on Mar 7th, 2008Peeing on Stuff and Blogging about it…
Everybody pees. We hold this truth to be self-evident to the point that we haven’t used it as the title of a children’s book. This is a bodily function that is carried out in purpose-specific rooms, most of the time.
Urinating in public is a crime. The US government has recently brought in new, broad laws that have the potential to classify public urinators as sex offenders. I think that is insane. There are so many scenarios in which any one of us could be faced with the necessity of relieving ourselves in a public space. The chance of getting charged in relation to more than one unfortunate event is pretty slim, but it should not result in a criminal record much less registered sex offender status.
Looking around the blogosphere, I found a Harvard Graduate that admits on a blog that he pees in the pool. I also found a world traveler who is proud of his experiment in marking his territory (as a warning to stray cats). Neither of these acts are criminal. One does not involve whipping it out and the other was carried out in the privacy of a rented house (from a landlady who doesn’t read blogs?).
Ok, I found a blogger who has written about peeing in public and the icing on the cake is the fact that she was caught, but not apprehended…
I stood up from the ground to find myself staring at a security guard standing with his arms crossed across his chest and a stern look on his face. Again, when one finds oneself in such a situation, my best advice is not to stop and negotiate, but to run. I bolted for the car as fast as I could and leapt inside.