As our regular readers are well aware, we receive a fair amount of correspondence here at the Counsel. In light of our recent musings on incontinence (see for instance Shewees Are a Girl's Best Friend, and In Which We Indulge in a Feminist Rant and, of Course, Incontinence), we thought we'd highlight an issue raised by Shewee Fiend Friend, who writes:
My roommate who pisses on the floor is pissing considerably less on the floor since I spoke to him. However, he has started regularly having this friend over who does not seem to even aim for the toilet. He creates small pools.
The "flatmate who pisses on the floor" is, of course, a common theme in urban lore. One wonders what these boys' mothers were up to during their formative years. Presumably they were too busy, to quote Caitlin Moran, "giving birth on the kitchen floor – biting down on a wooden spoon, so as not to disturb the men’s card game – before going back to quick-liming the dunny" to teach their sons to aim straight.
We thought long and hard about how to help Shewee Fiend Friend, who is one of the best ("brilliant, but unsound", to quote the Rev. Aubrey Upjohn) and shouldn't have to put up with his kind of bullshit but, short of rigging the wiring so as to electrocute anyone careless enough to create a puddle, we couldn't think of anything more constructive than the passive-aggressive note. The passive-aggressive note being, as all educated people know, a reliable staple in every dysfunctional household.
We thought long and hard about how to help Shewee Fiend Friend, who is one of the best ("brilliant, but unsound", to quote the Rev. Aubrey Upjohn) and shouldn't have to put up with his kind of bullshit but, short of rigging the wiring so as to electrocute anyone careless enough to create a puddle, we couldn't think of anything more constructive than the passive-aggressive note. The passive-aggressive note being, as all educated people know, a reliable staple in every dysfunctional household.
Here are some helpful passive-aggressive signs to aid the navigationally challenged:
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| Ever a concern at the Privy Counsel! Image from thumbs2.ebaystatic.com |
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| The man who inspired this note would perhaps benefit from using a shewee? Image from static.someecards.com |
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| While urine is not only (usually) sterile but also a damn useful substance, one nonetheless sympathises with the woman who taped this passive-aggressive note to a bottle of bleach. Image from i.imgur.com |
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| What more mothers should be doing. Image from static.someecards.com/ |
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| Can we get one of these displayed in every office on the planet? Image from static.someecards.com |
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| This is our personal favourite. Image from flickr.com |
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| Here is an old warhorse, which we have displayed before. Image from images.justbathroomsigns.com |
If you have advice for Shewee Fiend Friend, on how to train her flatmate and his friend to refrain from pissing on the floor, do please leave a comment, or email us at theprivycounsellor@gmail.com!
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yes, please give suggestions! I've been told to paint a target on the bowl to make it 'fun' to aim, but I refuse to descend to that level.
ReplyDeleteDamn straight - you shouldn't goddamn have to!
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