Annie Rhiannon

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Real Men Piss Sitting Down

The first time a guy sat down on the toilet in front of me I was taking a bubble bath and thought he was about to take a dump. Urffgh. Then it turned out he was just taking a slash, and that's how he always did it.

The second guy I met who does this is Bjarni, who made page 14 of daily Icelandic rag Fréttablaðið yesterday under the headline, "Real Men Piss Sitting Down". Look, there's a picture of him next to a picture of a toilet. There's also a picture of the Chairman of the Democratic Party, who, you'll be interested to know, does it standing up.

So, sitting down or standing up? And I wonder what made page 14 of the papers back home yesterday?

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous5.10.06

    Whenever I have Slash I have him against the wall. I try not to look at him, though. I hate perms.


    WV: hdira? The IRA in High Definition? It's my grandad's dream come true!

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  2. The good thing about the whole sitting down debate was that now any argument with Bjarni (or Már) can be settled with the phrase: "But you pee sitting down. Q.E.D."

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  3. I am all for sitting down. Not that I'm biased or anything, but just for hygiene reasons. And to prove it, from now on I'm only dating sitter-downers.

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  4. really? my flatmate is a sitter-downer, he's single, and he's a lovely bloke. shall i put him in the post to the land of ice?

    wf: ooaako love it! (don't know why)

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  5. It varies with me. I often make a mess standing up so it's not really worth the wrath of my female housemates.

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  6. I'm not understanding the "WV / ef" thing that is going on in the crazy comments section.

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  7. If it isn't a public urinal, then sitting is the way to go. It's more relaxing, it is less messy, and of course, you never know what else it will inspire you to do.

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  8. It's not the splashback from peeing, it's the splash from flushing you need to worry about. See http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1143577.htm

    Don't ask me how I know.

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  9. I'm sure girls would pee standing up if only they could... ;)

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  10. I have tried it, it doesn't work.

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  11. This was a hot issue when I lived in Germany. The first time I saw the typical "nicht im stehen pinkeln" sign it was in at a single male friends house and I couldn't believe my eyes. Having never been confronted with the concept, let alone a sign, I voiced my contempt thinking his gay roommate had done it but found out it was him.

    I've done it out of politeness in other peoples homes. But in my own house, as far as I'm concerned, I'll don the pink rubber gloves, get down on my knees and scrub the toilet twice a day, but you'll never get me to pee sitting down.

    I consider myself a vocal advocate for women's rights, maybe even a feminist, but this is were I draw the line thankyouverymuch!

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  12. Anonymous30.3.11

    Every guy pees sitting down half the time anyway.

    http://www.pointsincase.com/columns/andrei-trostel/why-do-men-pee-standing-up

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