The urinal in this restaurant I went to had crazy pipes and lights

3 years ago by Offlein to c/mildlyinteresting

I don't know why, but this big complex pipe structure was situated above the urinal. When you flush, the red light goes off and the green light goes on, and all the pressure dials start going crazy.

ArtificialLink 54 points 3 years ago

I don't know why

My dude have you ever heard of "just for fun?"

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Offlein 22 points 3 years ago

Well somebody installed it, of course, but the place is currently the storefront of a noodle shop that used to be a food cart. My guess is it wasn't them, but it feels like the ratio of probable cost to value is way out of wack for any restaurant unless this somehow fit into an aesthetic somehow.

Edit: It used to be called "Industrial Cafe and Saloon", and had an industrial/metal theme. Which does, indeed, explain this.

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Techpriest 2 points 3 years ago
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marcar 28 points 3 years ago

This is not a urinal, this is an inter-dimensional time space teleportation device

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TurnItOff_OnAgain 14 points 3 years ago

Placement In Space and Situation of Eventual Relativity

Or PISSER for short.

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15liam20 6 points 3 years ago

Getting it up to 88mph is the tough part.

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XeroxCool 2 points 3 years ago

Obi Wan: I will do what I must

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morain 1 point 3 years ago

It's not YOU that has to get to 88, just your piss.

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DinosaurSr 4 points 3 years ago

Every time you flush some poor dinosaur gets hit in face with a bunch of piss outta nowhere.

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possiblylinux127 2 points 3 years ago

After you flush it the world changes in a few scuddle ways

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Zorque 2 points 3 years ago

The Doctor has regenerated into a real freak this time...

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IAccidentallyCame 28 points 3 years ago

That's an awesome Rube Goldberg machine of a pisser.

Hopefully whoever built that will make a version for the Chinese sperm extractor machine next.

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TomMhCl 19 points 3 years ago

Of the Chinese what now?!

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Waitwuhtt 18 points 3 years ago

That's really nice. Waaaay better than those pictures of women laughing or whatever.

Where is this? I wanna pee there.

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Offlein 14 points 3 years ago

"Bing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar" in Northwest Portland, Oregon. Food was pretty good too fwiw.

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Cinner 4 points 3 years ago

Bing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar

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15liam20 2 points 3 years ago

How about here?

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morain 1 point 3 years ago

Or here? What could awaken the caveman in you better than taking the piss on a gently flowing stream of water tumbling down a rock wall?

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faltuuser 16 points 3 years ago

Are you in a nuclear submarine?

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unpop0 13 points 3 years ago

looks like a urinal on Myst Island

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jelloeater85 5 points 3 years ago

This makes me so happy someone gets this reference 😊

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Fishshake 13 points 3 years ago
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art101 12 points 3 years ago

When the light is green, the trap is clean.

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MrGeekman 11 points 3 years ago

β€œWhen the light is green, the urinal’s clean.”

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KumquatGubbins 9 points 3 years ago

There is a chain of hotels/bars/breweries/distilleries/... called McMenamins, they have a few bathrooms like this. Damn cool

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BigPapaE 2 points 3 years ago

Now I want their Cajun tots…

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axtualdave 3 points 3 years ago

fyi - you can buy their Cajun seasoning mix online. Add to tater tots yourself. Now you don't need to wait 45 minutes for tots!

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BigPapaE 1 point 3 years ago

Oh thanks that’s a great tip!

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Offlein 1 point 3 years ago

This is not a McMenamins. :( And it doesn't appear to have actually been one in the past..?

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STUPIDVIPGUY 8 points 3 years ago

steampunk pee

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Pixelologist 8 points 3 years ago

lol I love it

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solidsnake2085 7 points 3 years ago

And it's galvanized piping too. What a nightmare.

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smegger 6 points 3 years ago

I guess it's an effective way of getting people to remember to flush?

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TheLurker 6 points 3 years ago
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Dio 6 points 3 years ago

Wow, after eleven years, it's still there.

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Offlein 5 points 3 years ago

Is this a joke or do you really know this place?

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YMS 3 points 3 years ago path: 0 491094 493099 498314, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
Offlein 1 point 3 years ago

Oh neat. Thanks!

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caut_R 6 points 3 years ago

Looks like you could make an alarm go off if you use it β€žwellβ€œ enough lol

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Kotton 5 points 3 years ago

Does the red light mean it's out of order? Or is that some kind of red light special?

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Kotton 4 points 3 years ago

Oops, didn't read the body!

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Hikermick 4 points 3 years ago

Grey box is a flow sensor that turns lights on/off. Bell shaped thingy is a pressure reducing valve. Pressure gauges and valves are obvious. Not sure what the last thing is, maybe to prevent hammering?

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Techpriest 3 points 3 years ago
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hydra 3 points 3 years ago

steampunk urinal

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Seven 3 points 3 years ago

"That is a cool steampunk system! Where does the steam come from, though?"

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chronicledmonocle 3 points 3 years ago

This looks like it was intentional. 100%.

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minkshaman 2 points 3 years ago

That looks amazing and I want it.

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xc2215x 2 points 3 years ago

That is a pretty cool urinal. A good structure.

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zedtronic 2 points 3 years ago

Is it like a carnival game where you can test your water pressure?

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WhiteOakBayou 2 points 3 years ago

I feel like the red light means you were not found worthy

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jerome 2 points 3 years ago

Ever see nin's "broken" movie?

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ed2417 2 points 3 years ago

Performance art.

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croobat 2 points 3 years ago

This would crazy fit a steampunk themed place.

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