as any man will tell you, there's nothing worse than 'splash back' and in a move that could slash arrests for public urination in surfers paradise, gold coast council are considering applying a coat of waterproof paint to walls there it'll be spray back time for drunken revellers as the council is copying the german party city of hamburg which has painted the walls of its entertainment district with the same sort of paint used on ships to deter party goers from peeing in public the gold coast bulletin reported that the local council will look into introducing the move where the paint bounces the offending stream off the wall and back onto the offending person scroll down for video  open air urinals may have given some people a laugh but they proved unpopular in surfers paradise  a neon animation shows how easy it was to pee without payback before (left) compared to after (right) due to the application of hydrophobic paint to walls in st pauli, hamburg  public urination ouside surfers paradise's nightspots has caused problems for the gold coast council  open air ­urinals had been used on a trial basis in surfers paradise but they were panned by the public 'it was pr disaster but in keeping urine off the footpaths, it worked really well,' surfers councillor lex bell said he said the waterproof paint idea was 'very interesting' and that he would take it to council officers for consideration nightclub and bar owners in surfer's paradise said the council would be better off just providing public toilets this local resident registered his displeasure with the situation in the st pauli interest community video  liquid poured on one half of a breeze block coated with water repellent paint runs off in this demonstration  st pauli interest community members have put up warning signs   put not every painted wall has them  hollywood showgirls strip club owner craig duffy offered to pay for the installation of public toilets in a disused basement underneath his surfers paradise nightspot mr duffy wrote to council in january offering 600sqm of underground space for public loos which he’d rent back to council at a market rate   but he’s yet to hear a response, the gold coast bulletin said 'that doesn’t make any sense to me at all it’s utterly insane $116 a square metre? pardon the pun but it’s money down the toilet,' he said of the pee proof paint 'it’s not dealing with the underlying problem at all which is that there are no toilets' but using waterproof paint on walls in hamburg has worked here residents of the pub heavy area at the heart of the party town made a stand against so called 'wildpinkler', which literally means 'free pee ers' in german members of the st pauli interest community (ig st pauli) fed up with drinkers weeing everywhere from back alleys to underpasses to childrens' playgrounds used a special paint to give them a nasty surprise water droplets bounce right off the hydrophobic paint with which the residents have coated dozens of walls across a district which welcomes 20 million often heavy drinking party guests every year a man relieving himself in the street jumps back in horror when he gets splash back from the special paint  so called 'wildpinkler', or 'free pee ers', have even been caught urinating in playgrounds in st pauli  now public urinators will get splash back on their shoes and clothes if they decide to empty their bladders in the street ig st pauli board member and owner of several local bars uwe christiansen told the local: 'it was a real annoyance that was growing and growing 'we wanted to bring people to reason' st pauli's red light district the area of hamburg gets 20 million often heavy drinking visitors every year 
hilt lex bell gold coast council trieennia seewee chatties
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