# A men's pee pee inquiry. Not tmi, I promise. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 1, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988 "2004-07-01T02:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/1 "2004-07-01T02:32:10Z")
Heh heh. Does any man actually use that little slot in the front of their skivvies? I mean, do you pull “it” out through the slot to piss? If so, is that how your dad taught you to do it? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/2 "2004-07-01T02:34:35Z")
No. Too much trouble. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/3 "2004-07-01T02:40:35Z")
Be it boxers or boxerbriefs…over the top is the rule around here. How can anyone pee with your unit in a “Z?” That would be a “Zed” for you Limeys. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/4 "2004-07-01T02:44:51Z")
I don’t use the Z slot, but I do have some briefs which have a horizontal hole in them which is much much easier to use and I do make use of it. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/5 "2004-07-01T03:02:30Z")
Over the top always. I think I’m in the minority here, but I usually let the boys get some air when I pee too. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/6 "2004-07-01T03:10:48Z")
Naa, **dnooman** , I let the whole package out as well. Except for this one pair of boxers I own. It just always seems to want to slip out the front slit of those anyway, so I humor it. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/7 "2004-07-01T03:44:43Z")
I use the slot. One of many advantages of having a small penis. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/8 "2004-07-01T03:47:55Z")
I wear mine backwards and only use the slot when I’m taking a dump. ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/9 "2004-07-01T04:26:16Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > I wear mine backwards and only use the slot when I’m taking a dump. Holy Cow! You must have some excellent aim out the back! For me, sometimes the slot, sometimes over the top. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/10 "2004-07-01T04:33:36Z")
Typically, I pee through the slot. And I wasn’t “taught” in any particular way, I just sorta… figured it out on my own. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/11 "2004-07-01T05:10:09Z")
I used to go over the top, but at some point (in my adult life) I switched. I don’t think I was taught either way. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/12 "2004-07-01T06:00:14Z")
I use the slot. The less disruption of my general pantal crotchoid area, the better, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/13 "2004-07-01T06:10:45Z")
I usually go over the top but I have occasionally used the slot if I’m in too much of a hurry to undo a belt or I have some particularly troublesome buttons at the top. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/14 "2004-07-01T06:36:42Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > Typically, I pee through the slot. And I wasn’t “taught” in any particular way, I just sorta… figured it out on my own. Doesn’t that make it difficult to press up on the vas to get that last drop out? ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/15 "2004-07-01T06:43:04Z")
You guys can pee through a [skivvy](http://www.tallorders.co.nz/Skivvy.htm) while you’re wearing it? I’m impressed. Mine don’t even have slots in them. ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/16 "2004-07-01T06:53:38Z")
I never _learned_ how to use the slit. 😕 Public school education screwed me over again… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/17 "2004-07-01T06:59:59Z")
I usually wear briefs, but _very_ rarely use the fly - as we call it around here. (Where did _that_ term come from, BTW?) I prefer to pull them down about halfway to my knees. I don’t like my “wee friend” (“wee” only in the voiding sense 😉 ) being displaced by anything while doing the job. I prefer having a full range of motion with which to aim, and nothing too close which could conceivably disrupt the stream. As for boxers, with a shirt, that’s all I usually wear while hanging around the bachelor’s pad. (It’s just me and my grandfather. I _do_ put pants on when company comes by. Usually. 🙂 ) If my boxers are loose enough I often just pull one leg-hole open and void out the side. (A number of my boxers are made of a stretchy material; and I often sit cross-legged at the computer, which tends to make them quite floppy after a while.) I also use a very particular hand-grip while voiding. I use both hands, and hold my friend at its base with the ends of both middle finger (underneath) and both thumbs (on top). I then hold my friend’s headly gently between the tips of both index fingers. Aim… and fire. :o (That would be an expression of relief.) Also, while socializing, if I have to go to the washroom, I’ll gracefully make my exit after announcing, _“Bladder full. Must void.”_ (My sister’s a nurse; I picked up the terminology from her. It’s become one of my trademark phrases.) Oh. And just in case anyone is wondering - I never use wall urinals. If I have to use a public washroom, I’ll always use a toilet stall. I also wipe my friend with toilet paper after voiding. (But, I never, _ever_ sit down on a toilet in a public washroom unless it’s a _truly_ urgent situation.) Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/18 "2004-07-01T07:11:42Z")
Isn’t the slit there for scratchin’? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/19 "2004-07-01T07:25:50Z")
> [@Beauty Personified](#): > > I usually wear briefs, but _very_ rarely use the fly - as we call it around here. (Where did _that_ term come from, BTW?) From tent flies. Back in the 19th century, the “fly” of a tent was an extra canvas that served as an additional cover. It was so-called because all of the edges were in the air – fastened to pegs with long lines. (For comparison, the “fly” of a flag is the edge away from the pole.) Somehow, by the early part of the 20th century, the designator “fly” was shifted to an extra flap of canvas that covered the _entrance_ of the tent. After that, similar contrivances on the front of pants started to be called “flies.” ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988/20 "2004-07-01T07:47:22Z")
Ah! Thank you Mr. Mudd. Now I can pee in total comfort without that stray question popping into my mind and distracting me from my task. 😃 Anyhoo… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mens-pee-pee-inquiry-not-tmi-i-promise/252988.md?page=2)