...to think that men don't actually HAVE to wee in public places?

[MrsMerryHenry]

This thread follows on from an earlier one about playground etiquette.

I've heard some men say they have smaller bladders. Hogwash. Perhaps they should try having their pelvic floors butchered by childbirth and see how that impacts their waterworks.

I think that my DH is actually a dog as every time we are out for a walk in a secluded place (like woodland walk) he has to piss on a poor tree! He likes to leave his mark I think

There's something rather feral about that, if you don't mind my talking that way about your DH!

i dont like it

it's gross
interestingly, if you agree that all cities' underground networks smell different, you may also agree that the Paris metro smells of male urine. London is stinking deep-fried takeaway food; Budapest is spicy sausage; St Petersburg general male sweat.

Any other nominations?

pmsl at 'General Male Sweat'! Sounds like a character in a dodgy porn flick!

So next time anyone posts on AIBU about letting their kid piss in a playground/tesco/restaurant....... remember, if your kid is male, this is where it's heading!!

The Underground in Rome smells of BO.

I've come up with a few reasons why men like al fresco peeing over the years. Sometimes it's because they want to feel all outdoorsy and caveman-like - "I don't need a toilet to pee in!"

Sometimes they are unwittingly marking their territory. At La Machine in Liverpool last year, a man weed in a corner behind where we were sitting. After about an hour, a whole string of men had been and weed in the same spot.

Most of the time I think they have never got over the childlike joy of wopping it out in front of other.

Gasp! So its our fault all along, violet?!

Hang on - so why does that mean that girls eventually give up the habit but boys keep on going?

Yes, MerryHenry, females are more socially aware!

{Apart from the minority who suffer from a bad case of PFB and let their kids piss wherever they like!}

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw men peeing into portable urinals (no doors) in the middle of Maidstone Town Centre one evening (apparently they are put out at night).

If I was to breastfeed my 21 month old child in a public place I could be arrested but it would seem that exposing your genitals is acceptable - if you're a male.

Double standards?

I might campaign for portable female loos as surely not to have them is sexist?

On a lighter note, my husband once peed on his car early one morning to 'kill two birds with one stone' when the windows were iced up. He was really pleased with the results until putting the heating on - the car stank of urine! I'd like to say I was shocked but I wasn't.

Aw,come on! If you could, you would, wouldn't you? (within some limits, of course!).

tb73, "arrested" - really? Where are you?

Pah, you're only jealous because you can't do it

i have done it on v v desperate occasions but hidden right away

i think the majority of public pissers could wait til they got home on the whole

I think sometimes it is a matter of more men drink more beer/cider than women (vodka doesn't make you wee quite as much) - but a bigger part of the problem of piss everywhere in urban areas is the sheer lack of loos.
I think those temporary urinals are a great idea but why on earth can't they have female-friendly ones as well?

Agree that portable urinals are a good idea, and I have certainly seen nobody's dongers on display while using them (maybe it's in part due to my not gaping - willie's aren't the prettiest of Mother Nature's offerings, are they? Methinks perhaps tb73 has succumbed to a bit of well-meant exaggeration for artistic effect.

Crap excuse, though, solidgold. If I (post 3rd degree tear) can hold it in, so can they.

Trees were invented before toilets

I'm trying to think if there are any public toilets in my town. Some in shops yeah, but outside? I don't recall seeing any.

Beer is part of the problem because when I used to drink pints if I had to go then I really had to go. Now I don't drink, but getting older is having the same effect.

Course if I were a tesco driver I could ask someone to let me use theirs.... or maybe not

In France over Easter, the policeman directing traffic shamelessly whipped out his todger and wee'd a great golden arch in front of us. Our boys were so impressed they have been inspired to wee in various flowerpots all around the garden.

I am speechless.

I looked out of the office window one morning (first one in) & saw a bloke disappearing down the drive. I went down to see if he was lost & found him peeing against the wall .

I yelled at him to get out. He ran. I should've made him stay & clean it up....

Dirty beast.

I once saw two blokes leave a nightclub then immediately walk around the corner and pee against a wall. I was on my bike at the traffic lights at the time, and asked them why they didn't use the club toilets before leaving. 'We got kicked out,' they said. 'Why?' I asked, 'Were you pissing up the walls in there as well?'

Thankfully the lights changed. I scarpered.