Pittsburgh, PA, is a great town; despite the fact that my parents originated in that town and have since spawned me, it's still a good town. They've got a public toilet there, coin-opperated of coure (a quarter buys you 20 minutes), that has amazed the brass at Clear Channel (the sponsors of said public loo) by it's ability to stay clean.

Let's anaylze this (I appologize ahead of time for any Howard Stern detractors out there, but I'm gonna soap-box this for a bit...if you don't like it, change the channel (what you should be doing with the radio)):

Clear Channel pays for a public toilet; whether it's perceived as an act of public goodwill (I'm absolutly SICK of peeing on the sides of buildings where I live!) or one of corporate greed (why should I pay to do something that comes naturally), it all reduces to one salient point: Clear Channel has it's hand in everyTHING everyONE does. They own 1200 radio stations. They own advertising markets. They own media outlets. Now, they own the thrown on which I groan! As if corporate pervasiveness weren't a big enough problem, I gotta think of the folks that took my buddy Howard off the air in 6 markets every time I gotta take a dump!

Enough is enough! The nimwads at Clear Channel are surprised that they're endeavor into public hygene is still clean...NEWS FLASH! It's a SELF-CLEANING toilet! Why are you surprised that it's working if that's what it's supposed to DO! To be honest, it doesn't look all that clean, and where the hell is the SEAT?!

Howard was dropped from their airwaves for a reason. What that reason is, no one really knows. There are theories, but nothing's been confirmed. If Clear Channel is so concerned with keeping the airwaves clean (you can't catch viruses from radio broadcasts), then why are they so surprised that their "pay-per-doo" facility is doing so well? WHY ARE THEY EVEN INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS THAT'S MY BUSINESS??!?

AAAHGHGHHGH! Once again, I'm so mad I can shit...if only I were William Rhode III, I wouldn't have to search my pockets for a quarter so I can take a squatter