Welcome to the Piss & Moan section

08/06/08 -

HELLO URINAL.NET
BEING A PLUMBER FOR 25 YRS. AND NOW I'M IN THE ESTIMATING DEPT.
I REALLY DO ENJOY THIS SITE,
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY " I DO GIVE A PISS "
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK !
HEY ! YOUR ZIPPER'S OPEN .

12/17/07 -

Dearest friends from urinal.net.

A strange affinity had me come back for more after I had seen your website a few years back. Having always kept your site in the back of my head, i had taken some bizarre urinal pictures - sometimes under risky conditions: People in a busy public restroom in the People's Republic of China will look disturbed when they catch you while you're trying to get the best angle with your camera.

11/26/07 -

Hello, and congratulations for this most unusual site. It is very different, and as a woman, I get to see places I am not usually allowed in. Mind you, a lot of them are very boring and I don't think I am missing much. I did however love the Victorian ones from Rothesay, and as I live in Scotland, I promised myself I would visit them (if they allow me...). That page was so good that I have put a link to it on the Rothesay page on trivago, in the hope that even more people visit your fun site.

11/19/07 -

I found your site when it was the only image result that came up on a search for "Westport bar Kansas City." I thought it was pretty funny and ended up reading through the beginning of the Piss and Moan section (where this might end up). There I was directed to the Private Residence page, and made my way to Rod M's House and couldn't get enough of your comment. You say "It appears that Rod's house boasts at least two urinals," when clearly there is only one with mirrored walls around it. Maybe you should have given more consideration to that Senior Technical Writer with good urinal experience. Don't change it. Hopefully people will get as much of a kick out of it as I did.

11/14/07 -

I can only imagine the crazy stuff that arrives in your mailbox... I was sort of, uh, apprehensive about visiting the site - but its very well done. Great job.

10/03/07 -

WE HAVE A ZURN AQUAFLUSH URINAL, IT RUNS A LONG TIME BEFORE IT STOPS, AND SOMETIMES, IT DOESN'T STOP. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT?????????
THANKS

09/19/07 -

Joe,

Expect to her from my attorneys. Learn how to spell.

Sincerely

[signature removed]
President & CEO

07/09/07 -

Hi:
While building link & trivia pages for my Web Site, I came upon urinal.net. I thought to myself: how interesting can pictures of urinals be? Well, I found out and have actually bookmarked your Web Site it's so entertaining. I never realized there were so many different urinal designs, some of them downright elegant. Hell, some of this stuff is art.

Also I must say, your privacy policy is entertaining too. It's a DISGRACE, but I get a kick out of honesty. I see it so seldom...

05/31/07 -

LOL O.K of all things a site dedicated to Urinals around the world. :} Now I really have seen it all.

04/27/07 -

Dearer Joe,
Hey man I really love your site and pretty much check it every other day for new urinals. Seeing that I like your site so much I am thinking sending your site a photo of a very special urinal.

03/26/07 -

I like my urinal the best, why the hell isn't it here? ...Stupid face man guy.

03/16/07 -

I loved these in Paris, but searched all over your site and couldn't find reference to or queries about them. I think they were called "pissoirs" or "pissoirtierres", and they were outdoor urinals, just on the street, a low fence (rising only to chest or neck height) forming a screen, and the part you peed on was a sheet of stone (the "tierre") that had water constantly running down it probably pumped straight from the Seine and routed right back there. Anyway, I think that they're being (or have been) phased out, and I would love to know if there are any extant and where I could find them—or even what the official name is, so I could ask some Parisians? I've not found a lot in other internet searching, either. I know there are other outdoor urinals in other countries the Netherlands, e.g. but I have a soft spot in my heart for the 19th-century-style Parisian ones. Any help you could offer: name, locations, facts—would be really appreciated! (Of course, when I find them, I'll take pictures and send them to you!)

03/16/07 -

i think ur sight is really pointless

03/05/07 -

There is a cool urinal in stroud which comes out of the ground at about six o'clock! Its really cool please put it in the top ten! Its so cool it was on the news!!!! michelle 13 x thnx! xxx

02/21/07 -

to: editor@urinal.net
date: Feb 21, 2007 11:57 AM
subject: best urinal in CA

Has anyone sent you the pics of the Mt. Madonna (sic) urinals in California?
Here is link:
http://www.urinal.net/madonna/

02/20/07 -

I looked at every photo in the archive from places i recognised for about 2 hours just now and found ONE picture of a urinal i used in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY! Was I happy? Yes.

02/20/07 -

I'm a construction worker at an old BMS site in New Jersey. One particularly old building on site has very old bathroom fixtures installed. Well any way, everyone who saw these urinals that were getting replaced wanted them. I didn't get a picture of them but they had "Standard" on the top back, it stood about two to two and a half feet off the ground, making it a pedestal type. The building was originally built in the 1920s. I'm very curious about how much something like this would cost or any other type of info you could give me.

01/22/07 -

You guys really have an interesting website here! I love how there are so many different types of urinals in the world! I particularly look for pictures of those classic pedastal type urinals. Those things are so cool! I even got to use one offhand! But not at the places the pictures depict! Oh no! I used one of those beauties at Hoover Tower at Stanford University and I thought about you guys while using it! Too bad I don't have a picture. We really DO need to bring those back or at least preserve the ones we have!

Keep up the good work!

