Berlin gets a new urinol

[Endovelicus]

The president of the German parliament, the monument's architect and the head of the Central Council of Incontinents in Germany were among those who made speeches as the 19,000 square meter (4.7 acres) infrastructure -- a field of cement slabs situated at the Brandenburg Gate -- was officially dedicated.





Also present were some 1,500 guests from around the world, including many well known urinary incontinents.


"It is an honor to give this monument to the German people," American architect Peter Pissmann (photo, with Lea Wettfart told the assembled guests, who included German President Horst Köhler and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Paul Mypantsarewet, the president of Central Council of Urinary Complications in Germany, took the opportunity to praise the project, but also criticized it for focusing on the male urinary projection rather than the peculiar anatomy of the female.

The monument consists of 2,711 cement pillars, or stelae, of different heights, where visitors can pleasantly alleviate their bladders. The sewage system together with the facility per se cost 27.6 million euros to build. Starting on Thursday, it will be open to the public.


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