Urinal game banned by killjoy Belgium police

Remember that urinal-based racing game that was making the rounds this summer? You know, the one you drive with your pee, and which warns you against drunk driving if you're not controlling your car too well? Well the Belgium police didn't seem to find it too amusing, and have banned the "Place to Pee" version of the game installed at GamePower Expo in Gent, Belgium as an indecency offence. We're guessing they're just tired of missing out on all those exciting men's room tourneys.

[Thanks, Joel S]

[DickHardknocks @ Nov 5th 2007 10:39AM]

I think the biggest problem is that there aren't dividers between the stalls.
The only country I've lived in where I've seen that much exposure was China - and when you and other guys have to take a dump in a TROUGH - believe me, you value your privacy.

No men I know want guys standing right next to them being able to compare Johnsons.

[Bob @ Nov 5th 2007 10:44AM]

Men with impressively sized Johnsons don't have a problem with it.

[jwm @ Nov 5th 2007 11:06AM]

Uh, have you even taken a pee in some places in the USA? I've taken a piss in a trough with other guys and in situations one similar to the one above. HINT: It's just a body part, and just look up....

[Andrew Jones @ Nov 5th 2007 11:24AM]

Most theatres I've been to in the US don't have dividers. Many Jr High & Elementary school men's rooms don't have dividers.

My guess is that this sort of thing would do just fine in Las Vegas - it would be considered an added attraction in the Nascar-themed Casino, for instance.

[jvcalin @ Nov 5th 2007 11:45AM]

Erm... I "go" in undivided urinals all the time, I've never noticed anyone comparing johnsons... methinks the lady doth protest too much?

[M @ Nov 5th 2007 4:07PM]

"I think the biggest problem is that there aren't dividers between the stalls."

Yes, because men in America today are such dainty little flowers, their sense of privacy MUST be protected at all costs!

One wonders how men of ages past were able to urinate in front of each other without fainting from the humiliation.

[fontendet24 @ Nov 5th 2007 6:10PM]

I can't see his penis on that photo...

[E71 @ Nov 6th 2007 8:02AM]

OFFENSE NOT OFFENCE!

[DickHardknocks @ Nov 5th 2007 10:40AM]

BTW

The game pictured here is silly.

I think they should have a version of that carnival game where you SPRAY A WATER HOSE INTO THE CLOWN'S MOUTH to make the balloon pop !

[jperry @ Nov 5th 2007 11:48AM]

Or a firefighter game...that would probably make my life complete...I'm a very sad individual

[blade417 @ Nov 5th 2007 10:41AM]

Wow, a whole new way to play with yourself in the bathroom.

[hh83917 @ Nov 5th 2007 10:43AM]

Do you crash when you ran out of "fuel"?

[Wilky @ Nov 5th 2007 10:50AM]

Someone is taking the piss.

[devonl1 @ Nov 5th 2007 11:04AM]

Nice one!

[aoeu00 @ Nov 5th 2007 10:53AM]

Sorry.. but it "almost" looks like the guy managed to plop a turd in there.. :P

[allaina @ Nov 5th 2007 11:03AM]

i'm surprised a women's rights group hasn't gotten in on this one..


"where's OUR bathroom game, eh? just because we can't pee standing up.."

[Dude67 @ Nov 5th 2007 11:15AM]

Hahahahaha

[Rich @ Nov 5th 2007 1:33PM]

lol.. women have rights?

[Onetruebill @ Nov 5th 2007 2:22PM]

Women can pee standing up...
They just need to shower afterwards

[aoeu00 @ Nov 5th 2007 11:14AM]

"PISS TO START" That's awesome! :)

[wrabbit @ Nov 5th 2007 11:25AM]

wireless controller with force feedback and no need for batteries - somebody needs to make an accessory for Wii that will take advantage of that ;)

[Jack @ Nov 5th 2007 11:52AM]

*resists wii joke*

[Boynamedsue @ Nov 5th 2007 11:26AM]

I can't believe a country that has the audacity to refer to itself as "belgium" the most offensive word in the galaxy, would talk about indecency.

[Annun @ Nov 5th 2007 11:35AM]

Uhm why is Belgium so offensive a word?

[macona @ Nov 5th 2007 11:37AM]

He hates waffles?

[Jack @ Nov 5th 2007 11:46AM]

you are one hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is

[bollewolle @ Nov 5th 2007 11:59AM]

LOL, good one. For those who don't know, he's talking about something from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/belgium.shtml).

BTW, I am actually from Belgium, but nobody is perfect right? ;)

[jvcalin @ Nov 5th 2007 11:41AM]

Belgium? Isn't peeing a national pastime there? I mean, look in any tourist store! Look at the freakin' statue in the square for goodness sake!

I hope the sensors are waterproof/sediment proof.

Anyways, these games are no fair to those of us with smaller bladders... er... larger tubes.

[HelloWorld @ Nov 5th 2007 11:59AM]

I think any game that requires one to use their own penis as a controller, is a very bad game indeed.