01/04/07 -

I have e-mailed you in the past about the growing trend in domestic urinals. Encouraged by the section of your website that shows others think as I do, I have made a purchase and imported a Kohler-Branham floor mounted urinal from the States to the UK. This is in anticipation of retiring in a couple of years. When the urinal is installed I will send a digital photo. At the moment it is sealed in its box.

Thanks for your encouragement and I still enjoy your site.

12/19/06 -

I can't believe I'm actually sending this email, but you gotta see it - an antique monster almost six feet high - at the Dear Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania. I know the building is still there, don't know if it is still open. We used to take our dates into the men’s room (just off of the bar) in order to see their jaws drop in disbelief!

12/12/06 -

Urinal Net,
Wow, what an interesting website! I noticed that you have a picture of a Tijuana urinal in the Eclipse Club. Believe it or not I have pissed in that urinal! Just wanted to share that with you!
[Name Witheld]
Fayetteville, AR

11/27/06 -

Hello Urinal Dot [Net], my name is [Name Here], I am currently completing a PhD in Australia and a small section of my thesis discusses the urinals at Vienna which were recently in the news. I am giving a conference paper as an extension of this work and need a photo or two to illustrate the description. I am seeking permission to show two of the photos on your web site if you are amenable. They would only be used as part of a power point presentation at the conference and may be reproduced in the subsequent conference proceedings. There would be no financial gain or commercial use and the photos would be referenced appropriately. For your information, I have pasted the conference details below. Thanks for such an informative web site, it is an amazing collection. I look forward to hearing from you,
yours sincerely, [Name].

(P.S. Also FYI, I am not speaking in opposition to the concept of the urinals in question, I think they are great!)

11/14/06 -

I was going to do your website but you beat me to it.

11/1/06 -

Dear Editor,

You have a fascinating site! I was hoping you wouldn't mind putting the following ad on your wesite. I am making a documentary about toilets for the BBC and hoping that people may get in touch...

Thanks for your help.

Emma

Do you have a particularly lavish loo?
Are you flushed with pride over your bathroom facilities?
Century Films is looking for the country's best, biggest and most unusual toilets to feature in a BBC One documentary exploring the relationship between Brits and their WCs. If you have designed an incredible bathroom or if you own an out of the ordinary toilet or if you are simply a toilet enthusiast we would really like to hear from you.

To find out more about the programme, please call Emma on 020 7378 6106, or email emma.wilkinson@centuryfilmsltd.com.
You will not be put under any pressure to be on TV.

10/13/06 -

Just a little historical chit-chat. None of my compatriots seems to remember this. I was a boy soldier in 1945 and doing a lot of boyish activities. A dare was to run thru the women's barracks without being caught or recognized. My turn came on a Sunday afternoon and as I raced thru the women's toilet area, I noticed a row of wall urinals, several at different heights that looked like the ones we have today...the exception being that the lower lip of the urinal was thinner and elongated to encourage the ladies to raise their skirt, lower their knickers and advance over this lip which just fit directly under their waterways. Whoever invented that should have earned a medal and they could still be used today...a lot of women would really appreciate it as they wait in long lines for the sit down variety...which takes a lot of space.

10/9/06 -

Dear Editor,

This is Grace from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. I'm currently working on a school project to produce an eight-page brochure rating Singapore's best-designed and cleanest toilets. I came across the special urinal designs on your web, and would like to seek permission for using them. They will solely be used for educational purposes.

Please kindly reply by Sunday, 8th October.

Thank you so much!

6/26/06 -

Just a quick note to say I'm sorry about the legal problems you've encountered with your site. I just stumbled upon a news reference to the beach resort issue. It's just not right what they've done, but you handled it well.

Also, it really sucks that these people at toiletnet.com have stolen your idea and done a very poor job of it in the process. Urinal.net is the original and the best. It's a classy site. Keep up the great work.

5/29/06 -

Good Day Sir

Thank You for a good laugh, and an interesting view on how the little everyday problem is solved around the world.

5/23/06 -

Dear Editor,

I stumbled onto your site while searching for photos of the Corcovado in Rio---on the 1st or 2nd search page mind you. I thought, strange, what do urinals have to do with the Corcovado. Out of curiosity I went to your site. In any case, I completely got side-tracked from what I was doing---that is meeting an article deadline for an article about Brazilian music and culture. Although urinals are a most unusual subject to base a website upon, I began to realize how many interesting urinals/bathrooms I have come across in my travels and thought I would share some info regarding urinals/squat pans/commodes/bathrooms that you might find interesting:

Archeological Find Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka- The ancient capital founded circa 9th Century A.D. has probably one of the world's oldest (and most aesthetically pleasing) urinals in the world . It can be seen in the archeological museum along with other examples of ancient urinals there and I attach a photo of it.

Award for Hygiene China- Very practical in their approach to toilets for the masses. Squatting pans in cubicles without doors. It is a way to provide hygiene as dirty hands do not open and close doors though privacy is lost.

Pragmatic Solution An Ashram in Southern India-- Speaking of squat pans, I came across a curious approach to providing a one apparatus solution to persons with different "ablutions" customs. Unfortunately, I do not have a photo, but I will describe it. The apparatus looked like a normal toilet, except the toilet seat was a bit broader than normal on the sides of the seat with tread marks on it. In this way those not accustomed to sitting could squat by standing on the seat and not slip, while those preferring to sit, could!

