German court rules that men can urinate while standing--called "Sitzpinkler"

[Surya Gayatri]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30937492



A court in Germany has ruled in favour of a man's right to urinate while standing up after his landlord demanded money for damage to the bathroom floor.

The landlord, who was seeking €1,900 (£1400; $2,200), claimed the marble floor had been damaged by urine.

But the Duesseldorf judge ruled that the man's method was within cultural norms, saying "urinating standing up is still common practice".

There is some debate in Germany about whether men should sit or stand to pee.

Some toilets have red traffic-style signs forbidding the standing position - but those who choose to sit are often referred to as a "Sitzpinkler", implying it is not masculine behaviour.
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A blow for Male Liberation! Bwaahaaa!

Now, let's do something about redesigning public toilets so that women can urinate standing up.

NO MORE SQUATTING OVER FILTHY RIMS!! FEMALES DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS!!

[bluedigger]

1. "There is some debate in Germany about whether men should sit or stand to pee."

This changes my opinion on the legitimacy of Ballghazi.

[Major Nikon]

2. The Germans have bigger problems with their toilets

For one thing, I never saw two of them that flushed the same way. Instead of a nice standardized lever on the left side, each one had a different placement and actuation. Some were on the top, some were on either side, some were on the front, one was even foot actuated. Some have levers, some have buttons, some had knobs. So first you have to find the gottdam thing, and then you have to find out how to push, pull, squeeze, turn, lift, press, or whatever to get the gottdam thing to work. And don't even get me started on the fucken shelf.

[Surya Gayatri]

3. Bwaaahaaaaa! The infamous 'shelf'! Served up so you can admire your

own excrement to your heart's content!

[Major Nikon]

6. Sometimes others can as well

One time I was in a public shitter for a bit trying to figure out where and what to push, pull, squeeze, turn, lift, press, or whatever while the guy in the stall next to me sounded quite upset yelling what I can only guess is a request for a courtesy flush.

[Surya Gayatri]

11. Oh, the public humiliation! Bwaahaaaa!

[hifiguy]

4. if you ever want anything over-engineered and

needlessly complicated, turn a German engineer loose on the project.

[Surya Gayatri]

12. I remember to this day my late mechanical-engineer father's first encounter with a German bathroom..

"The more stuff you engineer in, the more stuff there is to go wrong..."

[jberryhill]

16. Kind of explains their porn

[hifiguy]

19. DUzy!

[FLPanhandle]

5. Male or Female, you will sit when peeing on my sailboat.

With the rocking and rolling, I don't want pee in my bildge stinking up the boat!

[Surya Gayatri]

13. And the smell of rancid piss sticks around for a loooong time! LOL!

[HappyMe]

7. I had no idea this was such a big deal in Germany.

You learn something new every day.

[pinboy3niner]

8. It probably will be the #1 thing I will learn all day

[HappyMe]

10. Your innate

sense of humor makes you a whiz with puns.

[jberryhill]

15. You're in for it now

The OP is nothing but yellow journalism.

[pinboy3niner]

17. I see you're a whiz at this

[smirkymonkey]

25. Urine a strange position.

I wouldn't leak any secrets if I were you.

[jberryhill]

27. Psst... I'm tinkling the same thing

[jberryhill]

9. Meh, the real pro technique is to do a handstand

[Surya Gayatri]

14. Whaaa?

[Codeine]

18. I like my bathroom clean, so I sit.

And I dry it off when I'm done. Can't understand guys who stuff it back in their shorts with the inevitable last drop still in there. A shake can't clear the works entirely.

[Surya Gayatri]

20. But, the ubiquitous, infuriating man-seat-UP is the worst...

[Codeine]

22. To be fair

it could just as easily be called the ubiquitous, infuriating woman-seat-DOWN situation.

[Surya Gayatri]

23. Fair enough, but they were designed to be down...

and according to Feng-Shui, leaving it up creates a very negative polarity which will suck all of your 'wealth' down to the sewer.

So, there's that...

[jberryhill]

28. Put the LID down too

[jberryhill]

21. I do to, but mainly to have both hands free to post to DU

However, under certain conditions, sitting can lead to mishaps due to misalignment of the source and the target. Things need to point in the proper direction, and that is not always a given.

[uppityperson]

30. Wait! you're male?

damn me for looking at avatars and not profiles.

[Spider Jerusalem]

24. The traditional design of German toilets makes sitting the best option

[elleng]

26. We KNOW that they CAN, the question appears to be,

MAY they? SHOULD they?

[surrealAmerican]

29. If the tenant actually did damage the marble floor ...

... wouldn't that mean that never cleaning the bathroom is also "within cultural norms"?

Why is this a question of his peeing posture rather then his cleaning practices?

[mythology]

31. Ich bin ein Duesseldorfer

Although, really how bloody hard is it to hit inside the bowl? I can't remember the last time I missed.