News of the Weird: Norwegian headmistress proposes that boys be taught to urinate while seated

StarTribune.com ^ | 11/1/2006 | Chuck Shepherd

[GeorgiaFreeper]

In September, the headmistress of the Dvergsnes primary school in Kristiansand, Norway, proposed that boys be taught to urinate while seated, in order to reduce splashing and mistargeting, which burden the cleaning staff

[Beagle8U]

"Why not teach girls how to stand over the toilet and shoot away!??"

Film at 11. (Gee we can hope?)

[tumblindice]

"sitspinkleren": those who sit and pee/wimp

stehpinkelnen, or, "dudes who have the audacity to stand and pee." (Those who sit and pee in Germany are called sitzpinkleren, which also translates to "wimp.")
By the time the German device made public news, more than 1.8 million frauen peeved over their herren's seat-tinkling had purchased one. I do not know how many have been sold by now. What I do know is that a school in Norway has gone one step further: by attempting to make standing to pee an outright violation. The Dvergsnes School in Kristiansand, has adopted a "no standing" policy in their restrooms -- to be obeyed by all students, male and female.

[Past Your Eyes]

I wonder if they'll make Hillary sit down to pee when she goes for a visit.
No zot? Amazing.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Here's a message for the headmistress:

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Isn't it good?
Norwegian wood!

[paratrooper82]

Hell, with that kind of logic, why don't they start teaching girls to urinate while standing up?

[svcw]

Well, I can see the benefit as one who cleans the bathroom. My grandson who is two sits because he can not reach the bowl while standing. I guess I could get him a step stool ;-).

[PeterPrinciple]

Oh, and toilets have lids for a reason.

Yep, so the cat won't play in the water................

[AnalogReigns]

I won't forget the restroom of a very nice hotel in Dresden, Germany. Glazed into the back of the urinal, just at the right hight was the image of a very realistic fly...

Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humor?

[ExtremeUnction]

Norwegian headmistress proposes that boys be taught to urinate while seated

They can teach this to boys but will they do it?! No!!! Liberals are so stupid.

[brownsfan]

"As a rule of thumb... "

Who's thumb? Not my thumb, nor my rule.

"Oh, and toilets have lids for a reason."

Yeah, to give you something to stand on when you have to change the overhead light.

[sheik yerbouty]

I remember a restaurant in NYC that had a sign in the restroom that said "We aim to plese. you aim too, please!"

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Let me get this straight...you're suggesting that I "have a seat" in a public restroom when I don't need to?

No thanks.

[Argus]

A whole lot of Vikings are just spinning in their graves.

[BLS]

"News of the Weird: Norwegian headmistress proposes that boys be taught to urinate while seated"


First, WHY?

Second, how DUMB do you have to be to not know how to pee?

[Past Your Eyes]

Was he whipped in other ways, too?

[sheik yerbouty]

Isn't that a practice of TROP? Somebody posted something from "ask the Iman" awhile back..

[Kenton]

Boys will be boys. I expect they'll retaliate by standing on the toilet seats to crap.

[Jeffrey_D.]

"I don't want to get too graphic here, but the manipulation needed for the male sit-down pee often leads to unsanitary contact between the pee pee and the commode."

Yea besides, that water is cold........and deep!!!

[sheik yerbouty]

"They Stoop To Splatter"