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Why? What's wrong with the word ''urinate''?... to go number one [sorry, I just can't use the other word]...
In Spain we are not taught to sit down either. I found on Internet only Germany and Sweden.
Actually, that is a good word; I didn't think of that. It's the other word I have difficulty with.Why? What's wrong with the word ''urinate''?
http://www.allwelike.com/2012/06/sw...ake-urinating-while-standing-illegal-for-men/Germany and Sweden! That really surprises me -I hope some of our friends from those countries will chime in...
The 'lid thing'?! You mean the seat ! They can't even put the seat back down! Aargh.......because the lid thing is still up after use.
In Germany that issue is sometimes discussed, but it depends on the parents wether they teach that their children or not. But there are labels being sold about that matter, for instance this one:
YES! Couldn't think of the word in English for the moment. I knew it wasn't "spectacles" (lunette in France, Brille in Germany).The 'lid thing'?! You mean the seat !
Hmmm - how so ?This is getting funny
As a male I'll just lurkHmmm - how so ?
If you read German, google Sitzpinkler and Stefan Hank - you will find a number of hilarious articles in reputed newspapers about a 2015 court case where the judge did not hide his sense of humour in the sentence. BBC News has a summary: German court rules that men can urinate while standingGermany and Sweden! That really surprises me -I hope some of our friends from those countries will chime in...
Few years ago in the time of (don't really remember) European or World Football (soccer) Championship a small private firm was selling small soccer goals with footballs on a string and they put them in urinals in the bars with TV, just above the drain. I must admit it was fun targeting those footballs with all the beer we drank...Thus the urinal fly was born: the image of a fly in all urinals, just above the drain and a bit to the left. ...
I think that @Kathar1na has come up with the most plausible explanation - that these signs are put up mainly by women who clean the bathrooms. Perhaps they would do better with signs suggesting that men aim for the downward slope of the toilet bowl, to decrease the velocity and eventual backsplash. Sorry, perhaps this is TMI.
This is for squatting purposes: Please be sweet and wipe the seat.
Apis - I finally got it, and I didn’t even have to do the research. My mind doesn’t naturally stray to those low levels, my being so couth and all.The manager of the cleaning department at Schiphol Airport had a great idea in the early 1990s. Thanks to the man who liked the idea (and was in charge of terminal extensions and renovations), the management decided to give the idea a chance. Thus the urinal fly was born: the image of a fly in all urinals, just above the drain and a bit to the left. After a lot of juggling with numbers, the claim is made that this saves up to 8% of the total budget for cleaning the public toilets at the airport.
The idea wasn't new though. According to the owner and manager of Thomas Crapper & Co (nomen est omen...), which manufactures period sanitary ware, The Victorians used pictures of bees as aiming spots in their urinals. "The bee was put on as an unusually vulgar Victorian joke. The Latin for bee is apis. Victorian gentlemen would have been schooled in Latin and would have got this joke, which would be lost on us now."
Lavatory humour, it never gets old.
Because I for one have no idea what you all are on aboutHmmm - how so ?
Hey, @Icacos, you can count yourself a Victorian!Apis - I finally got it
Because I for one have no idea what you all are on about
Quite so, quite so.Hey, @Icacos, you can count yourself a Victorian!
The best laugh I've had for a while,thanks.And here we have (in English) the complete German Toilet Rules including an infographic on How to use the brush: http://saubere-toilette.de/infographic-german-toilet-rules/
Give me a chance, lololCome over come over to that non serious thread...you have a zillion posts to catch up on...
So glad to see you!Give me a chance, lolol
That's what I mean ... seat and lid left up. Aargh !!!Sign in toilet at gite Hernandez in Lasbros France on the Le Puy route. I thought it was strange that it was in English!View attachment 45492
in Europe is sitting on the toilet the proper way for a man to go when he needs to do number 1?
Certainly not.
As a digressio I can add, that in the 1960ties when the women’s rights movement peaked around here, some men adopted the ‘sitting-down behavior’ in a sort of demonstration of solidarity with the movement (and, of course, they were very ‘open’ about it) but it wasn’t a phenomenon that stood the test of time
@stgcph wasn't arguing a case, he was trying to describe social views/developments in parts of modern society and they are still present and to the point, not only for Denmark but also for Germany. In these and other countries, a "peeing while sitting down" culture for men has developed during the last decades. Heated discussions about plus and minusses of this practice are conducted and the arguments are partly feminist, partly health centered. (Not my words, I summed up an article I read just now). Because it's apparently such a fascinating subject - witness this thread - it gets a lot more attention than it deserves.That's officially the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. (Also, I think there are a few other ways to more effectively show solidarity...)
It's not only the guys that are confused. I think it was at Brussels airport that I went to the ladies' toilet, opened the door to the first stall and was confronted with a urinal. I was totally puzzled, closed the door again - and have avoided these things ever since - and went to the next stall. At the time, I had NO clue how to use the thing. I know now, at least in theory.So now I'm totally confused. Perhaps you guys should just go whichever way works for you.
That's officially the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. (Also, I think there are a few other ways to more effectively show solidarity...)
That's officially the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
And how would that be, in theory?At the time, I had NO clue how to use the thing. I know now, at least in theory.
