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Remote-Control, Pop-up Urinals

 
 
Ethan Hawke
12:01 / 27.03.02
Man, you Euros get all the cool shit first:

LONDON (Reuters) - Pop-up toilets that rise from the ground at night
will be installed in central London in a bid to dissuade late-night male
revelers from urinating against walls and doorways.

The self-cleaning telescopic urinals, which Westminister City Council
hopes to have in place by autumn, will emerge from under the ground
and be retracted in the day via remote control.

"By moving them underground it means they are not an obstacle in the
day," a council spokeswoman said Monday.

The council has already deployed mobile urinals which have been
placed on the streets Friday and Saturday nights to cut down street urination.

The telescopic toilet is currently only available in Europe, Westminster
council said.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
12:13 / 27.03.02
wow. urinals appearing out of the ground! sounds a bit thunderbirds really, doesn't it?

wondering why there's no extra toilets for women being considered.
 
 
Bear
12:16 / 27.03.02
Yeah I saw the end of a story about these on Tomorrows World (I think) - they do look very futuristic, but I dunno not very nice really the ones I saw were right in the middle of the square. I guess its better than people just doing it in the street, but I don't think I'd be able to use them bit of a nervous bladder and they were far too out in the open for me ...
 
 
Saveloy
12:16 / 27.03.02
Hang on, do these things spring up in front of you the instant you start peeing, wherever you are? Like wee flowers?
 
 
Magic Mutley
12:17 / 27.03.02
"Pop-up toilets that rise from the ground at night" ?

Sounds like Vampire Urinals to me.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
12:21 / 27.03.02
actually i would worry that the thing would disappear back into the ground while i was using it....
 
 
Re-Set
13:45 / 27.03.02
"wondering why there's no extra toilets for women being considered" SFD

Females are notoriously less well known for piddling in inappropriate places.
 
 
gridley
14:12 / 27.03.02
women of europe, begin peeing on public streets immediately or you will miss out!
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
14:22 / 27.03.02
This will at least free up the enclosed toilets for use by women.

It is worth bearing in mind that these urinals are specifically designed to aid in reducing what I understand to be, with little exception, a male problem. The problem, of course, being that even the mention of alcohol will turn us into filthy uncivilised pigs.

Were there an equally common problem with women then I'm sure an alternative solution would also be offered.

On to another matter, who here wants to lay stakes on when the first picture of a drag queen using one of these urinals will be delivered with a witty remark to your inbox?
 
  
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