NationStates Jolt Archive

I have been known, in the past, to have been rather dismissive of your Senators, particularly Tom Coburn, as mentally challenged. He still is, but I must admit, to my shame, that my very own mayor is no better (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtoilets0704nbjul04,0,3994571.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines). He wants to spend $250,000 on a new public toilet for Fort Lauderdale beach--a high-tech, self-cleaning top of the line sucker. And that's not what I have a problem with. I'm very much in favor of the new toilet, even though I have concerns about the possibility that it will become sentient one day and wreak havoc on tourists and inspire another Michael Bay film. (Transformers 2: Crapbot 3000!)

No, I simply have a problem with Mayor Jim "Douchebag" Naugle's reason for wanting to purchase the toilet.
Now the mayor has shifted his attention to a robotic toilet, saying the invention could have a special edge over a traditional restroom in preventing the "homosexual activity" that he said plagues other public restrooms.

The robo-john the city might buy for $250,000 or more allows occupants to stay inside for only a short time before the door opens. Probably not enough time for "illegal sex," Naugle figures.
So you see, Oklahomans, my mayor is a kindred spirit to Tom "Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in Southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom" Coburn, and while I didn't vote for Mayor Naugle, he nonetheless represents my city. I have no room to mock, at least until I move. You have my sincerest apologies.

I have concerns about the possibility that it will become sentient one day and wreak havoc on tourists

You say that like it's a bad thing. Bloody tourists.

edit: Probably not enough time for "illegal sex," Naugle figures.

That sounds like a challenge to me.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Bloody tourists.
Tourists are like half the economy down here, if not more. I looooove tourists. They help pay my salary.

Tourists are like half the economy down here, if not more. I looooove tourists. They help pay my salary.

Yeah, I'd like a map to local celebraties' homes, and, uh a Dasani.

Tourists are like half the economy down here, if not more. I looooove tourists. They help pay my salary.

They're a huge part of the economy up here too, but that doesn't mean I have to like them. How I hated having to wait for 2 hours just to get across the Canadian border to go to the mall because there were so many damned tourists on the bridge. Most times it was even worse heading back to Michigan since US border guards are dicks.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Bloody tourists.

In the case of a havoc wreaking loo there would literally be bloody tourists... or tourist parts, at least... :p

"Probably not enough time for illegal sex"?

Sounds like a challenge. :D

The robo-john the city might buy for $250,000 or more allows occupants to stay inside for only a short time before the door opens.

So what happens if you have diarrhea? I can see all sorts of privacy lawsuits springing from this.

"Probably not enough time for illegal sex"?

Sounds like a challenge. :D

Makes me wonder why Naugle assumes that. Does he imagine long, languorous sessions with oiled, muscular males? Does he think about that in the night and wake up sweaty and ashamed?

Transformers 2: Crapbot 3000!

Transformers was awesome.

Makes me wonder why Naugle assumes that. Does he imagine long, languorous sessions with oiled, muscular males? Does he think about that in the night and wake up sweaty and ashamed?

One does wonder. *nod* :)

"I'm not an expert on public toilet sex," said Trantalis, "but there are those who would say one minute would be enough. Or 30 seconds."
one minute for public toilet sex.... man that's a quickie! :p

So the constipated person, or the one with the runs is in... err... deep shit?

or the person throwing up in the John?

and I'm surprise this didn't raise eyebrows...
When the Christian outreach event Beachfest came to town in 2003, he said anyone who had a problem with the city's official embrace of the religious festival "can move to Iraq."

I'm still not really seeing to connection to Oklahoma or Sen. Coburn, but it's pretty funny anyway. :p They really never quit thinking up new ways of wasting money.

You know, I don't think I can even care anymore. I'm out of caring. It's all gone.

actually, i've seen a few of these toilets here in adelaide, australia. the time limit on them is 10 minutes, i think and it gives a warning beep a minute before the door opens

You know, I don't think I can even care anymore. I'm out of caring. It's all gone.

I completely agree - I'm not outraged by this news, it's that there's so much wrong with nearly every statement in the article that I'm beginning to think Floridians vote by rolling the dice.

Is this a new initiative - to come out with so many ridiculous positions, proposals and schemes that people stop caring and the real business of parceling out of land and government contracts can continue unchallenged?

*snip*
Tom "Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in Southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom" Coburn,

Hmm...

I spent the summer of 2003 in the Austin area. I discovered that a disproportionate number of women were either flat-out lesbian or at least bisexual. Seems to me it might be because of the whole "bubba" mentality of the stereotypically Texan male. It only makes sense that other adjacent regions would have a similar overdistribution of alternative sexualities.

Watch out, bubbas, your red-neckness is driving away potential mates.

