Now, That's a Lobbyist

There's nothing I hate more than strangers trying to talk to me in public restrooms while I urinate. I don't know what I would do if the stranger was U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman:

U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman has been taking his energetic campaign for global farm subsidy cuts in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization talks to a lot of strange places lately, including the men’s lounge just off the Speaker’s Lobby.
And some of his aides are beginning to question the amount of time he’s been spending there.One set of lengthy conversations Oct. 27 with Budget Chairman Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, and other farm state lawmakers, took so long that Portman’s aides jokingly asked a female staff assistant to go into the lounge and tell Portman it was time to go. She deferred, however, to a senior male House floor assistant who was dispatched to retrieve their boss. Portman emerged a moment later, but then pivoted to catch another member about to enter the lounge. As he began jawboning, he advised his aides: “I’ll meet you on the other side.”

From CQ (subscription required).

This reminds me of my favorite on-line urinal etiquette game, aptly titled "The Urinal Game."