Enterprising Chinese vendor starts selling 'pee-straight' funnels to help men avoid new fines

An entrepreneur in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has unveiled a contraption designed to help those who miss the mark at a urinal: the 'Pee Straight.'



The invention comes in the wake of a new law known as the Shenzhen City Public Toilet Management Act, which allows sanitation managers and other officials to slap a 100 yuan (£10.50, $16.50) fine on those caught making a mess of municipal toilets while relieving themselves.

The Pee Straight is a simple contraption. A standard funnel affixed to a piece of plastic tubing, the device comes in his and hers versions - hers has a shorter pipe - and is being marketed to those who have trouble with their aim.



At 10 yuan (£1.05, $1.65) per unit, the device's inventor, Ma Xianqing accepts it's unlikely to make him rich. But he espoused the civic value of the Pee Straight and also listed its many benefits, including being able to protect a user’s privacy from peeping Toms who may lurk in toilets.

There's a demonstration video in Chinese here.