Public Urinals: Amsterdam

Chris: 5th May 2004 - 05:57 GMT

Man you were'nt lying when you said public urinals ha.I don't even like going in public BATHROOMS,let alone in the middle of the city!!

Peter: 5th May 2004 - 13:47 GMT

step right up! i suppose it beats having drunks peeing all over the streets...

hasslehoff: 4th May 2005 - 12:27 GMT

one from the archives

Jehan: 14th Jul 2005 - 20:12 GMT

this is not new in amsterdam, as i am researching book plates from the 1600s with views of the city at that time and there seemd to bee public urnals throught the city.

Anonymous (cbshost-68-111-40-177.sbcox.net): 15th Jul 2005 - 19:34 GMT

What about the ladies???

jeeff: 15th Jul 2005 - 19:49 GMT

they use this:

www.urinelle.biz/

cafeconleche: 28th Jul 2005 - 05:14 GMT

jeef you've got to be kidding--I went to that website you display ---Good God--women don't actuall use that!!!!!!!!! do they ?????

jeeff: 28th Jul 2005 - 11:24 GMT

haha, well... i've never witnessed it, but then again.. i wouldn't, would i?

joe: 20th Sep 2005 - 16:33 GMT

i think its sick guys peeing urinals in the streets for all girls an ladies to watch how sick this world is? i wouldnt want wife or little girls watching guys pee out in the open.

jeeff: 20th Sep 2005 - 16:34 GMT

in my experience, guys will piss out in the open for anyone to see whether there's a urinal or not.

jose: 20th Sep 2005 - 16:53 GMT

ive DEFINITELY pissed in worse places than a public urinal.. c'mon. if those things were everywhere i probably wouldnt have peed on someones front steps st patricks day

Samm: 12th Apr 2006 - 14:10 GMT

The girls have some sort of 'pee fetish' too....no worries...it's just that we ( guys ) must dig deeper in their fantasies...Have a nice pee time!

elaine: 12th Apr 2006 - 14:18 GMT

you don't need to buy a special pee funnel, if you are a girl and you want to avoid sitting on public loo seats i have heard tell that a 'pringles' lid curled round does the job! (i haven't tried it, because i am mainly howard hughesy about my hands, and i don't mind sitting down on a public loo, and i don't go to festivals)

EvilGentleman: 16th Apr 2006 - 19:45 GMT

I see from the design of these public urinals that actually, unless the guy was extremely well-endowed, thus causing him to pee from a few steps further back than usual, all the person walking past will see is the backside of the guy, without actually seeing any private parts or the like. Ingenious design, wish they had them here. Can't begin to tell you how many times I would have found these handy, especially since almost every washroom in this city is either reserved for the clientele only or located in a private residence.

emmajane: 3rd May 2006 - 14:50 GMT

any girl waearing a skirt can pee in these, just pull the knickers aside, stand facing the urinal, position yourself over the hole and pee.

Cosmo: 28th Aug 2006 - 17:44 GMT

Not sure how it works in Europe, but I am certain that over here in Detroit punks would urinate all over the thing, not just into the hole, thus rending the entire surface sticky and disgusting, and I would not want to get near it.

Instead, I have these for when I can't find a "regular" bathroom: tinyurl.com/gr6ag. I found mine in one of those stores that sells canes, walkers, etc for the elderly and people recovering from surgery, etc.

ksedge: 28th Aug 2006 - 21:55 GMT

wow, i'm in shock. i can't believe this is actually true. they could at least build a little structure around it. or, i've heard in some places in europe they have public bathrooms with two way mirrors for walls so no one can see you but you can watch everyone walk by. can anyone confirm this?

jack: 29th Aug 2006 - 00:57 GMT

its amazing how all of you enjoy talking about peeing.

Cosmo: 29th Aug 2006 - 01:59 GMT

It is one of the more satisfying things in life. (let that be an indication of the quality of my life :-).

