# Sneezing while urinating **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387 "2000-07-21T20:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/1 "2000-07-21T20:37:11Z")
Well, I don’t know about women, but if you are a man, I don’t recommend it. The little sprinkler\* is not meant to be used as a firehose, even momentarily. - The term “little sprinkler” is used merely for comic effect, and is not meant to imply actual size of any member, real or imagined. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/2 "2000-07-21T20:50:49Z")
Yes, well, I guess that (momentary excessive flow) would give a feeling similar to stopping the flow. Ouch. But, really, my stream much more resebles that of a firehose than of a sprinkler. I’m imagining taking a leak with the stream stopping and starting again intermitently. That sounds pretty damn painful as well. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/3 "2000-07-21T21:16:45Z")
If I sneeze while peeing, all bets at steady aim are off. It _arcs_, man. ---
**Author:** ![Modian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Modian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/4 "2000-07-21T21:53:17Z")
Whats worse is when you start coughing, or hacking up a lung while trying to urinate. Then it’s not a matter of how much you missed, but how much actually made it in… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/5 "2000-07-21T23:57:53Z")
It’s like I used to tell my sister - do you want the seat down, or do you want it dry? ---
**Author:** ![Spartacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Spartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spartacus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/6 "2000-07-22T00:04:59Z")
And then getting snot on your dick…blow your nose, wipe your dick… ``` Bummer. ``` Especially if it’s a crowded restroom. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/7 "2000-07-22T01:12:17Z")
Why does everyone think stopping in the middle is painful? I can do it, at will, whenever, and it’s never even been the least discomforting, much less painful. Of course, I can kegel to stop an ejaculation, so I suppose that may have something to do with it. –Tim, the man with monkey strong bowels. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-while-urinating/26387/8 "2000-07-22T01:58:34Z")
Title to this post: “Sneezing While Urinating”…I read it backwards. Try giving birth a few times…then you can urinate while sneezing…without even trying! 😃