Hmm...

I spent the summer of 2003 in the Austin area. I discovered that a disproportionate number of women were either flat-out lesbian or at least bisexual. Seems to me it might be because of the whole "bubba" mentality of the stereotypically Texan male. It only makes sense that other adjacent regions would have a similar overdistribution of alternative sexualities.

Because, of course, they're not lesbians because that's their sexuality - they've "turned" lesbians because of how men have treated them. :rolleyes:

You didn't stop to think that Austin might have more gay people in it because it is basically the only facsimile of a progressive town in Texas and hence might thus attract gay people who look for such a place to live in? No, no - the women had to have "turned" somehow... *tempted to roll eyes again*

Because, of course, they're not lesbians because that's their sexuality - they've "turned" lesbians because of how men have treated them. :rolleyes:

You didn't stop to think that Austin might have more gay people in it because it is basically the only facsimile of a progressive town in Texas and hence might thus attract gay people who look for such a place to live in? No, no - the women had to have "turned" somehow... *tempted to roll eyes again*

Actually, it's the discharge are of the great plains aquifer down there. I imagine that it's something to do with the chemicals.

actually, i've seen a few of these toilets here in adelaide, australia. the time limit on them is 10 minutes, i think and it gives a warning beep a minute before the door opens

How considerate!

I feel that, when these new toilets open, two guys should go into the toilet, beat the time limit, video it and send it in the mail to the mayor's office with a suitable message attached.

I completely agree - I'm not outraged by this news, it's that there's so much wrong with nearly every statement in the article that I'm beginning to think Floridians vote by rolling the dice.


It's all the god damn old people with nothing better to do than go around and vote based on their old people morals.

I have been known, in the past, to have been rather dismissive of your Senators, particularly Tom Coburn, as mentally challenged. He still is, but I must admit, to my shame, that my very own mayor is no better (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtoilets0704nbjul04,0,3994571.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines). He wants to spend $250,000 on a new public toilet for Fort Lauderdale beach--a high-tech, self-cleaning top of the line sucker. And that's not what I have a problem with. I'm very much in favor of the new toilet, even though I have concerns about the possibility that it will become sentient one day and wreak havoc on tourists and inspire another Michael Bay film. (Transformers 2: Crapbot 3000!)

No, I simply have a problem with Mayor Jim "Douchebag" Naugle's reason for wanting to purchase the toilet.

So you see, Oklahomans, my mayor is a kindred spirit to Tom "Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in Southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom" Coburn, and while I didn't vote for Mayor Naugle, he nonetheless represents my city. I have no room to mock, at least until I move. You have my sincerest apologies.

Lolz.

This is the second time I've heard the last name "Naugle" associated with idiocy...I wonder if it's he's related to the previous incident.

Wait...How do self-cleaning toilets stop homosexual activity?

Wait...How do self-cleaning toilets stop homosexual activity?

I guess they spray ammonia on people having sex.

I guess they spray ammonia on people having sex.

No, I think he views homosexuals as filthy, and therefore being sprayed with cleaning solution will make them straight.

This is the second time I've heard the last name "Naugle" associated with idiocy...I wonder if it's he's related to the previous incident.

It might be. He gained my wrath about a year ago when he said in an interview that anyone who supported requiring developers to set aside units in condo developments for working class folks was a communist. He said "I'm supposed to subsidize some schlock sitting on the sofa and drinking a beer, who won't work more than 40 hours a week?" when the median income in south Florida was somewhere around $38K and the median single family home price at the time was about $330K. Fortunately, he's in his last term in office and he's largely a figurehead, but he can still be embarrassing.

Wait...How do self-cleaning toilets stop homosexual activity?

Well, they don't, but they sanitize the toilet and prevent the Gayness from infecting good wholesome heterosexuals. *nod*

Tourists are like half the economy down here, if not more. I looooove tourists. They help pay my salary.

Mojito cheers mate ;)

I have been known, in the past, to have been rather dismissive of your Senators, particularly Tom Coburn, as mentally challenged. He still is, but I must admit, to my shame, that my very own mayor is no better (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtoilets0704nbjul04,0,3994571.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines). He wants to spend $250,000 on a new public toilet for Fort Lauderdale beach--a high-tech, self-cleaning top of the line sucker. And that's not what I have a problem with. I'm very much in favor of the new toilet, even though I have concerns about the possibility that it will become sentient one day and wreak havoc on tourists and inspire another Michael Bay film. (Transformers 2: Crapbot 3000!)

No, I simply have a problem with Mayor Jim "Douchebag" Naugle's reason for wanting to purchase the toilet.

