Let It Fly

As gentlemen may have noticed, flies are turning up in urinals with increased frequency. Not real ones, but lifelike images carefully positioned in the porcelain bowl. It seems the very presence of this insect drastically reduces what's politely called "spillage."

But why flies?

Audio: Weekend Edition Saturday, December 19, Host: Scott Simon, Reporter: Robert Krulwich

Source: NPR / Maggie Starbard, Dylan Isabell, Jessica Goldstein

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Vermont Student Sues Over Co-Ed Bathrooms

Nineteen-year-old Green Mountain College student Jennifer Weiler has filed a lawsuit over the lack of single-sex bathrooms in the her residence hall. All seven of the school's residence halls are co-ed.

According to the lawsuit against the college and the Vermont Department of Public Safety (which enforces building and plumbing codes), Weiler and others are uncomfortable with both facilities: flimsy curtains on the shower doors, and conduct: men using the toilets with open stall doors.

Weiler's father told the Burlington Free Press that school officials at Green Mountain College labeled the bathroom on her floor "female" but males still use it.

Are there any flies? A college spokesman declined to comment.