# The pee shiver

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pee-shiver/376468>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 14, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pee-shiver/376468 "2006-10-14T23:37:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mustafa_Al-Habib)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pee-shiver/376468/1 "2006-10-14T23:37:25Z")

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What causes me to sometimes have a brief shiver through my back when I’m relieving myself?

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pee-shiver/376468/2 "2006-10-14T23:48:16Z")

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Cecil did this one:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_225.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_225.html)

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**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pee-shiver/376468/3 "2006-10-15T01:12:49Z")

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[QUOTE=engineer\_comp\_geek]  
Cecil did this one:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_225.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_225.html)  
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And Cecil’s answer was, in a nutshell: Nobody knows.

Welcome back to square one.