Marks Steyn: It's lonely at the top -

Western Standard ^ | October 23, 2006 | Mark Steyn

[headsonpikes]

EUnuch placemarker.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

ping

But I have a passport, and you are not my sister.

[usurper]

WOW, this is one of his best.

[John Jorsett]

The notion of German government leaders commanding you in the privacy of your own home to urinate like a woman seems almost too poignant an image of the peculiarly European blend of state-enforced docility. In contrast to the swaggering Texan cowboy, it's the Last Stand of the EU-Corraled. Yet millions of these devices have been sold and Klaus Schwerma has written a book on the phenomenon called Stehpinkeln: Die Letzte Bastion der MŠnnlichkeit?--or "Standing Urinators: The Last Bastion of Masculinity?"

I didn't realize that Germany was that far gone. I used to think that there would be some point at which even the most whipped people would finally get fed up and tell the PC-crazed to go to hell. Apparently not.

[ghost of nixon]

I didn't realize that Germany was that far gone

I am picturing myself standing up while peeing on the little speaker-thingy that's telling me not to stand while peeing.

[hoyaloya]

Do German men really pee sitting down? Wow.

Upon further review, yes, it appears to be an issue in Europe. Next thing we know European will be carrying purses. Oh wait. Done deal.

Wearing dresses?

[leilani]

Book excerpt for the pinglist?

[leilani]

Gives a whole new meaning to the Fall of the Roman Empire, doesn't it.

[knews_hound]

bttt

[sinclair]

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[ozzymandus]

Who is brian reade, and why should I care? And do Germans really squat to pee? I guess losing two world wars really messes with your macho.

[No Truce With Kings]

"I am picturing myself standing up while peeing on the little speaker-thingy that's telling me not to stand while peeing."

I am picturing myself leaving the seat down so I don't *have* to listen to the little speaker thingy, peeing standing up, and not caring where it splashes if someone rigs a toilet that way.

[XJarhead]

This is a good one. And YDR -- is that true about the Germans?

[livius]

Sister-marryin' Back to demography: you can't be a redneck in Germany, Spain, or Italy. When the birth rates are 1.1 children per couple, there are no sisters to bunk up with.

LOL! I never thought of it that way, but I must admit he has a point.

[ModelBreaker]

I am picturing myself leaving the seat down so I don't *have* to listen to the little speaker thingy, peeing standing up, and not caring where it splashes if someone rigs a toilet that way.

They have a very weird solution to this "problem." If they really wanted to enforce it, they would just make toilets with lids that don't come up. For older toilets, superglue comes to mind.

[hershey]

Slam dunk.

[No Truce With Kings]

"For older toilets, superglue comes to mind."

On the bottom of the seat or on the top?

[FreedomPoster]

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