For Stand-Up Guys, No Home Is Complete Without One of These

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ^ | Monday, November 3, 2003 | DAN MORSE

[presidio9]

A year ago, Ben Jones asked his wife if he could have a urinal.

"No way. Absolutely not," Gina Jones told her husband.

The 40-year-old San Antonio-area magazine publisher kept after her. The fixture would be perfect in the first-floor bathroom of their new house, he said, near the door to the deck.

[Alouette]

I wish we had one of these in our house while my six sons were growing up.

[Always Right]

I am not sure why women oppose this. Standing up on a regular toliet will always be messier no matter how good the aim is.

[Agnes Heep]

These really are tough times.

[Sabertooth]

I'll be impressed when he gets a stainless steel trough.

[Fred Mertz]

You need more than a stainless steel one;^)

[RonF]

I want one of the floor-to-shoulder kind, myself, with one of those plastic deodorant cake holders that has the spinner on it. I've never said anything because we don't have a bathroom big enough to hold one plus a standard toilet.

I've got pretty good aim. But I'm tall, and I've got enough "water pressure" that even when I hit the target square on, liquid splashes up and out of the bowl. I end up having to clean up about 1/2 the time. I'd love to have a urinal.

[Sabertooth]

You need more than a stainless steel one;^)

Yeah, I'd prefer a gold-plaited litter box.

[BraveMan]

What next? Designer urinal cakes for Home Interior parties?

[dawn53]

Refinancings also play a role. Families often spend the money to finish out their basements, outfitting them with pool tables, huge TVs, bars, and, increasingly, urinals, says Glen Andrews, head of the Atlanta office of Ferguson Enterprises, a nationwide building-products company based in Newport News, Va.

Now there's an idea. I'll tell my husband he can put a urinal in our family room. Wonder how far away from the pool table it should be????

[robertpaulsen]

"I want one of the floor-to-shoulder kind ..."

Me too. Standing over a toilet just doesn't hack it. That water is cold!

[Chewbacca]

Just pee in the sink or tub like normal men do.

:)

[ken5050]

The one place where they should absolutely be allowed is in airplanes...be so much cleaner, and actually be better for women..because airlplane john are disgusting after a few hours....and women have to sit..men don't..but fed guidlines on "equality" won't allow the airlines to install them...

[ken5050]

There are many municipalities now that have "handicap-accesibility" guidlines for new single family home construction.....you can, do doubt, guess my question..

[gas_dr]

Not only is the water cold, it is deeper than it looks!

[Phantom Lord]

My next home will have one. No doubt about it.

[dogbyte12]

I am building a home in 2 years. Just got a new idea. Wife gets her way enough as it is. I am going to demand an urinal. Then, I am going to have friends over every Sunday for football, with beer, fart jokes, and alot of nachos. Grunt.

[tiki]

A great way to save water. I would have liked one when my sons were growing up.

[kstewskis]

The legend of Tim the Toolman lives!

[kstewskis]

LOL!!!