If the Urinal is Talking to You, You've Had Too Much to Drink

The nanny-staters may have jumped the shark with this one:

New Mexico has taken its fight against drunken driving to men's restrooms around the state.

The state has ordered 500 talking urinal cakes that will deliver a recorded anti-DWI message to bar and restaurant patrons who make one last pit stop before getting behind the wheel.

The top of the devices feature the state DWI slogan -- "You drink, you drive, you lose."

Some Albuquerque bars installed the devices this week.

And the state Transportation Department plans to distribute them to Santa Fe bars and restaurants as well as establishments in Farmington, Gallup and Las Cruces.

The state spent $21 for each talking urinal cake for the pilot program but will ask bars and restaurants to pay for future orders if the idea catches on.

The cakes have enough battery power to last about three months.

If you can program them to do anti-drunk driving messages, just think of the fun stuff you could make them say....

"Lucky for you, size isn't everything."

"Help! I'm shrinking!!"

And those are just the clean ones I could publish here.