The only problem with that is the leftover toilet paper. You can't put it in the urinal, so you have to put it in the trash. That would cause the trash to fill up quicker.
Dividers? Oh, then you'd love the Trough o' Urine. Shoulder-to-shoulder while you let it flow into one big long shared container, no hang ups allowed, and no peeking. Available at finer concert venues and race tracks (and Washington state ferries, as I recall).
> When asked whether folks might find the sink and the urinal a little too close for comfort, Jursons says, "It is more suitable for hygiene than just a urinal and then guys who don't wash [their] hands."
Doesn't answer the question for those of us that DO wash our hands.
I used a water saving toilet in a holiday shack with a handbasin on the top which drained into the cistern below so the water got reused. Interesting idea but not convincingly useful. It lacked warm water for starters so it is a fairly casual hand wash and the water only ran while the cistern was refilling. As a water saving measure I am more impressed with no-flush or reduced flush urinals and dual flush toilets. Not sure on the hand washing aspect. Is walking a couple of meters to a hand basin really that hard?
I fail to see how that would prevent the problem. If I piss on the tap, how eager will you be to wash your hands using water that flows through the tap?
It's actually incredibly efficient, using the same water which is typically used to fill the reservoir tank for future flushes. Felt odd at first, but only a took a day to assimilate.
This sink would actually discourage me from washing my hands. I'm not going to handle my relatively clean schlong and then try to make my hands clean by using a sink that's splattered in yellow! This certainly would succeed at making me use less water though!
I think automotive grease is roughly sterile as well, but I don't want to have it smeared all over my hands all the time. There are extremely practical reasons to not want urine on your hands other than the transmission of bacteria. And not illogical, either -- the smell is not pleasant, and it would certainly be a social impediment.
Yes, and I wash my hands also. But consider that you don't often shake penises as a greeting. I presume the GP's theory to be that a penis doesn't need to be washed regularly because it seldom contacts foreign bacteria.
...the sink should be above but somewhat connected to the urinal, as not to gross some people out by having them use a sink that's "in one block" with the bottom piece. It's the kind of very functional design that stays totally oblivious tot he psychology of users.
Vague because it's not particularly important where the location is, just that the idea has precedent, and it gets tiring having to note your location for reference every few comments.
