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News & ArtsWednesday, September 14, 2011
At Large Urinal of the Day: Lady's First
Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM
"But you can see one of these at the Dairy Queen in Port Charlotte, Florida. It's a 'She-inal' prototype. Not quite sure how it's used, and from the looks of it nobody else knows, either. It was invented in the 1990s by Kathie Jones for Urinette. The company made about 700 for testing, but few can be found today."
But there's one at the Dairy Queen in Port Charlotte. Go figure.
Nominate a noteworthy urinal by sending a picture and a few sentences about the urinal to urinals@thestranger.com.
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That is just..... no.
I don't see any solution to the She-inal problem of either (1) having that funnel thing touch your lady-parts (after, presumably it has touched the lady-parts of other ladies) or (2) having it not touch your lady-parts, and then having to juggle wiping and at the same time holding the funnel thing in a precise spot so as to not drip on your clothes.
I don't see any solution to the She-inal problem of either (1) having that funnel thing touch your lady-parts (after, presumably it has touched the lady-parts of other ladies) or (2) having it not touch your lady-parts, and then having to juggle wiping and at the same time holding the funnel thing in a precise spot so as to not drip on your clothes.
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And, I should say, as someone who has used a "Freshette" (basically a funnel with a tube for outdoors-y ladies so that you can pee standing up without dropping your pants and/or taking off your climbing harness), I would never use a She-inal. Or a Her-inal, which, as @1 points out, is a far better name.
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port charlotte... worst 2 years of my life (shudders). the whole city (and neighboring punta gorda) are a urinal...
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Actually, that tube is for guys who have trouble aiming. What ever made you think this was for ladies?
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As a guy, I'm going to take a stab at guessing how this works. Lady faces herinal, aims crotch at the open part, pees, and the umbilical thing is some sort of bidet that they can spray on lady parts using the loop thing as a handle. Clearly designed by someone who has a Texas education on how lady parts work.
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So like the loop could be a handle to pull out the tube? And that could be like a disposable-funnel dispenser on the wall? That's my best guess.
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Wow. I had to do some additional research:
http://www.urinal.net/dairy_queen/
http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/bank…
http://www.urinal.net/dairy_queen/
http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/bank…
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Put some suction behind that hose and "cup" and you've got the toilet on the international space station.
The loop appears to be the handle to pull out the hose. Not sure how it stays out of the way, though. Does it spin around? Can you grasp it with your right hand? What happens when you flush? It's hard to believe the cup part would be adequately rinsed off, so that others could use it as well.
Jerome, go back and investigate. (jk)
The loop appears to be the handle to pull out the hose. Not sure how it stays out of the way, though. Does it spin around? Can you grasp it with your right hand? What happens when you flush? It's hard to believe the cup part would be adequately rinsed off, so that others could use it as well.
Jerome, go back and investigate. (jk)
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C'mon, ladies, you've never pissed standing up? Not crouching like your mom used to help you do on the side of the road, between car doors, on road trips, hoping to miss your clothes and hit the ground. No, the standing up, facing-forward and aiming like-a-guy kind. This was my fb status a few weeks ago:
"[femwanderluster] can pee standing up. I don't understand why guys are such messy urinators when they have a hose, meanwhile I have no problem navigating a spout."
Granted, alcohol helps with the inhibition to lady-handle your lady-bits to facilitate accurate aim, but I'm betting I can beat uncut guys in competition now, good times!
Also: if you squat over dubious and soiled toilets in dubious and soiled bathrooms, this is WAY better than squatting! No clothing touching questionable floors or their substances! As for juggling for paper, grab that first, all forward-thinking like, and you're good to go. Not to mention, standing up cuts total piss time, though, granted, only by a few seconds. Still, those seconds add up! Down with super long lady bathroom lines! ^_^ *
*made easier when going commando while skirted. shh!
"[femwanderluster] can pee standing up. I don't understand why guys are such messy urinators when they have a hose, meanwhile I have no problem navigating a spout."
Granted, alcohol helps with the inhibition to lady-handle your lady-bits to facilitate accurate aim, but I'm betting I can beat uncut guys in competition now, good times!
Also: if you squat over dubious and soiled toilets in dubious and soiled bathrooms, this is WAY better than squatting! No clothing touching questionable floors or their substances! As for juggling for paper, grab that first, all forward-thinking like, and you're good to go. Not to mention, standing up cuts total piss time, though, granted, only by a few seconds. Still, those seconds add up! Down with super long lady bathroom lines! ^_^ *
*made easier when going commando while skirted. shh!
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I am a plumbing designer. I have seen some strange fixtures. This tops them all. I can't believe anyone would actually think this could catch on. Yuck. Just yuck.
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Don't ask me why this is in my sphere of awareness:
http://www.wikihow.com/Urinate-Standing-…
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Squat-Toile…
And apparently we would all be better off (fewer hemorrhoids, better lower body strength and balance, etc.) using squat toilets like much of the "third world."
http://www.wikihow.com/Urinate-Standing-…
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Squat-Toile…
And apparently we would all be better off (fewer hemorrhoids, better lower body strength and balance, etc.) using squat toilets like much of the "third world."
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I wonder how long it will be before some nasty woman decides it would be a funny prank to take a dump in the she-inal.
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I don't have any first hand experience experience but a friend says what works best for her with mens urinals is to back up to them and spray like a tom cat. I suppose that there may be some biological variation where some women pee better forward or backards but she says the tom cat spray works great. When there is a line at the ladies room she will opt for a lockable men's room and often prefers to use a urinal than sit on the seat.
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That looks like a device that pulls out and provides a funnel of sorts. Not something I would want rubbing against my labia.
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As a former DQ franchisee, I was approached several times by a company that made this product (or something similar). All the women in my life gave it a resounding thumbs down so I passed. But, I should have put one in the men's room. Perhaps, that would have stopped guys from pooping in the urinal. Besides being very confused by the logistics involved, I really don't understand the urge for a guy to poop in the urinal - just because it's there and you can???? We had a urinal pooper at least once a week. And people wonder why I got the fuck out of the fast food business.
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@femwanderluster, I know a lady who is exactly like that. We actually did have a peeing competition once (I wasn't defeated, but it isn't clear that I won either. The jury is still out! :-)
A very smart person, that lady was. Last I heard of her she had gotten tenure as a professor of Economics. Wish her all the best.
A very smart person, that lady was. Last I heard of her she had gotten tenure as a professor of Economics. Wish her all the best.
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That little loop thing (I dub thee "steering wand") resembles the curlicue Dairy Queen puts on their soft-serve ice cream cones. Maybe it's a subliminal suggestion to buy a cone.
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Is the ability to pee standing up some sort of equality issue? I feel like if it's so logistically difficult, there's more meaningful equality issues we could spend our time on.
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There are actually entire websites devoted to teaching ladies how to pee standing up. (Hint: it actually isn't difficult, you just have to use your hands to direct things - just like a guy - and it takes practice - just like with a little boy.) In portapotties, I always opt for the urinal so I don't have to lift the lid and look at all the buried treasure. (It works fine for me to straddle it, provided I get all my clothing out of the way - it's much easier in a skirt.)
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