So you see, Oklahomans, my mayor is a kindred spirit to Tom "Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in Southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom" Coburn, and while I didn't vote for Mayor Naugle, he nonetheless represents my city. I have no room to mock, at least until I move. You have my sincerest apologies.

what if you have diarrhea?

what if you have diarrhea?

You're going to have a very bad day.

You're going to have a very bad day.

Hmmm, I want to try one of those self cleaning toilets.

*buys a bunch of Ex-Lax*

Lets see how clean they can get after I'm done with them! :D

what if you have diarrhea?

Find a bush... They aren't time limited.

Find a bush... They aren't time limited.
Will George W. Bush suffice?

Yeah, but what happens if the toilet is gay, huh? You're opening a whole new can of worms with robotic toilets.

Yeah, but what happens if the toilet is gay, huh? You're opening a whole new can of worms with robotic toilets.

Not only a gay toilet, but a gay toilet with a feces fetish! :eek:

Yeah, but what happens if the toilet is gay, huh? You're opening a whole new can of worms with robotic toilets.

You just sunk the mayor into a new level of self-loathing hell. ;)

We have those robot toilets in San Francisco. I've even used one. The timing thing wasn't billed as preventing homosexual acts, it was billed as keeping prostitutes for using it as a $.25 hotel.

It doesn't give you time to cuddle, but if you're revved up already it might work for dudes. Chicks take to long to ring that bell...

So actually, he may have provided a sex hut for only gay dudes, since they're both dudes.

Way to go, dude!

Beep beep beep
Homosexual activity detected in sector 1
RoboToilet #1-486, initiate code 4
*toilet doors lock*
*air tight seals close*
*a powerful pump in the toilet itself begins removing the air*
RoboToilet report coming in, homosexuals neutralised.
Send in the clean-up team, tell them to wear full Hazmat gear.

I think our inventors need to redirect their efforts if this is how they are spending their time.

When I first read an article about that, I liked what he calls people: 'schlubs' and something else.

Beep beep beep
Homosexual activity detected in sector 1
RoboToilet #1-486, initiate code 4
*toilet doors lock*
*air tight seals close*
*a powerful pump in the toilet itself begins removing the air*
RoboToilet report coming in, homosexuals neutralised.
Send in the clean-up team, tell them to wear full Hazmat gear.

"Homosexual activity detected"
*Toilet doors lock*
*Cross appears on wall*
*Garlic dropped into stall*
"That should take care of them!"

I swear, what the hell is wrong with screwing in public toilets? You know what I say? I say let 'em screw! Designate some toilets as fucking toilets! Put some pillows in there, maybe a mattress. Condom dispenser too. Maybe some other stuff too. Give 'em a nice paint job. Maybe pink or red. See, this way nobody will be kept waiting, and those people get to be comfy. Everybody wins.

You didn't stop to think that Austin might have more gay people in it because it is basically the only facsimile of a progressive town in Texas and hence might thus attract gay people who look for such a place to live in? No, no - the women had to have "turned" somehow... *tempted to roll eyes again*

The Montrose area in Houston does a pretty good job of attracting a gay community. (Next year will be the 30th anniversary of the Pride Parade, if I recall correctly.)

The Montrose area in Houston does a pretty good job of attracting a gay community. (Next year will be the 30th anniversary of the Pride Parade, if I recall correctly.)

Ooo! If I remember right, at some point this year their either was or is going to be the 36th anniversary of my city adding homosexuality to the list of protected groups.

Am I the only worried that if this trend of timed public toilets catches on then people won't be able to relax while taking a dump?

Sitting on the toilet, knowing you don't have to get up anytime soon, and relieving your bowels is a most enjoyable experience i find. Adding pressure to the scenario completely ruins it!:(

Am I the only worried that if this trend of timed public toilets catches on then people won't be able to relax while taking a dump?

Sitting on the toilet, knowing you don't have to get up anytime soon, and relieving your bowels is a most enjoyable experience i find. Adding pressure to the scenario completely ruins it!:(Well, the ones in San Francisco are on a 20 minute timer, I believe, and you have to be in pretty severe distress (or really into a book) to take that long. If it's distress, you might want to head to a hospital.

Well, the ones in San Francisco are on a 20 minute timer, I believe, and you have to be in pretty severe distress (or really into a book) to take that long. If it's distress, you might want to head to a hospital.

It takes my brother about half an hour every night.

Makes me wonder why Naugle assumes that. Does he imagine long, languorous sessions with oiled, muscular males? Does he think about that in the night and wake up sweaty and ashamed?

Well, it's a silly thing to buy an automated toilet for that purpose.

But, here in Virginia, since the courts ruled that you can't arrest people for public sodomy, some of the rest stops along I-95 and I-66 are infamous for the number of men at any one time having public sex in the restroom.

