I've been doing some thinking about bathrooms.

**Rain Man** · 12-08-2005, 10:21 AM

We've got separate men's and women's bathrooms pretty much everywhere, and I can see why, given current bathroom architecture: urinals out in the open, stall walls that don't go all the way to the ground, etc.

While it's not an issue in big, busy bathrooms like Arrowhead Stadium, it's a waste of space and fixtures in most typical office or work environments. What's wrong with putting the stall walls all the way to the ground so that underwear and feet aren't visible, and adding a little "occupied/unoccupied" dealybob that rotates when someone locks the door? Urinals could be in a similar type of privacy enclosure.

This would save a lot of space and cost in most work environments, and I see no reason why both genders can't share a sink and washup area. Maybe this wouldn't work in night clubs, where different genders may need private primping areas as well as private spaces for Panthers cheerleaders, but again, I'm talking about your typical office or work environment where bathrooms are usually running at about 10 percent of capacity.

What do you think? Would this bother you? Or would it be no big deal?

chagrin · 12-08-2005, 10:22 AM

I'm all for sharing

**Saulbadguy** · 12-08-2005, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

What's wrong with putting the stall walls all the way to the ground so that underwear and feet aren't visible, and adding a little "occupied/unoccupied" dealybob that rotates when someone locks the door?

Can we change the subject?

**Skip Towne** · 12-08-2005, 10:23 AM

I'm dead set against dealybobs.

siberian khatru · 12-08-2005, 10:24 AM

Because women don't want you to hear the sounds they make when dropping a load.

**Donger** · 12-08-2005, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

We've got separate men's and women's bathrooms pretty much everywhere, and I can see why, given current bathroom architecture: urinals out in the open, stall walls that don't go all the way to the ground, etc.

While it's not an issue in big, busy bathrooms like Arrowhead Stadium, it's a waste of space and fixtures in most typical office or work environments. What's wrong with putting the stall walls all the way to the ground so that underwear and feet aren't visible, and adding a little "occupied/unoccupied" dealybob that rotates when someone locks the door? Urinals could be in a similar type of privacy enclosure.

This would save a lot of space and cost in most work environments, and I see no reason why both genders can't share a sink and washup area. Maybe this wouldn't work in night clubs, where different genders may need private primping areas as well as private spaces for Panthers cheerleaders, but again, I'm talking about your typical office or work environment where bathrooms are usually running at about 10 percent of capacity.

What do you think? Would this bother you? Or would it be no big deal?

There's no way that females would want a strange man next to them taking a dump.

That, and since women go to the restroom in clumps of women, I don't think this idea will fly.

cmh6476 · 12-08-2005, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru

Because women don't want you to hear the sounds they make when dropping a load.

plus their shit stinks

JohninGpt · 12-08-2005, 10:26 AM

I don't know how I would react to a woman in the stall next to me taking a big, nasty, smelly, gassy, noisy Taco dump.

**Rain Man** · 12-08-2005, 10:27 AM

I think it's just a habit that could easily change. It's like pumping our own gas; once an economic argument was made, we all stopped expecting a service station attendant to come out.

KCTitus · 12-08-2005, 10:27 AM

Women can BUHLOW UP a head 10 times worse than a guy...no thanks. The last male only bastion in the entire world--the throne room--should stay that way.

**Rain Man** · 12-08-2005, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I'm dead set against dealybobs.

I'll have you know that the dealybob sector employees several thousand hard-working Americans.

Simplex3 · 12-08-2005, 10:28 AM

I'd go the other way and make totally seperate bathrooms much like you have at home. Here's the critical part: They must each have their own ventilation system. I'm tired of walking in and being assaulted by a green cloud of disgust. Also, if you're one of those guys that DOES destroy the air quality for the rest of us: stay in your f**king stall until we're all gone. We don't need to be able to associate a smell to the face.

More importantly and more easily solved: Lift the lid before you piss. How many times have you gone into a restroom to take a crap only to find some inconsiderate a**hole was too lazy to pick up the lid and too stupid to keep from pissing all over the seat? Earth to you "I'm in a hurry" motherf**kers, if you're that inconsiderate the odds are you aren't that important, either.

**Skip Towne** · 12-08-2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger

There's no way that females would want a strange man next to them taking a dump.

That, and since women go to the restroom in clumps of women, I don't think this idea will fly.

How many women are in a clump?

KCTitus · 12-08-2005, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'll have you know that the dealybob sector employees several thousand hard-working Americans.

I hate the dealybob employees for one reason...they took over and destoryed the doohickey business and my father was a doohickey employee.

DOWN with dealybobs!

**Skip Towne** · 12-08-2005, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'll have you know that the dealybob sector employees several thousand hard-working Americans.

I think you are just pimping dealybobs just like you did the cat industry.

View Poll Results: Unisex bathrooms (with design mods below) - what do you think?
I'm a guy, and this new system would be fine. Wouldn't bother me.	5	27.78%
I'm a guy, and this new system would be tolerable. I wouldn't like it as much as having my own gender's bathroom, but whatever.	4	22.22%
I'm a guy, and this would be awful. I'd just bring in plastic bottle and a chamber pot, and find my own private space.	5	27.78%
I'm a guy, and I don't use bathrooms. Diaper technology has rendered them obsolete.	0	0%
I'm a gal, and this new system would be fine. Wouldn't bother me.	1	5.56%
I'm a gal, and this new system would be tolerable. I wouldn't like it as much as having my own gender's bathroom, but whatever.	0	0%
I'm a gal, and this would be awful. I'd just bring in plastic bottle and a chamber pot, and find my own private space.	1	5.56%
I'm a gal, and I don't use bathrooms. Diaper technology has rendered them obsolete.	0	0%
I need detailed architectural drawings before I can render a decision.	2	11.11%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

12-08-2005, 10:21 AM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3318491 VARSITY	I've been doing some thinking about bathrooms. We've got separate men's and women's bathrooms pretty much everywhere, and I can see why, given current bathroom architecture: urinals out in the open, stall walls that don't go all the way to the ground, etc. While it's not an issue in big, busy bathrooms like Arrowhead Stadium, it's a waste of space and fixtures in most typical office or work environments. What's wrong with putting the stall walls all the way to the ground so that underwear and feet aren't visible, and adding a little "occupied/unoccupied" dealybob that rotates when someone locks the door? Urinals could be in a similar type of privacy enclosure. This would save a lot of space and cost in most work environments, and I see no reason why both genders can't share a sink and washup area. Maybe this wouldn't work in night clubs, where different genders may need private primping areas as well as private spaces for Panthers cheerleaders, but again, I'm talking about your typical office or work environment where bathrooms are usually running at about 10 percent of capacity. What do you think? Would this bother you? Or would it be no big deal?
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12-08-2005, 10:28 AM	#12
Simplex3 MVP Join Date: Sep 2003 Casino cash: $10004900	I'd go the other way and make totally seperate bathrooms much like you have at home. Here's the critical part: They must each have their own ventilation system. I'm tired of walking in and being assaulted by a green cloud of disgust. Also, if you're one of those guys that DOES destroy the air quality for the rest of us: stay in your fking stall until we're all gone. We don't need to be able to associate a smell to the face. More importantly and more easily solved: Lift the lid before you piss. How many times have you gone into a restroom to take a crap only to find some inconsiderate ahole was too lazy to pick up the lid and too stupid to keep from pissing all over the seat? Earth to you "I'm in a hurry" motherf**kers, if you're that inconsiderate the odds are you aren't that important, either.
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