Mister Miser: The Amazing Folding Urinal
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 10. 3.07
In an example of what has be the perfect companion to the Dream Door fold-out bed, we present Mister Miser, the magical folding urinal that requires a scant 10 ounces of water per flush. TreeHugger loves space-efficient, folding design and water efficiency (though it doesn't hold a candle to this flushless wonder); we just never thought we'd see the two put together in this truly weird invention.
If saving water and space is your thing, and discreet, folding urinals fit your aesthetic, this baby can be had here. Learn more about its miserly ways at ::Mister Miser via ::Gizmodo
why so weird?
not even 70 years ago, every bedroom in the house had a little pitcher pot for that mid night need.
than people thought it was very weird to have a room in your house selected as bathroom, to do ..... that.
I think is great that we are going back in time trying to reinvent the wheel.
I just read a book about that. "Clean and Descent" I think it was published in 1960 in London but I borrowed from the USA library system. History of bathing, running water, what homes did before running water (i.e. how to steadily tip the pitcher while washing ones hands without using your any hands), and toilets and bidets.
As far as I can tell this "new" contraption isn't any more weird than a toilet. I must say though, I bet some have better aim with the little pitcher pot! :)
The idea of pulling that out with my bare hands makes me nauseous! Also, I would imagine the surrounding wall gets pretty skanky very quickly. I'm sorry, but this is definitely one instance where green does not equal clean.