# Male Dopers: Do you pee in the sink? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349 "2004-06-20T21:20:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/1 "2004-06-20T21:20:28Z")
I find it easier to pee in the sink instead of the toilet bowl, especially in the morning, when I am dizzy from the sleep. Am I the only one? :o ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/2 "2004-06-20T21:31:53Z")
I’ve never peed in the sink. I suspect this is because I’m not tall enough. It’s just much easier for me to pee in the toilet, which is lower than my penis, than the sink, which is higher than my penis. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/3 "2004-06-20T21:32:47Z")
If not the only one I expect your in a very small minority. I would rather pee in the back yard than in the sink! People wash their hands in that sink! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/4 "2004-06-20T21:37:27Z")
I pee in the bath tub… ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/5 "2004-06-20T21:41:17Z")
My friend’s dorm at college has sinks in every room (but not toilets). He usually pees in the sink rather than walk down the hall to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/6 "2004-06-20T21:43:48Z")
So, there are others like me! Maybe we should make a club or something. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/7 "2004-06-20T21:48:13Z")
Hmm… we’ve done this before. I’ve never peed in the sink, but I have puked in it before. I don’t remember why now, actually, because the toilet was open… i know I was sick, but I guess maybe i couldn’t make it to the toilet in time? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/8 "2004-06-20T21:50:02Z")
Do the other people that use your sink know that you pee in it? If you live alone, I guess you can pee in the oven, or on the drapes, or in your VCR. If you do any of these things, please post a link to pictures. I have a peeing in the oven fetish.\* \*Joking of course. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/9 "2004-06-20T21:55:16Z")
It’s a little funny that I watched “About Schmidt” last night, where he peed allover his bathroom floor. ---
**Author:** ![whoisreadingthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@whoisreadingthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whoisreadingthis)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/10 "2004-06-20T22:08:22Z")
how far away is the sink from the toilet? ---
**Author:** ![whoisreadingthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@whoisreadingthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whoisreadingthis)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/11 "2004-06-20T22:09:24Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > If not the only one I expect your in a very small minority. I would rather pee in the back yard than in the sink! People wash their hands in that sink! urine is sterile and antiseptic. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/12 "2004-06-20T22:13:12Z")
> [@whoisreadingthis](#): > > urine is sterile and antiseptic. Still. If I knew someone had peed in my sink I wouldn’t like to use it afterwards. Would you? Would you dip your hand in urine? Would you let someone pee on you if you were wounded? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/13 "2004-06-20T22:23:24Z")
If the sink has a garbage disposal, who needs a toilet at all? ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/14 "2004-06-20T22:27:28Z")
> [@whoisreadingthis](#): > > how far away is the sink from the toilet? It is just a couple of feet away, but the important thing is that the sink has the right height. The bowl is quite low, so I usually miss and pee all over the place ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/15 "2004-06-20T22:39:10Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Would you let someone pee on you if you were wounded? I would let someone pee on me if I were on fire. Unless they set me on fire in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/16 "2004-06-20T22:58:57Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > Maybe we should make a club or something. Keep advertising what you’re doing and you may _be_ clubbed. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/17 "2004-06-20T23:01:30Z")
Never peed in the sink, but I did pee in a water gun once in the middle of a water fight. What can I say, this one kid in the neighborhood was being a real shit. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/18 "2004-06-20T23:08:07Z")
No, I don’t pee in the sink. I could see it happening in some sort of emergency, when all other drains, buckets, and backyards are occupied. But to do it as a matter of course, when there’s a toilet available? No. Not ever. Remind me where you live again, so I can be sure to never visit, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/19 "2004-06-20T23:12:10Z")
In my room at college I had a room with a sink (no toilet), so naturally I peed in it. The toilet was just outside my door, but still, I didn’t have to leave my room if I just used the sink. Also, like you say, it’s at the right height. Much more convienient than the toilet. At home, I don’t pee in the sink though. We don’t have a lock on the bathroom and I suspect my other family members might be upset if they see me peeing in the sink. Besides, then I’m right next to the toilet and might as well just use it. I’ve mentioned this in some other thread (can’t remember what it was about - maybe the “am I the only one? thread…”). It wouldn’t bother me at all knowing that someone pees in the sink I wash my hands/brush my teeth/etc. in. I don’t let my tooth brush/hands/whatever touch the porcelain anyway. And, like **whoisreadingthis** said, urine is sterile and antiseptic. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349/20 "2004-06-20T23:33:18Z")
I would let someone pee on me if I were on fire. Unless they set me on fire in the first place. Tag Line! 😃 Can I have it, please? Thanks Q [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-pee-in-the-sink/251349.md?page=2)