N.M. Orders 500 Talking Urinal Cakes
Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:24 AM EST
The Associated Press
By TIM KORTE
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is hoping to keep drunks off the road by lecturing them at the last place they usually stop before getting behind the wheel: the urinal.
The state recently paid $21 each for about 500 talking urinal-deodorizer cakes and has put them in men's rooms in bars and restaurants across the state.
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2007-02-18 07:59:24 · 16 answers · asked by ? 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Actually, I think it's hilarious....talking urinal cakes?!? LMAO!!
That would screw w/your mind if you were really drunk....
2007-02-18 08:20:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jadis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Next time, they should just urinate in an empty beer bottle or pull off on the side of the road. At least if they pull over, they might pass out in the ditch and not kill someone. I guess that would take away any and all fear of the talking urinal cake.
2007-02-18 16:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jackson Leslie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...not violation. I think it's pretty funny and I'm considered a liberal by most around here. I think I might question tax dollars being spent like this, though.I'm sure many people have found these talking deodorizers and have stolen them for their own entertainment. So it's definitely a misuse of tax funds.
2007-02-18 16:05:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a dumb idea but it is not an invasion of anyone's rights. The State has an interest in keeping drunks of the road.
2007-02-18 16:02:52 · answer #4 · answered by Longhaired Freaky Person 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey if it keeps them from driving drunk and killing themselves or someone else who cares about a talking urial cake at bars. Now if they start putting them in every public/private rest room in the country then that would be a violation.
2007-02-18 16:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and no. I'm happy that someone is trying to further the cause of taking drunk drivers off the road. They have no right to drive while drunk so how are their rights being violated?
2007-02-18 16:03:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its a waste of money, if you are that blitzed you aren't reading anything.
I know of no 'right' to urinate in a propaganda free zone.
I know of no police state that worries about deodorants in a urinal. In fact that seems kind of sissy to me. Police states aren't ever sissy.
2007-02-18 16:04:19 · answer #7 · answered by justa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering the high amount of DUI's and repeat offenders in the state of NM, I think it is a good idea.
2007-02-18 16:12:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope its not a violation of our rights. We have to endure innumerable advertisements and media promotion all the time I dont see this invasive. They need to get the pervert machines out of bathrooms if my kid asks me what a french tickler is for I am going to go postal.
2007-02-18 16:02:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Now if that ain't money well spent......I don't know what is. Not quite the police state you were thinking, but how do they know I'm drunk? Have they been watching me? Oooohhh....now I'm paranoid.
2007-02-18 19:49:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