I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
--
:Hexe
:Thought for the journey: :
If a mute child swears, does his mother make him wash his hands with soap?
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| User: "Nom dePlume nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com" |
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15 Dec 2005 11:58:35 PM |
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"Hexe" <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com...
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants
to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand
to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little
idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit
while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
Amazingly enough, there was a long thread on Instapundit about this
very topic. It had to do with the differences between German and
American toilets.
--
Nom dePlume, Ph.D.
Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist.
Guide to Medications for Mental Illness:
http://www.geocities.com/nomdeplume1000/
=====
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| User: "Hexe" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
16 Dec 2005 06:13:18 AM |
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:58:35 -0800, "Nom dePlume"
<nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com> wrote:
Amazingly enough, there was a long thread on Instapundit about this
very topic. It had to do with the differences between German and
American toilets.
AH! I hadn't considered that.
one apartment I had in the states had the oddest damned toilet. my
friends would go in and laugh. one friend went in stoned and didn't
know how to sit on it.
then the seal broke and the plumber said those toilets had been outlawed
25 years earlier. never saw one before mine.
then I moved here, they are German toilets! they were made for sitting
down.
--
:Hexe
:Thought for the journey:
How do you throw away a garbage can?
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 09:48:48 AM |
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"Hexe" <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com...
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
--
:Hexe
:Thought for the journey: :
If a mute child swears, does his mother make him wash his hands with soap?
sometimes i stand , sometimes i sit , depending on how i feel physically ,
like if its a late night run and i'm still near asleep i sit
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| User: "Jane" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 07:08:52 PM |
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"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fMCdnX-LqeACDTzeRVn-vQ@giganews.com...
sometimes i stand , sometimes i sit , depending on how i feel physically ,
like if its a late night run and i'm still near asleep i sit
Yup I knew a guy who did this, said he was too tired to aim
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 07:21:51 PM |
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"Jane" <jarsenal66nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fqoof.26129$Y72.8969@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fMCdnX-LqeACDTzeRVn-vQ@giganews.com...
sometimes i stand , sometimes i sit , depending on how i feel physically
,
like if its a late night run and i'm still near asleep i sit
Yup I knew a guy who did this, said he was too tired to aim
normally i just toss it and hope it lands in the tub
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| User: "Jane" |
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15 Dec 2005 07:43:16 PM |
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"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:psKdnTL13f5piz_eRVn-hg@giganews.com...
"Jane" <jarsenal66nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fqoof.26129$Y72.8969@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fMCdnX-LqeACDTzeRVn-vQ@giganews.com...
sometimes i stand , sometimes i sit , depending on how i feel
physically
,
like if its a late night run and i'm still near asleep i sit
Yup I knew a guy who did this, said he was too tired to aim
normally i just toss it and hope it lands in the tub
hahaha!
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| User: "%" |
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15 Dec 2005 08:01:29 PM |
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"Jane" <jarsenal66nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:wWoof.26353$Y72.6522@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:psKdnTL13f5piz_eRVn-hg@giganews.com...
"Jane" <jarsenal66nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fqoof.26129$Y72.8969@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fMCdnX-LqeACDTzeRVn-vQ@giganews.com...
sometimes i stand , sometimes i sit , depending on how i feel
physically
,
like if its a late night run and i'm still near asleep i sit
Yup I knew a guy who did this, said he was too tired to aim
normally i just toss it and hope it lands in the tub
hahaha!
just like a big bottle nosed dolphin
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
16 Dec 2005 12:26:56 AM |
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"Hexe" <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com...
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
--
:Hexe
:Thought for the journey: :
If a mute child swears, does his mother make him wash his hands with soap?
I am in Canada and according to my sons sitting is required in specific
situations...for example...first thing in the morning when...um...how to say
this delicately...it stands at attention and aiming it is difficult if not
painful. The rest of the time standing to urinate is the way to go.
--
Rhiannon
rhianon@sympatico.ca
The Labyrinth
http://thelabyrinthofr.blogspot.com
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| User: "Jane" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 07:08:22 PM |
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"Hexe" <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com...
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
I knew a few American males who sat to urinate. The majority of them stood.
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| User: "kali" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 10:42:30 PM |
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Stand.
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| User: "%" |
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15 Dec 2005 10:45:55 PM |
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"kali" <dravazed@w-link.net> wrote in message
news:1134708150.266926.303260@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Stand.
on your head
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 12:58:13 PM |
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Hexe wrote:
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
I stand when she yells about me standing.
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| User: "jake" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
16 Dec 2005 05:09:11 AM |
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Hexe wrote:
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
When I was living in Germany, I learned that men do sit down. I got the
impression it was out of politeness towards women (keeping the seat clean).
I did not hear about this in other countries.
