# Men: Do you spit in the urinal? Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-spit-in-the-urinal-why/458125 "2008-07-29T19:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-spit-in-the-urinal-why/458125/21 "2008-07-30T14:52:42Z")
It warms up the water, which is otherwise usually cold. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-spit-in-the-urinal-why/458125/22 "2008-07-30T15:09:53Z")
[QUOTE=gaffa] It’s functionally a spittoon, so why not take advantage? Spitting gum, or anything that would have to be fished out by someone is unacceptable. But spit? What’s the harm? [/QUOTE] Harm? Oh, there can be [HARM](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413370&highlight=URINE+PANTS)! [QUOTE=Mojo Pin] I’ve found that there’s a near perfect correlation between people who’ve just smoked and people who spit in the urinal. [/QUOTE] I used to spit in the urinal regularly (see above) but I don’t remember the last time I did. FWIW, I quick smoking almost 9 months ago. You can add one more postive data point. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-spit-in-the-urinal-why/458125/23 "2008-07-30T15:12:29Z")
[QUOTE=Tom Tildrum] It warms up the water, which is otherwise usually cold. 😃 [/QUOTE] deep too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-spit-in-the-urinal-why/458125.md?page=1)