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As part of my plan for pre-blood donation I up my fluid intake the day before to levels much higher than normal. Granted, I probably don’t drink as much water as I should*, but I haven’t died of dehydration yet so I must be doing something right. Apparently my body is so used to my normal intake that it views today’s sudden bounty with a certain amount of skepticism – passing anything above the norm through my entire digestive tract in about 10 minutes. I think my kidneys are appreciating the workout right now.

In any case, I’ve seemingly been transformed from a normal 31 year old guy into a 62 year old with prostate issues. As a result, I’ve been hitting the bathroom regularly today – much more so than on a regular Friday. It’s amazing how something as simple as going to the bathroom puts my brain into a state of autopilot, I get up, walk over, do my business and go back to my desk without any conscious thought about it whatsoever. It’s a lot like the commute into work in that in both cases I find myself thinking about other things while I’m doing it and not paying much thought to navigation.

Today though on one of my trips I noticed that the janitors had replaced the urinal screens with new ones. More specifically, I noticed that the new urinal screens featured their brand name quite prominently, along with a website. It was weird enough that the brand name was “Renown”**. But weirder was the idea I got in my head about starting a company to mass-produce custom urinal screens with advertising or public service ads. Think of how effective they would be in bars:

  • Miller Lite: “Now go back and get some more!”
  • Trojan: “Quick! Before anything else comes out!”
  • Enzyte: “Wish you knew how cold this water was?”

Yep, I think this is definitely the “next big thing”. I mean, if the CTA wraps turnstyles with advertising, how long will it take for this to catch on? Gotta go get me a business plan…

* Lord knows I can’t keep up with the “eleventy billion glasses per day” rule that almost all women I know seem to adhere to.
** I mean seriously, “Renown”? For a urinal screen? Since when has a urinal screen been something that could even remotely be associated with that word? “AmSan’s urinal screens were renowned throughout the land for skill at keeping old gum out of the plumbing”…yeah, I don’t think so.

Comments

Jay Noel said…
Instead of "renown" it should read have a target and it would say "Hit the bullseye, get a prize."
February 10, 2006 2:13 PM
KC said…
What's a urinal screen?
February 10, 2006 2:26 PM
Cheryl said…
I know that eleventy billion rule but I don't follow it, unless you count the water included in my eleventy billion cups of coffee in the morning and diet coke in the afternoon and evening.
February 10, 2006 10:01 PM
grrrbear said…
KC - urinal screens are flat pieces of flexible plastic with lots of little holes in them that are placed in urinals to keep things like gum, cigarette butts, and other non-pee things out of the pipes.
February 11, 2006 9:10 AM
towwas said…
I read something recently claiming that the eleventy billion rule was made up anyway. Like, if you trace it, you end up finding some mystical guru with a self-published book behind it or something. Okay, that's not actually it, but it's something that gives you equal confidence. (The "10,000 steps a day" thing is similar.) Anyway, supposedly the water in coffee and stuff counts.
February 12, 2006 7:01 PM
Jay Noel said…
Maybe they could make a urinal screen that could play audio while you hit it?

That would be so cool.
February 13, 2006 9:37 AM
grrrbear said…
Or perhaps one that activated a laser light show! That would be cool...
February 14, 2006 12:46 PM
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