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Give pee a chance: Why German men urinate sitting down
BigThink ^ | 5.24.2023 | Frank Jacobs

Posted on 11/02/2023 4:48:15 PM PDT by libh8er

..... One such word is Sitzpinkler, a man who pees sitting down. Not only do the Germans have a word for it, they are remarkably more proficient at it than most other nationalities.

Recently, UK-based pollster YouGov published the results of a 13-country survey of men’s urinating preferences. This map shows the eight countries surveyed in Europe — the others were Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Singapore, and Australia. Of all 13 countries, Germany was the one where most men sat down “every time” to urinate (40%). Add those who do so “most times” (22%), and you get the result shown on the map: nearly two-thirds are Sitzpinkler (without final “s”: the word is both singular and plural).

Sitzpinkler statistics That puts German men well ahead of their second-placed counterparts in Sweden, where only 22% of men sit down “every time.” More Swedish men sit down “most times” (28%). Danish men place third overall (44%), ahead of Australians (39%) and Canadians (35%). The streams of French (35%) and Italian (34%) men almost cross, but despite the overall closeness of the result, a considerably larger share of French men are Sitzpinkler of the “every time” variety (19% vs. 13% in Italy). Dangling at the bottom of the European league are Poland (27%) and the UK (24%), with only 10% of Polish men and 9% of British blokes sitting down “every time.”

The U.S. is on the lower end of the scale: only 10% of American men sit down to pee “every time,” with an additional 13% “most times.” Still, this is not as low as Mexico or Singapore, where 6% and 5% of men respectively sit down to pee “every time.”

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KEYWORDS: frhalfwits; frpottymouths; noclassonfr; pee; transbathrooms
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To: Jamestown1630

Why, the urinal is surrounded by an entire bathroom, just like the toilet or bidet, it is all one room.


101 posted on 11/02/2023 6:47:20 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

And there’s plenty of room on it to miss the goal, and it doesn’t get flushed.

I feel sorry for your wife...


102 posted on 11/02/2023 6:52:42 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

You aren’t even making sense.


103 posted on 11/02/2023 6:54:08 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: libh8er
Did not take into account home toilet, public toilet, nature or sidewalk.

104 posted on 11/02/2023 6:54:19 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
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To: Jamestown1630
Their wives are probably happy - men really make a mess of bathrooms.

Not to mention public restrooms.

In China, they have signs above the urinals: "Please take one step closer. One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."

No one likes to stand in a puddle of everyone else's pee.

105 posted on 11/02/2023 6:54:59 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: billorites
:..Spain, on the other hand, is a particularly clean country. Cleanliness is a national obsession almost. You could eat off their toilet seats.."

Buon appetito? 😟😖🤣

106 posted on 11/02/2023 6:57:03 PM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: Jess Kitting
'Please take one step closer. One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.'

I don't know if I believe the story, but That's hilarious...
107 posted on 11/02/2023 6:58:52 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Lurker; Jamestown1630

“men really make a mess of bathrooms.”
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So let’s be clear... regardless of whether a man is standing or sitting, they will NEVER make the under-the-seat-pee-splash that women make. Always use your foot to lift the seat up if it was a woman using the rest room ahead of you....

Ever seen the inside of a women’s restroom at a bar? One where the women don’t want to sit down on the seat so they do something called ‘hovering’? Yeah... men can make a mess but women do a pretty fine job of that themselves....


108 posted on 11/02/2023 7:04:00 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: libh8er

By the way, sitting makes more sense... chance to check one’s emails, texts and visit FR...


109 posted on 11/02/2023 7:05:02 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: libh8er

I am a man. The world is my urinal and I stand when peeing on it....

I wonder if Big Mike pees standing up and forces her beard to sit.


110 posted on 11/02/2023 7:05:18 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: hecticskeptic

I don’t inhabit bars, dear.

I’m too busy cleaning my bathroom.


111 posted on 11/02/2023 7:07:20 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630
I don't know if I believe the story, but That's hilarious...

Belive it or not.

112 posted on 11/02/2023 7:07:42 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

“The number should be close to zero, with exceptions only for the aged or the infirm.”

At the rate we’re going in two generations no one will stand.

“Dangling at the bottom of the European league”

Clever. I give it a 7.2.


113 posted on 11/02/2023 7:15:54 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

It first started when their moms potty trained them so they would sit down and not lift up the seat and then their wives made sure that they sat down so they would not lift up the seat.


114 posted on 11/02/2023 7:19:12 PM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: bimboeruption

“Do men who wear kilts pee sitting down?”

The first rule of Kilt Club is,...


115 posted on 11/02/2023 7:20:24 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: PGR88

Yep.


116 posted on 11/02/2023 7:21:27 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: adorno

Many men want to keep their ‘little’ secrets, secret.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I don’t do it because my penis drops down in that cold water and inhibits my flow!


117 posted on 11/02/2023 7:41:03 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: billorites

You could eat off their toilet seats.
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I usually do eat off toilet seats, but occasionally I do snack while on the toilet seat!


118 posted on 11/02/2023 7:44:17 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

whipped them out while walking and had a distance contest.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..
I watched a porn flick at a frat house while in college and the action involved women doing a distance contest while seated on a bar stool, sans clothing of course.


119 posted on 11/02/2023 7:49:36 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: billorites

I’ve been watching a YouTube channel by a young Japanese woman - I think she must spend 50% of her free time cleaning, and the rest she spends cooking.

I suspect she’s trying to attract a husband...


120 posted on 11/02/2023 7:53:48 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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