Let”’s make this Reason #1,817 why Europe is losing out to the Muslims, as well as possibly the stupidest political dispute anywhere, ever. Schoolboys at Dvergsnes School in Kristiansand, Norway are now required to sit like girls when they tinkle. Stupid? Sure, but those opposing the decision don”’t sound a whole lot brighter. “When boys are not allowed to pee in the natural way, the way boys have done for generations, it is meddling with God’s work,” according to Vidar Kleppe, head of The Democrats Party. Kleppe then asserted, forcefully and brilliantly, “It is a human right not to have to sit down like a girl.”
But if men in Norway can”’t stand proudly and whiz all over the damn bathroom like the rest of us slobs, they still have rights that we Americans will probably never know. For example, check out the Aftenposten”’s surprising article on animal bordellos. I”’m pretty sure that even PETA would find this a little too progressive. Although Princeton philosopher Peter Singer wouldn”’t.
(H/t to Johnny Triangles)
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The German word for that is Sitzpinkler, which has the additional meaning of “wussy”.
How Matt Lauer of them.
Could be worse, they could just stand up and pee anywhere just like my nephews.
But how will they learn to “write” their names in the snow? Such sad times.
Don’t worry bobgirrl you can do it squatting. I knew a girl who could write her name in the snow while relieving herself.
Of course she used #2 instead of #1.
Docweasel, my husband is German and he says he has never heard of that term “sitzpinkler” used for wussies, but it’s easy to translate it as a sitting pisser.
More guys in Europe are taught to sit when they pee in my limited experience, so I think this might be a cultural misunderstanding. My husband claims it’s because men have to clean the toilets more here, but I just think it’s how they’re taught when they’re little.
I’m really disturbed by that animal bordellos article and only got a quick glimpse of that grainy picture before getting the hell out of there.
Well, I’m just going by the Urban dictionary, which is far from definitive, but it’s a pretty common trope to chide someone who is a wuss as having to ‘squat to piss’. Maybe its an American construction of the word.
from UD:
1. Sitzpinkler
In German, the phrase for someone who sits and urinates; a “Sitzpinkler”, is equivalent to wimp, wuss or pussy.
“Michael wouldn’t come out drinking with us — he has to take his wife to her pedicure.”
“That’s ’cause he’s a Sitzpinkler”
Oddly enough, Docweasel, I also knew a girl who could write her name in the snow. I saw her do it one night to win a drunken bet.
Of course, she did it the normal, whizzing way. I hate to even think about doing it the way your female friend did. Or what her name was, for that matter. Or what she ate.
Her name is Elizabeth Alexandra Shostokanovich-Pershingtonstone and she consumes much fiber.
She also did it all in cursive letters, one unbroken string per name (including the hyphen). It was quite an elegant sight to see, let me tell you. She an had exquisitly supple sphincter and breath-taking bowel control, even in sub-zero temperatures, when the texture and viscosity (so integral to the art of stool calligraphy) is really hard to control.
I think the hard part was saving just a few peanuts to dot the “i”‘s.
Docweasel, I think you mean sitzTinkler.
Talk to the Urban Dictionary people. I just copees and pasteses. Beats thinking for myself.
The Democrat Party finally stands up for something important!…
Unfortunately for LB Buddy, Scott, Aaron and my other moonbat friends, it’s the wrong Democrat Party…….