Several times every workday I find myself standing facing a sign:
PLEASE FLUSH COMPLETELY AFTER EACH USE
Sure thing, boss. (To be sure, this sign is necessary because I work in a very old building with very old plumbing; none of those fancy Japanese self-flushers.)
The sign makes me nostalgic for the unintentionally (I think) funny one I used to see in the same position back when lots of people smoked, and smoking was allowed just about everywhere:
DO NOT PLACE BUTTS IN URINALS
I'm even more nostalgic for the unofficial texts one could see in similar locations. From the Lion's Head:
God made Shakespeare, then broke the mold,Or, from the Bluegrass Inn, in Nashville:
God broke the mold, then made Jacqueline Susann,
MAILER will advise God what molds he's trying on,
LSD consumes 47 times its weight in excess reality.Image: Marcel Duchamp, "Fountain" 1917 (original lost). Readymade porcelain urinal. Height 60 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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