Test your skills: The official urinal position choice test

So far, my experience with it suggests this may be the only area in which men may actually have an edge on women in a kind of mathematical sense:

http://www.drinknation.com/urinaltest.php

I got just 10/60, so it sure tagged me as unqualified! Let's see how YOU do!

...I was all over the place... here, here's a towel, clean yourself off.

...let there be no doubt, I know piss etiquette.

well damnation I wasn't expecting that

:shrug:

and being a klutz to boot, I got no surprises from that test.

Here's from the Unwritten Code of the Urinals:
* NO Talking, unless it's a good friend... but even then, keep it terse and unemotional. This ain't no clubhouse.
* I don't think we need to tell you, absolutely NO touching of anyone other than yourself. A touch of another's elbow is of the highest offense.
* NO Singing. Period.
* Glances are for purposes of acknowledgment only..."Yeah, I see you there. I will not look again".

pnorman
On edit: 20/60. (Better keep a wide berth when I'm running a urine sample)

60 out of 60


"We crown you U-man, Master of the Urinal and defender of the secrets of Castle Greystall. You should be proud of your urination knowledge, and rest easy in the fact that if nothing else, you can go to the bathroom with the best of them. Congratulations!"

And I was just there to write my name in the stalls. :)

test last Thursday AND you admitted at that time that it wasn't the first time you took it! So rather than demonstrating an innate mastery of this special field of mathematics, I'd say it means you're TRAINABLE.

Which, upon further consideration, is actually even better than being an innate, ah, whiz!
:thumbsup:

Looks like Sparky is still the reigning champion at this test! He can add it to his resume.

But just think - our children would be a "wiz" at it! :rofl:

not bad considering I'm a gal. :D

give us the lowdown on Ladies Room Etiquette? My guess is that it bears NO resemblance to that of those who do it standing up.

pnorman

And if it's busy (if there's a line), you'd better check to see if there's TP in there.

I also avoid a stall where there are more than two feet visible. (sometimes little children like to "peek".)

Talking is acceptable, but ONLY if you know the person, and only if you're done doing your business.

You must wash your hands.

Don't touch the doorhandle on the way out (use the paper towel for that)

it shifts a bit when in a very fine one. There's much more likelihood of chatting there, for example if two couples are dining or going to a play or other public performance together. The taboo against speaking or looking at each other is much less for women than for men. In fact, the really posh ladies' restrooms are very comfortable indeed, with spaces for chatting and actually - like the name says - resting (in the sense of getting out of the crowd for a bit).

...Of course, at first, I didn't know I was in the women's bathroom. It was about 15 years ago in a crowded bar. I was slightly drunk, and not paying attention. I went right into a bathroom, into the stall and sat down. Next thing I knew, I heard this person doing their business next to me, then I heard this woman's voice in the stall next to me ask if I had any toilet paper on my side.....

...Well, I took some, handed it to her under the stall, then finished my business. I flushed, got up, washed my hands, and as I started to walk out, I heard her say from her stall, "thank you", I replied back - though she couldn't see me - "your welcome". As I left, I looked back, and indeed, I had been in the women's bathroom. I went to my table, set down, and couldn't wait to see the expression on her face when she came out. She ran to her table, excited, with her eyes as big as golf balls....

The part about asking to pass toilet paper isn't considered bizarre - generally, like Cheese says, you check that before you go in, but that's not always possible if there's only a few stalls and a long line. Women are far, far less nervous in bathrooms together than men appear to be. In uncrowded, comfortable ones it's common to share a friendly, innocuous comment with women one doesn't know.

When I've accidentally gone into the mens' room, so far I've been fortunate enough that no one has been in there. It's really scary foreign territory!

...maybe, in some small way, I helped to bridge the gender gap!...:silly:

:thumbsup:

I have to admit, I'm impressed at your level-headedness in that situation.

...:thumbsup:

noises from the butt in any form are frowned upon. if you have to, wait till someone flushes, timing is everything!

I want to clarify that chatting is encouraged and very acceptable outside of the stalls, but while inside, the only proper dialogue with a stranger is: 'excuse me, do you have any spare toilet paper?', to which of course, the response is, 'yes', you ALWAYS pass some under.

don't put your purse on the sink counter without first checking for massive pools of water.

if there is no soap, at least rinse your hands. I prep the paper towels before I wash so I can have some to turn off the faucet and dry my hands without pushing the lever with clean hands.

If someone is frantically dancing and writhing in pre-pee-in-her-pants fashion, let her go ahead of the line. No one wants to be the one who says no and she doesn't make it.

bar bathrooms have their own rules, these cover regular public bathrooms.

If you enter a ladies' restroom in Italy, and the toilet looks like this (below), stop drinking beer immediately and get home as quickly as possible in order to avoid embarassing yourself.



P.S. I scored 50 out of 60 on the urinal test, and I'm a woman!

back. When there were multiple toilets, usually there would be at least one Western one. Those non-sit-down ones are intimidating - especially when met with for the first time!

who has had to back slowly away from the non-sitting toilet! That Italian toilet scared me to death. The worst part was, my husband knew what awaited me when I disappeared into the non-sitting bathroom but didn't warn me. I guess he wanted to see the expression on my face when I emerged unrelieved. :rofl: It took me a long while to forgive his lapse in judgment.

Well done. We can continue to accept you into our society, since at least you have the means to determine where to go to the bathroom. Well, not counting that time in third grade when you got stuck in that locker. Yeah, that's right, we know.

:crazy:

I got a PHD in plumbing... ;)

Meh. I'm a girl, anyhoo. :)