So back in early April while at a theater in Ann Arbor I happened to come across an absolutely completely full bottle of urine. I found it to be a curiosity, so I snapped a picture of it and uploaded it to my moblog.

Fast forward to today, and while watching the log files for nuxx.net I happened to see a referrer from this site, which is the first actual use I’ve seen for that picture. (Scroll down about 4/5 of the way…)

The writer is talking about how to determine bad traffic areas, and they write:

You see, as we were driving the early part of the CBE, we began to see bottles of refreshing Aquafina and Poland Springs and Dasani and other popular brands of water lying by the side of the road filled with a suspicious liquid of different shades of yellow and gold. What I now know is that when there are multiple water bottles full of urine lying on the side of a road – thrown there from car windows – this is NOT the road you want to take if you need to get anywhere in a hurry.

So, Mr. Dave Nalle, thank you for finding an actual use for my silly, silly photo of a bottle of urine. While I don’t completely agree with his analysis (I tend to see these bottles in more rural area where there often isn’t bad traffic) I do think he’s got a valid point. If there are lots of these bottles along the side of a highway, there’s a good chance it’s often backed up.

On a side note, maybe it’s just that I’ve been noticing it more often, but I’ve been seeing similarly full bottles all too often. There was one just outside of the driveway at my condo, one on a random corner I noticed en route to work, and I saw one along the side of I-75 last time I drove it as part of heading to Ann Arbor.

It’s just really an interesting thing… I guess urinating while driving isn’t something I’d thought of. I’d rather just pull over, stand in a somewhat sheltered area, and go.

Yesterday I received a piece of email from a film production company in Toronto asking if I’ll grant them rights to use this photo in a documentary they are making “…about the archaeology of the birthplace of Jesus: the well known Bethlehem.”

The company is AP LTD/ TSU Productions who is located somewhere downtown along Spadina in Toronto. I’m also not sure of any of the details of this documentary nor why they would be interested in such a poorly shot photo (it’s just a random snapshot from when I was wandering around Frankenmuth alone one day), but they do. < shrug >

Digging a bit further, one of this company’s previous works is The Naked Archaeologist which looks like it might actually be interesting. Actually, looking at the dates of this show, this photo might be wanted to be included as part of this series. The aforementioned press release is only from two weeks ago, and it looks like the series isn’t complete yet.

Hmm, I guess I will let them use it… No reason not to…

Now, to figure out how to communicate the release back to them in the most efficient manner.

UPDATE: Hmm, the number to fax the relese to is for the Riverdale Jewish Community Center. Interesting…