Most Ecological and Stylish Approach Kyoto, Japan- In one of the most expensive and exquisite traditional mountain inns outside of Kyoto, I discovered an ecological and aesthically pleasing approach to disinfection. It was the practice of the inn put in some sort of plants or herbs in the urinals as they act as deodorizers and sanitizers. Or maybe it was to make you think you were in the forest?---

Coolest Toilet Around Everywhere, Japan The Japanese have to be one of the politist cultures around in every way, including there toilets. As evidence of this point, I mention the amazing Japanese turbo charged toilets which have a sort of dashboard full of controls. While you sit on the toilet, you can have your bum warmed (in cold weather) as the toilet seats are heated, switch on sound effects to mask any embarassing sounds you might make while carrying out your necessary actions, douche after completing your job (a remote control arm comes out into position to squirt up a fountain of water, and of course there is a flush option too. And of course, as the Japanese do not use shoes indoors, each bathroom has a special pair of slippers to be worn while inside the toilet. These toilets are so amazing and convenient, I am surprised that they have not caught on worldwide yet.

Toilet with the best View/Village Entertainment Kandalama Hotel/Kandalama Sri Lanka- Built by Sri Lanka's most renown architect, Geoffrey Bawa, who liked to have a bit of fun. He built this ecologically friendly and spectacular hotel into a rock, facing a lake. The bathrooms have a view over the lake and were originally sheer glass with the shower cubicle flush to the glass. It was the village's evening entertainment to row their boats into the lake in the evenings to watch uninhibited or unwary guests. This scandalized many people and it was the subject of much discussion here as to how to contend with the situation. Some guests decided the best solution was to shower and use the loo in the dark. Afterwards, the management saw fit to put a bamboo screen about shoulder level after many complaints of guests.

P.S. Was a bit disappointed with Gaudi's Sagrada Familia, I was sure that the urinals would have been some marvelous wacky inspired convoluted construction like the rest of his marvelous architecture! Loved the urinals with lids at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

4/24/06 -

your website is gay and perverted, and so ar u (sic). Why the hell did you start a website about something as stupid and gross unirals (sic). Its just so... gay. I demand that you remove your stupid website. If not I just think you will be burining (sic) in hell forever because god hates your website. Go f*ck yourself.

4/19/06 -

I am glad that I am not the only one who is interested in comparative urinals. I have made observations for years about this or that urinal, but unfortuately I never had my camera with me in all those visits. The long, full-length urinals with the lower portions sunken into the floor have always held my interest. I've been in a few places, like the Elks Lodge in Everett, Wash. and the Washington State Capitol Bldg. in Olympia where they have this kind made of marble, very classy.

My first exposure (pardon the pun) to the full-length urinals was at my elementary school, Grover Cleveland School. To this very day, when I smell that pink Luron powdered hand soap, a flashback of the school "lavatories" goes through my head.

One of the many places I was stationed in the Army was Fort Huachuca, Arizona. This is an old post that dates back to the frontier days, around 1880-something. Up on the old post headquarters area, there is a latrine building that has about 30 sinks and 30 or 40 urinals, all metal and very utilitarian. This concentration of plumbing was designed for when the cavalrymen would all ride back in at once, because when they dismounted they would all run for the latrine at once having been mounted for so long at a time.

One of the places my dad worked in the automobile business was Mel Burns Ford (now out of business) in Long Beach, California. They had a customer men's room wherein the sink and the urinal were often confused. They were both long & multi gang, and looked similar, the sink being mounted only slightly higher on the wall. My dad said over the years, he had stepped in there a number of times to find someone peeing into the sink.

Some of the places I have peed indoors in Asia are fairly basic, like a wall with a hole in the floor below it, for use by guys and girls, and often used simultaneously by both. Then there are the simple ones "out back" that have two foot prints moulded into them and a hole in the middle, open for all to see from all sides.

In my travels in Germany, I have spent many a night in cheap hotels or pensions, where the luxury of your own loo wasn't included. Sometimes you get only a sink. When you wake up in the middle of the night, getting half dressed and going down the hall to the common toilet isn't always what you want to do; although not designed for it, I wager than many a sink in a room such as I describe has substituted for a urinal. Because public facilities are not always available in Germany (they don't like the idea of giving something away for free), just about any stairwell, hallway, or passage usually smells like a well-used urinal.

3/20/06 -

Dear Sir/Ma'am,

My unique mix of previous work experience and my status as a University of Southern California Computer Science graduate student, make me an ideal candidate for a summer internship with Urinal.

My expertise includes strong communication skills and technical skills that include Web Development, Object Oriented Programming, JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, Microsoft SQL server and Oracle database. I am highly skilled in database development and currently learning Perl-CGI and JSP. Furthermore I have the ability to learn quickly and work independently as well as in teams, consistently delivering these engagements within time and budget constraints. My projects and course work have convinced me that working with Urinal would enhance my creativity in designing, furnishing, my ability to work whole heatedly and my talent to do things better than the best.

I work not only to get projects better, progress of the organization, benefit of mankind, but also to make earth a better place to live.

I hope you find me appropriate for the internship. Please feel free to contact me at ...

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
Name Witheld

3/14/06 -

Dear Editor,

My name is ..., I am an artist from Hungary...

I would kindly ask for your permission to use some of the pictures displayed on your site as rough material for a project we are working on for the Apexart New York.

