Pieces of Flair

Now that we have Nature's Platform, we're happy to sit

In a move that is bringing even more public attention to our bathroom habits, a German inventor has developed a device with a shrill female voice that warns men not to try anything funny while standing up, urine shield or no:

"German women fed up with a man with a poor aim can turn to the ghost-shaped gadget, which lurks under the toilet rim and, if the seat is lifted, declares in a stern female tone:

"'Hello, what are you up to then? Put the seat back down right away, you are definitely not to pee standing up ... you will make a right mess...'"