Kelsey Grammar: 24th Jan 2007 - 00:33 GMT

oh my god. shoot me. shoot me now. and actually, having a hypohetical argument with yourself... wow.. that was good.

dude: 15th Mar 2007 - 18:42 GMT

its natural for guys and girls to pee out side theres nothing rong with that

basketballer: 16th Mar 2007 - 15:48 GMT

a lot of guys would have trouble aiming in those things, they can barely hit the urinal to begin with

Peed: 24th Mar 2007 - 05:27 GMT

Amazing how people react to this excellant design. You can't espose yourself!

CarlosZ: 26th Apr 2007 - 23:02 GMT

We have them here in London now as well - I've used them many times especially after a night out when public toilets are locked. They're easy to use and most guys seem to hit the hole (no pools of pee around them)

Karen: 27th May 2007 - 17:19 GMT

I think it is nice that they feel free to use them come on this is not the USA where we are private, why are you worried about your children watching someone pee in a urinal? Look at the USA we have sick men kissing each other in front of us, women doing the same, I find, that even grosser than a man =peeing= besides it is how you are raised and that is there country, not ours. We let Mexicans carry a flag of another country here to show that they want to live here. Want medical guess again, want housing guess again.. if you are an American working class you wont get it...it is only available for wetbacks and street people.. Want to get your SSD while you are out sick from your job.. guess again... you have to be off work for a year.. Welcome to our country, and you have a problem with someone relieving themselves .. Lord help us all...

Carl: 11th Jul 2007 - 04:52 GMT

No one has mentioned having a bowel movement. Where is this accommodated in public batrooms?

mia: 11th Jul 2007 - 05:03 GMT

I rather see some guy's back agains this public urinals, than a guy traying to hide while relieving himself next to a tree or a wall. There are more chances of seeing something that way. Bravo for the Ned's!

Dumer: 11th Jul 2007 - 05:55 GMT

Don't know how comfortible i would be with it but when you gotta go, you gotta go !

sasquatch-a-Juan: 11th Jul 2007 - 06:40 GMT

Gals don't actually need a funnel or other aplliances to pee while standing, although a portable kitchen funnel will do the trick, too. Otherwise, they can stand with feet 18" apart, "open it up" and ready, aim, fire! It works, but aiming the stream is not as accurate as with male equipment (which is also known to miss the mark).

Jen: 11th Jul 2007 - 08:07 GMT

First of all Karen you need to go to another place to talk about being against one another because you are being racist and that this is NOT the topic is talking about. The TOPIC is public urinals and how people feel about it. Second of all I Think that it is a good idea but I do agree with some of the people privacy is a good thing and it shouldnt be exspose to younger children because they havent gone thru the understanding of quote "pubity". There should be some kind of a wall that or a small screen that will protect the children and also respect their privacy while they use the urinals.

Huggy : 11th Jul 2007 - 14:53 GMT

I find these urinals so much better than in Paris. It costs 1 franc to use an inclosed toilet located on the street, but a lot of Frenchies find it easier (and cheaper)to urinate against any convienient wall, and let it run down the sidewalk to the gutter by the curb. GROSS!!!!!! One of the dirtiest places in Europe.

rightondude: 12th Jul 2007 - 03:16 GMT

i have no issue with the design, or with people using them in public. however, i am pee shy, and can't imagine being able to use one of these unless i was about to piss my pants or was drunk. i'm curious what other guys do to help them be able to pee when other people are around.

nikkiy: 12th Jul 2007 - 03:47 GMT

for all of the females you do not have to use a bag or a pringles lid. By law you can gointo the resturants there and they have to let you use the bathroom.

GEO: 12th Jul 2007 - 04:25 GMT

I think they are convenient and much safer. I don't expect them to planted ouside an outdoor cafe. I live in NYC and the public restrooms attract more weirdos than flies; just milling about triing to start a conversation with me whilst I pee: "Don't I know you from somwhere...."

Tom: 15th Jul 2007 - 18:21 GMT

When I was in Vietnam w/ the Army years ago we had what they called piss tubes on our compound. It was a corrugated steel tube about 18" diameter covered w/ screen material. It was sunk in the ground and had a waist high barricade on one side. Took some to but saved time running to a latrine. Only problem was Vietnamese folks would sometimes come up and look to see what size you were!! That you never got used to !

