Why do so many men spit into a urinal before they start using it? Is this simply to get the juices flowing, so to speak? It just seems like an odd ritual that many follow.
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My husband saw a co-worker doing this simultaneously as he was urinating and he has no idea why it is done. My only weird ritual is making a seat cover out of pieces of tissue.
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i've never heard of this strange custom and can assure you it's not as widespread as it may seem.
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Guaging direction and wind speed?;)
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I think it's probably due to behaviour thousands of years ago. The man marking his territory. Not only did he do it by urinating, but spitting also. "Phut" meaning, "don't step over this marker, or else!"
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1) Estimating will the stream/jet go at the intended target. 2) Priming 3) To keep themselves engage,if the divine water is taking bit long to come, then other type of water should come from some other opening
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They do? Urgh! lol
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The only reason i could think of spitting into the urinal before starting to use it would be .... Spitting on the floor is grose, or into a sink is bad.... but into where you pee sure thats fine... so you hold onto your spit for so long it builds up... and when you finally pee... you spit to.. might as well get that out to, since it's not considered grose.... I mean... ok so you spit.. big Fing deal.. youre Pissing in there.... nobody better complain. (better question) why are you watching men before they use a urinal...odd place for a camera.
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Spitting before peeing brings money luck. Spitting after peeing brings lovers' luck. You must chose each time you pee. Doing both voids the luck.
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Interesting, I've never seen that happen... or at least noticed it happening... and I have never done that myself. The only time I've really ever spit into a toilet of any kind was when I was brushing my teeth once and the kids were around the sink so I couldn't spit into it, I spit into the toilet and flushed. I can't say it is a ritual as I have not seen it practised enough to declare it one. I will flush a urinal before using it if I have suspicions that it was used prior to me and not flushed (our work has hard water so sometimes its just the color of the water... but better safe than sorry) I just can't stand the idea of peeing into someone elses waste and risking splashback of theirs onto me. Then again any splashback is nasty, but especially if it isn't my own... And when you wash your hands, actually use soap... just rinsing may have fooled your mother, but it is still unsanitary.
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I've never seen a single person do what you describe. Ever.
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Men do that?!! EWWWWWW!!!!!
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I find it surprising that so many respondents say that they have never seen this. I work in an office setting and share the restroom with hundreds, and have seen this behavior enough times that I to have questioned why .... and thus why I googled this question and landed here. I wish someone would present a true scientific or historical reason why so many men spit before peeing. I've never had the nerve to ask the guy doing it.
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I've always wondered the same thing. It seems to just be a habit. Where the habit starts I don't know. I recently read a theory that it's caused when the smell of the urine reaches your nose. Spitting is a way of clearing it. Now I doubt that's the case but it's the most scientific reason I heard. I've had discussions about this and every guy I've spoken to does it. They all learnt it from their fathers. We might have to go back a few generations to find out.
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Ive never seen that happen. I certainly dont do it and never considered it.
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I've seen it but rarely. It probably has more to do with just wanting to spit, and it is a convenient place to do it.
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