Monday, July 04, 2005

A fly in the urinal

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Now this is a good idea! These photos are of the men's urinals at the Amsterdam Airport. Notice the little black fly? The fly is not real. It is embossed on the porcelain. It is a trick invented by the Dutch to reduce the amount of piss that splashes out of the urinal by giving men a target. Apparently, men can't help but try to aim for the fly. It is reported that this reduces the mess in men's restrooms by up to 80%!!!

The managers at New York's JFK Airport know a good thing when they see it. They have copied the idea for their urinals. So have the Germans.

This, and other fascinating photos of urinals from around the globe are on www.urinal.net. They even have a map of urinals throughout North America. Jeeze. What's wrong with just pissing behind a tree?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Cool idea. I searched for this and found the maker of the stickers at www.urinalfly.com