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47. Boy could we use this stuff in NYC

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 08:14 PM

Aug 2015

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http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130313/woodside/urinators-make-woodside-lirr-station-elevator-first-stop-on-p-train

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San Francisco's 'Spray Back' Walls To Stop Public Urination Are Working [View all] DonViejo Aug 2015 OP

Kinda funny, but unless they paint sidewalks too, people will just 'aim lower'. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #1

See its working , they are not urinating on the walls anymore. Success bahrbearian Aug 2015 #20

Revenge of the walls. liberal N proud Aug 2015 #2

Well that will piss off a few people. L0oniX Aug 2015 #3

Wall: "Pee on me, urine trouble!" KansDem Aug 2015 #12

I must stop laughing at posts like this Yavin4 Aug 2015 #33

This calls for physics Fritz Walter Aug 2015 #4

I am in serious trouble with my somewhat obsessive nature it may keep me up gordianot Aug 2015 #6

Thanks. That was a good laugh. oldandhappy Aug 2015 #9

Does it work that way with liquids? MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #23

This is exactly what I told my partner sdfernando Aug 2015 #27

It has been decades since I studied Calculus, but that is what you need.... happyslug Aug 2015 #42

I only went so far as Geometry so don't ask me LiberalElite Aug 2015 #49

Unless one is peeing UP, I believe that gravity would be much stronger than air resistance. Thor_MN Aug 2015 #54

The real test is the FORCE you bladder is expelling the urine at, but I have never tested the speed happyslug Aug 2015 #55

What is slowing it? Air resistance is going be neglible at urine speeds. Thor_MN Aug 2015 #56

what an odd country we are that we have to do this oldandhappy Aug 2015 #5

Yes, another fake "solution" based on pricey technology GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #7

Yes! oldandhappy Aug 2015 #8

Not private enough for me. n/t alarimer Aug 2015 #25

I have seen them completely closed and when one is done, the whole chamber get washed by sprinklers question everything Aug 2015 #44

Paris. tavernier Aug 2015 #48

In the U.S. would that violate Title 9 it sure violates ADA. gordianot Aug 2015 #10

What do they do with their AK-47s? This would never work in America. nt valerief Aug 2015 #35

This is real? trillion Aug 2015 #58

San Francisco's experimented with public washrooms LeftyMom Aug 2015 #60

porta-potties thesquanderer Aug 2015 #11

'Offenliches WC'. Aristus Aug 2015 #13

but, that is in a civilized society. . . niyad Aug 2015 #14

It's all about the money RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #15

Most public restrooms are horrifically disgusting alarimer Aug 2015 #26

They used to pay people RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #29

Pay toilets are widely illegal in the US AngryAmish Aug 2015 #34

Paid Toilets are NOT illegal in the US happyslug Aug 2015 #43

They're also 2 euros, at least in Austria (nt) Recursion Aug 2015 #61

Plastic cups anyone? nt ladjf Aug 2015 #16

Amsterdam solved this problem... Public urinals Taitertots Aug 2015 #17

How about women? Helen Borg Aug 2015 #19

Are they peeing on walls? Taitertots Aug 2015 #21

Where do they pee? Helen Borg Aug 2015 #31

I would assume they don't want to pee in open air urinals Taitertots Aug 2015 #32

So, where do they pee? Helen Borg Aug 2015 #36

Anywhere they are comfortable anatomically and legally allowed to urinate Taitertots Aug 2015 #37

For every urinal... Helen Borg Aug 2015 #38

There should be tampon machines in the men's room Taitertots Aug 2015 #39

Tampon machines in the men's room is not a goofy idea Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #41

Why did it take so many years to adapt Police Squad's anti-grafitti wall?! Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #18

I immediately thought of the clip the moment I read the story. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2015 #24

Me too! robertpaulsen Aug 2015 #45

San Francisco could also use. . . . BigDemVoter Aug 2015 #22

What about women? They don't even need a wall, they just go... Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #28

It would be nice not to smell urine everywhere Prism Aug 2015 #30

This is what I call a wicked pissah! nt Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #40

Technology straight out of the Naked Gun Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2015 #46

Boy could we use this stuff in NYC LiberalElite Aug 2015 #47

"If you have to go," he said, "go in the right place." -- easy for him to say Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #50

my thought exactly. nilram Aug 2015 #51

In Soviet Francisco, wall pees on you! NuclearDem Aug 2015 #52

I take it you consider socialism is communism and you're considering all liberals socialist? trillion Aug 2015 #59

Oh, lighten up. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #63

Wow, no sense of humor on this one at all. phleshdef Aug 2015 #64

LOL, do we still do the DUzy thing? phleshdef Aug 2015 #65

Urine can be a problem: Lamp post destroyed by urine falls in street, just misses driver NickB79 Aug 2015 #53

WTH! Are these homeless people? trillion Aug 2015 #57

Well, sure, some of them. Also drunk people. Recursion Aug 2015 #62

you never went pee on a wall before? Really? You haven't lived snooper2 Aug 2015 #66