Jay: 15th Jul 2007 - 20:29 GMT

these type accomadations are nothing "new" in Amsterdam, or any large city in Holland, the older ones are a multi urinal screen barracade type you walk into and use, with only the head and feet visable. Paris as said has the enclosed self cleaning type, (same as were tried in San Francisco) for .25 cents (may have gone up by now) you go in and when done it locks up and totally robotically cleans itself up for the next use!!! those are the best around and should be in every large city where bathrooms are an issue?? i find nothing wrong or disgusting with any of the examples shown, only in America do we have "issues" with these things... its no wonder there are so many ill people in the states as we seem to have trouble allowing are little darling children deal with the plain facts of life at least until we consider them adults or 18 or sometimes not even then? face it, Europe has been around for a long time and is a mature culture, we here are still in our infancy as a country and culture. anything to do with normal bodily functions are considered indecent and off limits to discussion or education...i.e. sexual education equals teen pregnancy and STD's rather than to educate our children about any of that. Oh, and to Karen above, there is NOTHING wrong with two men or women kissing or having a mature relationship, again...only in our weird American culture is everything shocking to the soul and our puritanical Victorian values...no wonder we have so many sicko uncles and fathers molesting their own family members here???

Jan: 15th Jul 2007 - 23:42 GMT

ksedge

There is a well know furniture store in Natick, Massachusetts called Jordan's. They have an IMAX theater in it and the ladies room there has the two way police glass and you don't notice it until you sit down. It is SO funny when someone goes in there the first time!!!

The design of these is interesting but even if I were a guy I would like a bit more privacy, not to mention that others don't really want to watch or end up on UTUBE!!!

Cat: 15th Jul 2007 - 23:56 GMT

I like this equipment for ladies. However, everyone, what about handwashing afterwards? I supposed you might carry one of the sanitizing hand rubs. Very kind and dignified affair for the elderly and infirm.

Bob Miller: 18th Jul 2007 - 20:49 GMT

What is wrong with people pissing in public. Oh my god!

anon (pikes.centura.org): 18th Jul 2007 - 23:13 GMT

i wish, i wish, i wish - i could understand the human psyche. we are all so opinionated and so underknowledged (i made up that word) in every facet of life, from God to urinals. hopefully, some day, we will all be enlightened and be able to live as we should now - in peace, harmony and understanding. wouldn't it be nice?

Denmon: 18th Jul 2007 - 23:32 GMT

Yes cant we all just get along. We were killing each other from the time we crawled out of the cave and we will continue to do so till we go extinct and if you think anything else you are an idiot.

James: 22nd Jul 2007 - 07:39 GMT

I think that this is terrible, Little girls walk by and see them peeing, this is wrong, they could of at least made them a tiny bit more private

Julie: 22nd Jul 2007 - 21:38 GMT

My only question is why did they make them so ugly. Why not make them blend in to the scenery.

Frustrated: 25th Jul 2007 - 02:15 GMT

I don't mean to sound uptight and can understand that some country's embrace this practice, but we have no privacy in the world anymore. Going to the restroom is a very personal thing and I personally don't think it needs to be shared with everyone else. I can't even handle same sex restrooms sometimes, there's nothing worse than going to a public place and all the ladies are bombarding the men's room. I know the lines are long, but please, let's have some decorum. Think I better change my name to Uptight.......

JessicaMarie80642: 26th Jul 2007 - 12:38 GMT

I think It's a good Idea. I have had NUMEROUS friends be arrested or citationed for peeing in public behind a car or in a parking garage when they were drunk because they had to go so bad. I would much rather it be legal and Covered up- you can't really see any of the guys junk from what I can tell- Because frankly- IT'S JUST NATURAL TO PEE! When ya gotta go- you gotta go!

male123: 26th Jul 2007 - 14:53 GMT

If they blended into the scenery we would never see them.
We are already accused of not being able to hit the mark.

female just wondering: 26th Jul 2007 - 16:23 GMT

Question? is any one concerned with washings ones hands when your done peeing? Don't know how santitary this would be to continue with out washing , but I do see many with
the opportunity to wash and don't.

