maybe it's just a unisex bathroom and the urinals are half-way up the wall.

These flaks are watching too much Entourage: each email reads like a wanna-be Ari Gold tirade.

I'm going to assume IAmNivek is joking, but for anyone who falls for his/her alarmism, the link between MSG and its supposed health problems is inconclusive:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,1522368,00.html

i believe him.

Like most modern mysteries, the simplest explanation is most likely true. The original reference kilo has obviously been swapped by a criminal mastermind bent on slowly throwing off the world's measurements, resulting in widespread chaos and eventually world domination.