Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum

14 responses to “Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum”

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   curiousbrandt

   Jul 29, 2008 at 3:48 am

   That is funny! I don’t remember seeing it when I was there.

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   Seen in my contacts’ photos. (?)

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   msamaclean ©

   Jul 29, 2008 at 4:24 am

   LOL!!!

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   angry shock

   Jul 29, 2008 at 5:04 am

   The wise is the simple.

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   schoschie

   Aug 7, 2008 at 12:29 pm

   Me neither, lol.

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   Gwydion M. Williams

   Aug 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm

   Don’t piss into the wind?

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   jurvetson

   Aug 10, 2008 at 5:39 pm

   … if you are a wise person (homo sapiens)

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   angry shock

   Aug 10, 2008 at 7:23 pm

   It’s just like "Don’t spit to the sky"… I knew that wisdom by that phrase I admit.

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   alive quicksand

   Feb 1, 2009 at 10:47 am

   I too have been surprised by this inscription.
   I don’t really understand what it’s doing there…

   

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   De Balie

   Mar 16, 2009 at 12:11 pm

   Hi, I’m an admin for a group called De Balie, Amsterdam (group), and we’d love to have this added to the group!

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    Chris Selaru

    Oct 6, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    wise people do not piss against the wind 🙂
    it’s very windy in that area.

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    ivanae86

    Sep 28, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    I once heard that the architect put it on there because he was explicitly requested to add a latin quote by the building comittee (against his better judgement).

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    jermeerkat

    Aug 24, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    I don’t know where they got this ‘quotation’ from, but it’s certainly not from any true Latin source. There is no verb ‘urinare’ meaning to pee. Th word for that is ‘micturire’ There is a noun ‘Urinator’ but that means – and ONLY means- ‘diver’. And the only Latin word for ‘diver’ ir ‘urinator’.

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    alive quicksand

    Sep 6, 2012 at 10:26 am

    True, but the word "urina" does mean urine, though.

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    polymnia tsinti

    Sep 7, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    @jermeerkat

    So maybe they meant, a wise man does not dive againste the wind. 🙂

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