Dick: 26th Jul 2007 - 21:08 GMT

When I was a kid I asked my father who was a doctor whether it was important to wash one's hands after urinating. He replied that urine does not carry disease causing organisms. Urine is just eliminating waste materials from the body such as urea. Feces, of course are a different matter.

I think those devices used on the streets of some European cities make a lot of sense.

Also, I see nothing wrong in two guys or two women kissing. Grow up. Get over it! Europeans are generally much more sensible regarding this subject as well. We are such prudes in the United States!

Kitty: 27th Jul 2007 - 20:12 GMT

I am a military brat who was born in Japan. My early years were spent in public bath houses, and not the type you hear about in San Fransisco. This is where you soak in a big bathtub made for twenty. Men and women bathed in the same waters, after showering of course, but it was natural. If you had to pee you went. If America were not so sexualy orienated this would be seen as natural and not "gross", or "OMG don't let the children see". We were meant to be nude. The fact that other countries accomodate the urge to pee is great. As long as we have small and or narrow minded people here in the U.S. we will never get over the idea that nudity = sex and deprivation. Peace to all

kayla: 27th Jul 2007 - 21:35 GMT

this is just weird, just plain weird, i wouldnt want to see these outside of anywhere, its gross,

joey: 27th Jul 2007 - 22:56 GMT

we could use some of them in the oakland / berkeley area

Eric: 12th Aug 2007 - 21:15 GMT

Wow, what a thread! I've always been amazed at peoples attitudes toward peeing. Unfortunately, it's something that every living human does. We don't breath or blink in private. The age old myth that washing your hands after peeing is "more sanitary" is just that, a myth handed down by our conservative ancestors. Now, washing hands after shopping makes a lot more sense!! For Kayla, who thinks "it's just plain weird", please tell us WHY and what makes this concept wrong. Why should a little girl witnessing the backside of a man standing there (not really seeing anything) be shielded from such an event? How is this traumatic? Kitty is correct! The US wallows in double standards. Everyone has their own moral opinions and yet the US leads the world in sexual corruption, violent sex crimes, rape, etc...

Pep: 23rd Aug 2007 - 20:18 GMT

you are completely right, Eric. I even think about trade some for my own city. I assure, it's much worse the smell and walk over one hundred "urinary discharges" spreading over the street.

joe: 2nd Sep 2007 - 20:19 GMT

I loved these. I just used them this weekend on my quick business trip there. This sure beats having tons of people pissing in the alley ways. Bar hopping, and drinking mass quantities of beer these worked out great. Whats the big deal, when there is sex shops everywhere, girls selling themselves, open drug use, and minors in the pubs?

ateeple: 6th Sep 2007 - 18:14 GMT

the only way you are really going see the guys stuff is if you walk up behind him and stick your face right into it. from what i can see it is hidden pretty well from view. would you rather use one of these or have some drunk going on your shoes?

stevie: 28th Sep 2007 - 13:06 GMT

Get over yourselves! I have lived in Europe, Amsterdam specifically, and over there people are not so prissy. Peeing is part of life. Penises are part of every guy. Trust me, no one there thinks you or your penis are special enough to gawk at while you pee. The pissuers are tacky for sure, but they are better than nothing, and the ancient city center is crowded and there is always some guy who is ready to pee anywhere, so it is best that the pissuers are there, I think. In some places, especially further south in Europe, you will notice that some buildings have a sheet of metal against an outside wall. That is there for men to piss against. Gross yes, but better than random peeing everywhere. I saw these in {New Zealand{ too. More popular there is the open trough. That is another story for another day I, suppose.

doris: 29th Sep 2007 - 16:34 GMT

Dont they stink??? and the womens funnel looks like something you would eat your chips out of!!

sadil: 30th Sep 2007 - 19:05 GMT

hey i dont think thats true but may b it is?any way i understand only friends can do this so any lady wanan b my friend and to do so i will be there its my id rock_adil@hotmail.com so pls join pretty ladies i m waitting for u

Sweaty: 13th Oct 2007 - 00:58 GMT

If you don't like them, don't use them. Whatever you think is offensive is occuring in your head since you can't actually see anything. It makes me crazy when people are upset and want someone else do something about what they themselves are thinking. Or even worse,when they try to get me to stop thinking what they think I'm thinking!

