Three 50-word stories about the urinal we have in our house.

Plumbing proclivities	Water works	Wondering women
After wiping our urinal with a piece of toilet paper recently, I wondered if I could just toss it in and flush it. A quick Google search says, “Urinals were never engineered to handle toilet paper — their drainage connections were solely designed to manage the flow of water and urine.”	We’d never thought about there not being a shutoff faucet or valve on our urinal — like you see on commodes. However, once when the water in our urinal wouldn’t quit running, our plumber talked us through removing the cap on the supply flange to find the urinal’s shutoff valve underneath.	Often at parties, upon finding a urinal in our guest restroom, a woman will say, “Oh, I’ve always wanted to use one of those!” We usually respond, “Please do!” and then try not to imagine the actual execution of that endeavor, thinking perhaps she keeps a SheWee in her purse.