Maybe the wrong thread.
Don't know where this elephant come from but he is sitting .
Count yourself fortunate. I wish I could say the same.
I decided to demonstrate solidarity with the 'wimmin's' rights movement by having a movement of my own, however the solidarity was sadly lacking!
This reminds me of a sign I saw in a men's lavatory somewhere: "We aim to keep this place clean -- your aim will help." There ought to be a world-wide law that this sign should be posted in all men's (and in unisex) lavatories/loos/restrooms/water closets/servicios and whatever they're called in other countries.The manager of the cleaning department at Schiphol Airport had a great idea in the early 1990s. Thanks to the man who liked the idea (and was in charge of terminal extensions and renovations), the management decided to give the idea a chance. Thus the urinal fly was born: the image of a fly in all urinals, just above the drain and a bit to the left. After a lot of juggling with numbers, the claim is made that this saves up to 8% of the total budget for cleaning the public toilets at the airport.
The idea wasn't new though. According to the owner and manager of Thomas Crapper & Co (nomen est omen...), which manufactures period sanitary ware, The Victorians used pictures of bees as aiming spots in their urinals. "The bee was put on as an unusually vulgar Victorian joke. The Latin for bee is apis. Victorian gentlemen would have been schooled in Latin and would have got this joke, which would be lost on us now."
Lavatory humour, it never gets old.
Then there's this that I just came across. So now I'm totally confused. Perhaps you guys should just go whichever way works for you. Just make sure you've removed all evidence when you've finished....and put the seat and lid back down.
You takin the piss surelyNot exactly on topic, but in the general vein:
Aaah, Bizarro! One of my favourites.Not exactly on topic, but in the general vein:
In the interest of the international forum community, I might test sit on / test stand over / test hover over that particular model next time I go through Brussels airport. At the time, I thought I had to approach it like men do, facing it, but it's apparently the other way round.And how would that be, in theory?
In Germany that issue is sometimes discussed, but it depends on the parents whether they teach that their children or not. But there are labels being sold about that matter, for instance this one:
I hesitate to say this, in the interest of decorum, but I suggest you test it standing up. Going back to my early childhood, I recall my brother and boy cousins (probably between six and eight) deciding to have a contest to see who could 'go' the furthest - the staging ground was going to be a rock outcrop with the sea about fifteen feet below. One of my girl cousins (probably around eleven) decided to join in. She won the contest by a long shot. Er, no pun intended.In the interest of the international forum community, I might test sit on / test stand over / test hover over that particular model next time I go through Brussels airport. At the time, I thought I had to approach it like men do, facing it, but it's apparently the other way round.
While I was looking for a photo or instructions on the internet, without success, I learnt that Brussels airport was going to install waterless urinals some time ago - they are following the example of other airports around the globe, they say.
@Icacos, it doesn't happen often that I read something on the internet that causes me to cover my eyes with my hand and giggle but can confirm that such a moment has been reached. {no suitable icon available}She won the contest by a long shot. Er, no pun intended.
They say men forget to put the seat back down, I say women forget to put it back upThe 'lid thing'?! You mean the seat ! They can't even put the seat back down! Aargh
As the old Latin tag goes ITI SAPIS SPOTANDA BIGONEThe manager of the cleaning department at Schiphol Airport had a great idea in the early 1990s. Thanks to the man who liked the idea (and was in charge of terminal extensions and renovations), the management decided to give the idea a chance. Thus the urinal fly was born: the image of a fly in all urinals, just above the drain and a bit to the left. After a lot of juggling with numbers, the claim is made that this saves up to 8% of the total budget for cleaning the public toilets at the airport.
The idea wasn't new though. According to the owner and manager of Thomas Crapper & Co (nomen est omen...), which manufactures period sanitary ware, The Victorians used pictures of bees as aiming spots in their urinals. "The bee was put on as an unusually vulgar Victorian joke. The Latin for bee is apis. Victorian gentlemen would have been schooled in Latin and would have got this joke, which would be lost on us now."
Lavatory humour, it never gets old.
waterless urinals[/URL] some time ago - they are following the example of other airports around the globe, they say.
Travelling south from Canada through Minnesota one winter a group of us stopped at a woodland "rest station" where the men's urinals were stainless steel funnels mounted on tubes let into the ground similar to US Army Pee Tubes.It's not only the guys that are confused. I think it was at Brussels airport that I went to the ladies' toilet, opened the door to the first stall and was confronted with a urinal. I was totally puzzled, closed the door again - and have avoided these things ever since - and went to the next stall. At the time, I had NO clue how to use the thing. I know now, at least in theory.
I had travelled in France and North Africa and I had also been on trekkings, so different "ways to go" were not unfamiliar to me at the time.
"Micturition"?Actually, that is a good word; I didn't think of that. It's the other word I have difficulty with.
Kathar1na - I think you are Danish no?@Icacos, it doesn't happen often that I read something on the internet that causes me to cover my eyes with my hand and giggle but can confirm that such a moment has been reached. {no suitable icon available}
I've seen that sign also in the Istanbul airport in Turkey, but nowhere else.In Spain we are not taught to sit down either. I found on Internet only Germany and Sweden.
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