
I spotted the first one years ago in a movie theater restroom. I thought it a mere curiosity, but since then they’ve spread like a contagion to public restrooms everywhere, so that no matter where I go, there’s no escape.
What is this threat to the pissing public? Pipe diapers, and they’re driving me batshit crazy!


Used to be, back in the olden days, nobody was ashamed of their pipes. It was, in fact, comforting to walk into a restroom and see spotless silver drain pipes connected to the sinks. The gleaming metal reassured me. I didn’t have to think about the soap scum, hair, spit, blood and the lord knows what else that was oozing through the inside.
But the good times are over, folks, because some genius has decided to strap on pipe diapers, and who the hell knows what unspeakable filth is leaking inside and making them sag!
Pipe diapers are a plague and I wish they’d just stop. All they do is call even more attention to something I really don’t want to think about at all. There could be roaches crawling around in there, mold, algae, mice . . . virtually anything . . . and none of it wholesome!
Are they in women’s restrooms, too? I don’t know, but I wouldn’t bet against it.
Please, please, please speak to the managers of the establishments you frequent that have pipe diapers installed. Complain that their restrooms are a public health risk because people won’t even want to wash their hands after they … well, you know … because nobody will want to get too close to that sagging, unsightly pipe diaper mess under the sink!
Do it now, because if we don’t stop this menace, pipe diapers could infect us all, but probably not before they drive me batshit crazy!

Must be a New Jersey thing. I’ve never seen anything like that in Texas.
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One of those (I forget which one) was taken in Maryland, so it could be the infection is spreading south!
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I never heard of such a thing, and have not seen them. They are pretty gross looking, Wonder if anyone ever changes them to clean ones?
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A very valid question! Who wants a dirty pipe diaper that close to their knees while washing your hands? Not me!
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Not me either. Now I’m going to be looking for them…eww…public restrooms aren’t great even on the best of times.This is just asking for trouble.
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Just when we thought we had enough problems, something comes along to tip things right over the edge!
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I don’t get the point of it on a drain pipe, but it’s supposed to prevent heat loss by insulating hot pipes.
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That makes some sense. But drain pipes? Nope!
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Your growing fixation on plumbing worries me, old friend. I fear the day will come when I learn your address has been changed to a room with padded walls.
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As long as it doesn’t have drain pipes …
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Pipe diapers??? I’d not heard nor seen such a thing before, and hope I never will! I agree, it represents all kinds of hygiene challenges if not maintained properly. Ewwww…
Interestingly, I googled pipe diapers after reading this and your post is 6th in the search results that came back! LOL
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Only 6th? How can I move it up to first place????
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Today you’re 5th!
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Wooooo! Climbing the ladder!
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This is the first time I am hearing such a thing. I am sure we wouldn’t have it here in India for a very long time.
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I certainly hope that’s true, because people here might need to take refuge!
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News to me!
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Yes, and BAD news, too!
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One word: weird 🙂
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I’m going to take that as confirmation that these things haven’t reached South Africa, which is somehow reassuring!
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Not yet and I hope they never will 🙂 If they do make it to this side of the world, I’ll be sure to let you know.
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I had to click the headline because I was wondering what in the world a pipe diaper was, and when I saw the first picture, I LOLed (in a quiet waiting room). I’ve seen these before and agree they are annoying. They bring to mind the legend of covered piano legs during the Victorian era; perhaps the inventor of these think the pipes look too “naughty” when they are exposed.
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I just love it when somebody agrees with me! We must all come together and stamp out the horror of pipe diapers!
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