# Pissing: Sit or Stand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885 "2003-01-06T05:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/21 "2003-01-06T11:42:38Z")
Guess I’m the first to say I _kneel_ to pee ('cept in public restrooms of course - yechhy floors and all). Being especially tall, my shot from willie to bowl is a bit more of a distance than it is for most people. (hey - stop that snickering…) Even if I did have perfect aim there’s splashback problems from that height. Kneeling = no more wet ankles after a piss. 🆒 Plus, it also elegantly solves that diverging streams issue when it surprises you (and I’m thankful to see other people mentioning…). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/22 "2003-01-06T12:07:33Z")
Sitting down to pee if you’re a guy is **blasphemy!** Unless you’re already sitting down to take a shiat.😉 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/23 "2003-01-06T14:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muffin \* > Of those who stand, how many have primary or equal responsibility for cleaning their bathroom, and how many don’t? Stander with primary responsibility here. I have good aim. And if I get a case of the morning-divurgent-stream-syndrome, well then I wipe up the mess and be done with it. It’s a small price to pay for the convenience of pissing while standing up. ---
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/24 "2003-01-06T14:25:41Z")
Rules to live by: Never run when you can walk; never stand when you can sit; never sit when you can lie down. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/25 "2003-01-06T14:26:40Z")
Kneel. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/26 "2003-01-06T14:31:18Z")
Standing, I can unzip, whip it out, pee, put it back, and leave. In order to sit, I have to unbelt, unbutton my pants, pull 'em down, sit, pee, then put everything back on…too much time, plus, it’s just WRONG. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/27 "2003-01-06T14:45:52Z")
I used to sit all the time until I got to my late teens then it was standing all the time, unless I have an erection or I’m going poo also. ---
**Author:** ![YEP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@YEP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YEP)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/28 "2003-01-06T15:14:16Z")
I am a sitter, but would like to plea my case. When Mrs. YEP and I first moved in together we our first duty on the morning was to pee. I began sitting to warm the seat up before Mrs. YEP sat. Now I do it out of habit. Will that work??? Can I keep my “I am a Man” card. ---
**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/29 "2003-01-06T15:35:44Z")
I sit. It goes back to my dad telling his younger sons (the dude had eight boys) that as a courtesy to my mom, we should pee sitting down (I guess a few of my brothers had poor aim). He also said that we shouldn’t get hung up on it being too feminine. I was like nine at the time and had no idea why it would be considered feminine. It has stuck with me till now and my g/fs over the years seem to find it amusing. ~t ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/30 "2003-01-06T15:53:27Z")
The only time I sit down to take a pee is when I’m doing a No. 2 (or a Mr. 2, as I prefer to call them) and during the general commotion, a No. 1 just sort of spontaneously explodes into being. Come to think of it, this actually happens pretty much every time I go to take a Mr. 2. And yet, I’m always surprised by it. Waste elimination perplexes me. ---
**Author:** ![mandielise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mandielise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandielise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/31 "2003-01-06T16:16:23Z")
Wait a sec… I thought guys couldn’t pee when they’re hard??? You can? In that case, how does sitting down help if you’re sticking straight up anyhoo??? ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/32 "2003-01-06T16:22:38Z")
**mandielise** - hard peniis are still SOMEWHAT flexible. 😃 I’m guessing they manhandle them into position. Female who usually sits but will pee standing if a public restroom looks nasty enough (after lifting the seat and following with cleanup - I don’t want to leave any surprises for those who come after, thank you) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/33 "2003-01-06T16:32:40Z")
We just had this thread a month or so ago. And for the record I sit and in the last thread only a couple of guys were not ashamed to admit it. ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/34 "2003-01-06T16:54:48Z")
**Venoma** , just a slight nitpick… A hard penis, under normal circumstances, may be somewhat flexible. However, as any guy can tell you, the average case of Morning Glory is about as flexible as a tree trunk fashioned out of granite. Just so you know. Next time you wake up next to someone and catch them pitching a tent, be careful. Mishaps can and will cause more than their fair share of tears. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/35 "2003-01-06T17:45:39Z")
I have never seen a guy sit to pee. I think I would likely laugh my ass off. Wtf?? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/36 "2003-01-06T18:09:29Z")
At home I stand unless I have guests visiting, in which case I will sit as I don’t like the noise generated from peeing into the toilet bowl (even through a closed door) to call attention to what I am doing. Likewise I will sit if I am in someone else’s home (also to prevent the inevitable splatters). ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/37 "2003-01-06T18:38:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muffin \* > \*\*Sit – don’t have to worry about backsplash or changing position for the last few drips. > > Of those who stand, how many have primary or equal responsibility for cleaning their bathroom, and how many don’t? \*\* Bingo. I live alone and choose not to hire a cleaning person, so I sit. I’d only stand if I could have a bathroom large enough to install a separate urinal - a teacher I worked with in Japan had one and I thought, Yeah, that’s _cool_. I never knew you could buy one for home. Otherwise, it’s just too much risk of mess. ---
**Author:** ![mandielise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mandielise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandielise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/38 "2003-01-06T19:40:28Z")
Ok then Fnoonf, answer my question: how does sitting help a hard guy get it in the toilet? Wouldn’t it just hit the ceiling? Also, I thought it was physically impossible to pee when you’re hard - something about the urethra only being able to excrete one bodily fluid at a time, and when you’re hard you’re hard-wired to a certain fluid. ---
**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/39 "2003-01-06T21:01:51Z")
**mandielise** , there’s pointing-to-the-ceiling-hard and then there’s pointing-at-the-wall-hard. It may still take a bit for the latter state to become completely flaccid and allow a guy to stand and pee. But since it’s not completely hard and the fella’s got to go, it’s diplomatically decided that it’ll let us take a piss. Taking into account that the penis in the form of a diving board, it won’t point down enough for standing. It will work if one sits, leans a little forward and maybe help it to point down with one’s hand. I hope that help. Is it ok to give out our secret bathroom rituals? ~t ---
**Author:** ![mandielise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mandielise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandielise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885/40 "2003-01-06T21:09:27Z")
He he he. Thanx polish! I hope the rest of the guys here don’t take away your privileges… perhaps I’ll let you in on a few women’s room secrets. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-sit-or-stand/146885.md?page=3)