Getting everyone to sit down! Is it possible?

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Some of you may be aware of my recent tirades about my menfolk being completely incapable of aiming their pee into the toilet. The urine is landing on the toilet, behind the toilet, around the toilet, above the toilet, and under the toilet. They're well able to soak a four square foot area quickly and with very little effort, and not a one will admit responsibilty. They have taken to blaming the dog. Short of attaching a scope to help them with their shoddy aim, I am at a loss. I know some guys pee sitting down and was thinking maybe my sons are still young and impressionable enough to be persuaded that sitting down while peeing is really the done thing, the latest, and very cool, they're just a bit ahead of the pack. After complaining to one of my friends about this, and wondering aloud whether my plan might work, she enlightened me to a rule that has been instated in Germany that obliges men to sit while they pee. While it hasn't been enacted into law yet (I don't think), it has become a condition of rental in at least one building. The owner was so fed up with replacing bathroom radiators that were rusting due to regular dousing with urine that he made it a requirement! And amazingly enough, the guys are going along with it! The Germans have even come up with a little device called the Spuk to help enforce the demand. About 1.8 million toilets are already haunted by Spuk, or Spook. For a tenner, you can attach the Spook to the underside of the toilet seat, and it silently endures sitting visitors. But anyone trying to lift the seat and attempt to stand and urinate (known as “Stehpinkeln“) should be prepared for the ghost’s wrath. If the seat is lifted, the Spook declares in a stern female tone: "Hello, what are you up to? Put the seat back down right away, you are definitely not to pee standing up ... you will make a big mess..." Another has the voice of Helmut Kohl. and says: “Excuse me, but there’s a penalty for peeing while standing in this house,” “You’d better not risk any problems and sit down!” Yet another model declares in the voice of Chancellor Gerhard Schroder: “Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines, so if you don’t want any trouble, you’d best sit down,” The American prototype is slated to use this phrase: “Don’t you go wetting this floor cowboy, you never know who’s behind you. So sit down, get your water pistol in the bowl where it belongs. Ha, ha, ha.” Other versions start roaring like a lion or use the soothing voice of a female flight attendant: “We welcome you aboard Never Come Back Airlines,” the voice says. “We’d like to ask our male passengers in particular to sit down, buckle up and refrain from smoking.” If you think I am joking, you can google this for yourself, for every word is true. So what do you guys think, will this product take off outside of Germany? Would you be able to enforce a new rule like this? If you are a guy, would you go along with it? I think my husband is too old to be taught any new tricks, but maybe I can hoodwink the boys. How about you?