You will find the description of my piece at the end of my mail, I would like to stress however, that the pictures of your site would serve indeed as a rough material, as they would appear in the framework of an installation in an altered form, which means that all the urinals, would be retouched...

It is also important to add, that this art show does not serve any financial purposes but we would be happy to place a credit in the show about your site.

Thank you in advance for your understanding,

------------------------------------------------------

Desert

Installation, photos, video

The work Desert approaches the issue of relocation from the point of view of the art historical processes. It is more than obvious, that Duchamp's gesture of replacing the conventional and consensual artifact with an "object trouvé" had deeply influenced the development of the whole twentieth century's art. Its effects and impacts on the contemporary art production are widely acknowledged. What seems to be left out of consideration, is what kind of effects the gesture had on our relationship with the everyday life environment, as by the relocation a whole set of ordinary objects (both in physical and conceptual terms) became potentially "endangered" by being converted in an art object.

If we consider Duchamp's gesture as the manifestation of the art's emancipatory process, we might say, that the territories "conquered" by art lost their independence, and the creation of a Fountain involves the birth of a Desert somewhere else. The context produced in the field of art creates a lack of context in the field of social reality.

This is why nowadays contemporary art desperaely seeks for ways of reestablishing relationship with the social sphere, seeks to revitalize the desert created by the former "imperialism" of art by through its search for a social function.

3/05/06 -

I'm sort of curious about WHY you would create such a website....... it's very amusing, though...

2/13/06 -

I love all the neat pictures, I say neat because it really is neat to see how something men take for granted can have so many,many looks around the world and even from area to area.

2/8/06 -

Hi there, great website you have there. It's akward that there is a website devoted entirely to urinals, but it's rather fun and ineresting to see all these urinals!

2/3/06 -

Your web site keeps me going :-)

1/27/06 -

Hey there...
I firgot how I stumbled onto your site, but I'm glad I did. I don't know how to explain it to my self, never mind trying to explain it to others lol, but I will.

Anyways...
Fantastic website. When ever I have nothing to do, I can spend hours just reading all the interesting stuff under the photos of urinals. My favorite section is the "home" section. Some of these guys are VERY creative such as the guy on this page: http://www.urinal.net/bay_village/ -- BRILLIANT!!!

Also...
I thought I'd try to contribute to the site as well. Here are two photos from the men's room in The Olive Garden restraunt on North State College Blvd. in Brea, California (usa).
Without you, we would have no site and without us, there wouldn't be as many pictures... THANKS TO YOU AND EVERYONE THAT SENDS PHOTOS

Cheers!

1/27/06 -

Hello again, Mr. Rinator

This is my fourth consecutive year of publishing a Urinal Calendar. (Piss & Moan 12/17/04, 2/27/04, 4/21/03). I continue to transport the appliance daily in the trunk of my luxury car. Since my son is now attending college, we felt that his year the calendar show some college campus artwork, along with monthly "inspirational" quotes. Enclosed are two "months" from the 2006 Urinal Calendar"

July 2006
October 2006

--The Goldenboy

1/7/06 -

dear urinal.net,
your show was recently posted on "attack of the show" on g4tv some time in late 2005. i thought you might like to know this since you didnt have it posted in "in the news".

sincerly, a big fan

12/27/05 -

i have just spent nearly 3 hours thoroughly enjoying your web site. i would never have believed a site dedicated just to urinals had i not seen it myself. seeing as how i am currently in a wheelchair (and hopefully not for long) i am somewhat limited in what i can do. your site has certainly provided some educational and humorous entertainment.

12/27/05 -

As I was perusing some of the pictures of urinals on your webpage, I remembered that when I was in the 764th AF Band, in the USAF, back in 1950, we often had to travel to other bases to play gigs. We would pile into a C46, or C47 cargo plane fitted with almost make-shift seats along the sides of the craft, that make me believe that these planes had been intended for wartime duty as paratrooper ships. The interesting thing was that there were rubber funnels, roughly shaped like inverted Coke bottles without bottoms, connected to stiffish hoses that jutted out from the bulkhead behind the pilot's compartment. The purpose of these devices was, yes, you guessed it, urinals for the individuals to relieve themselves. I would assume that the hoses simply protruded out the bottom of the hull. I mean, after all, why bother with a holding tank. It would mean extra weight. We always had some fun at the expense of first-timers by convincing them that they were speaking tubes to use to talk to the pilot!! Of course, immediately after one of these guys would tire of yelling into the funnel, and getting no response, someone would step up the urinal, unzip his fly, and use it for it's intended purpose. Then, as the greenhorn realized he'd been had, the whole plane would shake with laughter.
PFC Name Witheld AF12318205 Discharged USAF 1950

11/27/05 -

What a fascinating website!

congratulations!!!

9/1/05 -

Hey, a friend and I work at Wiggin's Trading Post and we came across your website and thought it was really weird that the bathrooms that we clean are on the internet. How the hell did you end up in Chilcoot California? I just thought it was humorous because when I clean them, I never do fill in the paper towel dispenser, it [smells] too bad in there. You must have come on a good day when I filled in the soap. How lucky are you?!?!?! But now you're screwed cuz our hand dryer is broken. And there is a garbage bag covering the urinal because it's broken, too.

7/15/05 -

I came across your site last night and spent some time on it. When I woke up this morning I thought to myself: "Did I dream it or is there actually a website about urinals?"