[jperry @ Nov 5th 2007 12:02PM]

But...It's the ultimate joystick!

[Andrew @ Nov 5th 2007 12:02PM]

I dunno I always thought the sex game was really fun.

[Magallanes @ Nov 5th 2007 12:21PM]

Whoops.. a 360 turning!.

[aoeu00 @ Nov 5th 2007 12:24PM]

Is there a Ghostbusters game?

*DONT CROSS THE STREAMS* /gasp

[Glenn @ Nov 5th 2007 12:33PM]

Huh? The Belgian police have the authority to declare what is, and isn't, an "indecency offense"? I didn't know Belgium was a police state. Frankly, the "how drunk are you" concept makes a lot of sense. Of course, you could just as easily implement a "urinalyzer" to check that, couldn't you? :D

[Mark @ Nov 5th 2007 1:04PM]

Seriously, what in the f%$#?

[Andrew @ Nov 6th 2007 12:44PM]

The police claimed it was, but that does not mean it's not up to a court to decide. They don't decide, but believe it's covered by the relevant code. However you would have to challenge it in court..

Besides that you don't seem to know much about the different legal systems of the world. The US and the UK are one of the few common law countries in the world.

The police have to make such decisions every day when something odd turns up. I just wish they would monitor *clothing* fashions just as closely.

[Matt O @ Nov 6th 2007 7:14PM]

how could two countries (the uk and the us) be one of few. haha im an ass

[3rdsun @ Nov 5th 2007 12:33PM]

what about guys who have small peckers would they be at a disadvantage (like if they're not disadvantaged already). Can I have a female co-driver to shift gears

[Leroy Vargas @ Nov 5th 2007 12:41PM]

I never pee on urinals --divided or not--, I just go to the toilet, lock myself in, and sign my pissing contract there without any worries about privacy breaches.

One reason for not having dividers on Belgian urinals is that Belgium is a FKK hotspot... Even full child nudity is tolerated there, even though nearly ten years ago a Belgian town named Arlon was victim of a horrific series of high-profile child-rape-murders, and the guilty pedophile is now serving life in prison --although if it were in USA he would've been sentenced to death instead--.

[frensj @ Nov 6th 2007 4:32PM]

And then Americans think it is strange that a lot of Europeans dislike their attitude...

I live in Belgium and, believe me, it's not that we have more child molesters (or just violence?) than you guys in America. We've had one big case yes, but how many of those big cases could America have had with all those small villages and ghettos, just without anyone knowing it.

These kinds of comments just make me really pissed (haha..) because you have no clue whatsoever what you're talking about, just as I have when I'm talking about America, but then again I hear more about your big country (with ALOT of different people, states, ...) than you have about my very small country.



And another thing, actually I have never seen an urinoir without dividers as far is I can remember.

[Muu @ Nov 5th 2007 12:42PM]

Probably banned because they couldnt come up with devices thin enough to install on stalls for the female crowd. You know, sexual inequality and all.

[Michael @ Nov 5th 2007 1:07PM]

Yeah. I was at the Gamepower Expo in Belgium (I'm a Belgian). I asked the responsible why it was closed. It's really lame. But you could use the game, with bottles of water... *sigh*

You can see a picture of the "place to pee" at my flickr-account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberhaupt/1848921366/in/set-72157602886580464/

[Joe Anstine @ Nov 5th 2007 1:13PM]

HAHAHAAHAHAHaHAHAHAAHAHAHaHAHAHAAHAHAHaHAHAHAAHAHAHaHAHAHAAHAHAHa

[engadget @ Nov 5th 2007 1:21PM]

Having grown up in Belgium with English as my first language, one of my pet peeves is people who don't know how to refer to things that come from the country of Belgium. Saying "Belgium police" is like saying "America police" or "Canada police." If we can remember America/American and Canada/Canadian and England/English why can't we remember Belgium/Belgian? It's Belgian chocolates and Belgian beer and Belgian police. Using the proper noun incorrectly as in this post sounds like cave man speech to people who know better...

"Grr, arg, Engadget writer dumb. Not know how talk good."

[Sicarius Barritus @ Nov 5th 2007 1:47PM]

As a caveman living in urban San Fransisco, I find you comment both racist and ignorant, you insensitive clod!

[Michael Marquez @ Nov 5th 2007 1:42PM]

Senator Larry Craig could not be reached for comment

[SubGenius @ Nov 5th 2007 2:01PM]

Is this Microsoft's answer to the Wii?

I think this is a great idea as long as there aren't any sword fighting games.

[SubGenius @ Nov 5th 2007 2:02PM]

Is this Microsoft's answer to the Wii?

I think this is a great idea as long as there aren't any sword fighting games.

[Kailie @ Nov 5th 2007 2:21PM]

I would like to see the sword fighting games :3

[markp @ Nov 5th 2007 3:24PM]

I like the game but the water in the bottom of the urinal is cold & sticky