# Urinal Cakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994 "2003-05-04T09:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/1 "2003-05-04T09:28:58Z")
Piss Pucks ---
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/2 "2003-05-04T09:35:17Z")
Yeah, just because they’re called cakes doesn’t mean that they are good for eating. You only have to learn that lesson once. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/3 "2003-05-04T10:16:44Z")
Hmmm. Is that like yellow snow?? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/4 "2003-05-04T12:45:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Violet \* > \*\*Hmmm. Is that like yellow snow?? \*\* Poor **Violet**. No, not yellow snow. Urinal cakes are for deodorizing purposes. They are like large moth balls, and are placed in the bottoms of urinals in men’s public bathrooms. _Once more ingorance falls…_ ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/5 "2003-05-04T12:53:12Z")
Trough lollies. ---
**Author:** ![haardvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@haardvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haardvark)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/6 "2003-05-04T12:58:11Z")
Please don’t eat the big white mint. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/7 "2003-05-04T13:06:58Z")
A red bull and Jager smells exacty like a urinal cake. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/8 "2003-05-04T14:13:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Please don’t eat the big white mint. That’s why they put them in those cage things. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/9 "2003-05-04T14:41:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Carter of Mars \* > > Urinal cakes are for deodorizing purposes. Flipper? 😕 * * * I like Ho-cakes. Winky Dinky Ho-cakes. Ho’s gotta eat, too! ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/10 "2003-05-04T14:53:01Z")
Urinal cakes are great, especially when covered with chococlate, placed in a Godiva box and presented to a shallow, snobby girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/11 "2003-05-04T15:19:37Z")
When come back bring urinal pie! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/12 "2003-05-04T15:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by haardvark \* > \*\*Please don’t eat the big white mint. \*\* they should stop making them look so damn [delicious](http://www.necco.com/canada-mint.htm)… ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/13 "2003-05-04T15:28:29Z")
"Urinal Cake Thief Hits After Dark Nightclub An unknown culprit has been stealing the urinal cakes from the men’s restroom at the After Dark nightclub in Monterey" [http://www.mbay.net/~wes/monterey/tpsept98/cakethief.html](http://www.mbay.net/~wes/monterey/tpsept98/cakethief.html) Must have been hungry? ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/14 "2003-05-04T17:00:56Z")
Note for the ladies: Eternity by Calvin Klein is reminiscent of urinal cakes. Really. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/15 "2003-05-04T17:03:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*Urinal cakes are great, especially when covered with chococlate, placed in a Godiva box and presented to a shallow, snobby girlfriend. \*\* remind me never to get on your bad side… ---
**Author:** ![Latino\_Yoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Latino\_Yoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latino_Yoshi)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/16 "2003-05-04T21:27:48Z")
Personally, I enjoy pouring yellow food coloring on the blue cakes and watch the green icing form. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/17 "2003-05-04T23:04:16Z")
I’m reminded of that abysmal movie _Joe’s Apartment_. There’s two hours of my life I’ll never get back. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/18 "2003-05-05T01:39:05Z")
Whoa. It never occurred to me before, but do women like… not know what a urinal cake is? ---
**Author:** ![Deathstatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Deathstatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deathstatic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/19 "2003-05-05T02:07:50Z")
Hey, I have seen this episode of Upright Citizen’s Brigade! IT’s a good one! “We need talking robots in all the bathrooms explaining, ‘this is a urinal cake, this is not a real cake!’” I need some of those color-blindness goggles, that would be fun at parties to feed my friends pig anuses. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urinal-cakes/172994/20 "2003-05-05T05:17:38Z")
mmmm…urinal fresh… /homer