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sisepuede is the femmiest femme of them all
11/05/08

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wait! when was jezebel called stupid @ Gawker! I totally missed this. Link, plz?
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hfree
11/05/08

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When I was in college we had to vote on what bathroom in the dorm would be co-ed (women's college). That was always a lot of fun. . .
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envirodesigner
11/05/08

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I had to use a squat toilet at the performing art center in Belarus (among other places) there was a long line but surprisingly I only waited about five minutes. Those squat toilets are pretty small but at least they were nice looking and there were a lot about 25 or so in the restroom.
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kimsama
11/05/08

@envirodesigner: I love me some squat toilets. They are the answer to everything. Open your minds to squats, people! We have our first black president. Now let's have squats for all!
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hfree
11/05/08

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A family friend owns a minor league baseball team. When he was building the ballpark about 10 years ago he made a point of putting in twice the amount of women's stalls as men's. It was glorious.

Also, I'm a big believer in using the men's room if there is a line for the lady's and no line for the men's.
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AuntieBee
11/05/08

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Best: There's a pub near my mom's house that has baskets of good stuff, like hair products, a variety of lotions and scents, etc. on the counter for anyone to use. Just because the owner (a woman, natch) thinks that it's a nice thing to do. They use the honor system; if some jerk steals stuff, they just shrug and replace it.
Worst: An art gallery I used to attend a lot with an ex. Their building was really old, and I guess at one time they had only needed one washroom at all, but then laws changed. The had a men's room with three stalls and two urinals, and a ladies with ONE STALL, one sink and nowhere to turn around. Literally, girls have to step out of the room to let someone get from stall to sink.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/05/08

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Gigs, music festivals. There are never enough loos for women there.
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mbot says Spock yeah!
11/05/08

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Also, when I was visiting the Statue of Liberty in grade school, there was a hugely long line for the ladies' room, so a group of women took over the men's room, which was deserted. Then guys started to come over and were like, "There's ladies in there!" and then *they* started to form a line to wait for the women to finish! It was a brief moment of justice. I like to think Lady Liberty was smiling down on us.
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mbot says Spock yeah!
11/05/08

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I'm in architecture school now, and I ALWAYS put more stalls in the women's restrooms in my designs. When I actually get to design real buildings, I hope to do the same.
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stacyinbean
11/05/08

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I don't know how many of you have had to stop on the highway in New Hampshire at a rest stop to use the can but let me tell you one thing. THEY JUST HAVE HOLES IN A WOOD PLANK. Do not ever. ever. ever stop on the NH highway.
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NewsBunny
11/05/08

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My proudest public bathroom moment came last year when I called a woman back to a bathroom stall by yelling "Ma'am! You forgot something!" What? She said, smiling as she returned. Me: "Your fucking urine all over the seat!"

Oh, that was almost a massive fist fight. But I'm sick of this shit.
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shewar
11/05/08

@NewsBunny: There's a sign hanging up in my office bathroom that reads:

If you sprinkle when you tinkle,

Please be neat and wipe the seat

It's amazing people, especially women, need to be told this.
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Liz11685
11/05/08

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At my university I have a class in a building where there isn't a woman's bathroom on the entire floor. There is a men's. I have a 3 hour class there, and would realllly love a bathroom put in.
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NewsBunny
11/05/08

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The best bathrooms in New York are at the Zeigfeld Theater. About twenty stalls, with SINK AND MIRROR IN THE STALLS. And the doors -- go right down to the floor! It's lovely.

It's worth the wait. I can complete the pee/handwash/lipstickreapplicaiton process in complete privacy.

Oh, Zeigfeld, how I love thee.
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hfree
11/05/08

@NewsBunny: Too bad the theater itself needs some work (sorry, last time I was there ceiling tile debris fell all over me during the movie. it was disgusting)
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Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane
11/05/08

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Oh, properly locking doors on toilets that do exist would be nice thank you.
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I'm Chuck Bass
11/05/08

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I don't know that showering in shit-powered hot water sounds very appealing.
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
11/05/08

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It's simple math.

Mens rooms usually have 3 urinals, 3 stalls. That's 6 places to pee, 3 to poop. Womens rooms usually have 3 stalls. That's 3 to pee and/or poop. Considering most places are designed my male architects, this doesn't surprise me.

On the upside, when I go to my Sorority or MK conventions, they turn many of the mens rooms into womens rooms by covering up the urinals. Like, the sight of them would offend us or something, but it's an effort so whatever.
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