The urinal cake said I was too drunk to drive

As I mentioned below, Missouri is cracking down on drunk driving for the next couple of weeks. It's not just DUI checkpoints and extra officers on the road. There's also a big public awareness campaign -- radio ads, PSAs and, new this year, talking urinal cakes.

The state bought about 200 urinal cakes, which will be distributed to bars in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield and Columbia, a MoDOT spokeswoman said. When in use, a lady's voice emanates from the urinal, repeating the following words:

“Hey big guy, going out tonight? Having a few drinks? Make sure if you’re drinking, you find a sober driver. Because if you drink and drive, the next urinal you use could be in jail. Remember, your future is in your hand.”

New Mexico and a few other states have used talking urinal cakes with a lot success, the spokeswoman said. Most fatal car wrecks involve young men, so officials hope this is a unique way to catch their attention.

Each cake costs $22.50. They're being paid for with federal funds and usually last two to three months. The state lets the bar keep them.

Hat Tip: Thanks, Laura!

Comments

[JewwellsP]

I am surprised the state doesn't want them back from the bars. LOL

$4500.00 spent for some person to pee on them. Talk about discrimination, where is the women's version of this. What only men get drunk & drive?

[ScooterJ]

That'd be really cool if the cakes really could figure out your BAC by analyzing your pee and tell you what it is. The one thing I hate about laws that punish people based upon an arbitrary value of a blood test reading (rather than actual signs of impairment) is that there is no way for anyone to know if they are breaking the law or not until after they have already been busted. Currently I use mathematical calculations to try to estimate mine so that I know when it's time to walk or take a cab. Usually I know it's time when I start screwing up the math and have to start over. :)

[Jonathan]

*Jewwels*
You pee in a urinal? :)

[Killer]

"your future is in your hand"? No, my "present" is in my hand when I get home from the bar.

[Killer]

Jonathan.....I would think so...

[KAB]

Will they be putting the talking cakes in the sinks in Arkansas?

Urinals? What urinals?

[KAB]

Oh, and Jewells:

Ain't no discrimination - youse women folk are welcome to come on in and pee in the urinals. We won't mind.

[Vibiana]

It would be impossible for me to communicate just how radically this squicks me out. LOL

[monty]

I smell trouble.Two drunk guys standing next to each other at the trough."Hey big guy,going out tonight" comes a voice?Glassy eyed drunks yell "you talking to me" at each other as they go for each others throats.

[C]

your future is in your hand...that kills me...

[JewwellsP]

Hecne PLease read-"where is the women's VERISON of this"?

EASIER TO UNDERSTAND NOW?
you guys must be KU grads, still peeing on your hand.

[Kelly]

Jewwells - I think they think you are a woman. I think that's where the confusion is.

I'm a woman, and agree - I don't understand why this would be okay, unless there is something similar for women. And what's the point, really? I think people know when they legally shouldn't be driving, but they still think "nothing will happen" to them.

[Stinky B.]

this is what happens when you take jesus out of urinal cakes.

[Linda]

Wow what a way to waste our tax dollars

[Killer]

agree linda, it's like thier just pissing it all away.

[G]

Wouldn't a urinal cake that actually analyzes the urine and gives you your current BAC be a little more useful?

[Killer]

am I allowed to say that?

[Stinky B.]

Nah, then you would get arrested for drunk in public. That would cause WAY more problems than it would solve.

[regina]

Well Killer if you didnt say it I was going to so I think Its all good!

BTW for woman maybe they should put it on the towel dispenser or on the Mirror in the Bathrooms, No woman walks out of there without washing there hands and looking in the mirror.

[jpbikerfreak]

My pre-recorded response:

"Hey little girl, why don't you shove it up your big fat can and let me have a drink without nagging me to death?"

[Jonathan]

*JewwellsP*
So you want a female version that sits in the bottom of the toilet, and says in a slightly gurgling voice...

"Hey big girl, going out tonight? Having a few drinks? Make sure if you’re drinking, you find ... HOLY CRAP, YOU JUST POOPED ON ME!!!”

[Killer]

blooooop

[Big D.]

