Friday, February 16, 2007

Only in New Mexico

Who says there's nothing to write about. A certain native surely should have posed something about this:

Talking Urinal Cakes

RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- 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.

When a man steps up, the motion-sensitive plastic device says, in a woman's voice that is flirty, then stern: "Hey, big guy. Having a few drinks? Think you had one too many? Then it's time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home."



A talking urinal cake is displayed in the men's room at Turtle Mountain Brewing Co. in Rio Rancho, N.M., on Monday. New Mexico aims to keep bar-hopping drunks off the road by nagging them at a place they're likely to visit just before getting behind the wheel: the men's room. The state transportation department recently bought about 500 talking urinal cakes for various bars and restaurants.

The recorded message ends: "Remember, your future is in your hand."


That last line is what would be known as the classic money quote!

Reminds me of choice graffiti I spotted (but, alas, has been painted over) at Tubby's, down Ft.Myers way: "Please do not throw cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and difficult to light." Now that would have been a startling message, coming from "a woman's voice that is flirty, then stern".

1 comment:

SnarkAngel said...

If only Joan Crawford could be the "voice" behind those urinal cakes . . . or perhaps Faye "acting" as Joan . . . with this line as the grand finale: "I should have known you'd know where to find the boys AND the booze!"

Yeah . . . just like mama.