"History will be kind to us, because we will write it"
Canberra CBD has kindly provided details on the usage of Canberra’s new open air pissoirs:
The urinal trial in late-night hot spots in the Canberra CBD has already proven extremely popular with the local community with 225 litres collected over the weekend.
Data showed that an estimated 1200 men had used the urinals over the four nights of the first weekend of the trial, with Saturday night attracting nearly 450 people.
CCBD’s Chief Executive Officer, Jane Easthope, said it was great to see the facilities being used.
“The first weekend of the trial has already shown that the urinals have served their purpose and we are pleased they have already made an impact,” Ms Easthope said.
“We are determined to make the city’s laneways cleaner and more usable to the general public. This trial is just one example of how we are implementing change.
They’re back this weekend and then over Easter.
[Photo by Adam Thomas]
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ewww. i am not even particularly prudish but….EWWW! frankly i didn’t need to know the litres of urine collected by these urinals that are essentially plonked in open spaces by the look of the pic
ah, that’s why i don’t venture into civic after dark….gross on so many levels
but does this mean there is usually that many litres on the floor and alleyways….ewwww….never going outside again.
stay classy canberra
Eww. Too much information.
How do they know that 1200 men exactly pissed 225 litres. Is someone standing there with a clicker?
Is it going to be recycled?
ooooh, i wonder if i can wee up and over and into the urinal on the other side.
if it’s vacant, obviously.
Madam Cholet said :
Into beer?
I assume the estimate is done by dividing the amount of piss in the tank by an assumed average piss volume, rather than someone hanging around counting the number of users.
That’s a lot of nitrogen. We should pump it onto Parliament house, to keep the grass roots happy.
At least the lane ways will now be cleaner for that other purpose for which they are intended; the quickie.
Postalgeek said :
This will give new meaning to the parliament ‘taking the piss’
Sounds like a whole bunch of guys were ‘marking their territory’! Or going there for the novelty? Nevertheless, that’s a decent amount of second hand alcohol!
I reckon their estimate is a fib. Anyone doing a pee after a few beers would be peeing way more than a couple of hundred mls. Make that 100-120 men on Saturday night and a grand total of fewer than 400 over the four nights.
Masquara said :
That’s what I reckon. 180ml is only about 0.75 of a middy! If I only return 180ml to the environment after necking a few pints at the W&P then something is wrong with the metric system.
I’d like to see Jane use one of these.
Madam Cholet said :
Ohh now there’s a public servant job if ever there was one! A Piss Clicker!
I like how the open air public toilets for drunken females offer a little more privacy than the drunken male toilets.
Can anyone explain why the female public toilets are marked with the number 4?
CCBD’s Chief Executive Officer, Jane Easthope, said it was great to see the facilities being used.
There are much better things to see in Civic than drunk blokes pissing.
Masquara said :
I agree – 180ml is just over half a middie.
I feel so relieved for i’d hate to think that the pissheads weren’t measuring up!
Maybe there could be some confidential way of identifying each urinal. Then we could get into a pissing contest and bet on which one was fullest at the end of the trial.
Welcome to Canberra …..
Damn all y’all and negative sentiment, I think this is great. Its not like the urinals are there during the day when you are there so why does it bother you so?
On a busy night there is nothing worse than waiting in line at a busy club needing to pee. I do feel sorry for the young ladies though.
Better than pissing on the street!
I really think they could have thought about this a bit longer and helped to tackle youth unemployment, garcon de piss anyone?
as if dudes in canberra needed more opportunities to get their doodles out in public
ryza said :
I thought maybe this would make me feel urinal-envy. Wait. No, nothing.
A simple solution to a problem, i like it. However, I don’t think this is an indication of people urinating on the street, many would go into a pub. Probably would help reduce queues inside the pub though.
poetix said :
The human body is a machine for turning beer into Fosters.
Masquara said :
Agree. Unless…
Madam Cholet said :
Maybe some on them took it upon themselves to recycle directly…?
Watson said :
I feel a genuine sadness that the needs of men are being met, but not those of women. Last time I’ll mention this, as I hate being the boring serious one.
poetix said :
What are you on about? There are public toilets in Civic. And plenty of pub toilets to use too.
If you really want a similar solution for women, I suggest that you encourage women to urinate on the street more frequently to demonstrate a need.
poetix said :
And what exactly do you suggest? Maybe your suggestions would be better presented to CCBD Pty Ltd rather than The RiotAct Pty Ltd – they may be in a better position to alleviate your pressing concerns.