# Please, not in the shower. (TMI, long) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131 "2008-02-25T23:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/41 "2008-02-26T04:22:13Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Isn’t it kinda difficult to do standing up? I love getting off in the shower, but there has to be a tub. [/QUOTE] Nope! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/42 "2008-02-26T04:23:22Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Isn’t it kinda difficult to do standing up? I love getting off in the shower, but there has to be a tub. [/QUOTE] Not really. If you hold on to the washcloth bar, you can catch yourself when your knees buckle. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/43 "2008-02-26T04:25:05Z")
Girls really do get the best toys. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/44 "2008-02-26T04:30:46Z")
We had a similar problem when I was in college. I lived in a residential hall on a floor with 29 other guys. Our RA took charge and posted a sign on the bathroom door entrance, as well as on each shower stall door: > [@](#): > > Guys: > > There was cum in the shower drain. Whoever is jacking off in the shower, stop it now. It is fucking disgusting. This is what your rooms are for. I don’t know if the culprit(s) ever stopped or not, but I know on at least one occasion, some dude was doing the deed in the stall next to mine. I assume that was the case, anyway, because of the way he was standing against the partition (based on his feet), the heavy breathing, and the shaking of the partition. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/45 "2008-02-26T04:31:50Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Not really. If you hold on to the washcloth bar, you can catch yourself when your knees buckle. 😛 [/QUOTE] But I don’t have a bar, and last time the shower curtain rod . . . . . . er, never mind. You girls do what you want - I’m staying flat on my back, thankyouverymuch. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/46 "2008-02-26T05:31:07Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Not to hijack too badly, but does anyone else prefer kneeling or lying to standing in order to cum? [/QUOTE] For a number of reasons, not least being klutziness, I prefer to lie down to abuse myself. Being thirteen and trying to answer, ‘How did you do that to yourself?’, while being driven to the doctor’s office for stitches really does a lot to impress on a person that showers and masturbation are a bad combination. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/47 "2008-02-26T05:38:18Z")
Hubby’s told me in the past that wanking in the shower just results in a fistful of horrible, sticky goo. Both he and my best mate have confirmed that Jizz + water = something that’s like silly putty, only more horrible. And I’m a girl who doesn’t like standing in the shower to do it. I’m a knee-buckler, so I fall down. Lying’s my thing. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/48 "2008-02-26T05:41:08Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Conditioner works just fine. Don’t use soap or shampoo though. [/QUOTE] Lather. Rinse. Repeat. It’s not just an instruction set, it’s a way of life ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/49 "2008-02-26T05:47:43Z")
Before reading this thread, I had never in my life bought conditioner, or thought I had a reason to. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/50 "2008-02-26T06:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=TonyF] I should mention that I live in a large house and the rooms are rented out. There are 10 or so males in the house and any one of them could have been the culprit. [/QUOTE] Do you live in a mansion? What other type of house has 10 bedrooms? Aren’t there laws limiting the number of unrelated people can live in the same house? Eek I would hate having to share a house and bathroom with 9 other guys, that’s just horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/51 "2008-02-26T07:06:12Z")
I find that doing it in the shower arouses a great fear of slippage, thus ruining the fun. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/52 "2008-02-26T07:57:18Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Lather. Rinse. Repeat. It’s not just an instruction set, it’s a way of life [/QUOTE] No, no, no. It’s rinse, lather, repeatrepeatrepeatrepeatrepeatrepeatrepeatrepeatrepeatrepeatrepeat… ETA: and yes, water makes jizz much much more difficult to get off things, like hands and drains and such. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/53 "2008-02-26T09:17:16Z")
Speaking as a male, I find the shower is a great place for … personal amusement. I don’t have to worry about lube - I still have a foreskin, and as for the drains, that isn’t a problem… the people walking past the window on the other side of the bathroom, however, do have a problem 😉 I say that it’s the pigeons. Si ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/54 "2008-02-26T09:18:48Z")
There should be an episode of Mythbusters about this thread, ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/55 "2008-02-26T09:23:51Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Isn’t it kinda difficult to do standing up? I love getting off in the shower, but there has to be a tub. [/QUOTE] Nope. There are occasionally balance issues if the “finish” is exceptionally intense, but no problems getting there. I will agree, however, with those who’ve said that the shower is not the optimal location: hard surface, uneven temperatures, lube issues, etc. It’s definitely not impossible or even very difficult, though. Although my first thought on reading the OP was that you weren’t dealing with semen, but snot. The humidity of a morning showers tend to suddenly loosen up everything from throat to sinuses, and a regular smoker or someone with a head cold can produce volumes of drain-clogging snot that would put Ron Jeremy to shame. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/56 "2008-02-26T09:39:22Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] This is a conversation I never thought I’d have. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Or unless the showerhead is one of those removable things attached to a hose. [/QUOTE] You got that right! ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/57 "2008-02-26T09:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] Do you live in a mansion? What other type of house has 10 bedrooms? Aren’t there laws limiting the number of unrelated people can live in the same house? Eek I would hate having to share a house and bathroom with 9 other guys, that’s just horrible. [/QUOTE] This wasn’t directed at me, but just for fun: in university, I lived in a house where the landlord+lady lived on the main floor with their 2 (later 3) children, and rented out 17 rooms in the upper floors and basement to students. Mind you, there were 4 kitchens and 6 bathrooms for the lot to share. The house was a former convent that had originally been built by the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec in ~1890, as I recall. Believe it or not, it was pretty quiet in the house most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/58 "2008-02-26T14:20:23Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] It’s hard to jerk off in the shower? WTF is that guy doing wrong? I guess if you haven’t discovered that conditioner makes a good lubricant it might be difficult. Other than that, beyond the (minor) issue of having a little more difficulty getting off standing rather than prone (or kneeling, I spose), I don’t see what the problem is. Maybe he had a bad experience once with dandruff shampoo and has been frightened to do it ever since. Not to hijack too badly, but does anyone else prefer kneeling or lying to standing in order to cum? [/QUOTE] What’s the problem with dandruff shampoo? What am I missing here? ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/59 "2008-02-26T14:42:01Z")
Note to self: When Dopers are kind enough to include the initials TMI in a thread title, it usually means there’s stuff in there even your twisted, dark excuse of a mind can’t handle. Just move on, dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131/60 "2008-02-26T14:42:58Z")
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew. …_thinks about better response_… I… I… eeeeeeeeeeew. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-not-in-the-shower-tmi-long/439131.md?page=4)