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August 18, 2004

Our Important Warrior-Allies, Revisited: German Men Re-Educated To Pee While Sitting Down

How can we soldier on in this war without such ubermen?:

German men are being shamed into urinating while sitting down by a gadget which is saving millions of women from cleaning up in the bathroom after them.

The WC ghost, a £6 voice-alarm, reprimands men for standing at the lavatory pan. It is triggered when the seat is lifted. The battery-operated devices are attached to the seats and deliver stern warnings to those who attempt to stand and urinate (known as "Stehpinkeln").

"Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines, so if you don't want any trouble, you'd best sit down," one of the devices orders in a voice impersonating the German leader, Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. Another has a voice similar to that of his predecessor, Helmut Kohl.

The manufacturers of the WC ghost, Patentwert, say they are ready to direct their gadgets at the British market.

Their prototype English-speaking WC ghost says in an American drawl: "Don't you go wetting this floor cowboy, you never know who's behind you. So sit down, get your water pistol in the bowl where it belongs. Ha, ha, ha."

Yes, peeing while standing up: That most crude of American jingoistic impulses.

...

So far 1.8 million WC ghosts have been sold in German supermarkets.

But Klaus Schwerma, author of Standing Urinators: The Last Bastion of Masculinity? doubts whether it will ever be possible to convert all men.

"Many insist on standing, even though it leads to much marital strife," he said.

In German, the phrase for someone who sits and urinates, a "Sitzpinkler", is equivalent to "wimp".

Un. Frickin'. Believable.

I used to say "Culture is the process by which men are civilized into becoming women."

I'll have to modify that.

John Kerry has a plan to get the courageous German ubermen to contribute troops to Iraq, and that plan can be summarized in one word: bidets.

Thanks to Aaron Burr.


posted by Ace at 03:37 PM
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Wow!!
I'm against trade embargoes so I'm calling for extremely high tariffs to keep out this nuisance.

Posted by: Birkel on August 18, 2004 03:48 PM

I think basic American self-respect will do the job more effectively than any tariff ever could.

Posted by: Sobek on August 18, 2004 03:53 PM

They'd better make the things armored if they plan to sell them here.

"Hey! No peeing standinthgj'sgj...." Followed by the hissing of destroyed, shorted electronics.

Posted by: Brian B on August 18, 2004 03:54 PM

I swear, I'm not a supporter of spousal abuse or anything, but if I ever find one of those in my bathroom, my wife's gettin five across the eyes and will then proceed to eat the device.

Posted by: fat kid on August 18, 2004 04:34 PM

No problem, just leave the seat down while peeing standing. So some gets on the seat; not a big deal, she'll clean it up before she sits down.

Posted by: Dean Douthat on August 18, 2004 05:23 PM

As a second-generation American from largely German stock, I cannot fathom how degraded the modern German male is from my grandfather and even my father (though he was American-born).

Neither my grampa or my dad were abusive or anything of the sort, but telling the man to SIT to PISS? The house would crumble around their ears before that would occur outside of a crap.

It boggles the Teutonic mind.

Good thing my wife accepts a healthy degree of chauvanism on my part. Then again, if she didn't she wouldn't be my wife.

"sitzpinkler"

HA HA

Posted by: hobgoblin on August 18, 2004 05:28 PM

"Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines,

(perhaps they might have to wear a urine-stained star...)
so if you don't want any trouble, you'd best sit down,"

"...ve haf vayz of making you sit..."
(Deutchland,Deutchland,uber alles...)

one of the devices orders in a voice impersonating the German leader...

Oops, wrong leader.

Posted by: cheshirecat on August 19, 2004 01:38 AM
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