That's it, I'm going outside from now on!

[E.G.Bohannon]

"Where would Jesus pee?"

[FishEatFish]

Johnathan, that just made me chuckle. Thanks!

[Grumpy Grandpa]

Good for Missouri... They have finally realized that it is a better use of taxpayer's money to buy urnal cakes than to waste our hard earned money on silly stuff like MediAid for the elderly or school books for the young.

[chief]

I love cake, but I have never heard of a talking one!

[Vote_Libertarian]

WOW.... Another waste of money by the Federal Government. I assume that this money that they are dolling out for this is coming from the accounts for building and maintaining interstate highways. I bet the people in that bridge collapse wish the money had been spent for what was intended.

If the state governments want to spend their money on this that is their business...a State issue...but I have a real problem that the money is coming from a grant from the Federal Government.

We are so dumb that we are electing officials to Washington D.C. to drive us all into Bankruptcy. What is the national debt today?

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

We as a nation better do something to reign in the Federal Government before it is to late. We need to start out by keeping our tax dollars at home instead of letting the feds decide for us how it is best spent.

Things like this are just a tip of the iceberg.

“ The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people. ”

[Grumpy Grandpa]

Aw c'mon Vote_Libertarian... Do you mean to tell me that the Constitution of the United States of America failed to address the issue of talking urnal cakes? What were they thinking?

[jpbikerfreak]

vote_libertarian -

You also have to take into account unfunded liabilities when considering federal debt. corporations are required to do this but the feds don't.

When you do that, it's over $500,000.00 per family, according to USA today.

[spiral]

The Talking Urinal Cakes - great name for a Missouri band!

[Jonathan]

*vote_libertarian*
What is the difference in paying for talking urinal cakes as an ad against Drunk Driving and a huge billboard on the side of the road that says "Say No To Drugs."? They are both of an ad campaign by the government against something that is illegal. They are both temporary - cakes last 2-3 months and billboards are rented for a few months. They are both placed in a location to get max exposure to the target audience. Unless you are against all ad campaigns by the government, then my question to use is moot.

[newbie]

I can see a lonely guy pouring a drink on the cake while he uses his free hand to enjoy the woman's voice......

[htgirl]

jonathan, you're crackin me up:O

[Don in t-town]

Great, now we're going to having a bunch of horny Jayhawks sneaking across the stateline and stealing this stuff just so they can say they had a date!

[Vote_Libertarian]

Jonathan,
Is drunk driving a federal crime...no it's a state offense. Should the Feds be spending money to advertise drunk driving billboards....no, it is a State issue. Should the State decide to advertise billboards against drunk driving...that is a State issue up to the State. Does everybody already know that drunk driving is a crime....yes.

The main issue: Should the Feds take our money to spend on this...and the other wasteful programs...no. The money should not be sent to Washington D.C. to begin with...it should stay at home in the State.

I guess I must be wrong though. I forgot how financially frugal and trustworthy the Federal Government is with our money!

[Wes M.]

Something tell me that these cakes are going to be collector items in the apartment and dorms of the college boys!!

That or some techy geek will kidnap them and figure out how to put a different message on them!!

Sooo.... will the warning be changed from "Please don't eat the big breath mints in the men's room" to "Please don't eat the talking breath mint in the men's room"??????

[Jonathan]

*vote_libertarian*
So your main issue is that the funding for these came from the FEDERAL government, but if it would have come from the STATE level then you would not have an issue with it? Everyone knows that drugs are illegal and they still post billboards and school education programs around it. I am guessing that the "Say No To Drugs' campaign was also a federally funded program, not a state one.

[just wondering]

Who ever decided to call these things "cakes"? I understand they are shaped like one-but wouldn't sponge or something of the likes be better? You eat cake,not pee on it.

[Mark D]

Who ever decided to call these things "cakes"? I understand they are shaped like one-but wouldn't sponge or something of the likes be better? You eat cake,not pee on it. --just wondering

You've apparently never had my mother-in-law's cooking ...

[Vote_Libertarian]

Jonathan,
If the State wishes to engage in this activity and there is nothing within its own constitution or statutes prohibiting it then I would say that it is within its rights.

