Posted on 11/22/2007 10:54:55 AM PST by WesternCulture
Hollywood socialite Nicole Richie has lent her voice to a campaign to stop dogs peeing on lamp posts.
When Paris Hilton's dog-loving pal learned of Swedish inventor Lennart Järlebro's plans to design a urinal for dogs, she immediately vowed to spread the word in the United States.
"This invention is just so clever. It's a cute rubber cup attached to the post and a hose that pipes urine into the gutter," Richie, 26, told the Daily Star.
Lennart Järlebro began designing a toilet for dogs after reading a newspaper report about the corrosive effects of dogs' urine on lamp posts.
But he was not aware that news of his invention had spread to the US when The Local spoke to him on Thursday.
"Oh blimey," he said. "That's great."
The 56-year-old inventor admitted that, while he knew who Paris Hilton was, he had never heard of her Simple Life co-star Nicole Richie, who is expecting a baby in January.
"But it's fantastic that she wants to support my invention. She has clearly understood the problem," he said.
Järlebo told The Local that he was putting the finishing touches to the design and had spoken to a Chinese company interested in producing the miniature urinals, which he estimated would add fifteen years to the average lifespan of a lamp post.
I think some European cities already have sidewalk enclosures with urinals. It beats the bar parking lot.
I always wondered about this parking lot thing, though. If you're in a bar and getting ready to leave, wouldn't you just use the restroom in the bar before you head out the door, rather than doing it out in the parking lot? I mean, come on.
"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
... and what about my chihuhuas?
Doggie Urinal Mints - Copyright 2007 - K4Harty :oP
Sure. The rubber doggie lamppost cup is pretty neat... Not as nice as the self-aligning ball bearing, but still useful.
Technology is beautiful (and beautiful in many different ways it is too)!
Thanks for posting, Old Professer.
They go to the DNC and become LMSM stars, too.
Good question. Are they going to be non-edible mints to deodorize the urinal, or edible ones to deodorize the dogs?
My chihuahua pups, Fidel & Charo prefer puppy pads. But when they go out they especially like parks with squirrels.
They’re a great park off the Hollywood Freeway I’ve dubbed “Squirrel Park” since there are hundreds ... seems like thousands of squirrels.
Doggie Urinal Mints? That’s so D.U.M.... :-)
Perhaps they can tie the two concepts together...
So how much time do you have to spend face down on the side walk to make it an issue how the base of lamp posts smell?
No, I cleaned my plate.
"They're starv-ing in Af-ri-ca...and Tex-as needs rain..."
—Kingston Trio, 1960
:)
Texas does not need anymore rain this year! Please! :)
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