# Would you rather pee or poo your pants? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473 "2012-11-09T13:20:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/21 "2012-11-09T16:34:02Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > That’s an excellent point. It’s quite easy to pee in a stray coffee cup, and hold on to it until the next opportunity. Just remember that it ain’t coffee. I don’t know. I’d rather pee my pants than get arrested for peeing in public. I can guarantee that if you try to piss on public transport, you will be spending some time in jail. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/22 "2012-11-10T06:46:06Z")
So who are the 2 people who would pick the latter? Are your shits really so small that they would be contained in your underwear? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/23 "2012-11-10T08:05:10Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Every single person you pass (on both sides of the street and in cars and buses) will be able to see instantly that you just pissed your pants. (I’m so going to hell for this…) Well, you could always contort your face and walk all discombobulated like a “touched” person, at least that way, instead of scorn and ridicule, people will feel compassion and sympathy for you. (Should I just go pit myself now?) ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/24 "2012-11-10T09:11:12Z")
I regret opening this thread. But the answer is urinate, because I can mumble some excuse about having kids wrecks things “down there” and at least the women will nod and understand. Be grossed out mind you; but understand. I think. I’d rather not road test that one. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/25 "2012-11-10T10:09:51Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I don’t know. I’d rather pee my pants than get arrested for peeing in public. I can guarantee that if you try to piss on public transport, you will be spending some time in jail. Really?? You can guarantee this?? This is perpetuated by the myth that there are enforcement officers everywhere you go. That’s simply not the case (although at times it might _ **seem** _ that way). If it **was** the case, I’ll show you a government or an organization that is over-funded - therefore, a society that is over-taxed. I don’t intend to hijack the thread. I’ll just find a corner and discreetly piss into a coffee cup. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/26 "2012-11-10T10:13:57Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Can it be a little bitty dry one that makes a cracking noise when it snaps off the mothership? Because I think I could just shake that one out and keep right on walking. Why not? Okay, I would take this over a piss. The little rock-hard turd would just slip out of my boxer shorts to fertilize the ground I walk on. Thanks for the laugh, **lieu**! I enkoyed the mental pictures (and phantom sensations) it brought. Yeah, I must be pretty sick. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/27 "2012-11-10T10:16:06Z")
Hmm, so far, 57 respondents, with 55 pissers and 2 shitters. The shitters must be the **Four Percenters** of this world. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/28 "2012-11-10T12:43:47Z")
I am so glad polling is enabled. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/29 "2012-11-10T12:58:31Z")
Maybe this is a female thing, maybe it’s just a me thing (in which case it’s totally TMI), but…I don’t think I can #2 without #1 coming out first. So for me it’s not an “either” question, it’s an “or/and” question, which makes it much easier - obviously I’d rather have bladder incontinence than bladder \*and \*bowel incontinence! Can men poop without peeing? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/30 "2012-11-10T14:20:32Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Can it be a little bitty dry one that makes a cracking noise when it snaps off the mothership? Because I think I could just shake that one out and keep right on walking. Cite, please. Pics, or it didn’t happen. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/31 "2012-11-10T14:51:52Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I don’t know. I’d rather pee my pants than get arrested for peeing in public. I can guarantee that if you try to piss on public transport, you will be spending some time in jail. I’d not assume that hiding in a corner and peeing into a cup is legally equal to “public urination.” Maybe it is, IANAL, but I’d risk it rather than piss my pants. Edit - or, what he said : > [@echo7tango](#): > > Really?? You can guarantee this?? This is perpetuated by the myth that there are enforcement officers everywhere you go. That’s simply not the case (although at times it might _ **seem** _ that way). If it **was** the case, I’ll show you a government or an organization that is over-funded - therefore, a society that is over-taxed. > > I don’t intend to hijack the thread. I’ll just find a corner and discreetly piss into a coffee cup. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/32 "2012-11-10T14:55:38Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Maybe this is a female thing, maybe it’s just a me thing (in which case it’s totally TMI), but…I don’t think I can #2 without #1 coming out first. So for me it’s not an “either” question, it’s an “or/and” question, which makes it much easier - obviously I’d rather have bladder incontinence than bladder \*and \*bowel incontinence! > > Can men poop without peeing? 😕 I can, but why bother? If I’m pooping, my dick is right in position to drop any small amount of pee there is - it’s even easier for women, if my anatomy teacher is to be believed. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/33 "2012-11-10T16:00:39Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Can men poop without peeing? 😕 It’s probably physically possible, but I’m not likely to try it any time soon. Frankly, when doing these deeds I’m so relaxed down there that I truly multitask: #1, #2, and some rewarding farting, too. 😛 Isn’t this a lovely conversation we’re having? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/34 "2012-11-10T16:33:25Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > It’s probably physically possible, but I’m not likely to try it any time soon. Frankly, when doing these deeds I’m so relaxed down there that I truly multitask: #1, #2, and some rewarding farting, too. 😛 > > Isn’t this a lovely conversation we’re having? Hey, it’s a free message board! Bodily shaming is a Thing I just don’t Grok. We all poop, and the only reason we’re embarrassed to talk about it is because some stuffy old men once decided it wasn’t Godly (even though their god made the body that does it). pffft. Whatevs. There’s nothing wrong with poop! Farts for freedom! Viva la bowel! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/35 "2012-11-10T18:52:21Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Really?? You can guarantee this?? This is perpetuated by the myth that there are enforcement officers everywhere you go. That’s simply not the case (although at times it might _ **seem** _ that way). If it **was** the case, I’ll show you a government or an organization that is over-funded - therefore, a society that is over-taxed. > > I don’t intend to hijack the thread. I’ll just find a corner and discreetly piss into a coffee cup. Well, let’s test it. You go urinate on a subway car, and if you don’t get arrested, I’ll buy you a Coke. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/36 "2012-11-10T18:58:49Z")
I remember back when I did both (not recently, and not at the same time). At least with pee, there’s a possibility nobody else will smell it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/37 "2012-11-10T20:42:22Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Well, let’s test it. You go urinate on a subway car, and if you don’t get arrested, I’ll buy you a Coke. Only if you double-dog dare me. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/38 "2012-11-11T20:15:29Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Well, let’s test it. You go urinate on a subway car, and if you don’t get arrested, I’ll buy you a Coke. If there are no cops on the car, how are they supposed to get arrested? ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/39 "2012-11-11T20:48:15Z")
What, no option for both? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473/40 "2012-11-11T23:42:01Z")
Oh, gee…both options are just **so** appealing…I can’t decide. You pick. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-pee-or-poo-your-pants/640473.md?page=3)