Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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Public Vomit Chamber
Mens and Ladies Vomiting Rooms
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It happens rarely, but I found myself on Saturday night on my hands and knees with my head in the toilet of a bar expelling the large quantities of lager I had consumed in the previous few hours.

I envision a special stall - if not a designated room ( the door of which displaying a sign of a stylised man blowing chunks or woman repectively ) especially for throwing up. Essentially the facility would look somewhat like a normal toilet -flushing facility etc but more ergonomically, and functionally designed to go about the deed as unpleasantly as possible. Each side of the enlarged bowl would have handles, on the ground vinyl cushioned knee rests, and a face sized paper towel dispenser near by.

As you exit there is a mouth wash fountain and mint dispenser so as to disguise any nasty bile aftertaste. By getting the punters back to the bar looking presentable the cost of building the facility in all bars would be outweighed by their return to more drinking. It would also save cleaning up vomit from the normal toilets.

Drinking and vomiting go hand in hand (or finger in throat) - so its surprising that there is no accomodation for what happens so frequently in such places.


benfrost, May 16 2001

What vomitoria actually were. http://www.halfbake...Real_20Apollo_20Day
See [Monkfish]'s link for the low-down on the V-room. [angel, May 16 2001]

Door Signs http://www.benfrost..._vomit_chambers.htm
Here are the pictures that I think should go on the doors [benfrost, May 16 2001, last modified Jan 29 2005]

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       These things are baked in Bierhausen in Germany. It took me about a minute to work out why there was a shouder-high urinal in the corner with handles set onto it just below shoulder level.

UnaBubba, May 16 2001
  

       waugsqueke - check out the Door Signs link for the suggested pics!

benfrost, May 17 2001, last modified May 18 2001
  

       I'm hurling a Croissant for the illustrations

thumbwax, May 15 2002
  

       Brilliant! No idea why these aren't everywhere. I bet you could sell them to bartenders who have to clean the john and make a killing.

Include a warm-water hose for cleaning up.

Voice, May 26 2008
  

       //man blowing chunks or woman//   

       Hmm.

dbmag9, May 27 2008
  
      
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