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Joke of the Week A man decided to write a book about churches around the USA. He started by flying to Seattle and began working east from there. At a very large church, he began taking pho tographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and noticed a sign that read "Calls: $10,000 a minute." Seeking out the pastor, he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone was, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and anyone who pays the fee can talk to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Los Angeles, Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, and all of New England, he found more phones, with the same sign and the same answer from each pastor. Finally, he arrived in Alabama and upon entering a church he saw the usual golden telephone, but THIS time, the sign read "Calls: 50 cents." Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor. "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I h ave found this golden telephone. I have always been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute . Your sign reads only '35 cents a call.' Why?" The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in the South now — this is God's Country. It's a local call." © Portable Sanitation Ass ociation International (PSAI) • 2626 E 82 n d Street, S uite 175 • Bloomi ngton, MN 55425 www.psai.org • 952 - 854 - 8300 W EEKLY EDITION FEB 8, 2017 The French Take on "April Showers Bring May Flowers" As public urination has become a gro wing issue in Paris, an industrial design firm has created a water - free urinal that is combined with a flower or plant box. Paris has faced difficulty when attempting to combat public urination – so much so that they've proposed the dispatch of a 2,000 o fficer "incivility brigade" – whose sole purpose is cracking down on "bad behavior." This so - called bad behavior includes in - street dog waste, the littering of cigarette butts, and above all, public urination. Considering that a portion of the city's san itation workers still scrub roughly 1,800 miles of sidewalk daily, not including the dozens of surfaces that are splattered with urine in the same amount of time, it is safe to say the city needs a different solution. This is why Faltazi, a Nantes - based in dustrial design firm, has designed the Uritrottoir – which is a combination of the French words for "urinal" and "pavement." Speaking to those who are a fan of "wild peeing," this sleek, eco - friendly public toilet looks like a modern, industrial take of a flower box, and yet, is an open, free receptacle for human waste. The top half doubles as an attractive flower or plant holder, while the bottom – the actual urinal piece – will eventually produce compost. It features graffiti - proof paint and does not us e any water. Instead, it stores urine on a bed of dry straw, sawdust or wood chips. A "urine attendant," who is able to see via computer when the toilet is full, monitors the unit remotely. Once full, the urine and straw is carted away to the outskirts of the city, where it is turned into compost that can be later used in public gardens or parks. Still in the early stages, two are being tested in one of Paris's main railway stations. Officials of the railway are optimis tic it will work – and if it does, we could see this concept statewide in the future. READ THE STORY