Monday, March 5, 2007

Urinal Cakes

During my lunch break I usually will take a look at news, which usually includes a little bit of everything from International to the local newspaper back home. At least a couple times a week this usually leads to the “Weird Wide World” section of tri-cities herald online. I find that this section does an excellent job of placing so many weird stories from all over the world. Even MSN and CNN cannot even compete with the “THE HERALD”.

Usually I just browse through the short description deciding if any are worth reading more, when I came across “N.M. orders 500 talking urinal cakes”. Now with a headline like that I could resist to see what they are talking about. Sure enough the state of New Mexico has order 500 talking urinal cakes at $21 each, in the attempt to help prevent men driving while under the influence. The states idea is that men that have been drinking at the bars/restaurants, they usually use the bathroom prior to getting behind the wheel. These devices are motion sensitive, so when someone walks up to urinal a women’s voice that is flirty says the following:

"Hey, big guy. Having a few drinks?”

“Think you had one too many? Then it's time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home."

And then finishes up with best part

“Remember, your future is in your hand."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Classy.

Jim said...

When you say “classy” I don’t know if you’re talking about my subject matter or the subject itself. Anyway I found it amusing.