Lawmakers Say No to Whissinator

Are you ready for this? Just goes to show you there is always someone out there ready to make a buck off a business opportunity, regardless of how peculiar it may seem.

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A life-like prosthetic penis called the Whizzinator and other products promising to help illegal drug users pass urine tests provoked U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to take legal action with subpoenas of manufacturers.

Lawmakers objected to attempts to circumvent drug tests with products such as The Whizzinator, a fake penis that can provide a flow of clean urine 'again and again, anytime, anywhere you need it!' according to the Web site www.whizzinator.com.

A congressional subcommittee voted to subpoena the owner of Puck Technology of Signal Hill, California, the company that makes the Whizzinator. The panel also voted to subpoena the owners of Health Choice of New York City and Spectrum Labs of Cincinnati, two companies that lawmakers said also were suspected of selling products aimed at circumventing workplace drug tests." More...

That an entire industry can be created around detection avoidance of "penal" code violations is nothing new. Take radar detectors for example. But this story adds a whole new meaning to getting pissed off... - zzb