talking at the urinal and other restroom etiquette tips

**mojo** · 08-31-2001, 04:26 PM

from the international ctr for bathroom etiquette
http://www.icbe.org/

First, a note on talking

Usually, talking at a urinal situation is frowned upon. Conversation may occur directly prior to urinal use, or directly after it, but while engaged at the urinal, verbal communication should be nil. Furthermore, actual conversation may only occur between two individuals who entered the washroom together. Under no circumstances should you start a conversation with someone whom you simply discovered to be in the bathroom when you arrive. A simple grunt or monosyllabic word is acceptable to acknowledge the other's existence, but that is all. Period.

**coleslaw** · 08-31-2001, 04:28 PM

Jimmy Kimmel of the Man Show would disagree. He likes to talk to people as they are relieving themselves, shake their hand, and even offer them brownies!

**welfareloser** · 08-31-2001, 04:31 PM

christ, i wish girls would learn this stuff. i do not want a friggin conversation when i'm tryin to pee!

**mojo** · 08-31-2001, 04:33 PM

Originally posted by welfareloser
christ, i wish girls would learn this stuff. i do not want a friggin conversation when i'm tryin to pee!

that's the point...everyone should learn it. not just girls, welfare

**ProMinx** · 08-31-2001, 06:34 PM

Jimmy Kimmel was on the UCLA campus yesterday :-p They were filming "Win Ben Stein's Money" here...but the best part was seeing Jimmy. Unfortunately I was working, so I only got to see a few minutes of taping while I was on my lunch.

ProMinx

**johnnymk** · 08-31-2001, 06:47 PM

Ever notice how many guys DON'T wash their hands after going to the john. At least 50%!!!
Don't ever eat the mints at the cash register at the restaurant you are at. Tests have shown there's quite a bit of fecal material there.

**ProMinx** · 08-31-2001, 08:06 PM

I have noticed that...and it scares the hell out of me. If it's my friends and they just start walking out of the bathroom without washing their hands, I'll usually say something like "so you want to rub ball-sweat on everyone you speak to today?" to guilt them into washing their paws. Filthy freaks...

ProMinx

**revil** · 08-31-2001, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by ProMinx
I'll usually say something like "so you want to rub ball-sweat on everyone you speak to today?" to guilt them into washing their paws. Filthy freaks...

That's a good one. i should use that.

**BrewMaster** · 08-31-2001, 10:09 PM

Not only do they not wash their hands, they hardly flush the damn toilet, so when you go into the bathroom in the dorms it smells like cess pool or an outhouse.

OC · 08-31-2001, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by BrewMaster
Not only do they not wash their hands, they hardly flush the damn toilet, so when you go into the bathroom in the dorms it smells like cess pool or an outhouse.

This was a huge problem when I worked at M$. WTF are they doing, marking their territory? Grow the hell up already.

-OC

**coleslaw** · 08-31-2001, 10:16 PM

My company has automatic flushing urinals, so whenever I use one that is not automatic, I always forget to flush it! It's so annoying!

I suppose the only time it's OK to talk with other people at a urinal is if you are at a bar and you are totally pissed and so is the other guy.

You can say, "Man, I'm totally tanked!"

"Yeah man, me too!"

**Lolita** · 08-31-2001, 10:21 PM

ok, since we're on the topic of bathroom etiquette, can u guys please explain to me (a girl) why you insist on leaving the seat up?

**welfareloser** · 08-31-2001, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by Lolita
ok, since we're on the topic of bathroom etiquette, can u guys please explain to me (a girl) why you insist on leaving the seat up?

why do you insist on leaving it down?

**coleslaw** · 08-31-2001, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by Lolita
ok, since we're on the topic of bathroom etiquette, can u guys please explain to me (a girl) why you insist on leaving the seat up?

I always put the seat and the lid down before I flush because the urine mist created by flushing is known to travel up to six feet from the toilet. Any toothbrushes or whatnot you have sitting around are being bombared by flying urine!

**irwin** · 08-31-2001, 10:30 PM

Dude, you make a thread with this subject and you don't link to the urinal game?! sh|t man, what were you thinking?

http://www.musicinkent.co.uk/game/urinal.html

**ProMinx** · 08-31-2001, 10:49 PM

DANG IT! I missed the last one the first time through. I should've known better! My master trained me better than that. Yoda, I have failed you...

ProMinx

**ProMinx** · 08-31-2001, 11:01 PM

Originally posted by coleslaw

I always put the seat and the lid down before I flush because the urine mist created by flushing is known to travel up to six feet from the toilet. Any toothbrushes or whatnot you have sitting around are being bombared by flying urine!

