I always use the fly.
I always wear jeans too.
Wallet - right rear pocket
Checkbook - left rear pocket
Keys - left front
Coins - right front
Knife - right front
Phone clipped on pocket - left front
Except for the addition of the phone. That’s the way I have done things for 20 years or so.
Sadly, the size of my jeans has changed a bit.
If I undo the button, my jeans will slowly slide to my knees.
“Ew” because “overboard” is where I am.
Wouldn’t using the fly be useful, if say, you were driving and your female companion was attempting to, um, gratify you orally at the same time? I’m just sayin’ is all.
Not that I’d know anything about this. Especially today. 
Well, we mostly fly over fairly deserted country. We don’t fly over “open-air assemblies” of people. With several billion birds airborne at any given daylight hour, I’d like to think a few dozen gliders don’t add much to the problem.
In the circles I run in, we don’t watch eachother pee. Since you just pull down the front of your pants, the only way somebody could notice is if they were checking you out pretty hard. It’s not like you drop your pants to your knees and let your butt hang out. Well, hopefully not…
Me too. Now that I think about it, this is how they end up in our girl-y TMI threads 
A nosey question from the peanut gallery if no one objects…So say you don’t use the flap on your undies, what about the fly of your pants? Do you thread yourself through that, or do you unbutton the fly too? And are you supposed to keep the button at your waist done up or not if you’re using the fly instead of dropping the front of your pants? This all seems so complicated.
It seems to be Standard Male Procedure to unbutton the pants. That’s what I’ve always done, anyway.
I used the flap on my undies once or twice, then decided it was too much hassle. I have since switched to boxers, and don’t deal with the problem anymore.
Ex-Mr. Purl didn’t use the flap. He always said he didn’t know why they put them there. The current Mr. Purl does use the flap, because he says that to not use the flap is tantamount to flashing your co-workers. Men are weird.
Very seldom. Normally too much faff, also a bit difficult since I put on even more round the middle (c’mon Atkins, you can do it!). Anyway I prefer boxers.
I always use the fly. That’s what it’s for, isn’t it? It wouldn’t occur to me to do anything else … oh, well. It’d be a funny old world if we were all the same …
I rarely use it with boxers… only in crowded urinal situations with others close by. And I try like hell to avoid those, so it doesn’t happen much. With briefs? I don’t know if I’ve never used the fly, but it’s possible.
Never use it, and I never use the fly on my pants.
I unbuckle, unbutton, unzip and then pull the underwear down. Always.
I then refresh myself, by retucking and resorting all the goods and clothes. Then it’s back to life, work…whatever.
Never. I unzip and pull the underwear down. Guys who wear boxers might use the opening, but jockey shorts- no way. Pulling down your pants is a breach of urinal etiquette.
I wear boxer briefs as well and I always use the fly. Nowadays. There was a time I unzipped. I think I got in the habit of the fly once I started wearing a shirt and tie. It was just too much hassle to re-tuck the shirt back in and balance it all out nicely again.
Besides, its not really “threading” with boxer briefs… I just unzip, reach in, yank out… do the business then tuck back in. You don’t have to “thread” back in with boxer briefs, it just sort of returns naturally to its den.
Without sounding too judgmental, some of you are just plain weird.
No one is suggesting you drop your pants to your ankles at the urinal. (Although, I have to admit, the episode of Jackass where Johnny Knoxville did just that was pretty damned hilarious.) You unbutton, pull your undies down a little bit, fish out your wedding tackle, do your business, tuck it back in, underwear up, pants up, done.
The idea of using the flap on briefs is just impractical. The name of the game is, whoever does the least amount of futzing around with the skivs wins, umkay? Just pull 'em down a little bit.
I agree with those that say the flap is useful in cases where pants don’t stay up on their own, or it’s far too impractical to unbutton the pants. Otherwise, just follow procedure.
Oh, and two more rules at the urinal, since I’ve run into this problem in recent weeks:
Never have, never will. Whether it be briefs, boxers, or boxer-briefs (my undies of choice). I’m a fish the boys out, let them breathe a bit, and do my business kind of guy.
I’m also paranoid that if I break the ‘seal’ on that seam, my manly bits will fall out at a crucial moment, and I’ll have the awkward feeling of being half-in half-out with no good way to adjust. You know, a spontaneous erection busts Sparky out of the undies, and then, when he calms down, just sort of hanging out there.
Might even cut off the circulation…yuk.
Yes. Yes. Yes. I’ll never forget the day I was standing at the urinal, making peace with my bladder (ftr - unzip and pull down, unless wearing boxers. otherwise when using the trap in briefs, there is a potential for flow restriction and a danger for a weepy eye.); Anyway, a very tall, burly man at least a head taller than me, came in and proceeded to unpack himself at the urinal directly next to me (I hate when that happens…see additional rule below). Looking over at me, he almost hollered, “So this is where all the pricks hang out”. He then laughed coursely at his own joke, farted explosively, and disappeared as quickly as he arrived. :eek: This left me traumatized and so tense that I realized I had stopped mid-stream and had to relax before I could finish. I’m healing slowly.
I must therefore add one more rule for urinetiquette:
To clarify my answer from above. If the pants have a fly, I use it. I never, ever use the fly on the underwear.
**ReBusEniGma ** - rule number 3. I have never understood why this isn’t posted in every men’s room.
As to the fly thing, I always associated a fly with a zipper for some reason, although my 501’s do have buttons. I automatically wince when I think of my undies having either. Seems to me I had boxers once that had a small patch of velcro. I was rather convenient.
I have never understood why there aren’t rules of engagement posted in men’s rooms either! Hmm…should I ever run for office…
Never with briefs, nor do I use the ‘pull the top down’ method. My preferred method is to pull the left leg hole far enough right so everything is exposed. I’ve used this method for so many years, I believe that that is the way I was taught. Are boys taught how to pee anymore?
With boxers, however, it depends on the situation. If I am wearing pants, I use the fly on the boxers (I never keep it buttoned). If I am just wearing boxers, though, I use the ‘left leg hole method’, mentioned above. This keeps the bottoms of the boxers dry. 
Bob