Posted by Stephen Lauf on October 24, 19102 at 13:09:11:
In Reply to: urinal and mistletoe posted by Bill Wilson on October 22, 19102 at 10:22:33:
The point could be made that excremental and reproductive functions do not exactly overlap within the human body. Excrement, while generally defined (in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, 1966)as 'waste matter discharged from the body' usually refers to 'waste discharged from the alimentary canal,' hence fecal matter. More correctly then, reproductive fuctions overlap with the urinary tract. Note that urine is a product of metabolism, while excrement is a product of assimilation (in the extreme, i.e., purge).
Besides being reenactments (of mistletoe, even?), are today's Duchamp FOUNTAINs also representations of the "male fig leaf"? Or might they enforce artistic blabber control? (I wish.) Or do they portend that "in the future, everyone will piss for 15 minutes?"