Cindy: 13th Oct 2007 - 19:30 GMT

I think these are a great idea. After living in several college towns, and seeing random drunks pissing everywhere, these would be a welcome change.
My only question is, how do they work? Is there a drain or something underneath it, or does it have to be emptied out? Also, do they get hosed off once in awhile, or is that just when it rains?

bob: 26th Oct 2007 - 15:17 GMT

seems to me if god wanted us to go around naked we would
have been born without any clothes on..just a thought

the bob

spike: 31st Oct 2007 - 17:48 GMT

do these contraptions constitute a degrading and humiliating treatment of men and thereby contravene some human rights/gender laws?

Beanz: 17th Dec 2007 - 18:58 GMT

Whoever pees on the street is a dirty bastard anyway, firstly the person in question does not wash their hands after urinating, secondly children especially little girls do not wanna be walking past grown men urinating. Fucking disgusting!

confess: 18th Dec 2007 - 15:41 GMT

Like most men I have pissed in the street when out drinking. We got these piss pots in the UK now - usually put out by taxi ranks, bus stops and such at weekends. I theory a good idea but I've only seen a couple of guys use them - most blokes would still rather nip up an alley out of sight.

i do it too: 30th Dec 2007 - 02:47 GMT

Jeez.....get mover it. When I have a nature call and there is no public facility, I do find some discreet location to relieve myself. I have actually seen a motorcycle cop urinating on bushes late one night. We do what we need to do.

i do it too: 30th Dec 2007 - 02:47 GMT

Jeez.....get over it. When I have a nature call and there is no public facility, I do find some discreet location to relieve myself. I have actually seen a motorcycle cop urinating on bushes late one night. We do what we need to do.

Plasticbricks: 16th Jan 2008 - 19:44 GMT

Does anyone know who makes these public urinals and where I may be able to purchase one? Seems kinda handy for the next time I throw a party...lol.

austin: 20th Jan 2008 - 04:47 GMT

lol @ plasticbricks. when's the party? i'm so there dude.

Plasticbricks: 20th Jan 2008 - 12:54 GMT

Hahaha...love the 'tude Austin. Help me hook one of these babies up and your invite will be in the mail asap!

austin: 20th Jan 2008 - 21:22 GMT

ya just better hope that thing doesn't spring a leak. lmao.

bobovirginianis : 25th Jan 2008 - 00:53 GMT

this is kinda good but kinda funny....ha ha ha!!!!!!!

girlpower: 23rd Feb 2008 - 04:57 GMT

u r all disgusting!!! what's your problem????????????????:( :(

girlsrule!: 23rd Feb 2008 - 17:07 GMT

ths would go against the Constitution in the USA. i know there is something about your right to privasy, espacialy where this topic is concerened.

europeaus: 10th Mar 2008 - 09:43 GMT

I think the problem is just inside American brains...

bigsteve: 18th May 2008 - 21:05 GMT

just for all you guys and girls saying negative things about these urinals......... Have you ever been to Amsterdam???? Well if you had you would know no one could see anything at all!!!! Not from the back front or sides and not even when your standing next to someone on them, and with the large police presence in central Amsterdam if someone was running about with their "bits out" they wouldn't get away with it for long the dutch may be liberal but there definately not stupid.

marlin: 4th Jun 2008 - 11:13 GMT

What do you do if you need to do a number two? Drop your trousers for all to see?

Jamie: 4th Jun 2008 - 11:20 GMT

Do you usually shit into the urinals when indoors? That's not what they're for you know. I think you need to go back and read the manual.

