# Poll for Men: Can you shake off the last drop? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864 "2003-11-01T18:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 1, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/1 "2003-11-01T18:49:52Z")
In this thread- [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=220816&pagenumber=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=220816&pagenumber=2) - I articulated a point made by every standup comic since the dawn of time… you can’t shake off the last drop. Jomo Mojo appeared to find this statement insulting (and untrue), so I’m going to ask you lot to weigh in… CAN the last drop be shaken off? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/2 "2003-11-01T19:33:20Z")
Seems to be related to the state of my prostrate gland. :o ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/3 "2003-11-01T19:54:18Z")
If I concentrate I can suck back the last drop… JK! ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/4 "2003-11-01T20:02:33Z")
Define ‘drop’. Even when I try really hard, there remains at least some fluid. Since that is related to the adhesive properties of fluids, I think I’d have to change the laws of physics to shake off that last drop. Or use tissue. Come to think of it, would this be different for Americans because you seem to be mostly circumcised? Or so I’ve heard. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/5 "2003-11-01T23:11:43Z")
Didn’t think of the circumcision angle. I was born in Britain, but snipped anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/6 "2003-11-02T00:20:57Z")
“_No matter how you jump or dance… The last drop always lands in your pants._” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/7 "2003-11-02T02:08:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > \*\*Seems to be related to the state of my prostrate gland. :o \*\* Yeah, but when that sucker stands up, look out! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/8 "2003-11-02T02:51:53Z")
Slap it on the toilet roll holder, that usually flicks the last drop off. ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/9 "2003-11-02T02:54:16Z")
Just wring it out, man. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/10 "2003-11-02T08:12:00Z")
I actually do use toilet paper, a habit I developed a long time ago. I originally started because I didn’t want my girlfriend to have a side of urine with her blowjobs. For this reason I find urinals mildly annoying, though I won’t bother using a stall if a urinal is available. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/11 "2003-11-02T11:11:49Z")
Yeah, why _isn’t_ tp standard, if everyone has the last drop problem? I mean, obviously not for urinals, but if you have to flush _anyway_ why not get rid of the last drop the easy way? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/12 "2003-11-02T17:53:38Z")
Think about capillary action, and you’ll understand why the urethra is so reluctant to give up the last drop. It’s not like Maxwell House out of a coffee cup. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/13 "2003-11-02T20:42:11Z")
I can’t remember where I read this, but one bit of advice to get the last drop out was to grab your sac with one hand, putting pressure on the back of it, squeezing/pushing up and forward. Putting a little bit of pressure on the prostate is supposed to cause that last drop to get on out. And earn you askance glances at the urinal. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/14 "2003-11-03T00:03:26Z")
You don’t have to grab your sack. Just reach back behind your junk and push firmly upward on your grundle. That puts enough pressure on the urethra to force out everything that’s in it. I read that in Playboy about 15 years ago and have used it to great advantage ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/15 "2003-11-03T01:35:24Z")
Usually I seem to be able to shake off the last drop. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/16 "2003-11-03T02:48:13Z")
If you snap it just right, in ‘crack the whip’ fashion, the last drip is history, and with practice, so is the gnat on the wall. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/17 "2003-11-03T18:01:54Z")
Yes. I can. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/18 "2003-11-03T18:13:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hyperelastic \* > \*\*You don’t have to grab your sack. Just reach back behind your junk and push firmly upward on your grundle. > \*\* Huh? Great sig-line though. I have just two words for you guys. Toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/19 "2003-11-03T19:13:27Z")
mrsface, there’s no toilet paper at urinals. I’ll have to apply the grundle method today. Seems I can only shake off the 5th to the last drop nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864/20 "2003-11-03T21:50:35Z")
Grundle = the area between the genitals and the bunghole. Every body part deserves a name, doesn’t it? **Munch** , I have also noticed a tendency to leakage as I get older. It started around the time I began using the equipment for activities other than elimination. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-can-you-shake-off-the-last-drop/210864.md?page=2)