Ringing in the New Year With...Diapers

200712diapers.jpgWhat happens when more than one million people pack in to Times Square to watch the ball drop (and spend all day long awaiting the 60-second plunge)? For one thing, there are long bathroom lines, if not a complete lack of bathrooms all-together. The NY Post reports that many channeled the spirit of Baby New Year and one of 2007's big news stories: Lisa Nowak.

"I wear a diaper," the 30-year-old musician from Tokyo proudly declared, adding that his traveling pals, brothers Taro and Shinsuke Koyama, used the same strategy.

"I asked a girl to join us," said Shinsuke, also 30. "She said I was crazy, and she didn't want to wear one."

Those who wouldn't wear diapers vowed to "hold it all day" lest they lose their precious spot. Others stopped on their way to the "Crossroads of the World" to wait in nearby long lines before claiming their standing room in the Square. While there were seemingly no major incidents that took place last night, we're betting there were plenty of public urination fines given out.

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I wouldn't find this "practice" unusual especially amongst the Japanese....

These people really have great planning skills. It's totally icky and I rather not be ringing in 2008 while wearing my waste, but to each his/her own!

I'd recommend the external catheter...if you into that kind of thing. http://www.americarx.com/Products/10137.html

I'd recommend the external catheter...if you into that kind of thing. http://www.americarx.com/Products/10137.html

They're onto something, it's a solution for long urban hikes esp where there are no public bathrooms. In the sticks there's always...the sticks.

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Actually, we have to give credit to that astronaut stalker gal (who made that transcontinental trip) for starting this trend. I see a new marketing niche for the makers of Depends...

There's always the Bladder Buddy from the first season auditions of American Inventor. Something like a garment bag that you put on like a poncho to give yourself privacy while you relieve yourself. The inventor swore it worked fine when he tried it out at a bus stop and nobody started slowly edging away from him.

If going to the bathroom in your pants is part of one's itinerary, it may be time to re-think the plan for the day.

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What ever happened to peeing in a bottle if you really need to go?

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The Japanese are fucking weird.

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