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San Francisco To Redirect Stream Of Public Urinators With Hydrophobic Walls
Guardian(UK) ^ | March 13, 2015 | Jana Kasperkevic

Posted on 03/13/2015 12:35:30 PM PDT by Steelfish

San Francisco To Redirect Stream Of Public Urinators With Hydrophobic Walls Department of Public Works looks to Europe for idea to paint city walls with water-repellent paint in effort to combat public urination problem Pee back paint Hamburg Some walls in Hamburg, Germany pee back.

Jana Kasperkevic 13 March 2015 The city of San Francisco, tired of cleaning up after those who relieve themselves in the public, wants to test walls that pee back.

The San Francisco department of public works (DPW) is hoping to paint some of the city’s walls with hydrophobic (water-repellent) paint. If urinated upon, the paint makes the urine bounce off the wall – and back at the urinator’s feet.

In Europe, such paint has been proven to work. In Hamburg, walls in the St Pauli quarter of the city have been painted with a super-hydrophobic coating and given accompanying signs, which read: “Do not pee here. We pee back!” It was the Hamburg experiment, as captured in a YouTube video, that captured the attention of San Francisco officials.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: hydrophobic; paint; publicurination; sanfrancisco; walls
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To: Steelfish

I remember finding outdoor urinals (for men) ... along the walls of buildings along the Italian Riviera ... between Genoa and France.


21 posted on 03/13/2015 12:53:07 PM PDT by OldNavyVet (http://sunsetridgemsbiology.wikispaces.com/file/view/Darwins+Ghost.pdf)
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To: Vendome

Yuk


22 posted on 03/13/2015 12:54:11 PM PDT by Gosh I love this neighborhood
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To: Steelfish

Don’t whiz on the electric fence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wW6rENTfaU


23 posted on 03/13/2015 12:56:37 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: lee martell

That sounds pretty gross


24 posted on 03/13/2015 12:57:51 PM PDT by Gosh I love this neighborhood
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To: Steelfish

25 posted on 03/13/2015 12:58:09 PM PDT by W. (Democrats + their media stooges wanted the US out of Vietnam so the Communists would win!)
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To: Steelfish

Just don’t spill any on Ted Kennedy’s grave before I get there.


26 posted on 03/13/2015 1:02:17 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: ColdOne

“We aim to please”


27 posted on 03/13/2015 1:02:25 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: Steelfish

It would be nice if there were public restrooms.


28 posted on 03/13/2015 1:02:34 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Steelfish

I think a good way to stop them would be to use automatic paintball guns that would automatically mark their..............er balls. I bet that would eliminate the eliminations.


29 posted on 03/13/2015 1:04:27 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Steelfish

Homophobic walls in San Francisco!? Who knew!?


30 posted on 03/13/2015 1:05:03 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Vendome

Someone really needs to make homophobic paint.


31 posted on 03/13/2015 1:06:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Steelfish

This may backfire for those that like getting peed on. I’d figure Sanfran Freako has a disproportionate number of them.


32 posted on 03/13/2015 1:07:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lee martell

Really? LOL

Like the Justice Department?


33 posted on 03/13/2015 1:07:36 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: R. Scott

Now why do you think they can’t have public restrooms in San Francisco?


34 posted on 03/13/2015 1:08:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Steelfish
the homeless will sue...and win.
35 posted on 03/13/2015 1:08:53 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: reg45

36 posted on 03/13/2015 1:09:24 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: Happy1947

The problem is the number of homeless people, who number enough to start their own city and get a zip code.

They “Have rights” you can’t imagine and this is about the politest way of dealing with them.

Thing is they aren’t stupid and they’ll quickly learn to stand perpendicular the any phobic object and nothing will change...


37 posted on 03/13/2015 1:10:02 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: elcid1970

;)


38 posted on 03/13/2015 1:10:25 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

You can’t even get near Teddy the Swimmer’s plot. It’s cordoned off to keep out the homeless drawn there by Scotch fumes which continue to rise from the grave.


39 posted on 03/13/2015 1:14:08 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: Vendome
Thing is they aren’t stupid and they’ll quickly learn to stand perpendicular the any phobic object and nothing will change...

Exactly. And how much money will all this "hydrophobic paint" cost the city?

Only San Francisco would think this is a worthwhile expenditure.

40 posted on 03/13/2015 1:17:17 PM PDT by Drew68
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