Men should ace this test ... women may have a little difficulty.
There IS a code of Restroom Etiquette" that MUST be followed.
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The following is the urinal configuration in a sample men's room.
An X above the number will indicate "in use."
(Sample):
x x (Indicates that urinals 3 and 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 are occupied.)
You are to identify correctly, based on urinal etiquette, at which
stall you are to correctly stand. Good luck!
Easy Section
1.)
x x (Urinals 2 and 4 occupied.)
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Your choice: ___
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Correct answer: 6 It's the ONLY one to go to and every guy
instinctively knows this.
2.)
x (Urinal 1 occupied.)
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Your choice: ___
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Correct answer: 6 Stall 5 is acceptable, but you run a
greater risk of being next to someone who arrives later.
Kind of tricky Section:
3.)
(empty)
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Your choice: __
Correct answer: 1 or 6 You are tacitly saying, "I don't want
anyone next to me."
4.)
x x x (2, 4 and 6 occupied)
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Your choice: ___
Correct answer: 1 You're stuck being next to at least ONE
guy, so you minimize the impact and get a wall on your left. NEVER go
between TWO guys if you can help it. Exceptions to this are stadium restrooms
where the herd thunders in.
Subtle, tricky, but important to know Section
5.)
x x x (2, 5 and 6 occupied)
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Your choice: __
Correct answer: 4 Believe it or not, 1 and 3 "couples" you
with the guy in stall 2. And we wouldn't want THAT now, would we?
This differs from question 4 in such a subtle way that
the nuances cannot be explained. Suffice to say, only we men would
understand! VERY tricky indeed Section
6.)
x x x x (1, 2, 5 and 6 occupied)
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Your choice: ___
Correct answer: NONE! You go to the mirror and pretend to comb
your hair or straighten a tie until the urinals "open up" a bit more. If you
have to go REAL, REAL BAD, for god's sake! ... use a doored stall.
Other parts of the Unwritten Code of the Urinals:
-- NO Talking, unless it's a good friend... but even then, keep it
terse and unemotional. This ain't no clubhouse.
-- I don't think I need to tell you, absolutely NO touching of
anyone other than yourself. A touch of another's elbow is of the highest
offense.
-- NO Singing. Period.
-- Glances are for purposes of acknowledgment only..."Yeah, I see
you there. I will not look again".
--
Dr Iain L M Hotchkies / http://www.hotch.demon.co.uk (unpublished
novels and lots of other fun stuff, but very little hard-core porn)
"My experience has been from working in the UK that GPs will screw each
other but will be fairly supine when fighting with the Government or
charging the patients proper fees when they are due."
(Dr Sachit Shah, as posted on GP-UK 12th February 1998)
"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there
is something in them that is not disagreeable to him." (Samuel Johnson)
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