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 04:55:20 PM |
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In message <pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com>, Hexe
<holmsepp@hotmail.com> writes
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
It's not just American men. There's a certain tension in this house over
us putting the seat back down afterwards, but, after thirty-three years,
I'm beginning to submit.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Tim Kett" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 05:28:14 PM |
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Alan Harding wrote:
In message <pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com>, Hexe
<holmsepp@hotmail.com> writes
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
It's not just American men. There's a certain tension in this house over
us putting the seat back down afterwards, but, after thirty-three years,
I'm beginning to submit.
When I was married, my wife trained me quick. I still put the seat down
everywhere I go.
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| User: "MaryLou" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 06:58:26 PM |
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"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote:
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com>, Hexe
<holmsepp@hotmail.com> writes
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
It's not just American men. There's a certain tension in this house over
us putting the seat back down afterwards, but, after thirty-three years,
I'm beginning to submit.
When I was married, my wife trained me quick. I still put the seat down
everywhere I go.
We leave the seat AND the lid down. I heard that when you flush, tiny
particles of the toilet's "contents" go into the air. ick. Also, sewer rats
can climb up through toilets. double ick.
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 08:32:37 PM |
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MaryLou wrote:
"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote:
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com>, Hexe
<holmsepp@hotmail.com> writes
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
It's not just American men. There's a certain tension in this house over
us putting the seat back down afterwards, but, after thirty-three years,
I'm beginning to submit.
When I was married, my wife trained me quick. I still put the seat down
everywhere I go.
We leave the seat AND the lid down. I heard that when you flush, tiny
particles of the toilet's "contents" go into the air. ick. Also, sewer rats
can climb up through toilets. double ick.
#1 Was disproven in scientific studies and most recently I saw it on
mythbusters, but if you really want to gross yourself out grow some
cultures from the cleanest surfaces of your house...they'll still be
filthy. Welcome to having an immune system.
#2 Your house would *smell* like a sewer if a "sewer rat" could climb
up. There's a wonderful little horizontal S in your plumbing that keeps
sewer gas (and rats and Indiana Jones) down there. This little S keeps a
pool of water from allowing any gas/rats/archaeologists through either side.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 09:45:15 PM |
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"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:40en9nF1a40fvU1@individual.net...
MaryLou wrote:
"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote:
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com>, Hexe
<holmsepp@hotmail.com> writes
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little
idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit
while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
It's not just American men. There's a certain tension in this house
over
us putting the seat back down afterwards, but, after thirty-three
years,
I'm beginning to submit.
When I was married, my wife trained me quick. I still put the seat down
everywhere I go.
We leave the seat AND the lid down. I heard that when you flush, tiny
particles of the toilet's "contents" go into the air. ick. Also, sewer
rats
can climb up through toilets. double ick.
#1 Was disproven in scientific studies and most recently I saw it on
mythbusters, but if you really want to gross yourself out grow some
cultures from the cleanest surfaces of your house...they'll still be
filthy. Welcome to having an immune system.
#2 Your house would *smell* like a sewer if a "sewer rat" could climb
up. There's a wonderful little horizontal S in your plumbing that keeps
sewer gas (and rats and Indiana Jones) down there. This little S keeps a
pool of water from allowing any gas/rats/archaeologists through either
side.
so does the metal flap about 15 feet in from the street
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| User: "electro" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 10:34:26 PM |
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"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:w_mdncRQN-YUpT_eRVn-jA@giganews.com...
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:40en9nF1a40fvU1@individual.net...
MaryLou wrote:
"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote:
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com>, Hexe
<holmsepp@hotmail.com> writes
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants
to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand
to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little
idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit
while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
It's not just American men. There's a certain tension in this house
over
us putting the seat back down afterwards, but, after thirty-three
years,
I'm beginning to submit.
When I was married, my wife trained me quick. I still put the seat
down
everywhere I go.
We leave the seat AND the lid down. I heard that when you flush, tiny
particles of the toilet's "contents" go into the air. ick. Also,
sewer
rats
can climb up through toilets. double ick.
#1 Was disproven in scientific studies and most recently I saw it on
mythbusters, but if you really want to gross yourself out grow some
cultures from the cleanest surfaces of your house...they'll still be
filthy. Welcome to having an immune system.
#2 Your house would *smell* like a sewer if a "sewer rat" could climb
up. There's a wonderful little horizontal S in your plumbing that keeps
sewer gas (and rats and Indiana Jones) down there. This little S keeps a
pool of water from allowing any gas/rats/archaeologists through either
side.
so does the metal flap about 15 feet in from the street
so do the crocodiles on the other side of the metal flap..
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 10:42:06 PM |
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"electro" <pewter_toast@NOhotmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:mtrof.120045$Gd6.30214@pd7tw3no...
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:w_mdncRQN-YUpT_eRVn-jA@giganews.com...
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:40en9nF1a40fvU1@individual.net...
MaryLou wrote:
"Tim Kett" <tim6kettring@e-garfield.com> wrote:
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com>, Hexe
<holmsepp@hotmail.com> writes
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants
to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand
to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little
idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit
while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
It's not just American men. There's a certain tension in this house
over
us putting the seat back down afterwards, but, after thirty-three
years,
I'm beginning to submit.
