The urinal in this restaurant I went to had crazy pipes and lights
The urinal in this restaurant I went to had crazy pipes and lights
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I don't know why, but this big complex pipe structure was situated above the urinal. When you flush, the red light goes off and the green light goes on, and all the pressure dials start going crazy.
I don't know why
My dude have you ever heard of "just for fun?"
55 1 ReplyWell somebody installed it, of course, but the place is currently the storefront of a noodle shop that used to be a food cart. My guess is it wasn't them, but it feels like the ratio of probable cost to value is way out of wack for any restaurant unless this somehow fit into an aesthetic somehow.
Edit: It used to be called "Industrial Cafe and Saloon", and had an industrial/metal theme. Which does, indeed, explain this.
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This is not a urinal, this is an inter-dimensional time space teleportation device
28 0 ReplyPlacement In Space and Situation of Eventual Relativity
Or PISSER for short.
14 0 ReplyGetting it up to 88mph is the tough part.
6 0 ReplyObi Wan: I will do what I must
2 0 ReplyIt's not YOU that has to get to 88, just your piss.
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Every time you flush some poor dinosaur gets hit in face with a bunch of piss outta nowhere.
4 0 ReplyAfter you flush it the world changes in a few scuddle ways
2 0 ReplyThe Doctor has regenerated into a real freak this time...
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That's an awesome Rube Goldberg machine of a pisser.
Hopefully whoever built that will make a version for the Chinese sperm extractor machine next.
28 0 ReplyOf the Chinese what now?!
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That's really nice. Waaaay better than those pictures of women laughing or whatever.
Where is this? I wanna pee there.
18 0 Reply"Bing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar" in Northwest Portland, Oregon. Food was pretty good too fwiw.
14 0 ReplyBing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar
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How about here?
2 0 ReplyOr here? What could awaken the caveman in you better than taking the piss on a gently flowing stream of water tumbling down a rock wall?
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Are you in a nuclear submarine?
16 0 Replylooks like a urinal on Myst Island
13 0 ReplyThis makes me so happy someone gets this reference 😊
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When the light is green, the trap is clean.
12 0 Reply“When the light is green, the urinal’s clean.”
11 0 ReplyThere is a chain of hotels/bars/breweries/distilleries/... called McMenamins, they have a few bathrooms like this. Damn cool
9 0 ReplyNow I want their Cajun tots…
2 0 Replyfyi - you can buy their Cajun seasoning mix online. Add to tater tots yourself. Now you don't need to wait 45 minutes for tots!
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This is not a McMenamins. :( And it doesn't appear to have actually been one in the past..?
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steampunk pee
8 0 Replylol I love it
8 0 ReplyAnd it's galvanized piping too. What a nightmare.
7 0 ReplyLooks like you could make an alarm go off if you use it „well“ enough lol
6 0 ReplyWow, after eleven years, it's still there.
6 0 ReplyIs this a joke or do you really know this place?
5 0 ReplyMore like comment that this keeps being reposted. A photo of the same urinal is on Flickr since 2009, for example.
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I guess it's an effective way of getting people to remember to flush?
6 0 ReplyDoes the red light mean it's out of order? Or is that some kind of red light special?
5 0 ReplyOops, didn't read the body!
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Grey box is a flow sensor that turns lights on/off. Bell shaped thingy is a pressure reducing valve. Pressure gauges and valves are obvious. Not sure what the last thing is, maybe to prevent hammering?
4 0 Replysteampunk urinal
3 0 ReplyThis looks like it was intentional. 100%.
3 0 Reply"That is a cool steampunk system! Where does the steam come from, though?"
3 0 ReplyThat looks amazing and I want it.
2 0 ReplyThis would crazy fit a steampunk themed place.
2 0 ReplyEver see nin's "broken" movie?
2 0 ReplyI feel like the red light means you were not found worthy
2 0 ReplyIs it like a carnival game where you can test your water pressure?
2 0 ReplyThat is a pretty cool urinal. A good structure.
2 0 ReplyPerformance art.
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