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May 22 2009 4 Comments

Largely not allowed to have a leak?

Despite Tokyo’s tremendous number of convenience stores that by and large now tend to have a toilet, many Japanese men of a certain age still have a puzzling predilection for peeing in public, with their desperate discharges often done with a total disregard to people passing by.

A propensity that quite possibly prompted the owner of this ideal-for-a-quick-wee wall to try and persuade them to at least piddle on somebody else’s property.

Japanese no peeing

Although there again, as it somewhat surprisingly suggests that only spending a penny when standing is deemed undesirable, females and even fellas with a penchant for the previously posted Angel Lap Pillow are presumably still ok to pee.

Japanese peeing pillow

Perhaps.

Categorized: General

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  1. PeterD says

    5/23/2009 at 2:24 am

    Had to read the kanjis to understand your connection. 立小便禁煙 (stand, pee, not allowed). 座小便禁煙 (sit, pee, not allowed) would be Ok, wouldn’t it.

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  2. Lee says

    5/23/2009 at 10:17 am

    It certainly seems that way Peter. They only appear to have a problem with the standing variety!

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  3. Tor Hershman says

    5/24/2009 at 10:40 am

    If dudes in Japan had more fart jokes then they’d pee less in public.

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  4. Adam says

    5/25/2009 at 7:52 am

    According to my dictionary, 立小便 refers specifically to urinating “outdoors (by the roadside, against a wall, against a tree).” Look how educational Tokyo Times is getting.

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