# Sink Pissing. Opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143 "2013-07-10T15:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/1 "2013-07-10T15:22:12Z")
Heh. So, I was out with my gf and two other couples. We went to a friend’s dive bar to hear a local band. I walked into the men’s-room which has a toilet, a urinal, and a sink. It also has the odor left behind by everyone who has ever excreted there. I walked up to the urinal. Another dude walked in right after me and approached the toilet. While he and I were occupied, a third dude runs in. Unable to wait, he goes to the sink and pisses.:eek: When I returned to our table I told the tale. I discretely pointed out who the sinkpisser was. The toilet user caught my eye and smiled (he saw me pointing out sinkie). This started a prolonged conversation about whether or not sinkman’s behavior was OK or not. A woman at my table asked if I washed my hands. I admitted I did not as the sink was in use (while I languidly stirred her vodka-tonic with my finger). So. . .what say you??? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/2 "2013-07-10T15:30:35Z")
Did he wash his hands when he was done? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/3 "2013-07-10T15:35:07Z")
I think you should wash your junk too, as long as you have it hanging in the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/4 "2013-07-10T15:36:50Z")
Is sink pissing, in general, ok? Yeah. Same as shower pissing. It’s all going down the same drain. I do it at home often enough. Don’t make a mess and clean up your splash. Would I do it out in public? Good god, man, I’m not an animal. Ps don’t tell my wife I do this. Kthxbye. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/5 "2013-07-10T15:40:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Did he wash his hands when he was done? I was long gone by the time he finished. One of the girls asked why he didn’t sidle up next to one of the dudes already pissing and go. I explained that he probably was avoiding a beating. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/6 "2013-07-10T15:43:02Z")
Er… no, sink pissing is not acceptable in an indoor plumbing situation. However, the fact that you were in a dive bar mitigates this somewhat. The rule there generally is “as long as there’s a drain, it’s fair game.” But sinks are used for other purposes, like swapping contact lenses and the like. Which is why I use disposables, and if for some reason my lens fell in the sink, I’m tossing it. Another question - how deep and what height is this sink? Those low sinks that are basically troughs are in essence handwashing/pissing basins, I think. You see them at old stadiums and places like that. If the sink is waist high and you have to tippy toe to piss in it - that’s a pretty big clue that it’s not for pissing. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/7 "2013-07-10T15:43:59Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Is sink pissing, in general, ok? Yeah. Same as shower pissing. It’s all going down the same drain. I do it at home often enough. Don’t make a mess and clean up your splash. > > Would I do it out in public? Good god, man, I’m not an animal. > > Ps don’t tell my wife I do this. Kthxbye. Lol, not the same as the shower at all. Urinals are designed so that reflected pee generally stay in the urinal - and it still fails. The sink isn’t designed that way and is therefore going to fail worse. So you are splattering piss over everything near the sink. At least the shower is enclosed and has a ton of water washing things away. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/8 "2013-07-10T15:52:39Z")
I’ve seen this behavior in dive bars appoximately 12,000 times. I’ve heard guys in a long line bitch about the fact that nobody was helping it move faster by using the sink. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/9 "2013-07-10T15:55:12Z")
First heard this on Law & Order: What’s the difference between Lace Irish and Shanty Irish? Lace Irish take the dishes out of the sink before they piss in it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/10 "2013-07-10T15:57:42Z")
In a college bar I frequented in my youth it wasn’t just accepted it was the norm. Any other bar I’ve been in its not considered an option. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/11 "2013-07-10T15:58:06Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I’ve seen this behavior in dive bars appoximately 12,000 times. I’ve heard guys in a long line bitch about the fact that nobody was helping it move faster by using the sink. Heh. I try to avoid going in the mens if I can help it. It’s a friend’s bar, so I often piss in the parking lot; that way I can scope out who’s burning one and join after.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/12 "2013-07-10T16:02:24Z")
It wasn’t all that uncommon at halftime in the 700 level of the Vet (the cheap seats in Philadelphia’s Veteran’s Stadium) when the Iggles played there. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/13 "2013-07-10T16:03:38Z")
Nasty! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/14 "2013-07-10T16:04:31Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > It wasn’t all that uncommon at halftime in the 700 level of the Vet (the cheap seats in Philadelphia’s Veteran’s Stadium) when the Iggles played there. It wasn’t all that uncommon to use the floor then either. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/15 "2013-07-10T16:04:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh. I try to avoid going in the mens if I can help it. It’s a friend’s bar, so I often piss in the parking lot; that way I can scope out who’s burning one and join after.🆒 To piggyback on Loach’s comment, most of the time it was in a college town. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/16 "2013-07-10T16:10:01Z")
I was at a Bruins-Whalers game at the old Boston Garden years ago, and had to use the bathroom at 2nd intermission, but all the men’s rooms had really long lines, and I didn’t think I could wait, so I found a janitor’s closet and pissed in the sink. When I was done I ran hot water and washed my hands. There were ten guys lined up outside the door when I opened it. When they closed the Garden, the Boston Herald ran a series and had people write in with their favorite story of the Garden. I sent that one, but they didn’t publish it. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/17 "2013-07-10T16:11:40Z")
I’ve never seen it. But have heard it sometimes happens in women’s restrooms when lines are long. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/18 "2013-07-10T16:14:15Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > To piggyback on Loach’s comment, most of the time it was in a college town. College Park, MD? ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/19 "2013-07-10T16:27:25Z")
> [@](#): > > That the answer my friend is just pissin’ in the wind > The answer is pissin’ in the sink. [http://www.cduniverse.com/jerry-jeff-walker-pissing-in-the-wind-lyrics-4417903.htm](http://www.cduniverse.com/jerry-jeff-walker-pissing-in-the-wind-lyrics-4417903.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/20 "2013-07-10T16:30:30Z")
In 1982 I saw a woman with a Mohawk hoist her hams into the sink of the mens room at Danceteria. Ah, youth! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143.md?page=2)