# Guys: Has this disgusting bathroom accident ever happened to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089 "2007-03-22T21:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/21 "2007-03-23T04:16:18Z")
Yes but to a lesser degree. I realized as soon it started happening and took appropriate action. There wasn’t enough urine to penetrate my boxers thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/22 "2007-03-23T04:33:57Z")
No comment. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/23 "2007-03-23T05:22:56Z")
Yes, I’ve had it happen. Not simply by poor attention, either. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/24 "2007-03-23T14:01:10Z")
It’s happened to me several times, but the only one I remember well was at a friend’s house. Totally soaked. I felt bad about it because I had to sit on my friend’s furniture. Wicker, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/25 "2007-03-23T14:54:05Z")
[QUOTE=tvvat] I reckon this is the difference between a shower and a grower. I couldn’t possibly piss outside the bowl whilst I sit unless I had an erection (at which point trying to leak is like passing toothpaste).. . [/QUOTE] I’ve had this happen, but it was due to unusual circumstances. Normally, when sitting on the toilet, my ‘guy’ points straight down towards the water. However, having just spent considerable time in a lake, I had considerable shrinkage going on which makes him point pretty much straight out. I sat on the toilet as usual and didn’t pay attention to where he was pointing and I noticed a stream shooting straight out of the toilet between the lid and the bowl and landing right in my pants. Luckily, my pants were swimming trunks and them being wet didn’t cause any attention. I felt pretty gross walking back to the lake, but a quick plunge took care of all of that. Hey, the fishes pee in the lake, so I dont want to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/26 "2007-03-23T14:56:46Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] :eek: **I KNEW IT!!!** :eek: _grumble grumble_lying husband and kid _grumble grumble_ like I can’t identify pee while cleaning _grumble grumble_ should clean up their own disgusting mess darnit. [/QUOTE] I’m with you on this one. My sweet darling maintains that there’s no possible way any pee gets on the floor in front of the toilet by any action of _his_, despite clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. Why, for the love of Og and your mother/wife/girlfriend who’s cleaning the f’ing bathroom, can’t you just bend yourself over and give the floor a little wipe if you splash? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/27 "2007-03-23T15:00:56Z")
I recall it happening when I was about 4, and my mom was pissed (pun not intended) at having to clean it up. But these days, the junk tends to hang downwards as noted above. ---
**Author:** ![rms996](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@rms996](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rms996)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/28 "2007-03-23T15:04:39Z")
I don’t understand how this can happen. Like brewha, my unit dangles down into the bowl while I’m sitting on the toilet. Do you guys have penises that point up in the air while you’re urinating? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/29 "2007-03-23T15:14:06Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I’m sure this never happens to women, for obvious reasons. [/QUOTE] I’m female, and if I lean too far back, I’ll pee straight across the rim and onto the floor in front of me. It’s good motivation to lean forward at least a little while going #1. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/30 "2007-03-23T16:11:15Z")
[QUOTE=rms996] I don’t understand how this can happen. Like brewha, my unit dangles down into the bowl while I’m sitting on the toilet. Do you guys have penises that point up in the air while you’re urinating? [/QUOTE] Telescopic penis. No, seriously. I’m a grower, not a show-er. And it doesn’t grow for the purposes of urination. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/31 "2007-03-23T16:15:40Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] Am I the only guy around here that _still_ uses TP to cover the seat before lowering my arse onto it? [/QUOTE] The seat, no, I don’t. At work, I use a short length of TP to cover _the infrared sensor_ mounted in the back of the fixture. See, it’s supposed to recognize when you’ve stood up, and then flush automatically; but it’s set too sensitive, such that it’s triggered if you _lean forward_ too far. And with the powered flush assist models, that means you’re surprised by a stinky ice-cold geyser across your ass and tackle. A strip of TP over the sensor remedies this. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/32 "2007-03-23T16:16:23Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] It happens to me every now and then: I need to make both #1 and #2. So I sit on the toilet and, naturally, read a book. Next thing I know there’s a puddle at my feet – I was so preoccupied with what I was reading that I was not careful enough directing the urinary stream, and it struck the rim of the toilet bowl and spilled over. I’m sure this never happens to women, for obvious reasons. [/QUOTE] Hmm…My answer is ‘kinda’. I’ve gone into the toilet in order to drop a biscuit and juice, only to discover that some of my short 'n curlies (well I guess they weren’t that short - more like ‘unruly curlies’) were…smothering my ‘hercules’ down below…The result being a spray not unlike putting your thumb on a hose. Naturally I don’t allow this to go on long enough to leave a puddle, but I have had to change my skivvies and clean up because of it. Usually this nightmare only occurs in the morning - and it’s only happened a few times. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/33 "2007-03-23T16:20:07Z")
Two days ago I needed a leak really badly, so I used the bus toilet. While I was standing peeing, the driver slammed his brakes on and the lid of the toilet fell, slapping my hand off Little Jim and causing me to pee all over my hand. Luckily the stream of pee went nowhere else on my person. So I finished off, then using my clean hand hit the “water” button to wash myself. Except some vandal had ripped the faucet off, so I got hit by a stream of cold water, right in the stomach and all the way down my suit. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/34 "2007-03-23T17:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Depends. With enough force behind the stream and not being careful about the angle of the pelvis, one certainly could manage to angle it out of the bowl. [/QUOTE] You’d think that with Depends you wouldn’t have to worry about leaking. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/35 "2007-03-23T17:10:15Z")
I’ve had the ‘over-the-rim-onto-the-pants’ accident as mentioned by the OP, but the worst bathroom accident recently was this very morning. Went to the bathroom here at the office, took a big, satisfying leak, in one of the rather toilet-like urinals we have, and leaned over and spit my gum out. The resulting splash had one errant drop that flew straight up, and landed on my chin! How nasty is that? ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089/36 "2007-03-23T17:13:43Z")
With the exception of a couple drips, this has not happened to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-this-disgusting-bathroom-accident-ever-happened-to-you/397089.md?page=1)