A Dutch Pissing Contest
Have you ever had to pee upwards?
This is most probably a male-leaning post. Females are not only not terribly interested, but they’re probably even somewhat disgusted unless they’re into the full cultural awareness of the topic. But that’s a stretch.
I could have had a yardstick next to the urinals, but that might have been a bit awkward for the photo. It was already awkward enough just taking a photo of urinals in a restaurant.
In case there is any confusion, the photo below shows urinals where the base or bottom of the receptacle is, I don’t know, maybe three feet off the ground. I’m wildly guessing. Let me put it this way. I’m 5′ 10″ (177 cm) and I just make it. My 10-year old boy was shooting up into the air (and of course loved every minute of this … ) while laughing hysterically and missing most everything. But hey, if you’re going to make urinals only for people 6-feet tall and over, you’re going to have some clean up to do.
I just have to wonder about the planning of this. Are the restaurant owner, the architect, and the contractor all just giants and shrug their shoulders and say, “Yeah, that’s a good height for the urinal.” Isn’t there some standard height in some law book somewhere? Isn’t there usually a shorter one for kids … or, uh, shorter people? Maybe they get a kick out of people who aren’t 6-feet tall and they make the urinals that tall so they can laugh about them shooting up or going for the long, arched shot. But it’s not going to be pretty. It might be pretty funny, but it’s not going to be pretty.
Just another day of mild cultural differences.
If you’re wondering if the Dutch are truly tall, just try to pee into this.
