My pal Paul Jahn, Local Search Geek Extraordinaire — and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune — have revealed that talking urinal cakes were placed locally to discourage drunk-driving on a very drunk weekend in the Cities (St. Pat’s and the WCHA Frozen Five will do that).
True fact: I have purchased bathroom advertising in my past, including, ahem, light-up, audio urinal cakes.
This was not a proud moment in my life.
On the plus side, it did give me something entertaining to discuss on blind dates in that period of time. One of the people I told about this stuck around in spite of my part in such shenanigans being revealed over a cheeseburger. He has NOT insisted on a pre-nup that says ‘no talking urinal cakes ever,’ but I bet it shows up in the vows.
This is Gwar#2. I helped Paul find the news. We’re sorry about the urinal cake advertising you did in the past, but it sounds like everything turned out great!
Further shame:
The toilet campaign involved flat-screens ABOVE the trough, and talking cakes IN the trough.
The company what makes them is called Wizmark.
That I know these things proves that I need more vodka.
A buddy of mine in up here in Toronto worked for an ad company many eons ago and they were the first to introduce the talking ads over urinals within the Toronto area.
I advised him on what would be required technically to convert them to video and audio.
No pucks though.
I am officially ashamed of you.
On a better note, I could probably enjoy urinating on Britney Spears singing ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’. Especially if the urinal puck had her picture on it.