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Swedish Politician Wants Men to Pee Sitting Down
2012-06-16
[An Nahar] A local Swedish politician wants to require all men to sit down whenever they use the toilets in a county council building, to keep them clean and promote good health, a counselor said Thursday.

Viggo Hansen, a member of the Left Party, submitted the proposal to the Soermland County Council in central Sweden earlier this week.

In Sweden, where daycare centers encourage little boys to "be a sweetie and take a seatie", the issue is not being taken lightly.

In an interview with a local television channel, Hansen pointed out that according to some experts sitting down to urinate is not only more hygienic but also reduces the risk of prostate trouble.

His proposal also claims that relieving oneself while seated "contributes to a better and longer sex life."

Critics suggest it may be difficult to enforce the rule, which the council has one year to study before reaching a decision, according to the head of the Left Party group, Maud Ekman.
Posted by:Fred

#16  What about all the trees they'd have to cut down to make the extra paper they'd need for the seats? Wouldn't that be wasteful?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2012-06-16 17:58  

#15  ...but also reduces the risk of prostate trouble.

Sez who, Nanny Bloomers?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-06-16 15:06  

#14  This is the jerk whose Party wants to increase the number of Somalis and Afghans to places like Eskilstuna, where they can ghetto-ise the suburbs. Maybe he can teach 'em not to piss on their hosts goodwill first, then to pee sitting down. (Any good Swedish lady worth the whiskers on her chin already has her man trained to do this, btw).
Posted by: Deadeye Sproing4297   2012-06-16 12:39  

#13  Are they going to have a p!ss czar?
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-06-16 11:46  

#12  ...well, you see, in their mind, you can put more urinals per linear feet/meters than stalls. Doing so would be unequal as the men's facility of equal size would have more units than the female's facility. Given that it is Scandinavia, it could be there's only one uni-sex facility, it would discriminate against the other gender on the basis of denial of access. Therefore no urinals. /sarc off
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-06-16 08:28  

#11  I guess they have never heard of urinals?
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2012-06-16 07:45  

#10  One of my favorite Lewis quotes.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-16 06:50  

#9  "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us wihtout end for they do so with approval of their own conscience." -C.S. Lewis
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-06-16 06:48  

#8  The Germans tried this a few years back.

Sitzpinkler.
Posted by: no mo uro   2012-06-16 05:04  

#7  Only in New York...
Posted by: tu3031   2012-06-16 01:01  

#6  Are they going to install cameras to make sure?
Posted by: crosspatch   2012-06-16 00:53  

#5  If'n ya cain't hit the bowl standing up, then sit down.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-06-16 00:47  

#4  Hard to believe these people were once the Vikings.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-06-16 00:38  

#3  We do it because...WE CAN!
Posted by: tu3031   2012-06-16 00:35  

#2  See?
Posted by: newc   2012-06-16 00:05  

#1  All Politicians want people to do something. Tell THEM to get Bent.
Posted by: newc   2012-06-16 00:03  

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