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To: lurqer who wrote (17336)	10/7/2002 7:45:05 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

RE: Urinal site Now that is a very cool urinal! I imagine that the sound of the water flowing helps prevent stage freight. You know- when you have to relieve yourself but for what ever reason you find that you can't let it go. Occasionally I get stage freight. Especially if the restroom is very quiet and someone comes in and stands next to me. It's almost as if I can tell that he can tell that there is no noise coming from my urinal yet. And no matter how hard I try to push, it still does not come out. Then I try to relax myself and clear my mind and let it flow. I hate when that happens. As soon as the dude leaves, the dam breaks. Then I get this silly picture in my mind that he's out there amongst the tables in the restaurant with his friends and points to me and tells him, "Hey, that dude had stage freight..." And then they all laugh at me as I try to find my table once again. <VBG> <sorta ng> To combat this, sometimes I do the "Flush Before You Go" trick. This way the sound of the flushometer along with the running water offsets the quietness and possibly tricks the guy next to me that I actually am going. Ain't I a clever headcase? <g> What's really funny is when two of us get the stage freight at the same time. Then it almost becomes a race to see who gets started first. All you can hear in the beginning of this race are long relaxation breaths. Those deep breaths are like the sound race cars idling with the occasional vroom, vroom before the start. Then all you can hear is quietness. Slow breathing from the nose as you stare at the tile wall one foot ahead of you (or less than that in my case <g>). You frantically search that ceramic tile for some sort of inspiration to help you to pee. Perhaps some scribbling to read and help take your mind off the silence. A bead of sweat forms on your forehead due to the stress you are experiencing. You think to yourself, "Should I just bail out?" Should you run from the restroom before he gets to see your face? Should you acknowledge that this silly race is even happening? Or do you get motivated to beat this guy to prove that you are not the slowest uranalist? Finally you pee triumphantly! You win! The sound of your own water makes your feel great. You win the race! The other dude's clutch fails to disengage. You finish up, flush the urinal and wash up. The sound of the running water finally allows your competitor go but it's way too late. You are the king of this restroom for now! Go and celebrate with a piece of that wonderful cheese cake on the dessert menu. Just be easy on the coffee... Hee Haw! I remember when Hoser originally began posting links to that site that I had became so inspired as to send them a Haiku that I had written. <g> You can see it on their site if you scroll down to 12/10/01. urinal.net He edited down. Here is the full collection of Urinal thoughts organized in 5,7,5 fashion. Message 16764682 -Haikluless