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aghogday
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07 Jun 2011, 2:12 pm

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I never use them. I've never understood the purpose of them. I much prefer to go in a stall.


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In busy men's washrooms, urinals are installed for efficiency: compared with urination in a general toilet, usage is faster because within the room there are no additional doors, no locks, and no seat to turn up; also a urinal takes less space, is simpler, and consumes less water per flush than a toilet. Urinals also come in different heights, which helps for those who might be very tall. Oftentimes, there are barriers dividing the urinals, which adds to privacy.


I think the bottom line is efficiency and cost savings, where the public has access to restrooms.

I never really thought about the purpose of them other than the direct purpose, until you asked.



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07 Jun 2011, 2:51 pm

...One time, at work I used a urinal and my boss walked in and started using the one next to me. He started making small talk and I was concentrating on the conversation. When he was finished he left. I looked down and was peeing on top of the urinal. :oops:


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07 Jun 2011, 3:03 pm

No, I physically can't go, and the pee splashes back on me.



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07 Jun 2011, 3:12 pm

Seph wrote:
...One time, at work I used a urinal and my boss walked in and started using the one next to me. He started making small talk and I was concentrating on the conversation. When he was finished he left. I looked down and was peeing on top of the urinal. :oops:


Your boss broke the urinal rules :) :

1.Stand quietly and urinate.
2.Face toward the wall in front of you.
3.If someone else approaches the urinal next to you; pretend that they simply don’t exist. And neither do you.
4.Leave promptly.

One place where small talk is not necessary. Kind of strange to be carrying on a conversation with a co-worker in an office and inadvertently meet them at the urinals a few moments later, and suddenly act like you don't know them; but according to urinal etiquette for men, that is what is required.



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07 Jun 2011, 3:16 pm

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Guys always seem embarrassed to admit that they have problems pissing at urinals when other people are there, but I don't think it's strange at all, because it's quite a ridiculous situation when you think about it. Ladies, imagine if your bathroom only had a bunch of toilets out in the open with either no stalls or just little walls between them. I'm surprised we were ever expected to use this system in the first place.

I'm suddenly reminded of an ep of The Man Show where Jimmy Kimmel is using the urinal in public bathroom & there's a guy at the one next to him. Jimmy looks over & says "You call that a pen!$. My 8 year-old son's bigger than that" :o :lol:


And that reminds me of another comedian. Can't remember his name. He said that he went into a bathroom once and the only available urinal was the little one for kids that's low to the ground, so he walks up to it and starts pissing in it. It's bad enough that he feels embarrassed to be pissing in this little urinal, but then one of the other guys leaves, and a little kid comes in but the urinal for kids isn't available, and the guy feels bad for taking it but he can't just stop pissing and move to another one. So the little kid walks up to the big urinal, drops his pants to his ankles (as little kids prefer to do, for some reason), and does the Keanu Reeves leaning back thing from The Matrix so his piss will reach up there.



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07 Jun 2011, 3:54 pm

yes, fortunately my urinary control has never been influenced by the proximity of other males.



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07 Jun 2011, 3:58 pm

fudo does not, nor any public lavatory.



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07 Jun 2011, 5:00 pm

if you use the little kids urinal you can pretend to be a giant.



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07 Jun 2011, 5:04 pm

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if you use the little kids urinal you can pretend to be a giant.


lol have you ever used a nursery school cubicle. you can see over the door whilst you're peeing.



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07 Jun 2011, 5:06 pm

sometimes when i'm just too tired to stand up, i sitzpinkle. but when i'm feeling up to it, i will use a urinal just so long as there is nobody looking.



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07 Jun 2011, 5:08 pm

women often seem to pee with the cubicle door open at parties, or many other people in the room if it's a house bathroom



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07 Jun 2011, 5:47 pm

Most guys will go to the one farthest from the door, though some will use the first available. I usually get a middle one because the way I see it there is less pee on the floor to stand in and that shows confidence and dominance. I have a bigger problem using a stall since they are usually disgusting. And people really need to learn to wash their hands after using the facilities.


OSB is right; girls go to the bathroom in herds. I can't imagine turning a trip to the bathroom into a social occasion. Are girls going in to dissect guys or is it something top secret? I do get that the women's room is really cozy and nice from the couple of times I've been in one. So unfair.



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07 Jun 2011, 5:53 pm

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I had the job of cleaning a pub before...oh god the toilets :oops: this thread has brought back some unpleasent memories...I hate to be a man if I were in that pub..ugh never again will I ever clean toilets for job!


I had to clean my dad's pub, well we called it a bar...but yeah I can totally relate. The ladies room was always worse then the men's room, drunk women can be worse pigs then men I swear.



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07 Jun 2011, 6:22 pm

Jory wrote:
nick007 wrote:
Jory wrote:
Guys always seem embarrassed to admit that they have problems pissing at urinals when other people are there, but I don't think it's strange at all, because it's quite a ridiculous situation when you think about it. Ladies, imagine if your bathroom only had a bunch of toilets out in the open with either no stalls or just little walls between them. I'm surprised we were ever expected to use this system in the first place.

I'm suddenly reminded of an ep of The Man Show where Jimmy Kimmel is using the urinal in public bathroom & there's a guy at the one next to him. Jimmy looks over & says "You call that a pen!$. My 8 year-old son's bigger than that" :o :lol:


And that reminds me of another comedian. Can't remember his name. He said that he went into a bathroom once and the only available urinal was the little one for kids that's low to the ground, so he walks up to it and starts pissing in it. It's bad enough that he feels embarrassed to be pissing in this little urinal, but then one of the other guys leaves, and a little kid comes in but the urinal for kids isn't available, and the guy feels bad for taking it but he can't just stop pissing and move to another one. So the little kid walks up to the big urinal, drops his pants to his ankles (as little kids prefer to do, for some reason), and does the Keanu Reeves leaning back thing from The Matrix so his piss will reach up there.

I've seen vids of women doing that at urinals :oops:
I have no problem using the kid one if it's the only one free but it splashes out because of the force & distance


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07 Jun 2011, 6:46 pm

Jupp. But the way I use a urinal depends on the situation and the state of the restroom.

Clean
Empty restroom: If it's a nice restroom/urinal and there are no people I'll easily go with no complications and I'm out (after I wash my hands ofc).
People: Same thing but with people in it I'll use a stall.

Nasty
Empty restroom: If it's a disgusting smelly restroom somewhere I'll use the urinal from a good distance so I don't touch anything. And I don't wash my hands since my dick is way cleaner then some run down crack shack pretending to be a toilet (I don't go smearing my hands all over the place/peoples faces afterwards either way, I usually wash somewhere else or use bottled water on the street).
People: I do the same as mentioned above or I'll just go kill a bush. (there is no logic in choosing a stall in a run down crap restroom if there are people there, use the urinal fast and get out or go be one with nature)

Party/Drunk/Club
Don't care about most things that i mentioned, cuz I'm drunk. Always wash my hands tho, even when shit-faced and brain is mush. (Bugs me when me and my friends take a piss and they yell "Screw that s**t, come on!" as soon as I start washing my hands or try to figure out the best way to do it if the toilet is a dump)
(OCD = HANDS MUST BE CLEAN :roll: )


sooooo... I guess urinals are cool but I prefer a nice clean stall.


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07 Jun 2011, 6:52 pm

auntblabby wrote:
sometimes when i'm just too tired to stand up, i sitzpinkle. but when i'm feeling up to it, i will use a urinal just so long as there is nobody looking.


I sit down as well from time to time, it's comfy.

Not in publics though.


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