this question started out as tongue-in-cheek, but now it has
gotten me very curious.
from a conversation with hubby about male restroom etiquette
i found out that men stare straight ahead when there is 
someone next to them at the urinal.
ok, i guess i can understand that.
my question is this.. if you were using a public urinal
next to someone famous, would you violate the rules of
etiquette and quickly check out his 'equipment' or
would you continue staring ahead?
would you speak to him at all?
would there be a celebrity that you would not take a peek
at under any circumstances?

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I wouldn't look, but I don't stare at celebrities anyway.

I wouldn't look either...I will however when standing at the urinal talk to
someone..if I know that person..say at work...

I've never felt a need to check out any man's "equipment",
celebrity or not.  I consider such things personal, and none
of my business.  Of course, I'd wait outside to see the 
celebrity come out, so to speak.  >8)

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I don't know...well  maybe...
<bubu peeks over the cursor robh's equipment>
Nope doesn't work for me...sorry....

no no..
i'm not talking about regular folks. i am referring
to your favorite pro athelete, your musical industry idol,
your  favorite actor.. maybe someone in politics.

or on the other side.. michael jackson... we all pretty much dont
care about him. and he is creepy to boot. 
would you be curious enough to peek to see if  he had faded  to
white 'there' too? or would he be too creepy to even imagine doing
so.?

In response to Iggy, I don't the size of a guy's dick determines
whether or not he's one of your idols. It's just not in my frame
of reference.

I don't *want* to know how big Michael Jackson is.  For that matter, I don't
want to know about anyone else either.
I suppose if I were next to him at a urinal I'd stare, but just out of shock
at running into Somebody Famous using a public restroom like a Mere Mortal.

I suspect that it mostly depends on how secure the potential peeker feels
in this area.  The more insecure, the more interested in checking out their
"competition"/verifying that they're normal/learning their place in the
pecking order/whatever.  :) 

<i suppresses his urge to write a little ditty about Peter Piper> 

I'm not much impressed by fame and like my privacy, so I'd be less likely
to look at some superstar.  (Figuring that they already suffer enough 
relentless public attention.)


Far high on my priority list when using a public urinal is flushing without
catching something that a prior user may have left on the handle.  As a
college student living in the dorms, I got good at flushing with my foot.
I'm a little too old for that now, and must resort to less efficient
techniques. 

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I never "sit".  I always flush with my foot.  I turn off the
faucet using the paper towel I dry my hands with.  I also use
the same towel, or my sleeve, or even the hem of my sweater or
jacket to open the door to leave, then discard the towel.

I even go so far as the close the stall door by pulling it
in from the top at the hinge area.  My thinkings is that
few people touch this area.  To me, it is a contamination
risk to touch anything in a public bathroom, so I do as 
little "touching" as possible, both before, during, or after
"use".

But them I'm weird about hygeine stuff.

(Gawd, I wish I was as weird about proofreading.)

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re #12  Yeah, but you're a nurse, not a writer.  What's my excuse?  <g>

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I always wondered who was responsible for getting floor gunk on the fixtures.
Now I know!

Re: Valerie's #13 re: discarding the first wrap of toilet paper:

Wow, I never thought about that!  You're weirder than I am!

Wiping the seat with a scrap of toilet paper is the least.
Btw, you ladies won0t very often notice the ollowing:
as far as I have noticed 70% of the men don't wash their hands after having
a pee. What in earth did their mothers teach them about being proper?
Btw, not only the faucet and the sink would be a place for bugs to germ about,
what to think of the doorhandle?
After just washing your hands...touching the place people that don't wash have
toched before you...
About peeking at a celebrity: a don't peek, I don't stare ahead, I look down
at my private parts. There is nothing to be ashamed of.

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No, at the very least they've touched the flusher handle - I would hope.  

Mary, Valerie, I u do all of the same behaviors in public restrooms as you
do.  For a while I thought I was Obsessive/Compulsive (at least in that
arena), until I started talking about public bathroom behaviors with other
women and found out how many do the same things.  I have even stored the paper
towels I used to wipe my hands and then open the bathroom door, in my pocket
until I reached a wastepaper basket.  Since I have started to wash my hands
with disinfectant soapt at least 7/8 times a day (remember I have offices in
public schools), I have been getting ill much less often then before.  I also
keep packets of disinfectant handiwipes in my purse for those times when I
am going to snack and am not neat a bathroom to wash my hands.

Hmmm, makes sense.
Men, myself included, can be so sloppy in matters like that.

re #2:

ohh dear god..I hate it when someone does that...

if anyone ANYONE trys to talk to me while I"m peeing, I have to stiop,
go elsewhere, and then finish...hell, I can barelt take a whiz
if someone is just standing at the urinal next to me..

maybe I"m wierd...

,

Hm, that's an interesting variant on not being able to walk and
chew gum at the same time...

I don't think it's quite the same, but...

re:23
you mean that guys can stop urinating in mid-flow?
wow!
i only thought women could do that...

Of course we can, it's just a bit hard to hold once we've started.

Yeah by squeezing it shut with your fingers.

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