On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:37:22 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 11/11/2015 9:28 AM, Gary wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
> >> Also uncommon: urinals. We had a urinal in one bathroom when we lived
> >> in Bangkok. My mother refused to let Dad or my brothers use it for that
> >> purpose. She said, I'm not cleaning that. Use the toilet like everyone
> >> else." LOL She kept a vase of fresh flowers in the urinal.
> >
> > Interesting. If she had thought more about it, a urinal is much easier
> > to clean, vs men standing up and peeing in a toilet that's 2 feet away
> > from the man part. Urinals keep all that pee right in there. Peeing
> > (while standing up) in a much lower toilet get residual drops on the
> > rim and the floor.
> >
> Actually she didn't have to clean it, we had a maid. It was apparently
> just the thought of a pee trough that bothered her.
>
I wouldn't want that in my bathroom either. It's as repugnant as a
bidet or a toilet with the seat left up. If there were his and hers
bathrooms and a maid to clean them, I'd say go for it because I'd
never need to step foot inside the one with a urinal. Otherwise, it
won't happen in any bathroom I use.


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