Reginald McAdam: 4th Jun 2008 - 11:26 GMT

To the person who said - "firstly the person in question does not wash their hands after urinating"

Seriously. What's the fascination with washing your hands after urinating. If your penis is dirtier than your hands then you need to look at your personal hygiene a little more closely. Your hands, which spend all day touching all kinds of crap harbour more bacteria per square inch than your penis (which you wash regularly right) which lives inside your (clean) underpants thus keeping it clean throughout the day.

Or perhaps you urinate onto your hands, in which case you should pay more attention whilst doing so.

Kyle: 10th Jun 2008 - 04:06 GMT

Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for the
T h i n k i n g Person , ridiculous!!!!!!!
Taking a piss is as natural as Breathing, and pissing in an enclosed apparatus made to ketch it, and enough design was thought of to make them more portable than the PORT-A John, that are normally seen in America at large functions where they are rented for the events, No one is going to STOP AND LOCK THERE Eyes on YOUR penis if your using one of these STAND Up URINALS, And it they did what Would they See Besides your PENIS-> and it's most likely the Complainers on the web page, that have the VERY VERY SMALL Penis's that they are so worried about getting SEEN. For Crying out loud people , IN the USA before World war 1, Here in the US at THE Y.M.C A it was the NORM- and and known to everyone that ALL MALES swam NUDE together at the YMCA until the late 70"s when , they were FORCED TO chance the RULES to may the "YOUNG MEN"S CHRISTIAN Association" As it was named Hence YMCA to CO_ ed...allowing the FEW women, who rallied to be able to use the pool, at the same time as the men, So the FEW WEMON , forced a CHANGE to THOUSANDS AND THOUSAND OF MEN< in a MEN"S CLUB! before the YMCA it was Completely ACCEPTABLE AND THE NORM< to take off your clothes to swim in the ocean ,Pond, OR LAKE,and dry off and put clothes on after you were done, There was no QUICK load of Laundry!! no such thing, Laundry was a Back braking Chore, and boy's did not want to make any more work for there mothers! up until the late 8o's it was also the NORM for all Boy's To SHOWER AT School DAILY, with lost of other boy's AMERICAN MEN as a whole society had better body image and body acceptance as a result. there is nothing Wrong with the HUMAN NAKED body, EXCEPT"""THINKING """" makes it so! So RE- THINK your THINKING, THE Bible is Full of NAKED DRAWINGS, there are hundreds of thousands of NAKED STATUES, in all of our CITIES World Wide, WE must RE- LEARN To love and ACCEPT OUR BODIES AS maid BY GOD! and NO SHAME ATTACHED TO OUR PENISES, or nakedness!
GOD Doesn't make mistakes! THIS late'est GENERATION who don't take showers at school after GYM call and re-dress all sweaty and stink the rest of the DAY, and who are so ASHAMED OF THERE BODIES,,,,,is a black EYE ON ALL AMERICANS!!!! no other county Act's of thinks SO perverse about the naked male! WAKE Up _ GROW UP!
and use the BRAIN GOD GAVE YOU ! instead of acting like trained Parrots, just repeating What you HEAR, USE your MINDS pissing is natural , Nakedness is natural, Neither one imply S e x , or SEXUALLY charge Things! and those of you who think they do , NEED TO GET LAID!!!!!

WE ARE BORN NAKED we more less all look the SAME Naked
the average penis Size is 5.9 inches "ERECT" sure some guys are Bigger, But it is not the norm, a bigger penis, Doesn't make a male , any more or less of a man, Ask any Experienced Woman, they will alls tell you it's "" N o T!
the size of the boat.....but more like the motion of the ocean! there just body parts, and they are all good, Do a little Research and you will find out the At the Boy's CLUB in the USA much of the phi cal games were DONE IN THE NUDE, for The piratical REASON OF NOT DIRTYING There clothes until the late 60:s MOST AMERICANS TODAY ARE, NAKED_A _PHOBOS and that is a mental ILLNESS>
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