# Another SDMB Bathroom Habits Poll: Pants- At Knees or Ankles?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-bathroom-habits-poll-pants-at-knees-or-ankles/89455>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 25, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-bathroom-habits-poll-pants-at-knees-or-ankles/89455 "2001-10-25T02:46:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-bathroom-habits-poll-pants-at-knees-or-ankles/89455/21 "2001-10-26T15:09:55Z")

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Ankles at home, knees in public.

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**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-bathroom-habits-poll-pants-at-knees-or-ankles/89455/22 "2001-10-26T19:20:07Z")

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Ankles. If the floor is dirty, I spread my legs wide enough to keep the pants tight so they don’t touch the ground. I feel too restricted if I keep the pants at the knees. I enjoy leg movement too much to do otherwise.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-bathroom-habits-poll-pants-at-knees-or-ankles/89455/23 "2001-10-26T19:34:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sofis \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \*  
> > \*\*Knees…unless I have to empty my Keeper, then it’s ankles. (Aren’t you sorry you asked now?) \*\*
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> I din’t know [these](http://www.keeper.com/) existed before. Fascinating. \*\*

Me neither. I thought she had just came up with a clever name for her lower intestine.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-bathroom-habits-poll-pants-at-knees-or-ankles/89455/24 "2001-10-26T19:43:42Z")

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You guys leave your pants on?

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-bathroom-habits-poll-pants-at-knees-or-ankles/89455/25 "2001-10-26T20:23:55Z")

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Why, no, I don’t leave my pants on, **lieu**. I get more comfortable evacuatory completion with my legs spread out at a 90-degree angle – impossible with the pants still on.

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