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Hygiene fears may spell the end for urinals
Sunday Times ^

Posted on 05/24/2020 10:45:11 AM PDT by sicsempertyrannisDenver

Everywhere you go, there is nowhere to go. The closure of many public conveniences as part of the coronavirus lockdown is forcing a rethink of the way Britons relieve themselves away from home.

“The way the world is going, the traditional public convenience is becoming a thing of the past,” said Raymond Martin, managing director of the British Toilet Association, which is advising dozens of councils and companies on the problems of maintaining safe washroom facilities at a time of acute anxiety about the lethally infectious virus.

A coming revolution in lavatory design may spell the end of the urinals that have enabled men to come and go in a fraction of the time it takes women to queue for comparatively fewer facilities.

Dreary interiors of ageing facilities may have to have their “guts ripped out”, to be replaced with gender-neutral cubicles, automatic sensors, one-way traffic and other infection-beating “touchless” technologies, said Martin.

(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: covid; culturewars
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver

With proper aim a fella shouldn’t fear them at all.


81 posted on 05/24/2020 12:23:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The flushing aerosols get on the toilet seat and contaminate your underwear when you pull them back on. If you don’t decontaminate before getting into your bed, the bed is contaminated. OMG! I have turned into a germaphobe!


82 posted on 05/24/2020 12:24:43 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver
Trees are Nature's Urinals. They block the view of passerbys.
83 posted on 05/24/2020 12:24:44 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: jonrick46

i am grateful i almost never have to use public restrooms


84 posted on 05/24/2020 12:26:27 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver

I’m sorry but I do not remember feminists demanding any such thing. What I remember, when there was a push for the ERA, there were many people stating their concerns both publicly and privately that the ERA would lead to genderless locker rooms/bathrooms, drafting women, etc., but supporters, especially female supporters, assured the public that passing the amendment would lead to no such thing. Of course they were lying, and that is what I do remember — deceitful leftist men and women! Fortunately the ERA did not pass and for many years, women continued to have the right to have safe private bathrooms, etc., but sadly, we are dealing with this same sex nonsense now, and it appears we are losing.


85 posted on 05/24/2020 12:28:32 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: Bommer

DO IT, I’ll pee all day with the seat down! Piss on them and their seats!!!!
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So you’re the one.


86 posted on 05/24/2020 12:28:45 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver
Okay guys, time to man up and stand by your urinal. 🤙
87 posted on 05/24/2020 12:33:49 PM PDT by Perseverando (Liberals, Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver

Piss on That!


88 posted on 05/24/2020 12:34:26 PM PDT by Tuketu (The i(D)iot Platform is splinters bound by crazy glue. TRUMP is the solvent.)
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To: The Pack Knight
"Urinals are contact-free and require less time spent in the restroom."

Pac Knight I forget if it was an airport in Milwaukee or Pittsburgh had the most intelligently designed sink for hand washing, that ran the whole length of the top with multiple facet stations if you will. The most elegant trough it was 6 or 8 facets to the main drain and infrared sensor to turn on the hot water (at the proper 107 degrees is my guess) and for the soap, you had to touch nothing.

89 posted on 05/24/2020 12:45:29 PM PDT by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!")
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To: crz

90 posted on 05/24/2020 12:48:06 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: crz

91 posted on 05/24/2020 12:48:06 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver
British Toilet Association

I will leave that there.

Reminds me of the Who's Next cover.


92 posted on 05/24/2020 12:53:49 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Highest Authority
How about this .. if the feminazis want unisex toilets, give them one with only urinals and make them stand!

They do make a female prosthetic for urinals.


93 posted on 05/24/2020 12:54:55 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: a fool in paradise

“Houston has so-called potty parity and it doesn’t mean equal number of facilities for men and women. It means 2:1 ratio for women to men.”

Yep. Same thing at stadiums.


94 posted on 05/24/2020 1:00:40 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver

They’re using this virus as an excuse for everything. It’s nauseating.


95 posted on 05/24/2020 1:02:22 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: OrangeHoof; Chode; Squantos; SkyDancer; Delta 21; tubebender; Lockbox; OldMissileer; ...
I knew I wasn’t the only one that caught that Title.

Use Our Loos campaign urges UK firms to open toilets to non-customers

Petunia says that’s a mighty fancy Business Card Y’All got there.

Petunia the Masked Pig of Justice.
And Yes She can Fly !!!

96 posted on 05/24/2020 1:08:24 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: higgmeister
LOL   They even provide a screw on adapter for coupling with soft drink bottles.   Ladies can keep their p-pistol in their purse.
97 posted on 05/24/2020 1:21:32 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: escapefromboston

It’s elbows and toes in a public potty.


98 posted on 05/24/2020 1:47:31 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver

OH STOP IT!!!!!! Next, they will want to get rid of the trees that men would use as a replacement. Time to just start laughing at them.


99 posted on 05/24/2020 1:52:35 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Remember: >>>>> o b a M A G A t e <<<<<)
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To: sicsempertyrannisDenver

I wish the douchebag femiNazis would argue against crapping urinating on the streets of woke cities before they argue against urinals.


100 posted on 05/24/2020 2:23:54 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I miss Don Imus!)
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