Maybe this explains Passwird's yellow teeth...

**mojo** · 09-01-2001, 03:05 AM

Originally posted by welfareloser

why do you insist on leaving it down?

welfare, welfare, welfare......

**mojo** · 09-01-2001, 05:29 AM

you would be surprised at how many people actually say that i am uptight about the handwashing deal. i use that germ killer stuff when i am in public, cuz ya never know, and people bag on me for it. then again, the same people that bag on me will have health issues (catch colds and bugs going around) that i never have....so....uh.....anyone else see a relationship here?

**oblongmelon** · 09-01-2001, 06:28 AM

That's all I got to say about that.

**johnnymk** · 09-01-2001, 06:52 AM

The flushing handle must really be loaded with lotsa germs, too. Another good reason to wash your hands.
As to the talking issue, most of the people I see outside of the bathroom rarely to talk to one another, unless they are friends, so why would they start a conversation at the urinal?

**ironchef** · 09-01-2001, 07:03 AM

ya know what i hate? when you're in a bar, and rather than having separate, distinct urinals, they have a friggin trough. like you're feeding your damn horse or something. i hate that. unless i'm squiffy, i'm basically useless in a bathroom like that.

the stranger striking up a conversation with you never fails to shut off my flow. i'll have to stand there a good minute or so longer trying to will the stream out.

and i wish folks would learn to appreciate the courtesy flush. man, it's so easy and goes a long way into making the bathroom a much more pleasant place to relieve oneself.

**Burzhui** · 09-02-2001, 07:27 AM

i still say, it's just sooo much easier to leave the seat up after we're done

**BrewMaster** · 09-02-2001, 12:04 PM

So here's my 2 cents:

1) The cardinal sin of the bathroom is when you have 3 urinals and some fool rolls up and takes the middle one. Then anyone who comes in has to piss right next to him. Always go to the outside urinal. Or, when there's a wall of urinals a mile long and some guys has to pick the one right next to you. Bad move, I need elbow room man! Get off!

2) I think architects assume that men like being naked together or expose ourselves for some reason. I mean think about it, they give us those trough urinals at the ball park, and then in locker rooms they have those shower rooms that are just a bunch oh shower heads on a wall. But if you go into women's locker rooms, they usually have stalls or dividers. Even here at UCLA the dorms were origianlly designed with girl on one wing ang guys on another (now they're co-ed) but the original guys wing had these flimsy wall between the stalls. The original women's wing has these nice changig rooms infront of each stall showers. What the hell is wrong with architects?????

**Sir_Froggy** · 09-02-2001, 02:57 PM

really??

cuz everytime i walk into a bathroom i say hi and wave my hand....they sometimes wave back but some people are wierd and they don't wave back....

**g222leav** · 09-02-2001, 07:05 PM

Originally posted by Passwird
Dude, you make a thread with this subject and you don't link to the urinal game?! sh|t man, what were you thinking?

http://www.musicinkent.co.uk/game/urinal.html

i saw the exact same thing in a maxim mag issue...good stuff.

i always try to follow the cardinal rules at all times. when i wash my hands, i keep the towel handy to open the door, i'm damn sure that handle has more germs then a lewinsky. if possible i try to open the door with my foot.

**Lolita** · 09-02-2001, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by Burzhui
i still say, it's just sooo much easier to leave the seat up after we're done

Is it really that hard to just flip it down? are you really that lazy?

**GilbertsGrape** · 09-02-2001, 08:39 PM

BrewMaster I Agree .... our Dorm Bathroom at MSU smell worse than a port-O-potty.

NASTY

Sometimes I wonder why the showers smell like piss too, other times I just don’t want to know, I just wear my flip-flops and go on.

Originally posted by BrewMaster
Not only do they not wash their hands, they hardly flush the damn toilet, so when you go into the bathroom in the dorms it smells like cess pool or an outhouse.

**Burzhui** · 09-03-2001, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by Lolita

Is it really that hard to just flip it down? are you really that lazy?

well... yes, but then again, it's not about being lazy, it's more of a whatever tyupe of thing... as in whatever, if she needs it, she'll flip it down

OC · 09-03-2001, 06:24 PM

Originally posted by Lolita
ok, since we're on the topic of bathroom etiquette, can u guys please explain to me (a girl) why you insist on leaving the seat up?

I am so sick of this argument. I mean really, I've always wondered why women think it's up to us men to make sure they don't fall in.

-OC

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