Posted on 12/14/2007 10:43:29 AM PST by llevrok
About 40 percent of adult Japanese men sit on the toilet to urinate -- a staggering figure almost three times the number recorded in 1999 -- according to a survey by Western-style toilet manufacturer Matsushita Electric Works Ltd.
The survey of 518 men and an identical number of women whose ages ranged from their 30s to 50s showed that the younger the man, the more likely he is to sit down while peeing instead of the traditional method of standing up.
The 40 percent of men who sit while urinating is almost three times more than the 15 percent of men who did so when the company first started surveying toilet habits in 1999.
"Women hate it when urine sprays, so there appears to be an increasing number who are asking men to sit down on the toilet when they have to go," a Matsushita Electric Works spokesman said.
Matsushita Electric Works noticed the increasing tendency for Japanese men to sit on the toilet while urinating and started three years ago to accommodate the trend in such ways as designing toilet seats with larger holes.
The survey showed that 46 percent of men in their 30s sat while weeing, 38 percent of men in their 40s did so and 37 percent of men in their 50s also followed the trend. Matsushita believes mothers getting their young children to sit on the toilet when they urinate are also getting their partners to adopt the same practice.
I call BS, based on the 15 to 40% increase since 1999. Most guys are set in their ways by their mid-20s, and aren’t going to change to that degree, whiny girlfriend or no. The toilet manufacturer is just trying to sell more of their new toilets by making dupes think it’s the “in” thing.
We need a picture of Frank Barone from “Raymond” with a word balloon that includes the word “Nancy”.
Every man I know sits to pee when on the high seas...otherwise he ends up decorating the bulkheads et al.
I just lost it on that one...I have GOT to get back to work...sidesplitting
Amen. And if faucets or door handles absolutely must be touched, use an elbow, a shoe, etc.
Maybe the women are refusing to clean the bathrooms, and the guys don’t like cleaning up the splatter either ?
I keep telling my wife that when we remodel the bathroom, I’m getting a urinal. That goes over like a lead balloon, but I’m trying to wear her down...
Honestly, it cuts down on morons who cannot seem to aim well enough to make the stream hit the WATER and not the freaking SEAT! Some fellas are neanderthaloid in their inability to respect urinating “etiquette”.
What splatter? Unless you're peeing directly on the floor there's not going to be anything worth caring about.
if they polled the goth/ punk community it’d probably reach into the 80-90% range.
when certain *ahem* male bits .. get pierced, they typically require sitting down to pee.
ROFL! Great Line!!
TMI (Too much information!) lol.
Yeah, but they stand up for "#2".
Ain't gonna happen.
Technically, the seat is supposed to be left down after one is done (either function), but most women today realize that guys have no problem just urinating on the seat outright so some of them do leave it up.
LOL! That’s creepy.
ROTFLMAO BIIIIIG TIME!!!!
Well...if the rumors about Asian guys are true...perhaps they can’t get enough “grip” to stand up?
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