# Do you eat while pissing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913 "2008-06-05T17:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/1 "2008-06-05T17:45:32Z")
I’m at a conference today. I was in the lavatory washing my hands before lunch, and one of my follow conference attendies came in with a plate pile high with sandwiches. Food. In the bathroom. I thought he was lost. He sort of looked lost. He walked right up to the urinal, put his plate on top of it, and took a leak. I was tempted to stick around to see if he’d actually _eat while pissing_, but I was afraid he would and it would put me off my lunch. Th _fuck_ is _wrong_ with people?!? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/2 "2008-06-05T17:47:52Z")
I, for one, do not eat during a number 1. Number 2 either for that matter. Seems icky. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/3 "2008-06-05T17:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Number 2 either for that matter. [/QUOTE] Except fried chicken. That’s OK. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/4 "2008-06-05T17:54:42Z")
Never. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/5 "2008-06-05T17:55:23Z")
I know lots of folks who fully enjoy a good [leak sandwich](http://search.ebay.co.uk/LEAK+Sandwich). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/6 "2008-06-05T17:58:42Z")
Certainly an odd thing. I don’t think I have ever done it. I doubt he will die from it, but it still doesn’t seem wise. I often stop and urinate as I leave for home at night and I am reluctant to take my briefcase in with me. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/7 "2008-06-05T18:16:35Z")
I haven’t ever eaten while on the toilet, but I’ve been known to take coffee in there with me if I’m going to be there a while. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/8 "2008-06-05T18:41:00Z")
Eeew! I can’t even chew gum while going to the bathroom. Ick, ick, ick. This next story isn’t quite about eating, but… A couple of years ago, I was at a convention at a hotel. I went to the men’s room, and was standing at a urinal, doing my thing, when another guy walked in, and stood down the row from me. As he was peeing, he was simultaneously working on his Blackberry. The first thing that came to my mind was: “That’s multitasking”. The second thing that came to my mind was: “How the hell do you keep from getting the Blackberry all nasty?” The third thing that came to mind was: “Jeez, pal, you couldn’t wait thirty seconds to answer that e-mail?” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/9 "2008-06-05T18:52:35Z")
[tangent] I lived for a while in Winston-Salem, NC. I noticed while using the bathroom at work one day that the toilet paper dispensers had little grooves on top of them just the right size to hold a cigarette so it wouldn’t roll off. For a moment, that fact registered purely with the part of my brain that said, “Well, sure, you’re having a smoke, you need to cop a squat, sooner or later, you’re going to need to set down that cigarette to get everything accomplished.” Then the part of my brain kicked in that said, “Who in their right mind would put anything that’s been that close to a toilet _in their mouth_? Haven’t these people heard about [toilet plumes](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990416.html)?” [/tangent] ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/10 "2008-06-05T19:33:08Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] [tangent] I lived for a while in Winston-Salem, NC. I noticed while using the bathroom at work one day that the toilet paper dispensers had little grooves on top of them just the right size to hold a cigarette so it wouldn’t roll off. (snip) [/tangent] [/QUOTE] Well it was Winston -Salem, home of R J Reynolds. I went to graduate school at NCSA in W-S, and my first year there was the first year that smoking was banned in the **library**. You know, the building full of flammable paper objects. The story about ashtray locations in our building on campus was: the Dean lit a smoke at the front of the building, started walking, and wherever he needed to ash, an ashtray was installed. The day after the smoking ban went into effect in that building, all of the ashtrays were removed. The next morning, there was an empty soda can taped to the wall at each location. They takes the ciggies seriously in Winston. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/11 "2008-06-05T19:39:12Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] I know lots of folks who fully enjoy a good leak sandwich. [/QUOTE] At least one of our mods has a taste for 'em! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/12 "2008-06-05T19:59:35Z")
Not where anyone can see me. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/13 "2008-06-05T20:06:58Z")
No, but I whistle. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/14 "2008-06-05T20:13:20Z")
never on purpose but I may have pissed while eating once or twice if there were sneezing or laughing involved ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/15 "2008-06-05T20:19:09Z")
Urine is sterile. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/16 "2008-06-05T20:21:32Z")
Sterile you want, just don’t pee while I’m eating. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/17 "2008-06-05T20:26:08Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Urine is sterile. [/QUOTE] Yeah, so what’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/18 "2008-06-05T20:43:56Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Urine is sterile. [/QUOTE] Surely you won’t mind if I piss on your sandwich, then. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/19 "2008-06-05T20:47:31Z")
I’ve never eaten while going #1 or #2… though I will smoke while going #2, or text/email/talk on the phone occasionally. Only in my home, though. Talking while shitting in public has to rank right up there with bringing a baby into a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913/20 "2008-06-05T20:49:02Z")
Never in public. On occasion I’ll grab a cookie or something on my way to the bathroom (I’ve got a serious sweet tooth problem, I know). But I’ve never eaten while actually doing something on the toilet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-while-pissing/451913.md?page=2)