I Think I May Have Come Up With A Solution

I have mentioned before that Thursday night is "girls' night out" and that I have a great time when we get together. This past Thursday was no exception. We had quite a few laughs about things in general and the men (husbands and sons) in our lives. I won't go into details about all that we discussed, but I do want to highlight one topic because I think I have figured out a solution to a neverending battle between the sexes.

No, I am not referring to whether or not the toilet seat is up or down. If you have ever had brothers, a husband, a father, or had to enter a public restroom used by men, you may understand. Why is it that men cannot seem to avoid getting pee on the bathroom floor and/or dripping down the sides of the toilets they use?

It's not like the target is too small. Inventors have even attempted to make the target easier to see...

They have also tried to appeal to mens' interests and egos...

After contemplating this mystery, I have narrowed the issue down to one key psychological factor that if addressed properly could revolutionize men's toilet performance. This factor is summed up in the word competition.

Yes, men seem to love competition...

In fact, it seems to be one of the reasons that the areas around urinals in public restrooms get so bad... men are so interested in checking out each others' equipment to establish their place in the pecking order that they tend miss the intended target.

Just think about it... this competitive nature plays a role in many of the activities that men enjoy. For instance, men that play golf concentrate very hard on getting that ball in to a hole that is much smaller that a toilet...

And what about pool? Men are quite earnest about sinking the proper ball in one of those relatively small openings in the pool table!

Aiming for a target is also important in games that men enjoy like darts and tennis. In tennis, not only does the ball need to connect to the center of the web of strings on the racquet, but also to the desired point on the opponents side of the court.

And what man doesn't occasionally participate in garbage pail basketball? Yes, men like the idea of showing how they can hit the target.

Now the question that came to my mind was how can this competitive nature of men and the whole target idea be utilized to improve men's toilet manners?

Simply putting a target in the toilet bowl would probably not be enough to energize that competitive nature. No. What we need is a toilet that not only has some sort of a target, but we also need this toilet to keep score! Yes! Some sort of flashing scoreboard. You know, one that will keep each male's best score so that he can keep trying to better that score and also keep the scores of each male that uses the toilet so that the best scoring male can be readily ascertained. You might need to include a reset button just in case they want to add someone to the competition... like a visiting male relative on vacation.

Just think how proud the best scorer will be! You may never need to worry about pee on the floor again!

Yup. I got this all figured out. Anybody you know working on a patent?