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- From: bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com (J H Woodyatt)
- Subject: Re: bathrooms 2
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.234355.16001@wdl.loral.com>
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- Organization: Abiogenesis 4 Less
- References: <s6nosrk@zola.esd.sgi.com> <1992Nov10.203750.18029@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <josh.721431539@mowgli> <s7145ss@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:43:55 GMT
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- cj@eno.esd.sgi.com (C.J. Silverio) writes:
- # josh@cqs.washington.edu writes:
- # |And of course, for men there is the additional question
- # |of how you choose which urinal to use, and what you look
- # |at while you stand there.
- #
- [...]
- #
- # I also observed an odd multiple-flushing behavior, but
- # I think I will address that in a separate thread.
- #
- # |In some bathrooms this is homologous to the question
- # |"which portion of the trough do you piss into?".
- #
- # Here it seems obvious: maximize distance away from others.
- # Men at troughs aren't quantized into individual stalls, and
- # thus have more flexibility.
-
- Dona CJ can be forgiven for jumping too quickly at the obvious.
-
- Pissing is a much more social function among men than with other types
- of excretions. As a result, the following behavior can be observed:
-
- -----
-
- If unused urinals are in ready supply,
-
- If a urinal is currently being employed by a friend, and there
- is a urinal exactly two urinals away from the friend, but at
- least two urinals away from anyone else,
-
- Use the urinal exactly two urinals away from the friend,
-
- Else,
-
- Choose a urinal that is at least two urinals away, if
- possible, but not more than five urinals away from
- anyone else. Optimum is three or four.
-
- Else if unused urinals are all immediately next to a urinal in use,
-
- If there is new graffiti to read,
-
- Choose urinal with most graffiti,
-
- Else,
-
- Choose closest urinal,
-
- Else if there are no unused urinals,
-
- The line forms in a manner similar to lines for ATM machines;
-
- If the line stretches out the door,
-
- Piss in the sink.
-
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-
- Troughs are divided into `virtual' urinals. Crossing urine streams
- and playing `sword fights' is impolite and puerile respectively.
-
- -----
-
- I have no data on whether sexual orientation makes any difference. I
- strongly suspect it does not, however popular myth may disagree.
-
- Unwritten rule: the urinal at the end, immediately next to the wall
- is reserved for drunks, children, and the just plain silly.
-
-
- --
- +---------------------------+ ``Democracy is the theory that the common
- | J H Woodyatt | people know what they want, and deserve to
- | bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com | get it good and hard.''
- +---------------------------+ -- H L Mencken
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