Slog - Comments on Urine is Sterile http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile ...so this occurance reported by Hot Tipper Jessica is nowhere near as bad as what happens annually to bike seats at this. But still: When I was walking out of the Olympic Athletic Center towards Ballard Ave around 8:40 pm, I saw a homeless man standing strangely close to a locked-up bike. Once I walked closer, I noticed that he was drenching the middle section of the bike (including the seat) with his pee stream. Bummer. Maybe I should have left a note for the owner. Dear Jessica: Thank you for noticing and sharing. Everyone else: Should Jessica have... Copyright 2008 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:34:30 -0800 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:31:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Rotten666 She should have kicked the bum in the balls.

]]> Rotten666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153477 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153477 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:01:50 -0800 Comment by Dr. Savage Mudede Urine is only sterile if the person doesn't have a urinary tract infection. And people who are malnourished are more likely to have those sorts of opportunistic infections.

I recommend a breed ban on Homeless.

]]> Dr. Savage Mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153556 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:13:48 -0800 Comment by inkweary Whatever happened to direct action? Why did she not yell "Hey asshole, stop pissing on that bike!"? she could have done it from a safe distance. There were probably other people around.

If she had left a note would she have written "homeless person", "bum", "asshole" or something else?

The fact that she did nothing then wrote in because she felt a residual guilt is very strange.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153561 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153561 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:14:51 -0800 Comment by Banna How I miss passive-agressive Seattle life; here in Chicago nobody would have written anything to anyone to ease their conscience. The bum would have been completely ignored, unless it was a messenger's bike, whereupon the first messenger to notice would have promptly kicked the bum in his back as he rode by.

]]> Banna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153594 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:35 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle @3 -- I strongly suspect the allegedly homeless man WAS engaging in "direct action" toward a particular offending cyclist no longer in the field of view.

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153632 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153632 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:11 -0800 Comment by Carol What? No option for "let the poor slob find out on his own when the smell of pee hits his nose" ?

]]> Carol http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153862 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153862 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:30:05 -0800 Comment by Greg I don't think you need to leave a note - the urine will advertise its presence quite effectively.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1153923 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:51:05 -0800 Comment by Vince I would leave a note but only if he pooped on the bike. The note would say "Have a nice day!"

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1154044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1154044 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:42:21 -0800 Comment by brian Was is a fixie? I'll need to know before I can vote.

]]> brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1154053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1154053 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:44:29 -0800 Comment by Bike Maintenance Is No Joke @9 for the win.

But, seriously, whoever owns that bike needs to relube the chain. Pee'll corrode the shit out of it...

]]> Bike Maintenance Is No Joke http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1154151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/urine_is_sterile#c1154151 City Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:31:26 -0800