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Swedish party wants sit-down urination
upi.com ^ | 06/12/2012 | n/a

Posted on 06/12/2012 7:47:32 AM PDT by massmike

Left Party members of a Swedish county council said they want to encourage men using the council's toilets to sit during urination.

The Left Party in Sormland said it wants the Sormland County Council to pass a motion requiring toilets reserved for stand-up urination to be labeled, Swedish news agency TT reported Monday.

The party said sit-down urination is more hygienic and reduces the risk of bathroom users having to negotiate their way around puddles en route to the toilet.

The supporters of the motion said sitting during urination also has medical benefits, including reducing the risk of prostate problems and leading to a healthier and longer sex life.

Viggo Hansen, a substitute member of the council and author of the motion, said he wants it to eventually lead to sitting-only bathrooms.

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To: massmike

Sorry won’t work. I poured all my viagra down the toilet and now I can’t get the seat down. :-)


21 posted on 06/12/2012 8:03:29 AM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: massmike

How is it more hygienic to dip your dangle in the water . . . ?


22 posted on 06/12/2012 8:03:35 AM PDT by Petruchio (I Think . . . Therefor I FReep.)
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To: massmike

The Pee Police


23 posted on 06/12/2012 8:03:44 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: massmike
bathroom users having to negotiate their way around puddles
Perhaps having a target would improve their aim.

24 posted on 06/12/2012 8:03:44 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: I still care

The Japanese have solved this problem simply by making bigger targets. The higher initial cost is easily recouped in cleaning costs saved.

The older version didn't even have partitions: a ledge to stand on, a wall to piss against and a floor drain. You can still find them in older more rural train stations. Not pretty, but highly efficient.

25 posted on 06/12/2012 8:04:03 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: massmike; All

Salve

LOL LOL my, my.

I assume they have not changed dippers for boys have they?

Hey friends they want to do it, we as man now have a right to go to woman bathroom and amuse ourselves sitting on a toilet and listen to opera or some cool techno dance song LOL

This is just stupid.

Merci


26 posted on 06/12/2012 8:04:09 AM PDT by MCSP2008 (Romanian native > ESL)
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To: massmike

The first ten years of my adult life I was single and quickly learned that a bathroom is much easier to clean and smells better if you sit rather than stand.


27 posted on 06/12/2012 8:04:09 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Maybe the horse will learn to sing)
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To: massmike
Remove the urinals and I'll just use the sink.
28 posted on 06/12/2012 8:04:09 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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To: massmike

Are they also going to order women not to hover?


29 posted on 06/12/2012 8:06:21 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: massmike

Stand up Chuck. OOPS.


30 posted on 06/12/2012 8:06:34 AM PDT by certrtwngnut (It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes. (Josef Stalin))
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To: Samurai_Jack; tx_eggman
THIS IS NOT THE SEMI-NEWS SITE IS IT?

UPI? Yeah, pretty much.
31 posted on 06/12/2012 8:06:56 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: massmike

I am pretty certain that Barack Hussein Soetoro Kardashian Obama already sits down to urinate.


32 posted on 06/12/2012 8:09:18 AM PDT by Astronaut
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To: massmike

How does one say “Go piss up a flagpole” in Swedish?


33 posted on 06/12/2012 8:09:33 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Vigilanteman

LOL

I remember the latrines at the Indy 500 in the 60s they used a barn-sized rain gutter sealed to the concrete block wall, and a downspout to the septic.


34 posted on 06/12/2012 8:09:45 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Paladin2
Is that you Reiiiccsssssssssshhhh?

No, it's Saaaaaaaarrrc.

35 posted on 06/12/2012 8:10:01 AM PDT by danielmryan
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To: massmike

Any idiot can pee sitting down. A real man can poo standing up.


36 posted on 06/12/2012 8:12:17 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Puppage

The studies I’ve seen says roughly 50% of men and 35% of women don’t wash their hands, even after taking a dump.

Remember that the next time you reach for a coffee stirrer.


37 posted on 06/12/2012 8:14:29 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: massmike

If I tried to sit down when taking a leak, I’d likely fall off the porch backwards............ ;-)


38 posted on 06/12/2012 8:15:09 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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To: massmike

Hmm.. you mean, they now check if people are sitting or standing?

Strange goings on.


39 posted on 06/12/2012 8:15:44 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
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To: W. W. SMITH

Sit if you want, just don’t tell others what they have to do.


40 posted on 06/12/2012 8:17:37 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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