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I have a slight obsession about something I have learnt from a friend that has both shocked and appalled me to the core but am hoping that the following is a unique quirk in maledom.

I had noticed through several pub meetings and subsequent beer related toilet trips that whenever out bladders sychronised that he would always go to a cubicle even if he had to wait even though there were urinals ready to go.
Finally curiousity got the better of me and I asked him straight up what the deal was with the cubicle.
The Answer "No toilet paper"

It turned out that ever since he was born and being brought up soley by his mother, a commited catholic* he had been taught to become a dabber rather than a shaker and hence the need for a cubicle.

Obviously I was shocked and utterly appalled by this and warned him against such habits as this can only lead one way and that is a sit down pee.

Is this a unique phenomenon?


*I cannot prove that religious conviction has anything to do with this but I reckon it has some connection

When i started reading I assumed this was going to be a Beard related post.

it is, now, the first time I have heard of such a thing. I now find the term "dabber" both hilarious and slightly worrying.

I've known of but one other person in my life (my former landlord) who did such things... it struck me as odd as well though I just wrote it off as something he (and older man) may have needed to do so as to deal with "run off"

ewww what a gross subject. Surely it's got to be cleaner to sit down rather than stand there playing firemen and splashing all over the place.

If it's any consolation, I'll let out a family secret (apologies to my younger bro!)

My ickle bro (well, 3 yrs my junior) has ALWAYS sat down on loos to pee. Even in public loos, he'll wait for a cubicle.

This seems to have stemmed from our childhood... my sister is but one year younger than my little bro... and he learned to 'pee' like a girl whilst growin up parallel with my sister. Strange, but true.

I don't think he wipes, but he still uses the loo like a lass.

Lady of Mystery wrote:ewww what a gross subject. Surely it's got to be cleaner to sit down rather than stand there playing firemen and splashing all over the place.

Would be if everyone else did, but they don't. Plus it would take half the fun out of it.

seige wrote:If it's any consolation, I'll let out a family secret (apologies to my younger bro!)

My ickle bro (well, 3 yrs my junior) has ALWAYS sat down on loos to pee. Even in public loos, he'll wait for a cubicle.

This seems to have stemmed from our childhood... my sister is but one year younger than my little bro... and he learned to 'pee' like a girl whilst growin up parallel with my sister. Strange, but true.

I don't think he wipes, but he still uses the loo like a lass.

Blimey!! Has no one taken control of this issue and taught him the right way?
Hang on, this may be too much information but.... If you are going like a girl and not dabbing but shaking wouldn't you need to stand up and turn around to avoid hitting cold porcelin?

due to a prostate problem ( i urge you to get yours checked), i sit at home and stand in public.

Yeah it's quite a common thing not to be able to go when there's someone who's a clear foot taller than you at the next urinal. Not that I ever 'she-pee'.

Anyways, urinal etiquette is something I think we all understand inherently. For example, imagine there are six urinals in a pub toilet, numbered 1 to 6:

1[_] 2[_] 3[_] 4[_] 5[_] 6[_]

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When you enter, you see that urinal #2 is already occupied:

1[_] 2[X] 3[_] 4[_] 5[_] 6[_]

Which do you choose?

I suspect most blokes will pick the same.

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Another one... A little trickier this time. Urinals 1 and 3 are occupied:

1[X] 2[_] 3[X] 4[_] 5[_] 6[_]

Which now?

I'm not going to tell my answers just yet.

I would choose urinal six on both occasions.

Always the one furthest away from anyone else.

So no dabbers? I knew it! he is the only one

By the way, I am an agnostic dabber. I can't help it, it's how I was brought up. However, I am not as bad as your mate as I don't use public cubicals, only urinals; in those circumstances, I revert to being a shaker. (But obviously I would never do a number '2' in a urinal). I also do not sit down to pee, no sirree.

It's amazing what one will confess to on a public forum to a group of complete strangers. It's a phenomenon.

Marvo Marky wrote:Yeah it's quite a common thing not to be able to go when there's someone who's a clear foot taller than you at the next urinal. Not that I ever 'she-pee'.

Anyways, urinal etiquette is something I think we all understand inherently. For example, imagine there are six urinals in a pub toilet, numbered 1 to 6:

1[_] 2[_] 3[_] 4[_] 5[_] 6[_]

--------------------

When you enter, you see that urinal #2 is already occupied:

1[_] 2[X] 3[_] 4[_] 5[_] 6[_]

Which do you choose?

I suspect most blokes will pick the same.

----------------------

Another one... A little trickier this time. Urinals 1 and 3 are occupied:

1[X] 2[_] 3[X] 4[_] 5[_] 6[_]

Which now?

I'm not going to tell my answers just yet.

in the first instance I will wait till user number 2 is gone.

in the second instance I will wait till 1 and 3 are gone

I will then go to an end. If anyone comes in and choses the one next to me I will simply turn slightly and pee on them. I would use the cubicle rather then a urinal (simply because I can bolt them shut, I would never sit...or dab.) but they are usually pretty disgusting. Also I pretty much have to be close to death before I would use a public washroom.

seige wrote:If it's any consolation, I'll let out a family secret (apologies to my younger bro!)

My ickle bro (well, 3 yrs my junior) has ALWAYS sat down on loos to pee. Even in public loos, he'll wait for a cubicle.

This seems to have stemmed from our childhood... my sister is but one year younger than my little bro... and he learned to 'pee' like a girl whilst growin up parallel with my sister. Strange, but true.

I don't think he wipes, but he still uses the loo like a lass.

The town in which I dwell has the nick-name of LESBIANVILLE... it is the mecca for Lesbians, Transgendered and hard-core feminist e.g. we have our share of "women" who actually stand up to do their thing (many of them, better shots than some of the "men" I know).

I couldn't find the link but I just found a thing whilst stumbling about the net the other night, about a Urinal company that deliberately embeds a fly into a spot on their devices. The reason being the fact that most males have a tendency to want to hose off such things e.g. the fly improves their accuracy and lessens the amount of "spillage" typically found around Urinal locations.

For me, it would simply be a wonder of wonder to just be able to have a proper pee every now and then

Good Lord... it seems the ladies are 'revolting' (for want of a better word!)

http://www.shewee.com/