7/11/05 -

dear gusy...im smashed away....so great... we did an exhibtion in 2003 about fashion places and related restrooms...so a selection of the most important global fashion fairs or showrooms and there restrooms....to show the wired situation of a place that is related to glam...and how it looks if it comes to urinating.....
please have a look to our home page...
plese check stylesnaps...... at previous.... designmai 2003 you see a selection.....
please let me know if you want to use some images...and i will send you a selection

Name Withheld
Head of Vision

6/29/05 -

Hello, I'm working for Spanish company who buys and sells products of hygiene for urinals and bathrooms...

A month ago, my boss told me about your Website and I wanted to tell you that I love it: it's really funny to see the different types of urinals etc. around the world. Working in this business I use to take photos of every bathroom (female) I visit. In the month of march I've been to a trade fair in Paris - the 'Europropre' - and I took some photos of the (female)bathroom, too...

I'm actually writing you today, because I'm looking for the photo of a very special bathroom: the one of the 'Artistic Park River of the Moon', situated near the Sheshan mountain in Shanghai (China). I've read an article in our local newspaper that this bathroom has been visited by 500.000 people since its' opening in octuber 2004. The construction of the bathroom had a cost of 460.000 € and must therefore be an autentic art. Do you know this bathroom? Do you have a photo of it? Or do you know, how I could get a photo of this bathroom?

Thanks a lot in advance for you attention.

5/17/05 -

Like your site! It just shows how weird designs and location there can be for urinals.

3/18/05 -

Hello, I have a website dedicated to San Francisco's earlier Cliff House landmark: www.cliffhouseproject.com

This structure was built in 1895, only to be destroyed by fire in 1907. I recently acquired the blueprints and an acquaintance is constructing a 3D model. One item called out on the blueprint is the urinals (see attached). I was hoping you might help us as we need guidance on how these urinals would have looked. Any help is much appreciated.

2/3/05 -

Hey guys--I found your site from a link off of... a San Francsico arts website.

Here's a drawing I did that you may like. The text says "I like the expressiveness of the English phrase "Are you takin a piss?" There is nothing that can really rival the succinctness of that phrase." Let me know if you want to use it on your site.

Take it easy,

P.S. My favorite urinals were in the czech republic. I should have taken some photos of them, but alas didn't. They were these mosaic tile walls with little tiny divisions on them, and just a step you stood on...

2/2/05 -

Hey, great site... very, very entertaining and surprisingly educational!

I work for ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors, as the director of membership and marketing. We are going to be launching a new newsletter in the spring for our membership and I want it to be slightly edgier than your standard association faire.

If the boss allows, I might include your site on a featured link section - since our members deal with home and building inspections, it might make them laugh to see some of the great (and not so great) urinals you have pictured!

I'll keep you posted if I'm allowed to do this.... with your permission, of course.

1/25/05 -

Subject: turquoise valley
To: editor@urinal.net

Old news in bad taste. Piss off.

1/19/05 -

Gentlemen.... This idea of having a mens urinal in the home is one that i have tossed around "sadly" for some time. The idea is not novel. While a teenager in the 60's, late 50's Iwent to pick up my sister who was babysittling around the block from where we lived. I had to use the bathroom while [I was] there and was blown away to find a urinal hanging on the wall. The family came from a long line of italian comtractors so at 17, I was not surprised. Presently, I am installing my sport/saunna/jacuzzi bathroom. The fixtures and tile are from Germany, but the URINAL is American. Thanks for giving this subject its due.

12/22/04 -

When I was in Brisbane, Australia, I used the greatest urinal of all time. It's in a place called The Regatta Hotel and is billed as "a loo with a view." I haven't found any photos yet, but essentially there is a glass "one way mirrored" wall with waterfall onto which you relieve yourself. It was great watching hapless diners as you went about your business. I'm sure you can get some photos from somewhere…

12/22/04 -

Hey theres [sic] a state rest stop at Hidden Lake in Colorado(Its [sic] on the way to Aspen from Denver) that has this enormous bathroom. Whats [sic] funny is that connecting the mens [sic] and womens [sic] bathroom is a room lined with these "odd urinals." We walked in the mens [sic] side and across the room was a door to the womens [sic] side. We were kind of shocked to see a girl walk by through a window as we were peeing lol [sic]. Anways we gather their [sic] Unisex Urinals. They were also recyclable. There were about 10 of them. Anyways next time I go through there Ill [sic] take a picture of it. Its [sic] really funny.

12/17/04 -

Dear Mr. Rinator,

I have just approved the printer's proofs for my 2005 urinal calendar, and thought you'd like to see a couple of images. The fixture is the same one that has appeared in Piss & Moan twice before (2/27/04 and 4/24/03).

Sincerely, The Goldenboy

12/17/04 -

Hey! I just wanted to let you know how great your site is. I come here whenever I need to avoid actually doing work!

One of my favourite restrooms is the men's room at the Bethlehem School District stadium in Bethlehem, PA. It's a maze of about 15-20 trough urinals. They line the walls of the room as well as shorter walls about 5 feet high built at various angles in the middle of the room. Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to take a picture because whenever every time I've gone back it's been full of people... Another great one is in Franklin Field in Philadelphia. At first, it appears to be a large room with only one stall. Upon closer inspection, one notices that the walls have water running down them. Wall peeing! Great fun.

Keep up the excellent work!

