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I searched a variety of phrases, including the word 'urinal', and
didn't
find anything like this. I'm really shocked this hasn't been
Hakfbaked
already, but here goes:
A shower with a urinal built in. Take the "ick" factor out of that
good ol'
fashioned steamy relief. No more getting
it
on your feet (or hers).
//the only person ever// ?
http://www.halfbake...in_20Urine_20Sensor
... apparently not [pertinax, Oct 04 2009]
Korean bathroom
http://1.bp.blogspo...320/My+Bathroom.jpg
No division between shower and bathroom [kevinthenerd, Oct 04 2009]
Save water...
http://www.huffingt...dents_n_251116.html
play the video - it's hilarious [Loris, Oct 05 2009]
[link]
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Can I at least know why it was fishboned? |
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Because you really are the only person ever to have done this. eew! |
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hmm... I guess my "Golden-Shower Head" post is gonna have to wait... |
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[+] but some sort of design unobtrusiveness so the user is "peeing in the shower" not "showering in the urinal": good for water-type sequestration as well. |
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It could be as simple as a hole in the wall. Unobtrusive, indeed. |
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One more thing to hit your head on when you slip in the
shower... I'm pretty neutral on this. If you aim well, you don't
need a urinal. |
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That depends on the type of drain you have, how much water is
already swirling around it, and if there are any clogs in the line
from shaving. I was picturing this as a contoured hole in the
wall, a (wait for it....) flush-mounted affair, shaped like a urinal
opening. Perhaps a soft, silicone-rubber lip around the edge just
in case you do slip would be helpful, though. |
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I totally like this idea, but it's pretty-much baked
in South Korea. The whole bathroom is tiled, and
there is no division between the "bathroom" and
"shower." The shower head just flows onto the
bathroom floor. You can just walk over and pee in
the toilet if you have to. |
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Soft silicone lip means [+]. |
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Thought somebody might get a kick out of that... and thanks
Kevin, I often get those 2 confused. I corrected it in the anno.
About the Korea thing though... see, that sounds icky. |
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Peeing in the shower is kinda icky, because, unless you've got
really good drainage, it ends up swirling around, getting all over
feet and such. That factor alone is enough to keep a guy from
getting laid if there's a female in the shower with him. This
intended to remove that factor. |
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//keeps a fella from getting laid//
but peeing on your feet is endorsed by 'Madonna' no less: on some talk show about a decade(?) ago, she said it was a good idea to prevent athlete's foot. |
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I'm not going to ask how you know that, but taking advice from
Madonna on how to avoid fungus and disease is like asking
directions from a blind person (probably worse, in fact). And that
Korean bathroom looks dangerous. Tile floor with water all over
it... thanks, but no thanks! |
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// it ends up swirling around, getting all over feet and such //
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Don't you wash your feet in the shower? |
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It seems to solve your problem. |
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You just don't get it, do you? |
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It's ok, [21] - I was only pulling your leg, I do understand that peeing in the shower is a little icky. I do have some standards (about three of them). |
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//pulling your leg// after he's peed on it? eew. |
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Apropos to this, I once used a Japanese bathroom in which the bath, toilet, basin, floor, walls and ceiling were all moulded out of a single peice of plastic - I quite like the blurring of boundaries between different functional areas of the bathroom. |
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I've read the word "dint" about 5 times, and just
finally got what the typo was/is. But I love "dint" and
dint want to see it changed. |
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Nothing to do with the actor "dint eastwood", then? |
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It's best practice, in Brazil.
(see link)
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Incidentally, 21 Quest - you're saying that Madonna's feet have a lot of athlete's foot. How do you know?
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Personally I'd say there's more ick factor from your plughole clogged with hair and grot. |
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letting the urine go down the same drain as the shower is a waste of nutrients and congrats your graywater now has pee in it. |
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That may be true Toasty old boy, but that's the status quo for most of the UK at the moment, at least. The mixing just usually happens slightly further downstream.
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Maybe you should post an idea about peeing in your garden. Garden shed outhouse privacy extension perhaps? |
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//Maybe you should//maybe I did; it was called "A Pot to Pee In"; randomly deleted 'cuz I had a better idea for a flushless urinal (not posted yet). |
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I've read about some controversy in adding your shower drainage to your greywater garden supply. Bacterial counts in shower waste water are generally a little too high for watering, say, your carrots with. This is due to you cleaning your nether regions and sending it down the drain.
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Pee on the other hand is great for your garden. The nitrogen content contributes to the viability of your growing medium and the uric acid contributes to the breaking down process. I try to enhance my compost heap every now and again. |
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true but you wouldn't want it sitting in the flush tank of your toilet |
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//What 'ick' factor?// The cigarette butts, chewing gum, toothpicks and anything other solid item that people toss into the urinal. Oh.. and I don't particularly care for the smell of a urinal cake in my shower. |
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Funniest thing I've ever read on a construction porta-john wall...
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"This sink is too low and the mints taste weird"
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You wouldn't need a urnial cake, Scotty. Point the showerhead at
the opening while going at it, and just rinse it down. A simple
spring-loaded rubber-sealed valve would allow thorough rinsing
and prevent any smells from coming back up once the water
pressure is removed from it. |
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Ick. Back to pissing in the drain. I like pissing on my feet, anyways, all warm and harmless, a tad rebellious. Nobody has to know... Except all of you now, shit. |
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No shitting in the shower - one has to draw the line somewhere. |
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Hmmmm.... Do we now? The proper protocol is, of course, shave-shit-shower. In this fashion you leave the shower completely clean and sealed up. No fluids coming out for a few hours.
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However, there are those fluke days where the shit hits you during your shower. What a debacle! No matter what you're facing an uncomfortable moment, a wet slippery shit and an not-so-perfectly-clean body, which must be followed by a quick showering, all very cumbersome and humbling. Surely this line is subject to crossing. Maybe just bring a bedpan into the shower? But, your friends will want to know what that thing is and you'll have to tell them, hmmm. If this urinal were flushable we could shit in it, too! Back to urinal. |
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Ah, reminds me of a tiny hotel room I rented once in
Mexico. The bathroom was so small that the shower
was aimed at the toilet, and the sink was under the
shower head. It was possible and almost convenient
to complete many tasks at once.
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