The Federal Government does not have the extra money laying around to pay for crap like this....Oh I forgot they borrowed it from your Great Great GREAT Grandchildren.

“ The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people. ”

[Jonathan]

*vote*
so you are against all campaigns like this from the federal government, not just this one, correct? Like the "Say No To Drugs" campaign and a couple others I can't readily think of right now.

Jonathan,
If the ad campaign deals with a subject over which the federal government has authority, then I can tolerate the expense IF there is money to pay for it with out borrowing the money from future generations.

How's that for the "final answer"

[in2ropin]

Someone towards the beginning of this said something about the 2 cowboys standing next to each other and one hears this voice and thinks it's the guy standing next to him,,

Please can we place a hidden camera in there? Please:) I've got to see that!!!!

[Clark_K]

What about if there was a thing where when you peed on it, it could determine from your pee of you drank too much. If it did determine that, it could have a voice that says "you're hammered, take a cab" or "you're sober, just don't drink any more and you should be ok". That would be more useful.

[Clark_K]

What about if there was a thing where when you peed on it, it could determine from your pee of you drank too much. If it did determine that, it could have a voice that says "you're hammered, take a cab" or "you're sober, just don't drink any more and you should be ok". That would be more useful.

[STARVE THE ARTISTS]

So what happens to the drunk who decides he wants a little nookie from the girl in the urinal?

[deadhead]

As a former bar owner, the drunks dont hit the mark.

[The DB]

So what happens to the drunk who decides he wants a little nookie from the girl in the urinal?

Posted by: STARVE THE ARTISTS | Friday, August 17, 2007 at 08:30 PM

A longer line at the door of the Men's room...

[Bart]

Aren't DUIs misdemeanors? I see so much controversy over them, I thought misdemeanors were like a petty crime,,or something. If it's so bad they put up billboards and set up roadblocks, should'nt the crime at least be a felony?

[rw]

In the day and age where everything is taxed and nothing is free how long before we start paying a urinal tax to pay for these things.....

[Vote_Libertarian]

*Stinky B*
I don't know you from a stinky pile of *** **** laying out in my front yard. From your nickname it must stink pretty bad...and I don't know who your buddy BS Steve is...but if you don't have anything meaningful to post why are you posting a comment?

For your information...like it is really any of your business...I just started reading this site awhile back specifically for news about the Chiefs and wandered into this section for some reason. Some of the comments and viewpoints were so asinine IMO that I couldn't help but respond. Some of you ******* sucked me into this...it's all your fault.

I take it your buddy BS Steve and yourself must have different views in quite a few areas or you wouldn't have brought up his name out of the blue in your meaningless post. If this BS Steve has opinions that the Federal government needs to be drastically reduced in size, that our taxes should stay at home and not be sent to Washington D.C. and that the corrupt politicians and their appointed judiciary have way overstepped their authority in detriment to the State and the people.....we will probably get along great....I hope he shows up.

LOL.....I woke up grouchy this morning !!!

Have a great day !!! :-)

[Vote_Libertarian]

STINKY B...
Where did your post go? I wrote you a nice response to it and now it's gone. Maybe the moderator...if there is one....decided it did not have anything in it worth the few bits of computer storage space that it was occupying.

[D]

What if you're on acid when the urinal starts talking? My GOD, I would freak.

[dr no]

so which member of the bush or blunt family probably has a financial interest in selling these pieces of overpriced worthless crap? if big brother really wants to have his say how about a talking sign over the urinal and inside the door of the women's stall. bet those microchips from the hallmark talking cards cost less than the cakes and last longer.

[Kathleen Isabell]

Whoa now... the talking urinal cakes are a start but ultimately they will not work bc the drunks will take to peeing on the floor and in the alley and anywhere outside, wherever they can avoid these annoying things. Being a former drunk (albeit female) I certainly would. Let's go for police presence to bar parking lots, sobriety checkpoints, and sobriety software in automobiles.

[Bud]

I would just tell the bitch to shut up have a one more and go drive ..LOL