Kathryn Anthony, a professor of architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a somewhat questionable interest in men urinating. It seems that a significant number of American men, precluding prostate problems, posses a problem pointing percy at the porcelain in the presence of people (how's that for an alliteration of Ps? which is somehow appropriate since we are discussing pee) .

She says

Although few discuss it publicly, some men question the lack of privacy in the standard men's room lineup of urinals, with users in full view of each other. In fact, a disorder called paruresis, or shy bladder syndrome, making it impossible for someone to urinate in public if others are within site or hearing distance, affects over 1 million Americans. Nine out of 10 of them are men.

She is clearly not as clever with alliterations as The Green Man is.

By way of critique of the assertion, The Green Man suggests that nine out of ten are men because women, generally speaking, do not urinate in public anyway, well at least not at the parties The Green Man typically attends. This also explains why women are not as successful in business because scientific studies have shown that 30% of business deals are negotiated at the stainless steel urinal in the men's toilet.

Anyway, back to the topic; did I say Professor Kathryn had a strange fascination with men urinating? Well that is a bit unfair because she also has a strange fascination with women urinating. Actually she has a fascination with toilets generally. As far as Professor Kathryn is concerned you can't have too many urinals, or more precisely that America does not have nearly enough urinals. She wants to put an end to those long queues at the toilets, particularly the womens.

The Green Man has a simple solution, plant more lemon trees, although he does note that women in Australia do not show the same enthusiasm with "feeding the lemon tree" than men do. Strange that.

By the way if you are interested in a serious architectural discussion of toilets, you can find an article on Professor Kathryn's work here.