii said:
her having to clean the bathroom, I'm guessing?
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HA!!! That would be great to see.

No, it stems from her going to a seminar on urinal design. She explained the "best" design, and I felt it was crap. I think it stems from my being a thick-skulled taurian bastard, and her being too sensitive after a cocktail.
 
robdamanii

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sam_little said:
HA!!! That would be great to see.

No, it stems from her going to a seminar on urinal design. She explained the "best" design, and I felt it was crap. I think it stems from my being a thick-skulled taurian bastard, and her being too sensitive after a cocktail.
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Hrm....I fail to see more complicated being better.

Howabout just a drain in the middle of the floor, with tile?

EDIT: And they have seminars on URINAL DESIGN??
 
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odiwik

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Aren't Japanese bathrooms similar to that, with the squatting and all?

I hate getting splashed; I usually try to arc it to match a contour on the side and swirl in (physics!).
 
Jr_Bullit

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All I can say is...if you're a chick, and ya gotta go, and there ain't no ladies room, those high on the wall urinals really suck ass...the ones in the floor are okay though. Personally, I'd rather go find a bush or tree....
 
SkaredShtles

SkaredShtles

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Apparently women have designed urinals for the last 60 years, because *every* design that makes it into a public restroom sucks ass, IMO.

Sounds like you're onto something with the cone.

Friggin' urinals.

-S.S.-
 
Bullitrider

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The pub by my place has a urinal so big you could shower in it. It must be a one of kind from the 50's or something. The funny thing is, the bar is moving a block away and they are taking the urinal with them. It's already been removed for a more traditional model like the wall hanger type and the place already stinks like a sewer from the splatter. Of course, being that it's a pub might have something to do with it.
 
I Are Baboon

I Are Baboon

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The worst urinal I used was at Dover Downs Speedway in Delaware (NASCAR track). Nothing like peeing into a large bathtub with 100 other drunk hillbillies crowded around. :dead:
 
El Jefe

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splat said:
I like the old fasion full size console model , were you can pee on the floor and still hit the thing

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All you have to do to keep from getting splattered, it take this design, angle the top forward a bit so that pee deflection is down and not back out, and then bring something up in front to protect against splashing when pee hits the bottom of the urinal. The raised splash guard could be plumbed for rinsing the urinal as well, thus reducing the water pressure pushed from the top and therefore eliminating clean water (but still gross) splash from the flush.
 
dh girlie

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El Jefe said:
All you have to do to keep from getting splattered, it take this design, angle the top forward a bit so that pee deflection is down and not back out, and then bring something up in front to protect against splashing when pee hits the bottom of the urinal. The raised splash guard could be plumbed for rinsing the urinal as well, thus reducing the water pressure pushed from the top and therefore eliminating clean water (but still gross) splash from the flush.
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I thought you were going to say...grow a monster...
 
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bigshred

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The more tangental (SP?) your piss can hit the urinal the better, I hate urinals with those plastic/rubber things with holes in the bottoms.. they screw up the "Flow" and cause problems.

Something else I really hate are those lame sinks that are about a foot and a half to low, I have never understood why they keep that slimy turqouise soap in the bottom of the sink, the water doesnt even flow well enough to wash my hands. wtf?
 
SkaredShtles

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bigshred said:
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Something else I really hate are those lame sinks that are about a foot and a half to low, I have never understood why they keep that slimy turqouise soap in the bottom of the sink, the water doesnt even flow well enough to wash my hands. wtf?
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Ummmm.......... dude. You were washing your hands in a urinal. :eek: :p

-S.S.-
 
SkaredShtles

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dh girlie said:
I once heard a guy refer to that little air freshner I guess it is, although I can't understand how anything could improve the smell of a place where many people piss...that is at the bottom of a urinal, a pee mint...HAHAHHAHA
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We always called 'em urinal cakes. :blech:

-S.S.-
 
Westy

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dh girlie said:
I once heard a guy refer to that little air freshner I guess it is, although I can't understand how anything could improve the smell of a place where many people piss...that is at the bottom of a urinal, a pee mint...HAHAHHAHA
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In college the dudes fromthe rugby team would always show how "crazy" they were by taking bites out of the urinal cakes. :blah: I almost got my ass kicked when after seeing one guy do it I asked if he always like to taste things that came out of people peni.
 
dh girlie

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Westy said:
In college the dudes fromthe rugby team would always show how "crazy" they were by taking bites out of the urinal cakes. :blah: I almost got my ass kicked when after seeing one guy do it I asked if he always like to taste things that came out of people peni.
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Ok...now that is f'n disgusting!!! those things taste like CRAP...errrr...nevermind! hahahahaha
 
Dartman

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Feb 26, 2003
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There's a box of piss cakes in the mensroom at work. A disclaimer on the box says "These contain a substance known to cause cancer in the state of California"

Good thing they are using them here in Virginia. :thumb:

Mike
 
OGRipper

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dh girlie said:
I once heard a guy refer to that little air freshner I guess it is, although I can't understand how anything could improve the smell of a place where many people piss...that is at the bottom of a urinal, a pee mint...HAHAHHAHA
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I always thought that was a urinal mint...and taking a bite out of one is just nasty. Anyway I like the upside-down cone idea, anything funnel-like seems like it would work pretty well.
 
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