Topic: Cultural Quirks

[Citizen Skeptic]

Whilst on the subject of bathroom habits, I had someone tell me that the fly is not supposed to be used by men when urinating. The "proper" way to do it is to undo the belt and buttons, rather than just opening the fly and letting fly. First I've heard of it.

I've never heard that. The problem with undoing the belt and buttons is your pants fall down.

[khendar]

Whilst on the subject of bathroom habits, I had someone tell me that the fly is not supposed to be used by men when urinating. The "proper" way to do it is to undo the belt and buttons, rather than just opening the fly and letting fly. First I've heard of it.

I've never heard that. The problem with undoing the belt and buttons is your pants fall down.

Precisely! That was my argument too. I think the debate started because one of my female friends didn't understand why some men's underwear had access flaps in the front if they were never used.

[Karyn]

Whilst on the subject of bathroom habits, I had someone tell me that the fly is not supposed to be used by men when urinating. The "proper" way to do it is to undo the belt and buttons, rather than just opening the fly and letting fly. First I've heard of it.

I've never heard that. The problem with undoing the belt and buttons is your pants fall down.

Precisely! That was my argument too. I think the debate started because one of my female friends didn't understand why some men's underwear had access flaps in the front if they were never used.

She really didn't know what the access flap was for?  I mean, even if you don't use it to pee...access is probably useful somehow.

[Demosthenes]

Aren't there any more interesting cultural quirks to talk about than trough urinals?

Ooh, I know!

Toilets in America are filled with a lot more water than they are in Australia.

Don't the ones in America tend to have a little "shelf" where it all "lands" ? In Australia there's no shelf, it's a straight drop into the S-Bend

I experienced a shelf toilet when I was in Munich last year.
You deposit directly onto the shelf for storage before it gets washed into the cistern.

Argentinean toilets were by far the worst though!

[Plastique]

Whilst on the subject of bathroom habits, I had someone tell me that the fly is not supposed to be used by men when urinating. The "proper" way to do it is to undo the belt and buttons, rather than just opening the fly and letting fly. First I've heard of it.

That makes little sense to me. But when jeans have a button fly, you have to do it like that because doing buttons back up with a belt on is painfully fiddly and slow. Actually, I never undo the fly buttons. If I'm dealing with the dreaded button fly, I undo the belt and top button of the jeans, and that's enough. Still way more of a pain in the ass than a zip, though. God bless the zip; thank you Jesus.

[lonely moa]

Whilst on the subject of bathroom habits, I had someone tell me that the fly is not supposed to be used by men when urinating. The "proper" way to do it is to undo the belt and buttons, rather than just opening the fly and letting fly. First I've heard of it.

I've never heard that. The problem with undoing the belt and buttons is your pants fall down.

exploiting another cultural quirk, shorts (on males in most weather), I often just go out the left leg. too easy.

[seamas]

Whilst on the subject of bathroom habits, I had someone tell me that the fly is not supposed to be used by men when urinating. The "proper" way to do it is to undo the belt and buttons, rather than just opening the fly and letting fly. First I've heard of it.

I love when people say things like this.
I suspect they actually believe there is some rule book out there that lists all the "dos and don'ts" about all clothing usage.
Or maybe the "inventor of trousers" left specific instructions.



Or maybe there is a passage about pants in Leviticus or something.

[Plastique]

Whilst on the subject of bathroom habits, I had someone tell me that the fly is not supposed to be used by men when urinating. The "proper" way to do it is to undo the belt and buttons, rather than just opening the fly and letting fly. First I've heard of it.

I've never heard that. The problem with undoing the belt and buttons is your pants fall down.

exploiting another cultural quirk, shorts (on males in most weather), I often just go out the left leg. too easy.

Jesus, what type of shorts you wearing, man? Like these?

[Citizen Skeptic]

Damn. Daisy Duke has not aged well.

[Plastique]

Damn. Daisy Duke has not aged well.

How dare you make fun of my weekend casual look.

[Karyn]

that pic makes this thread epic.

[Ah.hell]

I remember pissing in long stainless steel troughs at baseball stadiums here in the USA in the early 1980's.

In fairness, if you're a Seattle-ite as I've surmised, that meant doing so at the Kingdome, which was the biggest POS ever created.

Worse than that, the ferries had troughs up until the mid nineties.  Think about that, several men peeing into a trough on a boat thats rocking back and forth.

[Citizen Skeptic]

I remember pissing in long stainless steel troughs at baseball stadiums here in the USA in the early 1980's.

In fairness, if you're a Seattle-ite as I've surmised, that meant doing so at the Kingdome, which was the biggest POS ever created.

Worse than that, the ferries had troughs up until the mid nineties.  Think about that, several men peeing into a trough on a boat thats rocking back and forth.

That's why I always wear shoes to the restroom. Same thing is true on airplanes even with toilets. You usually can't stand up straight either which doesn't help.

[Karyn]

I remember pissing in long stainless steel troughs at baseball stadiums here in the USA in the early 1980's.

In fairness, if you're a Seattle-ite as I've surmised, that meant doing so at the Kingdome, which was the biggest POS ever created.

Worse than that, the ferries had troughs up until the mid nineties.  Think about that, several men peeing into a trough on a boat thats rocking back and forth.

That's why I always wear shoes to the restroom. Same thing is true on airplanes even with toilets. You usually can't stand up straight either which doesn't help.

In my years as a road warrior, I have managed to never use the bathroom on a plane.

[Citizen Skeptic]

I remember pissing in long stainless steel troughs at baseball stadiums here in the USA in the early 1980's.

In fairness, if you're a Seattle-ite as I've surmised, that meant doing so at the Kingdome, which was the biggest POS ever created.

Worse than that, the ferries had troughs up until the mid nineties.  Think about that, several men peeing into a trough on a boat thats rocking back and forth.

That's why I always wear shoes to the restroom. Same thing is true on airplanes even with toilets. You usually can't stand up straight either which doesn't help.

In my years as a road warrior, I have managed to never use the bathroom on a plane.

 

I thought I had an executive bladder!