12/2/04 - A comment about the site published on ZDNet

There's a site called urinal.net which pulls together pictures of urinals from around the world for no other reason than it can. It's popular among people who appreciate this sort of low-key surrealism -- I wholeheartedly count myself among them -- and while it serves no useful purpose whatsoever it also does no harm. If you want pictures of Armitage Shanks, it knows no rival...

10/14/04 -

I'm doing a research paper about the year 1866 for college and I know it was the year that the urinal was first patented by Andrew Rankin... I was wondering if maybe you had a painting or something of that urinal... so I can do a then and now kind of picture. If you have it on the site and I didn't see it, sorry... but if you could let me know as soon as possible that would be great, thanks!

10/6/04 -

Moin Männer

Nach euer Internet seite her habt ihr jawohl sehr viel Ahnung von Urinalen. Ich suche für mein Urinal eine Fliege, Zielscheibe oder Torwart. Ich habe alles schon mal gesehen aber keine Lieferadresse, vielleicht könnt ihr mir Behilflich sein.

mit freundlichen Grüssen

10/1/04 -

Don't know how I found your site, but I'm glad I did. I can't believe how much time I'm spending on it. It is truly fascinating, artistic and educational. An avid photographer, I found myself shooting urinals in my travels even before finding your site, but I always ultimately trashed the images. NOT ANY MORE! For starters, here are The Urinals of HARY'S Bar & Restaurant, Allentown, PA.

9/24/04 -

You are very welcome Joe. Never thought I'd send a picture of a urinal to be displayed on a website.  You do have quite a collection!  Wow!!!!! Best of luck!

8/11/04 -

I thought I was the only one in the world that would take a picture of a urinal... LOL  Until I found your site the other day... it's fascinating.   It's amazing how many of the urinals on your site I've [used]... WOW 

But there's a pic of the urinal at St Elmo's Bar in Bisbee, AZ that I think is wrong.  I'd swear that used to be one of my favorite urinals in the whole world (I used to live in southern AZ).  It was just a concrete wall that [you urinated] on, and there was a channel in the floor with a drain at the end of it.  

I also have a video of Jay Leno [at] a urinal at the Pebble Beach Lodge.  I was there for the Pebble Beach Concours De Elegance a few years back, and the line for the porta-potty was a hundred [feet] long, so I snuck in to the Lodge to [go to the bathroom].  As I was leaving, Jay was coming in... and I was standing outside the john... and I realized I had my video camera with me... and my friends would never believe that I had seen him... so I went back in and started filming.  I was standing in the doorway, and when he finished he walked over to the sink to wash up and some other guy started a conversation with him, and I just kept filming... and he never acknowledged that I was even there.  I then caught up to my friends and showed them the vid and we just about pissed our pants again... LOL

8/6/04 -

Did the native americans of the southwest have pottery urinals? Do you have any photos, if they do exist?

7/20/04 -

I'm a PhD student from Canada. I'm doing a documentary on public restrooms for a consumer behaviour film festival. I found your great public restroom photos at www.urinal.net, and I was wondering if I could have your permission to use several images from your urinal gallery in my film. The film will be viewed by marketing academics from around the world...

My film is entitled "Private Spaces in Public Places" and examines the various roles of public restrooms in people's lives. In my research I have found that apart from the obvious function, many people (especially women) view the restroom as a sanctuary where they can retreat from an overly noisy public environment. Often confidences are shared in this space. Sometimes people excuse themselves to the restroom to regain composure in a difficult public situation, or to discuss a serious matter out of earshot of others. I am interested in the aspects of this space which make it separate and distinct.

The urinal images from your site will be used as a montage of still images with voice-overs of several men discussing the mythos of how men select which urinal to use under different levels of restroom crowding. Other segments of the film explore the folklore and social commentary of graffiti, the property management considerations of designing public facilities, and the changing technology and commercialization becoming more present in restrooms.

I will write again with a list of the images I will include. It will be quite difficult to choose as so many of your images are spectacular.

7/19/04 -

Hi,

Erm, strange website but you might just be able to help me... basically I'm designing a new gimmick for urinals... not going to say too much yet but I would need more information about these things, ideally where do I find research which says that [urinating] on painted-on flies make the toilet floor drier, etc.

Any help is good

6/14/04 -

Editor of Urninals.Net,

Ok, it's a simple question and you've probably heard it before, so the answer is, presumably available.

What's with the peculiar website?

A brief answere will suffice.

6/2/04 -

Hello . It has obtained by making oneself always enjoy. I am the toilet bowl maniac who lives in Yokohama in Japan. This time, it obtains by making the photograph of the old Japanese chamber pot which I have send. This chamber pot is a chamber pot for dipping-up rest rooms, and is a thing with the beautiful picture currently drawn on a chamber pot. It is a thing quite new also in Japan. the first photograph -- "the old Japanese chamber pot 1" -- it is the photograph of this whole chamber pot The direction of another "inside of an old Japanese chamber pot" is an inner photograph. Since a hole merely suits and it only shines, the strainer of a sink has been attached.

5/17/04 -

Hello, your site is very interesting.

I couldn't find many pictures of female urinals. My children don't believe that they were real. in the [mid-60's] , I went to Pennsylvania to a football stadium. I think I was in [Pittsburgh]. In the restroom, there were rows of small urinals. I thought that I was in the wrong room, but there were only girls, small children amd women. I went into a regular stall, but my aunt raised her skirt and backed up over one of the urinals. [Does] anyone know [of] the urinals that I am describing? [Does] anyone have any old pictures? I may be mistaken, I was 11 years old at the time.

