Category: In The News

This article was published in The Guardian newspaper(UK): Across the United Kingdom, poorly managed and maintained public toilets are being closed by local government and sometimes the buildings are sold off and converted into nightclubs, restaurants and other uses. This may be a concern to people who increasingly find it difficult to locate a public…

A Chinese university has installed urinals for female students in order to conserve water. However, since the use of the urinals requires the use of a disposable paper funnel, because of the female anatomy, the environmental gain may be questioned. Also, some of the girls apparently felt hesitant and shy about using the new facility,…

We recently saw this in The I newspaper (UK) on the ongoing problem of people peeing in the street: Urine Trouble: San Francisco’s anti-pee paint makes a splash- By Henry Austin People urinating in public are likely to hit themselves in the Californian city of San Francisco, where nine walls have been painted with a…

This has been all over the web. Here is how the Daily Mirror (UK) saw it: Guests using toilet at posh hotel can be seen from the street after epic window design blunder Architects missed the fact that passers-by can see, and take pictures of, patrons using the toilet at the newly-opened 25hours Hotel Bikini…

There has been plenty of stories about people drinking their own pee. We picked this out from the current edition of glossy tabloid Closer. (NB: This article is copyright of the publishers) “Drinking a pint of urine keeps me young!” OAP Sylvia Chandler is full of life and gets chatted up by men- and says…

This has been over the web. We picked this up from Digital Spy Celebrity Big Brother housemate Charlotte Crosby woke up to find that she wet her bed yesterday (August 27th). The Geordie Shore star had to be carried to bed by her fellow housemates on Monday night, after she replicated her drunken antics from…

This article was published in UK freesheet Metro (17 July ’13) Scientists use piddle-power to make calls Human urine has been used to charge a mobile phone in a major breakthrough for researchers. Just half a litre of waste generated enough power to make a six-minute phone call and to send several text messages. If…

This has been lifted from the popular Top Ten page in the current edition of free magazine Time Out London (out this week). In the article Top Ten….Urban myths, we discovered this which is at number eight: A pregnant woman is legally allowed to wee into a policeman’s helmet. We seriously advise against trying to…

The more serious issue of abortion law in the United States made news last week. However, we saw this in The Daily Mirror newspaper (June 29th) about a female politician’s attempts to prevent this particular law being passed. Senator Wendy Davis was able to talk for 11 hours without a toilet break because she was…

This story was in many of the tabloids this week. Here’s how it was reported in Metro (UK): I DRINK SO MUCH WATER I GO TO THE LOO 40 TIMES A DAY A mother is so addicted to drinking water she sinks the equivalent of a fish tank’s worth every day. Sasha Kennedy downs nearly…