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Topic: Dutch trains are using plastic bags for toilets.

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #12,778

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44815084/ns/travel-news/#.TpHom5tFuso

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The Dutch national railway has an unusual solution for passengers who need the bathroom on a train line designed without them: plastic bags.

The rail operator underlined that the bags, introduced Friday, are for use in emergencies only, when a train has stopped and passengers can't be evacuated. The idea has been met with incredulity by politicians and the general public already unhappy with the short-haul "Sprinter" trains' bathroomless design.

NS spokesman Eric Trinthamer confirmed Friday the "pee-bag" plan is not a joke. The bags are kept out of sight in the conductor's booth.

The bags have a cup-shaped plastic top and contain a highly absorbent material that turns urine into a gel-like mixture. After use the bags can be sealed and thrown in the trash.


I don't find this particularly unusual.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #229,938

@OP
> I don't find this particularly unusual.

You don't?

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 16 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #229,940

I want to make urine-gel!

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #229,941

I want to buy 5,000 of these and sell my toilet.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 9 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #229,942

@229,938 (B)
Why would I? It's indicated that it's for emergencies and it solves only a necessity in that situation rather than having to equip every train with toilets.

Anonymous B replied with this 15 years ago, 40 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #229,943

@previous (A)
Surely you realize pissing oneself is a more dignified solution.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #229,944

@previous (B)
If that's what their culture considers dignified, then who am I to judge?
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