Don't Piss in Rio De Janeiro...Two years in Jail

RIO DE JANEIRO - In Rio Carnivals past, Thiago Rodrigues could relieve himself of the pressure built up by a dozen or so beers without looking over his shoulder.

Not any more.

"You didn't see me do that, OK?" said the 22-year-old salesman, who was sporting a huge Afro wig and little else, after urinating in an alley set back from one of Carnival's huge street parties on Saturday.
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"Look, this isn't something that can wait. Have you seen the size of the lines for those chemical toilets?"

Nearby, a man reached inside his skimpy nun's outfit and shortly afterward emitted a sigh of relief.

Every year, the self-styled world's biggest party in the Brazilian beach-side city brings with it the pungent perfume conjured up by thousands of beer-soaked revelers relieving themselves on the nearest wall or in gutters.

At the biggest parties, Rio's chronic lack of public bathrooms, copious amounts of beer and the general carefree abandon of Carnival conspire to create rivers of urine that can shock the uninitiated.

City officials are now calling time on the yellow tide, which they say is a top complaint of Carnival visitors. Eager to clean up Rio's act ahead of the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, the city is slapping public pee-ers with fines and even jail time of up to two years.

Two fu**inh years for pissing on the street? They think this problems bad now jsut wait till the 2014 World Cup. People will be coming from places where it is socially acceptable to piss on the street. I'm sure they really don't need to call this problem the "yellow tide" I'm willing to bet I could be on the top of a mountain with 10,000 people and all piss off at the same time. GUARENTEED there will be no river of piss coming down the slopes. Its good for the environment and plants, I remember from bio. Well with out a doubt I'll be in jail 2015 and 2016 becuase i was planning on going to 2014 World Cup and we all know I'll be way to drunk to wait in line for two hours for a urinal.