Peeing standing up.
Posted by: Dungassin on 14 November 2010
What is it with some women? Last night I was watching some (boring) TV program with wife, daughter and son-in-law. It was about building some eco-friendly house (in France?), and the youngish woman (about 35-40) was saying how they only had an earth toilet so her husband would have to pee sitting down.
Like most younger women she doesn't seem to realise that as we men get older, peeing sitting down is difficult due to prostatic hypertrophy. I always have to stand up to pee after having a crap. Even SWMBO understands this.
I remember explaining this to one (extremely feminist) young woman, when she was daring to suggest that men should be MADE to pee sitting down. Women!!!
Posted on: 15 November 2010 by anderson.council
We've got one of
these but luckily more than 1 toilet so no problems.
Cheers
Scott
Posted on: 15 November 2010 by mudwolf
Very enlightening....
I was wondering why dad at 89 would sit for #2 and then stand for #1. At his age it takes him 20 minutes to get ready to go to dinner.
In my 20s I was having a few beers with male friends in a small cottage in Laguna Bch. maybe 5 beers then before I left my bladder told me it was RIGHT NOW! The toilet echoed loudly, thin wood door, no privacy. I was there for 2 minutes the guys all started to laugh and one finally said Oh stop it just hurts too much. I was red faced being laughing stock but my large bladder was pinched sitting in the chair for 2 hours. I had quite a reputation with the guys after that. Now I can't drink as much beer.
Posted on: 15 November 2010 by Dungassin
Much to my disgust (and my Urologist colleague's amusement) I first started having symptoms/signs of prostatic hypertropy nearly 20 years ago. Presenting symptom was recurrent urinary tract infections. I'm now 62 and wondering how much longer I can hold off having a TUR Prostate because done that way it grows back after 10-15 years (a bit like joint replacements don't last forever). My GP tells me I can probably hold off for another few years as long as I "keep taking the tablets".
Ah, the "pleasures" of getting older.
Posted on: 15 November 2010 by mudwolf
Oh I'm 56 and all my friends have health issues, it's a major source of conversation. However, it's very useful to trade information no matter how tawdry. But then we try to get to the arts, and other wonderful positive amusements.
Posted on: 16 November 2010 by JamieL_v2
I always liked Joan Rivers comment on the subject.
'If a man can't hit a hole two feet across in broad daylight, how good is he going to be in the sack?'
More seriously, I think I heard a statistic that around 25% of men sit down to pee, but I can't remember where I saw it. Also that it is a much higher percentage in Germany.
Personally I hate it at gigs when men stand up and pee in a cubicle when others are waiting for that, presumably because they have 'stage fright' of 'performing' in from of others.
Posted on: 16 November 2010 by mudwolf
I often sit down, only if it's a clean bathroom. Goes back to that Connolly comment about not trusting a fart. Also it's my medical issues and I'm happy for the guys that don't have to.
I've also heard that when flushing put lid on because of aspiration in air. Consider tooth brush near the flush.
Posted on: 16 November 2010 by David Scott
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I hate it at gigs when men stand up and pee in a cubicle when others are waiting for that, presumably because they have 'stage fright' of 'performing' in from of others.
Or there's a queue for the urinal and they don't want to wait.
Posted on: 16 November 2010 by George Fredrik
I am not fond of standing at a urinal and if there is a cubicle free I will always use it unless I am busting.
As I no longer bother with pubs since the smoking ban, the only urinal I find myself in these days is at service stations on a long journeys.
As a funny aside whilst driving towards Poland through Germany a month or so ago on a pee-break, we had no choice but to find some cover in the woods behind the forecourt as we had spent all our Euros on petrol and it was a paying loo!
The path to the cover was easy to find!
ATB from George
Posted on: 16 November 2010 by deadlifter
Or they are two foot+ wide at the shoulders like me and do not have space to squeeze in
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by Mike Hughes
Finally, I understand what the Internet was invented for
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by Rockingdoc
In my experience, women can pee standing up perfectly well, but their aim is worse than men.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by JamieL_v2
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Originally posted by David Scott?:
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I hate it at gigs when men stand up and pee in a cubicle when others are waiting for that, presumably because they have 'stage fright' of 'performing' in from of others.
Or there's a queue for the urinal and they don't want to wait.
Or all the urinals are empty and they are just selfish.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by Derek Wright
perhaps they do not want to embarrass you as they empty a bag....
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by BigH47
I didn't think this thread would keep going.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by David Scott
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Or all the urinals are empty and they are just selfish.
Or they're actually aliens who've surgically altered everything except their genitals in order to live among us undetected and learn our weaknesses.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by Dungassin
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Or they're actually aliens who've surgically altered everything except their genitals in order to live among us undetected and learn our weaknesses.
That might explain a couple of my former colleagues ...
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by David Scott
And most of the senior management team at my place.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly
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Originally posted by kuma:
It's only proper.
How on earth do they pack a child into such a small bottle???
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by David Scott
Suction.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by JRHardee
I leave the seat down so that when my wife goes to cop a squat in the dark, she doesn't hit cold porcelain and yell "Ack!", thereby waking me up.
If you sit down to pee, you don't have to turn the light on, and you can stay half asleep.
As far as TURPs go, they use lasers these days, not drill bits. It's much more humane with half the convalesence time. Don't fear the laser--I was appalled to think back on how much I'd put up with before I got lasered.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by Dungassin
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As far as TURPs go, they use lasers these days, not drill bits. It's much more humane with half the convalesence time. Don't fear the laser--I was appalled to think back on how much I'd put up with before I got lasered.
I think you'll find that most NHS hospitals still do it with the diathermy based sstems. But then I have been retired for 6 years, so what do I know?
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by Paper Plane
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Originally posted by Mike Lacey:
quote:
Originally posted by kuma:
It's only proper.
How on earth do they pack a child into such a small bottle???
I laughed out loud when I read that. Many thanks!
steve
Posted on: 18 November 2010 by JRHardee
Does it say whether the woman got three wishes?
Posted on: 20 November 2010 by Conortsun
There is such a thing as a FUD (female urination device) that allows ladies to pee on the hoof... presumably so they can enjoy trying to write their names in the snow.
Modern science, eh.
Mind you, at 99 bucks for a dozen, someone really is extracting the urine....
Posted on: 20 November 2010 by TomK
Fud is an old Scottish word for a lady's naughty bits, often used as an insult. There's an American burger chain called Fuddruckers and at one time their standard burger was called a Fuddburger. I could never ask for that without sniggering like a schoolboy.
