Some suggestions for using the urinal

June 11th, 2007 · 17 comments

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(from an anonymous urinal-user in Boulder, Colorado.)

FILED UNDER: "helpful" advice · bullet points · CAPS LOCK · Colorado · excessive underlining · office · toilet


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  • #1   I. P. Frealy

    What’s this guy’s problem? I didn’t know that people needed instructions on how to use a urinal.

    The best part is the last sentence – especially the way the word “you” is underlined – clearly indicates some deep rooted psychological issues.

    If whoever wrote this worked at my company I’d be very very afraid.

    Can’t we all just get along and pee in peace?

    Jun 11, 2007 at 7:42 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #2   Chester the Molester

    Mop it up???? Obviously this guy has never been to a bar….

    Quick, call the pee police.

    Jun 11, 2007 at 7:49 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #3   A Lesson A Day

    I “have been informed.” By … leading urinal experts? Kubrick’s films? The Thirteen Years’ War in Prussia?

    I just want to know what is informing this landmark in jovial urinal instruction.

    Jun 11, 2007 at 7:49 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #4   Guys like US

    Pull up your skirt and piss like a man!

    Jun 11, 2007 at 7:51 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #5   cranberry

    i think it’s funny. i like this note.

    Jun 11, 2007 at 8:27 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #6   joebec

    haha!! well at least guys can just go outside!

    Jun 11, 2007 at 1:16 pm   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #7   jane

    “Frankly” with perfect punctuation is by far the best part about this note.

    Jun 11, 2007 at 6:19 pm   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #8   rupert

    The handle sticking up/down is obviously a problem with the urinal…

    Jun 12, 2007 at 7:28 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #9   rroseselavy

    Don’t play with it! I’m not a man, so I have to ask — do many of you tend to play with the urinal handle?

    Jun 12, 2007 at 8:52 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #10   mothmanbr

    @rroseselavy: For hours and hours.

    Jun 12, 2007 at 9:58 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #11   JoeDrinker

    Make the sign of the cross? Is the urinal broken, or possessed?

    Jun 12, 2007 at 7:12 pm   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #12   ShagNBag

    This is one where less is more – i am dying to know who this person is! Frustrated user? Maintenance Guy? Concerned Observer? Obviously not someone empowered to fix it, hence the note. But the lack of context just leaves the motive, etc. to the imagination.

    Jul 2, 2007 at 6:52 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #13   RaggDolly121

    huh?

    Jul 3, 2007 at 10:05 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #14   ethel filby

    The giveaway is in the “I’m just not gonna use it”. I think the writer is the woman who cleans. Good on her! lol

    Jul 12, 2007 at 1:17 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #15   Alban

    Sounds to me like someone who knows the urinal is broken, has complained and been fobbed off. A beautiful note indeed, emphasising well the vagaries of getting something to work properly when it patently doesn’t want to.

    Jul 19, 2007 at 3:25 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #16   jenny h

    The note is just begging for a “That’s what she said.”

    Mar 26, 2009 at 11:42 am   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     
  • #17   bradmo

    alban, i interpreted the note the same way you did and in that context, i thought it was pretty funny.

    Jun 24, 2009 at 3:06 pm   rating: 90  small thumbs up

     

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