In the case of public sex in restrooms around here, there isn't any assumption being made.

If you log on to AFF (Adult Friend Finder) and go to the Maryland/Virginia Chat Room, you can meet any number of men who offer to have quick anonymous sex with virtually any male that is willing to go to the rest stops.

Well, it's a silly thing to buy an automated toilet for that purpose.

Sad thing is that there really is a good reason to have the toilet there. It's just that Naugle's reason is so pathetically stupid that it may well wind up killing the purchase.

But, here in Virginia, since the courts ruled that you can't arrest people for public sodomy, some of the rest stops along I-95 and I-66 are infamous for the number of men at any one time having public sex in the restroom.

Okay, I'm sure you can be arrested for public sex, and therefore I extremely doubt that public sodomy is legal.



If you log on to AFF (Adult Friend Finder) and go to the Maryland/Virginia Chat Room, you can meet any number of men who offer to have quick anonymous sex with virtually any male that is willing to go to the rest stops.

And I assume our resident good, republican, manly man has tried this?

Okay, I'm sure you can be arrested for public sex, and therefore I extremely doubt that public sodomy is legal.

The Virginia State Police now have strict orders not to arrest anyone for it in a public restroom.

And I assume our resident good, republican, manly man has tried this?

It's the same chat room used by heterosexuals, except that we don't meet at the public restroom.

It's the same chat room used by heterosexuals, except that we don't meet at the public restroom.

Huh. And here I thought you republican christian types were against adultery.

Will George W. Bush suffice?

You win the thread.

Because, of course, they're not lesbians because that's their sexuality - they've "turned" lesbians because of how men have treated them. :rolleyes:

You didn't stop to think that Austin might have more gay people in it because it is basically the only facsimile of a progressive town in Texas and hence might thus attract gay people who look for such a place to live in? No, no - the women had to have "turned" somehow... *tempted to roll eyes again*

See, it was your potential reaction that made me choose the word "MIGHT" in my post, not that you read that closely when it comes to issues of sexuality. OF COURSE people don't just "turn gay" because their innate sexuality means having to mate with a population dominated by assholes (that's men who act like idiots, not actual assholes -- in deference to Your Majesty).

In fact, the t-shirts at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport I saw that read "Keep Austin Weird" aided me in my perception of the town's slight lean to the left (or full-on stagger to the left, if you consider the surrounding territory). It's easily the coolest place in Texas.

I stopped to think about a lot of things before that post, Fassie, old chap. I just don't care to censor myself when I'm not talking facts. It was a humorous suppostion based on my experience there (ever been to Austin, incidentally? I thought not.)...and it's kinda sad that I have to actually say that. Not surprising, just sad.

Huh. And here I thought you republican christian types were against adultery.

Shows how little you know.

Huh. And here I thought you republican christian types were against adultery.

Shows how little you know.

The preachers talk a good game on it, until they get busted, as do many of the politicians, until they get busted as well. Then they fall back on the whole "Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven" line, and act all superior about it.

Except for RO here, who has been disturbingly open about his peccadilloes on NS over the years.

The preachers talk a good game on it, until they get busted, as do many of the politicians, until they get busted as well. Then they fall back on the whole "Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven" line, and act all superior about it.

Ah, sort of like how Limbaugh always bashed drug users, until he himself was discovered to be a user? ;)

Florida: We're So Rich We Overspend On Toilets! :D

(and there's little (historical) to do in Miami!)

Ah, sort of like how Limbaugh always bashed drug users, until he himself was discovered to be a user? ;)

Or the way Mark Foley was behind the legislation to stop dirty online talk with underage kids while he was rubbing one out during a vote while chatting with a page. Bingo.

Or the way Mark Foley was behind the legislation to stop dirty online talk with underage kids while he was rubbing one out during a vote while chatting with a page. Bingo.

Exactly. Or Former Spokane Mayor and State Legislator James West, who supported anti-gay legislation to the hilt, yet was hounded by charges of offering internships to young men he met in gay chatrooms, and was involved in a Boy Scout molestation scandal in the 70s.

I have no room to mock, at least until I move. You have my sincerest apologies.

As a person who lives in Oklahoma and who worked on Coburn's campaign, I accept your apology.

Oh, seeing as you are going to move, you could buy my house. :eek: It will be for sale in 12 to 15 months.

It takes my brother about half an hour every night.

I think your brother might be doing something else...

I think your brother might be doing something else...

:D

you have a very important TG

:D

you have a very important TG

Got it.

I'm an Okie. Apology accepted.

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OMFG! $250,000 for a toilet? We don't got them high-falutin' fancy indoor plumbin's around here...