5/17/04 -

Please give me any information available on these urinals,I have one in my shop and it is not working properly and I need to know how to repair it.

Thanks in advance.

4/20/04 -

Dear Sir/Madam,

Upon researching my worthless little hometown for alterior purposes I stumbled upon your interesting personal site concerning the all-time most important urinals of the world, one of which happened to be the urinals most centrally located at the Pioneer Tunnel in Ashland [Pennsylvania], which happens to be my abovementioned 'worthless little hometown.'  I just wanted to commend you for your efforts in displaying all the little known qualities of the urinals at this my otherwise essentially useless hometown and to let you know that should you ever need any sort of "update" or follow-up photograph regarding those urinals, I would be more than happy to furnish you with such items.   Considering that those are the very same urninals, I believe, that the last miners themselves had used prior to the mine's ultimate closure in 1931, I believe they may be due for s new batch, depending on the money the recreational board has to spend after having squandered it on useless crap they don't need.  One would think that they should have enough revenue from those damned expensive souvenirs in the gift shop the way it is so as to tear down the whole bathroom system in place currently and build up a new one, but maybe I could be wrong, perhaps, doubtfully.

4/19/04 -

I always love your lengthy and polite emails, they're a real change from what most of us are used to seeing..

3/24/04 -

Cute site. One correction. Although [McSorley's Old Ale House] is celebrating it's 150th Anniversary, the urinal is not. The urinal was installed in 1911 after old John McSorley died. His wife, Katherine, installed indoor plumbing at that time. Before then it was out to the "out house" in the back. Source: NYC Building Permit issued 25 Feb 1911.
Best regards.

3/7/04 -

Hey, y'all -
I hate to quote McDonald's here, but i'm lovin' it!!! Your site is great, and it really is art. I've always loved the surprise that awaits when entering an unknown restroom...what style urinal will I see?
Keep up the awesome work!

2/27/04 -

Dear Mr. Rinator,

Last year you were gracious enough to post a couple of my "portable urinal" photos on your site.(Piss and Moan 4/24/03) I have recently brought the "appliance'" in studio for some glamour and mood shots. Enclosed is my tribute to Van Gogh from this session. Maybe a site visitor can think of an appropriate title.

Sincerely, The Goldenboy

2/24/04 -

Subject: hey joe urinator question about urinals and stuff.

What's up Joe Urinator,
I have a question for you about urinals. Are guys more comfortable using the trough all together or just separate urinals? Which is faster to go to the bathroom in the trough or plain old urinals? The urinal trough I know doesn't offer much privacy, it must be hard not to let your eyes wonder while you are using the trough. I am also sure that the trough makes you go to the bathroom much faster than the good old urinals. But when you use the trough you give up more privacy don't you and you guys are just too masculine to use a stall right? You guys are brave, maybe you guys are on to something about this whole bathroom thing just do your business and get out. I have been having reoccurring dreams about urinals and it must be urinal.net! I hope you find this humorous and I just wanted to tell you I love your website.    I believe that in order to understand males the urinal serves as a perfect example of understanding you guys.

Most Sincerely,
Girl who is interested in bathrooms, especially urinals.

2/24/04 -

Hi. I accidently found your website and appreciated its uniqueness and originality. I would like to reward your efforts by giving you a picture of the most beaufiful Urinal that I have seen. Unfortunately, I did not have a camera. So, I will just let you know where it is and let you guys work the magic that it takes to find a picture of it.

It was in either St. Paul or Minneapolis, MN. It was in an historical building, an opera house. I believe it was the Fairmont Opera House. The urinal was so beautiful that I felt inspired to usher my sister into the men's room so that she could see the artisticness of the urinal. Best of luck and please, let me know if you have a picture of it...

2/18/04 -

Subject: a happy urinal loving man

I can safely say that your site has changed me spiritually and emotionally. The last time i enjoyed urinals this much was during a brief spell in Holland and that was a very long time ago.

2/18/04 -

Subject: Flushed with success.

Hi, great site, Sorry I do not have any photos (Yet), but I wish to submit the Idea of a Scottish Castle as a cool urinal for your pages. Also In the British comedy 'Men behaving badly' the two male heroes rescue the urinals from the local pub before redecoration. [Very] funny.

Gotta go Nature calls

2/17/04 -

Hi there

I just wanted to let you know URINAL.NET has been featured on our station today as a great "Waste of Time Website" (as in, wasting time while you're at work looking at cool sites like yours instead of actually working).

I just thought you'd like to know!  Love the site!  I've told everyone about it across the city of Middlesbrough, and the Tees Valley in the North East of England.

Afternoon Presenter 1pm-4pm
96.6 - TFM

2/11/04 -

Greetings!

I was introduced to your wonderful site via Mike Cassidy of the San Jose Mercury [News]. That was a worthwhile article. Mike is my brother. He has come a long way from the paper route. He has a pretty neat job, but not as cool as my last job. I was a draught beer specialist for a major beer wholesaler in Chicago. It didn't pay real well, but if you are doing something you love, who cares about fiscal compensation? I had the best job in the city. A few of my hundreds of draught beer accounts, were the Chicago Stadium (during the world champion Bulls era), Soldier Field (which used portable draught beer systems for every home game), and as featured on your web site, the new Comiskey Park (now US Cellular).

