Excuse me, I gotta see a urinal cake about a horse

When the deodorizer cake in the urinal starts talking to you, you know you're either:

1: drunk out of your freakin' gourd, or

2. in New Mexico.

New Mexico is hoping to keep drunks off the road by lecturing them at the last place they usually stop before getting behind the wheel: the urinal.

The state recently paid $21 each for about 500 talking urinal-deodorizer cakes and has put them in men's rooms in bars and restaurants across the state.

When a man steps up, the motion-sensitive plastic device says, in a woman's voice that is flirty, then stern: "Hey, big guy. Having a few drinks? Think you had one too many? Then it's time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home."

The recorded message ends: "Remember, your future is in your hand."

Actually, at the time the listener is supposed to hear this message, he's got something smaller than his future in his hand. Of course, guys do tend to exaggerate a bit.

Good thing the flirty voice is female, otherwise Tim "I hate teh ghey" Hardaway might develop a complex.

(Cross-posted.)