Home urinals that push the limits

Home urinals that push the limits

Posted 02.01.2007 by The Big Wiper

It's not that I don't think urinals are appropriate for home use. I'm all for them -- and I put my money where my mouth is last year when I built my dream house and told my architect to put a urinal in the master bathroom. And I'm not the only one. Turns out, they're so popular that designers are introducing stylish urinals for the home bathroom.

I actually toyed with ideas similar to these as we put the plans together. Peeing into porcelain orchids was indeed an exotic notion. Taking it one step further, imagine the thrill of peeing into a stylized Venus fly-trap! In the end, however, the thousand-dollar-and-up price tag of these designer urinals was just outside my budget. I was already committed to a bidet, a Jacuzzi, pottery shaving sinks, and a double shower stall. When I got down to the nickels and dimes of it, a pedestrian white Kohler fixture seemed peestream -- er, mainstream enough for me.

I will admit that such flowery fixtures will probably mean less resistance to home urinals from women, as opposed to the ordinary public bathroom kind. After all, they really wouldn't be using them (unless they had one of those SweetPee gadgets to help them out).

So I'll put it to the PoopReporters. Would you have less resistance to a urinal in your home if it looked like a work of art? Or, perhaps, might you have more?

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Sarah_notregister (not verified) -- 02.02.2007

I think I'm more likely to have a plain urinal in my house than a fancy work of art. I don't think I'd be happy about my husband peeing on something that cost so much money. Maybe we'd use it as a planter or something.

GottaGoGirl (2616) -- 02.02.2007

The one in the picture that the guy is leaning against is pretty... *pretty*! I really like the design of that one. I would have that in my house, and we only have the 2 "menfolk", here. I have acquaintances who have 7 sons; if I were they, I'd put in TWO urinals!

Deja Poo (649) -- 02.02.2007

Having a urinal at home just makes sense, especially if you're married. There would no longer be any of these nasty Seat-Up/Seat-Down arguments. Then you can focus on what really matters in a marriage: money.

The Big Wiper (2245) -- 02.02.2007

Deja Poo: that last line of yours is very amusing, considering that money is exactly what you'll be discussing if you buy one of those artwork urinals.

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Fart Poopie (1257) -- 02.02.2007

I wouldn't mind either one of those white ones. It would give me a cleaner toilet.
I sometimes make Mr. Poopie clean the toilet when he misses, but he hates to do it because "people crap in there!"
I don't think he would get as grossed out cleaning a urinal, since no one would poo in it.

Then again... we do have a two year old...

GottaGoGirl (2616) -- 02.03.2007

GottaMan is the clean freak at our house; I showed him the ovoid urinal and said, "Honey, look! Don't you think that's a good idea?"

He said, "No. Not in a private home. That's weird!" So the revolution is not so far-reaching, yet.

Bilgepump (1731) -- 02.03.2007

The corner of the walk-in closet works as a good substitute....uh...for me anyway.

The Big Wiper (2245) -- 02.03.2007

GGG: did you ask GottaMan how he felt about an ordinary white Kohler urinal such as the one I have? Is it the fancy one he objects to or the concept in general?

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shitwit (571) -- 02.03.2007

I'd totally put a fancy work-of-art urinal in our house, if I could afford one. I'd even learn to pee standing up just so I could use it!

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Harry_not_registered (not verified) -- 02.04.2007

2 thoughts. First, have you checked out waterless urinals? Pretty cool. Second, I work at a law firm. The urinals are invariably surrounded by splattered walls and smelly little pools. Hate to burst any bubbles, but aim is a problem ... good luck with that one.

GottaGoGirl (2616) -- 02.04.2007

TBW, he pretty much dismissed the idea out of hand. But when I argued that a family with a lot of boys could benefit from it, he said, "Yeah, okay, but I don't see that it would be necessary for most people."

Unaffordable, large-screen, million-mirrored, room-dominating HDTV television: yes.

Sensible, stylish urinal for the home: no.

The Big Wiper (2245) -- 02.04.2007

Here's a thought, GGG. Install a sensible, stylish urinal right in front of the unaffordable, large-screen, million-mirrored, room-dominating HDTV television. Then, he never has to move off dead(aim) center!

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GottaGoGirl (2616) -- 02.05.2007

HAH ha ha ha ha!!! That's an angle I hadn't thought of! He just might go for that. I wonder if he'll mind that it'll be at the front window, in full view of the street!

Mary Queen of Scats (387) -- 02.05.2007

TWB has an excellent idea there, I must admit. It may be just the solution my husband's been looking for all these years. Now if only he could figure out a way to make that fancy urinal an attachment to his chair so he didn't even have to get up to use it...

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Queen of Sharts (87) -- 02.09.2007

Speaking of fancy plumbing, did you hear Beyonce's new album is called "B'Day"?

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Don't be playin' with the Queen of Sharts

Dave (11657) -- 02.09.2007

That's the album you listen to after you've listened to R. Kelly's album "Chocolate Factory."

(Yes, that's the actual title of his album.)

Queen of Sharts (87) -- 02.11.2007

How about these album covers?
Millie Jackson's "Back to the Seat" http://www.cenedella.com/images/WORST2/millieshot.jpg
or
MC Pooh, "Pooh Man"
http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/poohman.jpg
or Herbie Mann's "Push, Push"
http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/herbiemann.jpg

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The Big Wiper (2245) -- 02.11.2007

I own a copy of 'Chocolate Factory.' Nice steppin' music. Reminds me of my disco days.

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