During the Bears games at Soldier Field, blue port-a-potties would line the indoor concourses to make up for the serious lack of facilities for beer guzzling football fans. The port-a-potties added atmosphere to the landmark stadium on a cold winter Sunday, as the thick urine steam churned from dozens of PVC chimneys. I pictured it as featured on NFL films like the visible breath seen in a close up shot on the faces of the defensive linemen.

My moment of greatness was on the south side, however, at the new Comiskey Park. Just days before opening day there, I was putting the finishing touches on the beautiful new draught beer systems in the ballpark. Other contractors, including the plumbers, were finishing up their projects as well. There was an announcement for everyone in the park (not yet open to the public) to proceed to the nearest toilet and wait. There was to be a count of three on the PA, and each of us was to flush our toilet. This was for the plumbers to confirm their guarantee that there would be no problems even if every toilet in the park were flushed at the same time. On three, we all flushed and waited. There was an understandable tension in the air. When it was over though, the Comiskey Park royal flush was a success. No runs, no drips, no errors.

It was a nostalgic, warm moment for me when I saw the US Cellular urinals on your web site this evening. You made a difference to someone tonight. That ought to give you warm shivers.

Thanks!

Tim Cassidy

2/2/04 -

Thanks for such an entertaining site!

1/28/04 -

I found your site by accident and was strangely impressed.

1/20/04 -

Hello    

We are looking for 1940's or thereabout urinals for a new restaurant in New York City.  Do you have any suggestions?

1/19/04 - This email comes to us from Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple Computers

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:53:11 -0800
From: Steve Wozniak
To: editor@urinal.net
Subject: Segway at urinal

I glide on my Segways at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.

On one occasion an excited guy asking lots of questions threw out "do you go to the urinal on it?" He asked with such wonderment, like it was an incredible thing, that I said "yes." Then he asked how I did it. Before I could think up a joke answer, he asked if I turned around and held the handle. Again I said "yes" He was jumping with excitement at this news and almost peed in his pants.

I took the following photo. Later that night I showed it to my friend Thomas Armes and told him how I use the urinals. I also [joked] that I used to do it facing frontwards, sort of to the side, but that I'd get splashed by the Segway stick. I then pointed out how the Segway stick was still kind of sticky in the right place and rubbed it to show him. I asked Thomas if he'd like to feel it but he declined.

Regards,

Steve (is tv wake zone?)

1/19/04 -

Not sure quite what to say to you lot. Compelling viewing indeed - why, I'm not too sure!!

Keep up the 'good work'!!

12/03/03 -

... In regards to the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show, yes it was mentioned yesterday Tuesday, December 2nd, [2003]. They have a segment called "Website of the Day". And Urinal.net was the website of the day. They spent about 10 minutes explaning the website and showing many of the pictures from it (mostly from the top 10 urinals section). They said everything that was on the site and bascially praised the site and said how good and interesting it was. He also made the joke not to get the wesite confused with "toilets.com", which is your biggest enemy. I was supprised that they didnt contact you at all telling you that it would be on the show. Well I hope you found that information usful, and it really is a good site.

12/03/03 -

Hi, I'm working on a project that requires me to know how many urinals there are in a typical high school and middle school (Including those in the locker room). I would appreciate any assistance you may have to offer.

11/24/03 -

thanks a million for the site.. i one day hope to own a full height for my house and garage!

11/14/03 -

Good afternoon from Branchville, Alabama (outside Birmingham)

I own a parking lot marking business and while performing a project in Opelika, Alabama at an old Methodist Church renovation, they had upgraded their rest rooms and had a pallet of old urinals to trash.  Having always wanted one for my home, I found one in perfect condition.  Until I saw the article in the Birmingham News this weekend past, I didn't know how popular they were becoming.

This one in paticular (sorry, do not have the photo just yet) is a 1953 Standard that bears the name "Standard" in blue writing on the top part.  I assume this is prior to the American Standard buying the company or merging.

It is a small urinal and perfect for one of our bath rooms off our laundry room that the wife has so graciously let me have for my very own.  Just think... I can now leave the seat up, don't have to have the TP on the wall if I choose not, drag racing magazines a foot deep, handprints on the wall from leaning and draining, and now, my dear people, my urinal of my very own...

11/12/03 -

From: webmaster
To: editor@urinal.net
Subject: Removal of Toronto Pearson International Airport

The GTAA [Greater Toronto Airports Authority] would like to request that you remove Toronto Pearson International Airport from the title of the page below, including the removal of Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport from within the page. If you choose to keep the photos, we just request that you remove the text below in red. We appreciate your cooperation. We will check back in a week to ensure that this information has been removed. If at that time it has not, we will forward it to the Legal department for subsequent action.

Urinal Dot Net is pleased to comply with the GTAA's request. Accordingly, we have updated our Gallery to reflect the changes.

11/8/03 -

Editor: I was concerned, seriously caught short, when I thought you were producing your wonderful site but had somehow overlooked the Madonna Inn. My pal had written glowingly of that facility years ago...: 'You stand there and in moments you feel like the Sun King!'

That's if you can get in, given the queue of women outside slavering for a glimpse of all that brass and splash. Then I found the special page and great photos, so now I finally have something to direct people to when I describe this here plumber's grandson's dream.

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