When I was married, my wife trained me quick. I still put the seat
down
everywhere I go.
We leave the seat AND the lid down. I heard that when you flush,
tiny
particles of the toilet's "contents" go into the air. ick. Also,
sewer
rats
can climb up through toilets. double ick.
#1 Was disproven in scientific studies and most recently I saw it on
mythbusters, but if you really want to gross yourself out grow some
cultures from the cleanest surfaces of your house...they'll still be
filthy. Welcome to having an immune system.
#2 Your house would *smell* like a sewer if a "sewer rat" could climb
up. There's a wonderful little horizontal S in your plumbing that
keeps
sewer gas (and rats and Indiana Jones) down there. This little S keeps
a
pool of water from allowing any gas/rats/archaeologists through either
side.
so does the metal flap about 15 feet in from the street
so do the crocodiles on the other side of the metal flap..
so do the hippopotamuses in the swamp in Africa that eat the crocodiles
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| User: "MaryLou" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
16 Dec 2005 12:23:01 AM |
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Franz Bestuchev <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote:
#2 Your house would *smell* like a sewer if a "sewer rat" could climb
up. There's a wonderful little horizontal S in your plumbing that keeps
sewer gas (and rats and Indiana Jones) down there. This little S keeps a
pool of water from allowing any gas/rats/archaeologists through either side.
I sure hope so! I read somewhere that they could come up, and that has really
freaked me out.
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| User: "Charles" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 05:34:15 PM |
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:24:21 +0100, Hexe <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote:
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
Stand or sit, as the mood strikes me. I leave the seat down, because
I leave the lid down, because if I lean over and something falls from
my shirt pocket I don't want it to go into the bowl.
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| User: "John B." |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
16 Dec 2005 09:46:50 AM |
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Sit. Only because standing can be quite messy. I have a piece of "torn"
skin there that affects the opening, so the stream splits when starting and
breaks into two very different directions. (And it's nearly impossible to
get BOTH into the bowl.) As I don't feel like cleaning the bathroom every
three days, I sit - and don't. Yes, too much info...but you ASKED!
jlb
"Hexe" <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com...
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
--
:Hexe
:Thought for the journey: :
If a mute child swears, does his mother make him wash his hands with soap?
.
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
16 Dec 2005 01:08:26 PM |
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John B. wrote:
Sit. Only because standing can be quite messy. I have a piece of "torn"
skin there that affects the opening, so the stream splits when starting and
breaks into two very different directions. (And it's nearly impossible to
get BOTH into the bowl.) As I don't feel like cleaning the bathroom every
three days, I sit - and don't. Yes, too much info...but you ASKED!
jlb
No, we didn't ask for that much. I believe just saying you sit would
have sufficed.
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| User: "Hexe" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
16 Dec 2005 10:55:32 AM |
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:46:50 -0500, "John B." <jlb@computac.com> wrote:
Sit. Only because standing can be quite messy. I have a piece of "torn"
skin there that affects the opening, so the stream splits when starting and
breaks into two very different directions. (And it's nearly impossible to
get BOTH into the bowl.) As I don't feel like cleaning the bathroom every
three days, I sit - and don't. Yes, too much info...but you ASKED!
jlb
I have no control over the imagery in my mind created by the words I
read.
while reading your words, this is what I imagine: writing your first
and last name at the same time in the snow. '-)
I think I need another thought.
--
:Hexe
:Thought for the journey:
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo. - Dykstra
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 11:47:34 AM |
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_/Hexe <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote\_
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
I have no idea. I go standing up.
--
-slunky
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| User: "electro" |
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| Title: Re: Toilets Seats |
15 Dec 2005 02:05:44 PM |
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at home, I rarely stand.. ..especially at night, when I'm half asleep..
...there's really no point that I see, running the risk of splash.
men's public toilets, on the other hand, often have ***** all over the seat,
so I rarely sit, unless I have to __.. ..which often involves a hunt for
a non-pissy seat.. ..this really sucks, I might add, and I'm envious of
women for not having to deal with this to nearly the same degree.
I see it as a convenience thing. standing is for pissing in the woods when
you're camping, or in a ditch when you're on a roadtrip, or on some
stranger's front lawn when you're hammered out of your gourd.
and furthermore, it'd be nice to install a urinal in my own bathroom.
Ty
"Hexe" <holmsepp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pb23q15js9f2s5846lnp2sa72m4r2rl4e6@4ax.com...
I am conducting an in-depth study, because my enquiring mind wants to
know.
alu leaves the seat down because he sits on it. he does not stand to
urinate.
is this a European thang or just another of alu's little idiosyncrasies?
i've seen pictograms in public WC's where men are requested to sit while
urinating.
do only American males stand to urinate? or all males?
--
:Hexe
:Thought for the journey: :
If a mute child swears, does his mother make him wash his hands with soap?
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