Water-Free Flush

by Zac Geoffray.

Unbeknownst to most female students at our school, Samohi has become a part of a world movement that is taking place in men’s restrooms ranging from the Taj Mahal to our own school. Samohi has installed 30 new state of the art urinals. Yes the new urinals are sleek, and look remarkably out of place in our filthy restrooms, but they also seem to serve some sort of higher purpose.

The new urinals, made by Falcon Technologies, have numerous benefits. Here at Samohi we have 24 new urinals. Because the new units are water free, the school does not have to pay for the 40,000 gallons of water that each one of the old urinals would use in one year – money that was, for all practical purposes, going “down the drain”. This also has a positive impact on the environment, as 5% of all freshwater consumed is used to transport urine. All in all, an estimate from the company says that the administration should save about $100-200 dollars per unit, per year. What was ASB’s deficit again?

However in all my research, I was unable to answer the question that I was asked most often, and that is: what the hell is the cartoon bumblebee doing on the urinals? If any knows, please get in touch.