Urinal game banned by killjoy Belgium police
By Paul Miller 
posted November 5th 2007 10:31AM
posted November 5th 2007 10:31AM
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I think the biggest problem is that there aren't dividers between the stalls.
The only country I've lived in where I've seen that much exposure was China - and when you and other guys have to take a dump in a TROUGH - believe me, you value your privacy.
No men I know want guys standing right next to them being able to compare Johnsons.
Men with impressively sized Johnsons don't have a problem with it.
Uh, have you even taken a pee in some places in the USA? I've taken a piss in a trough with other guys and in situations one similar to the one above. HINT: It's just a body part, and just look up....
Most theatres I've been to in the US don't have dividers. Many Jr High & Elementary school men's rooms don't have dividers.
My guess is that this sort of thing would do just fine in Las Vegas - it would be considered an added attraction in the Nascar-themed Casino, for instance.
Erm... I "go" in undivided urinals all the time, I've never noticed anyone comparing johnsons... methinks the lady doth protest too much?
"I think the biggest problem is that there aren't dividers between the stalls."
Yes, because men in America today are such dainty little flowers, their sense of privacy MUST be protected at all costs!
One wonders how men of ages past were able to urinate in front of each other without fainting from the humiliation.
I can't see his penis on that photo...
OFFENSE NOT OFFENCE!
BTW
The game pictured here is silly.
I think they should have a version of that carnival game where you SPRAY A WATER HOSE INTO THE CLOWN'S MOUTH to make the balloon pop !
Or a firefighter game...that would probably make my life complete...I'm a very sad individual
Wow, a whole new way to play with yourself in the bathroom.
Do you crash when you ran out of "fuel"?
Someone is taking the piss.
Nice one!
Sorry.. but it "almost" looks like the guy managed to plop a turd in there.. :P
i'm surprised a women's rights group hasn't gotten in on this one..
"where's OUR bathroom game, eh? just because we can't pee standing up.."
Hahahahaha
lol.. women have rights?
Women can pee standing up...
They just need to shower afterwards
I think they removed it, because people kept running out, drink 6 beers, then run back in, just to enter their name in the highscore list.
"PISS TO START" That's awesome! :)
wireless controller with force feedback and no need for batteries - somebody needs to make an accessory for Wii that will take advantage of that ;)
*resists wii joke*
I can't believe a country that has the audacity to refer to itself as "belgium" the most offensive word in the galaxy, would talk about indecency.
Uhm why is Belgium so offensive a word?
He hates waffles?
you are one hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is
LOL, good one. For those who don't know, he's talking about something from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/belgium.shtml).
BTW, I am actually from Belgium, but nobody is perfect right? ;)
Belgium? Isn't peeing a national pastime there? I mean, look in any tourist store! Look at the freakin' statue in the square for goodness sake!
I hope the sensors are waterproof/sediment proof.
Anyways, these games are no fair to those of us with smaller bladders... er... larger tubes.
I think any game that requires one to use their own penis as a controller, is a very bad game indeed.
But...It's the ultimate joystick!
I dunno I always thought the sex game was really fun.
Whoops.. a 360 turning!.
Is there a Ghostbusters game?
*DONT CROSS THE STREAMS* /gasp
Huh? The Belgian police have the authority to declare what is, and isn't, an "indecency offense"? I didn't know Belgium was a police state. Frankly, the "how drunk are you" concept makes a lot of sense. Of course, you could just as easily implement a "urinalyzer" to check that, couldn't you? :D
Seriously, what in the f%$#?
The police claimed it was, but that does not mean it's not up to a court to decide. They don't decide, but believe it's covered by the relevant code. However you would have to challenge it in court..
Besides that you don't seem to know much about the different legal systems of the world. The US and the UK are one of the few common law countries in the world.
The police have to make such decisions every day when something odd turns up. I just wish they would monitor *clothing* fashions just as closely.
how could two countries (the uk and the us) be one of few. haha im an ass
what about guys who have small peckers would they be at a disadvantage (like if they're not disadvantaged already). Can I have a female co-driver to shift gears
I never pee on urinals --divided or not--, I just go to the toilet, lock myself in, and sign my pissing contract there without any worries about privacy breaches.
One reason for not having dividers on Belgian urinals is that Belgium is a FKK hotspot... Even full child nudity is tolerated there, even though nearly ten years ago a Belgian town named Arlon was victim of a horrific series of high-profile child-rape-murders, and the guilty pedophile is now serving life in prison --although if it were in USA he would've been sentenced to death instead--.
And then Americans think it is strange that a lot of Europeans dislike their attitude...
I live in Belgium and, believe me, it's not that we have more child molesters (or just violence?) than you guys in America. We've had one big case yes, but how many of those big cases could America have had with all those small villages and ghettos, just without anyone knowing it.
These kinds of comments just make me really pissed (haha..) because you have no clue whatsoever what you're talking about, just as I have when I'm talking about America, but then again I hear more about your big country (with ALOT of different people, states, ...) than you have about my very small country.
And another thing, actually I have never seen an urinoir without dividers as far is I can remember.
Probably banned because they couldnt come up with devices thin enough to install on stalls for the female crowd. You know, sexual inequality and all.
Yeah. I was at the Gamepower Expo in Belgium (I'm a Belgian). I asked the responsible why it was closed. It's really lame. But you could use the game, with bottles of water... *sigh*
You can see a picture of the "place to pee" at my flickr-account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberhaupt/1848921366/in/set-72157602886580464/
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Having grown up in Belgium with English as my first language, one of my pet peeves is people who don't know how to refer to things that come from the country of Belgium. Saying "Belgium police" is like saying "America police" or "Canada police." If we can remember America/American and Canada/Canadian and England/English why can't we remember Belgium/Belgian? It's Belgian chocolates and Belgian beer and Belgian police. Using the proper noun incorrectly as in this post sounds like cave man speech to people who know better...
"Grr, arg, Engadget writer dumb. Not know how talk good."
As a caveman living in urban San Fransisco, I find you comment both racist and ignorant, you insensitive clod!
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Is this Microsoft's answer to the Wii?
I think this is a great idea as long as there aren't any sword fighting games.
Is this Microsoft's answer to the Wii?
I think this is a great idea as long as there aren't any sword fighting games.
I would like to see the sword fighting games :3