# Poll: Bathroom Habit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455 "2009-01-15T17:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/81 "2009-01-19T00:36:04Z")
Okay, [this](http://ourgardengang.tripod.com/bmstools.htm) should be interesting to all who pass (hehe) here. It’s tmi, but don’t let that stop you. You’ll respect me in the morning. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/82 "2009-01-19T01:56:33Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > These are pretty standard in Japan. Not to brag or anything, but I have a urinal AND a heated toilet seat. Kinda makes up for the fact that my bathroom is the same temperature as the outdoors. Why would you want a urinal? There doesn’t seem to be much point to it. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/83 "2009-01-19T02:27:10Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > Why would you want a urinal? There doesn’t seem to be much point to it. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris Easier target. Important to whoever cleans the bathroom. Unless you (a man) sit to piss. And that can be problematic. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/84 "2009-01-19T02:43:22Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Easier target. Important to whoever cleans the bathroom. Unless you (a man) sit to piss. And that can be problematic. While we’re on the subject, has anyone else experienced the mysterious and unpredictable bifurcating streams? It happens very rarely and doesn’t last more than half a second, but… Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**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:** [January 19, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/85 "2009-01-19T03:19:51Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I’m a woman and my hand doesn’t have to make it around a massive appendage. Said appendage is generally attached at the front. Where on earth do you keep your anus? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/86 "2009-01-19T03:26:17Z")
Just past Saturn, and hang a right. Before you get to Neptune! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/87 "2009-01-19T03:49:04Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Said appendage is generally attached at the front. Where on earth do you keep your anus? Many, if not most, women reach between their legs. Trying to live up to your nickname, are you? Sorry, but with that moniker you kinda ask for it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/88 "2009-01-19T03:56:28Z")
B, of course. I don’t understand the question from the A folks. **What** , exactly, do you think keeps B people from being able to look at the paper? Because your paper view is _not_ obstucted in any way by method B. Wait, wait, I get it! You think we drop the paper into the water **behind** us, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/89 "2009-01-19T04:58:25Z")
This is opening up entirely new worlds of possibility. I’m a seated, between the legs, front-to-back, release paper into the bowl gal. The stand, the reach-around and the look-at-the-paper practices were completely unknown to me before this moment. Color me amazed. I have to add that in **Hal Briston** ’s field report in which he places his book on the back of the tank to read, I envisioned that he does his business while seated on the toilet backwards. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/90 "2009-01-19T07:53:20Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Does your’s have the warm water wash/rinse and air dry feature? I know they’ve been around in Japan, and lately Europe, for a while. I’m interested in opinions. Could start another thread, but this one seems apporpriate. We shall see. I wanna urinal! > How come nobody’s mentioned hemorrhoids? Do thay make a difference in stand/sit. > I’ve heard and read that the wash seats are good for hemorrhoid sufferers. Sounds right. Mine doesn’t have the bidet feature, but I see those around. I’m not so into them, but if you like that sort of thing they’re pretty convenient. Can’t really speak to hemorrhoids, though. > [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > Why would you want a urinal? There doesn’t seem to be much point to it. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris Are you kidding? Primary reason, morning wood. I never would have thought it, but this reason alone has increased the level of happiness of my bathroom goings by an enormous factor. Secondary reasons, less water wasted, (as mentioned) easier to clean, and easier to use while drunk. When you go to a public bathroom, do you use the urinals or the toilets? BTW, since coming to Japan I discovered that Brits pronounce this word you-RINE-ul. This is a source of great amusement to me. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/91 "2009-01-19T08:21:02Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > BTW, since coming to Japan I discovered that Brits pronounce this word you-RINE-ul. This is a source of great amusement to me. An al-you-min-ee-um you-RINE-ul? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/92 "2009-01-19T13:21:45Z")
> [@Rachael\_Rage](#): > > I have to add that in **Hal Briston** ’s field report in which he places his book on the back of the tank to read, I envisioned that he does his business while seated on the toilet backwards. Now you know I’m gonna have to try that; and a Kindle would fit very nicely on the tank. Probably the biggest drawback is that you have to remove your pants. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/93 "2009-01-19T22:44:15Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > When you go to a public bathroom, do you use the urinals or the toilets? Actually, I always use the toilets unless the toilets are completely occupied. I can’t stand using a urinal in public. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/94 "2009-01-19T22:58:48Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > Actually, I always use the toilets unless the toilets are completely occupied. I can’t stand using a urinal in public. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris So you’re one of those guys who wee wees all over the seats? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/95 "2009-01-20T00:15:53Z")
> [@Telcontar](#): > > Oh, i imagine back to front is bad (especially for women) because of UTI? There’s also the risk of infections in the vagina, which is why it’s recommended to wipe front to back. Personally, I sit and lean forward a little to wipe, front to back. I have, however, been daydreaming about a bidet setup of some sort. Maybe someday if we can afford it, we’ll build/rebuild a bathroom that has a bidet for me and a urinal for **Acid Lamp**. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/96 "2009-01-20T02:42:17Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > So you’re one of those guys who wee wees all over the seats? :eek: I didn’t say I missed :); plus I raise the seats up. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/97 "2009-01-20T03:07:41Z")
Sitting. I’d never heard of the standing method until I read it years ago on this board. It seems to me connected with the odd US thing of having this huge lake of water in the bowl, only a few cm down from the rim. Standing could make some sort of sense then, I do accidentally dip my fingers in the water the first time or two when visiting the US. Everywhere else I’ve been the water level is way down just above the S-bend so everyone sits. > [@ChrisBooth12](#): > > sitting to wipe? how do you know your all done? standing is better you can see and just drop it in without having to take it out of the bowl to look on it You can easily feel it, wiping clean skin and wiping fecal matter are quite different. And I always finish off by spitting on the tp and so giving the area a bit of a wash. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/98 "2009-01-20T03:14:09Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Sitting. I’d never heard of the standing method until I read it years ago on this board. It seems to me connected with the odd US thing of having this huge lake of water in the bowl, only a few cm down from the rim. Standing could make some sort of sense then, I do accidentally dip my fingers in the water the first time or two when visiting the US. Everywhere else I’ve been the water level is way down just above the S-bend so everyone sits.You can easily feel it, wiping clean skin and wiping fecal matter are quite different. And I always finish off by spitting on the tp and so giving the area a bit of a wash. All that water helps cut down on the smell of the poops. I can tell you that I’ve used a few bathrooms that have the water just above the s-bend and it’s disgusting to take a crap cause when you’re done it’s just sitting there…laughing at you…Gotta submerge that shit under the water. And the number of people saying they spit on their tp and then wipe their asses with it is just…disgusting…to me at least :eek: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/99 "2009-01-20T03:32:02Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > I didn’t say I missed :); plus I raise the seats up. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris Cool! 🆒 I swear though, sometimes you go in to take a shit and the seat is drenched! I mean little yellow puddles all over it. I don’t get it. I suspect a dominance thing. Fucking pigs. I sympathize with the women on this one. But I do leave the seat up. That’s why it has a hinge, after all. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455/100 "2009-01-20T04:19:48Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > And the number of people saying they spit on their tp and then wipe their asses with it is just…disgusting…to me at least :eek: It’s a little odd, but I imagine you probably would feel a little cleaner. Anyway, it’s much less disgusting than crapping on a piece of toilet paper and then wiping your mouth with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-bathroom-habit/481455.md?page=6)