# How hard is it to hit the urinal? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082 "2004-02-19T22:35:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/1 "2004-02-19T22:35:13Z")
How do you get into college without the fundamental skill of not peeing on the floor? One of you students always decides to stand too far back from the urinal, leaving a nice little puddle when your done. Then the next guy, not wanting to stand in your puddle, stands behind it, only making it bigger. This progresses throughout the day, and by 4:00 there’s someting between a large pond and a small lake festering in front of the toilet. Some days, I wouldn’t be surprised to se a koi or two swimming around. The guy pictured in this article must be a student here: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030509.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030509.html) – I hope he’s graduating soon. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/2 "2004-02-19T22:52:34Z")
If you stand real close to the urinal in order to piss, where’s the sport? Where’s the challenge? And sometimes when you drink lots of certain adult beverages, it doesn’t matter how close you stand to it… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/3 "2004-02-19T23:27:26Z")
Well, every time I’ve ever shared a house with a man, dribbles down the sides of the commode, splotchy walls, and yellow floors have always been a part of the deal, so I’m guessing aiming that thing must be awfully damn difficult. It may even be harder than putting the seat back down. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/4 "2004-02-19T23:41:21Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Well, every time I’ve ever shared a house with a man, dribbles down the sides of the commode, splotchy walls, and yellow floors have always been a part of the deal, so I’m guessing aiming that thing must be awfully damn difficult. It may even be harder than putting the seat back down. Well, sometimes when aiming for your average toilet, the stream gets split in two (normally caused by the two sides of the eye sticking together somewhere). This is quite a predicament to be in as it is impossible to get BOTH streams into the toilet. Some people can stop midstream and make some adjustments to their equipment before carrying on, others can’t and are forced to decide which stream is the strongest and aim that one while the other happily sprays the floor. The other problem area is trying to pee when you have an erection. They don’t go down until you’ve relieved yourself, you can’t get anything even close to the toilet until it’s gone down. The real crime here, is not cleaning up after you make a mess. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/5 "2004-02-19T23:57:31Z")
> [@](#): > > The other problem area is trying to pee when you have an erection. They don’t go down until you’ve relieved yourself, you can’t get anything even close to the toilet until it’s gone down. Anyone with a juvenile sense of humour re-read the thread title after reading this comment… ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/6 "2004-02-20T00:18:39Z")
I don’t think it’s intentional, for most men anyway. I think it’s that last little squirt that comes out just as you are putting your (insert your favorite descriptive adjective here) back. Just one more reason for sitting down to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/7 "2004-02-20T00:27:32Z")
cf. Opening scene of [Gangster No. 1](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0210065/) ---
**Author:** ![Badfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Badfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badfish)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/8 "2004-02-20T00:44:50Z")
Maybe it depends on the angle of the dangle, sometimes you can whip it out and it shoots all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![fluffball86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@fluffball86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluffball86)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/9 "2004-02-20T01:50:38Z")
Thank you, that was the most I’ve laughed this week, but you made me hurt my mouth, I had my wisdom teeth removed, and my mouth is so stiff. But anyway, some physicist should study the stream, cause sometimes when I’m going, the stream will come out 90 degrees to where I am pointing it. FYI, for an accuracy improvement, pull the foreskin back to expose the head, then your accuracy improves greatly. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/10 "2004-02-20T02:06:01Z")
Psh. Amateurs. I can put my stream wherever I want it. I can even make it curve upwards or pull a U-turn (though this can get messy.) Go down a few beers and practice, practice, practice! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/11 "2004-02-20T04:54:37Z")
> [@fluffball86](#): > > Thank you, that was the most I’ve laughed this week, but you made me hurt my mouth, I had my wisdom teeth removed, and my mouth is so stiff. > > But anyway, some physicist should study the stream, cause sometimes when I’m going, the stream will come out 90 degrees to where I am pointing it. FYI, for an accuracy improvement, pull the foreskin back to expose the head, then your accuracy improves greatly. Hey hey, mines permanently exposed, still causes aiming problems at times though. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/12 "2004-02-20T05:01:38Z")
I’ll write your name in the snow for the price of one beer (paid 5 minutes in advance). ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/13 "2004-02-20T05:16:05Z")
Some of us are just so _big and powerful_ that no matter what we do, it splashes back out. I can stand in front of the toilet, piss into it never missing a drop, and there will be little splash drops around it when I’m done. And NO, I refuse to sit down to piss. When/if you get “turned out” in prison, they make you sit to piss, like a woman. Or so I hear. ---
**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/14 "2004-02-20T05:33:57Z")
I think most people can aim correctly 999 times out of 1000. but if you got 35 people in your hall and they pee three times a day… your gonna get pee missing pretty much weekly. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/15 "2004-02-20T14:32:35Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > I don’t think it’s intentional, for most men anyway. I think it’s that last little squirt that comes out just as you are putting your (insert your favorite descriptive adjective here) back. _“No matter how you shake and dance, the last two drops go down your pants.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/16 "2004-02-20T16:58:47Z")
_Shake it more than three times and you’re playing with it._ (FZ) And we don’t want _that_ now, do we? ---
**Author:** ![byter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@byter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/byter)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/17 "2004-02-20T17:57:51Z")
I just thwack mine up against the side of the urinal to knock the last drops off. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/18 "2004-02-20T18:27:59Z")
I just taught mine to go _“sniff!”_. Now there’s no dribbles at all. ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/19 "2004-02-20T18:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, sometimes when aiming for your average toilet, the stream gets split in two (normally caused by the two sides of the eye sticking together somewhere). This is quite a predicament to be in as it is impossible to get BOTH streams into the toilet. Some people can stop midstream and make some adjustments to their equipment before carrying on, others can’t and are forced to decide which stream is the strongest and aim that one while the other happily sprays the floor. I can’t believe I’m making my first quote on this topic! But I just have to ask this question. Wouldn’t it make sense (if you have the sticking together problem) to sort of pull it open before you go each time? Or would this be considered weird by the standards of the highly ritualized male bathroom behavior? ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082/20 "2004-02-20T19:13:48Z")
> [@byter](#): > > I just thwack mine up against the side of the urinal to knock the last drops off. 😃 I tried that but I kept cracking the porcelain. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-hit-the-urinal/230082.md?page=2)