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You may have seen a newsletter posted on the wall in front of your men's room urinal.  This is a hot new craze known as The Stall Seat Journal.  And it appears to be catching on.

It started out at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Virginia, and has been going strong for over 10 years. Students from the Office of Health Promotion create periodic posters, and use them as a social norms approach with data to educate students about safe, responsible, and healthy choices around a variety of health issues, while also making the material fun and entertaining.

And they figured the best place to get the attention of students is where they do their business…at the bathroom urinal.  So instead of a condom machine installed in this location, they post newsletters.

The idea has caught on so much within the university campus realm, that several other colleges and universities, as well as corporate businesses, now print and post their own version of The Stall Seat Journalaround campus bathroom stalls.

Here are some great articles that showcase the awesome work these students are doing:

Virginia Commonwealth University

The Stall Seat Journal: 10 Years of 'Aha and Ha-Ha' Health News

VCU's Stall Seat Journal features amazingly absurd ram cartoon

University of Virginia

Health Promotion – Social Norms Marketing

Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

Beyond the Bathroom: Stall Seat Journal More Than a Quick Read

California State University, Fresno

The Stall Seat Journal – Helping inform students on what's needed to know regarding health and academics

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin students to undergo mandatory 'cultural competency training'

Some examples of newsletters they've done for health promotion:

http://www.virginia.edu/studenthealth/socialnorms.html

Now for the entertaining stuff…

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Finally, here is my top 20 list of the best puns and memes that I've seen posted on various campus bathroom urinal walls as part of the The Stall Seat Journal newsletters:

20. Sarah Palin / Parah Salin

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19. Don't mind me just fishing for compliments.

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18. Just waiting for the bus cause my car got toad.

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17. I think my sink is clogged.

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16. Mommy why are people so cruel? It feels like they don't carrot all.

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15. Han Solo / Han Sohigh

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14. Kanye West / Kanye East

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13. Spock / Spork. Know the difference.

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12. Christian Bale / Muslim Bale

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11. Ray / Blu-Ray

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10. Wanna go on a picnic?  Alpaca lunch.

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9. That face you make when the person you hate is talking.

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8. Shout out to the sidewalks for keeping me off the streets.

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7. I would like to thank my arms for always being by my side, my legs for supporting me, and my fingers because I could always count on them.

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6. Say Ernie, would you like some ice cream? Sherbert.

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5. Stop making me laugh, you'll make me puma pants.

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4. Grand theft otter

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3. I find you to be quite ribbiting.

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2. I hate corny animal puns. For fox sake stop it.

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1. Walken on sunshine

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