It never occurred to me to to use it.
The question I have… why not use it? Pulling down the top or pulling the leg hole is no quicker or easier…
Mr. Armadillo does. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do it any other way, actually. He’s got the system down pat, just reaches in, hooks the inner flap to the side, and there you are. I, on the other hand, can’t operate his briefs to save my life. You know how some guys fumble around trying to unhook a girl’s bra? Yeah, occasionally I try to get frisky with him, then spend ten minutes groping around his underwear trying to figure out the mechanics of the brief-fly opening, hillarity ensues, mood is killed. For a few minutes.
~mixie
MAXIM had a test one time (2 yrs ago?) where it asked the guys: In each given scenario, pick the right urinal to pee in… and here is an excerpt:
= Empty Urinal [x] = Occupied Urinal
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[x] [ ] [x] [ ] [ ] ( A B C D E respectively)
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[ ] [x] [x] [ ] [ ]
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[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [x]
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[x] [x] [x]
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[x] [ ] [x] [ ] [x]
Here are the correct answers:
1)E
2) E
3) A
4) E
5)Wait for one to free up.
That was really funny, but I tend to follow all these rules!
Same here. There are times when I can’t find the fly, in which case I use a leg opening.
Mr. Kalhoun uses the “pee hole” as we call it around the house. In fact, we had a lengthy conversation about this not too long ago. His sister got him some heavy-duty Erehwon arctic long johns, but the shiny kind didn’t have a pee hole. He’s returning them for the fluffy kind, which sports an escape route for his “business.”
Stunned & amazed by some of the responses to this thread. I’ve been wearing tighty whities all my life, and 99.9% use the fly, and without unbuttoning my pants (unless the fly of the pants have buttons, of course (ie, Levi 501’s) but that’s not what you meant, I’m sure).
Of course, you have to have enough to reach adequately through the layers of material, if you get what I’m sayin’…
You have long fingers? 
Damn, y’all got some issues. I’m not saying I actively encourage any of these things, but so what if somebody looks (accidentally or on purpose)? And so what if someone’s talking? And so what if someone pees in the urinal next to yours rather than two down the line? Does it hurt? Does it scare you? What’s the problem?
I mean, really… are we that uncomfortable around one another?
MinniePurl said earlier that “Men are weird,” and I almost disagreed with her. But after this, I have to agree… I am a man, and men are weird.
As for the OP, I haven’t worn briefs since I was in high school. If I recall correctly, at that time I used the fly. shrugs
I don’t mind the talking so much, but I do value my personal space. Sometimes in a busy restroom you can’t help it, but if at all possible I’d like to avoid rubbing elbows with the guy next to me while I’m taking a piss. It’s kind of a private moment. I always thought of it as common courtesy rather than an issue.
As far as looking, it depends on what you mean. If somebody’s just glances at me I’m probably not going to notice, or care if I do notice. If they’re just staring at me then yes, I’m going to feel uncomfortable.
TMI dead ahead.
I warned ya
I use the flap unless I am wearing shorts with no opening.
When I pull undies down, I have difficulty not putting pressure on the old channel right at the base, which means leakage, eventually. No problems if I use the flap or a side-leg pull.
Well, I DID warn you.
Anyone unbuttoning their pants to pee, or exposing that much of themselves, at a crowded trough at a NASCAR race is going to seem, well, DIFFERENT. Not that there is anything wrong with that…
I’m a little shocked that some men actually unbutton their pants to take a piss. I’ve go to a lot of bars, but I’ve never noticed a guy in the bathroom with more than his fly undone.
My underwear doesn’t have a fly, so I can’t address the OP. My method is to simply unbutton or unzip my fly (NOT the the top button!), push my briefs down at the front and go over the top.
Wow. I never knew I was such a minority. I always use the fly on my pants and underwear (usually boxer-briefs, but occaisionally briefs), with one exception: If I’m wearing boardshorts, I’ll pull them down, since the velcro scratches the hell out of things. Of course, I’m not wearing anything under them, so it doesn’t really relate to this thread. There are times when I will be wearing underwear, shorts with no fly and pants with a fly, one on top of the other. In that situation I will use the two flys available to me and pull down the interfering layer.
Yesterday I had on a pair of new briefs. They were the new design with the boxer bottoms. The waist is higher and is harder to pull down, so the next time I thought I’d try the fly. Made sense until I tried it. Never again. Oh, and I can’t believe that this thread appeared right after that.
Unbutton, pull down, pee, shake twice, pull up, button, wash hands. That is my method. Remember you shake it more than twice you’re playing with it.
The bathroom etiquette test.
Women don’t have these rules of peeing, thank God! We have stalls with doors and we can chat with our friends or not. We are without the fear of being checked out thanks to our wonderful stalls. Bless you, stalls! You men have some major pee customs, don’t you? You… must…follow… the… rules… or… someone will think you are gay. Does it matter? You’re peeing! Pee and get out.
This standing next to one another while urinating has one major drawback though. It has made some of you disregard the closed door policy that I personally must insist upon. Darn you. CLOSE THE DOOR!
Yes, we men really are that insecure around each other.
Long ago I switched from briefs to bikinis, and as for the lack of a fly, I don’t miss it. Unbutton, unzip, and pull down. Now not to get TMI here (so don’t say I didn’t warn ya) but am I the only one who has to pull out umm… the doulbe-0 and the 7? Because otherwise, the zipper can get in the way when little willy goes home. Yeowch!
You know, you risk exposing LESS of yourself when you unbutton your pants and pull the top of the underwear down. I keep hearing people respond that they would find it weird in “their circles” to notice someone unbuttoning their pants, because that person will be overexposed. But I think just the opposite is true.
The reason is that when you unbutton and unzip, you open up the top of the pants like weapons bay doors. They’ll stick out away from you, obscuring the view of the penis. But when you just snake your snake through the fly, everything beyond the plane of the zipper will be in free space, and easily seen.
And I’ll echo the earlier notion…yes we men are weird.
Gives a whole new meaning to silver birds: now they come with golden showers!
Some men, anyway… this at least givves me a clue about what other men are thinking in the bathroom, even if I don’t share their insecure sentiments.
Myself, I’m pretty much with SanguineSpider… pee and get out, who cares who’s next to you or who’s “looking.”
Sanguine, you may be interested to know that it’s my wife who leaves the door open in our house… I’m fairly fastidious about closing it, but she does so only about half the time. Might have something to do with me being the only boy in a houseful of girls…
The way I figure it, if I walk in to a bathroom and every other urinal is occupied, I’ll just use which ever one is free. My reasoning is waiting for a safe buffer zone is a sign of being wussy, prudish & weak. I’m there to pee, not guard myself from being seen by some other guy who isn’t supposed to give a damn. The last thing you want to be in a macho multiple guys peeing environment is weak or prudish.
Unless I’m in formal business drag - and it’s too much trouble to put everything back together, I just unbuckle, unzip, yank it all out & let go. It’s easier that way to hold my dick with one hand and hook a couple fingers under my balls with other. That way after I finish peeing, I can apply pressure under the balls to squeeze out any potential dribbles, which is harder to do if you’re just yanking your willy though a small hole in your shorts.
Now yanking everything out through the one of my leg holes, that just seems weird. 