# Guys, why do you flush before finishing \[new title\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-why-do-you-flush-before-finishing-new-title/232745>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 5, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-why-do-you-flush-before-finishing-new-title/232745 "2004-03-05T19:25:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-why-do-you-flush-before-finishing-new-title/232745/21 "2004-03-07T20:39:10Z")

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> [@Milesy](#):
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> Why do some men while standing at the urinal, presumably urinating, flush the thing before finishing?

It’s to cover up the sound of other bodily noises.

In other words, it’s an act of subterfuge. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-why-do-you-flush-before-finishing-new-title/232745/22 "2004-03-07T21:17:41Z")

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Don’t like the drippy sound toward the end.

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