I've been wanting to ask this question for quite some time

[Jack Daw]

Aim for the water, not the porcelain.

[The Wizard of BC]

Many moons ago while in the Marine Corps I had an incident of backsplash while wearing Class B uniform. You know, the one that is light Khaki color.

Now, you all know how particular Marines are about their uniforms so I spent 5 mins. washing the front of my trousers at the sink and another 20 mins letting them dry before going out of the Men's Room.

From that day on I have sat down whenever possible and every time I am wearing a uniform, good clothes or The Kilt.

I too have found that sitting facing the tank is very handy. You don't have to worry about a pleat falling in.

I have also started to wipe. I'm not ruining a good Wool Kilt just because I'm too lazy to take a moment with a piece of paper.

It's just a matter of not being lazy and caring for your clothes.

[Kilted in Maine]

I have recently see in a few public places a waterless urinal that has an imprint of a little bee. It is actually a "target" that once hit will minimize any backsplash.

I havent tried it with a kilt yet but did seem to work well in jeans.

Here is one...

[sydnie7]

'Scuse me for wandering into the men's room but this is too good to resist.

About that bee -- I read a few years ago that a urinal company had started to put the bee in as a target. Given a target, men aimed for it, and establishments found they had an easier clean-up job in the area.

And:
On his first trip to France, my father -- in his late 50s at the time, which was mid-1970s -- was rather startled while using a French public convenience. Here came the French charwoman, bustling in and practically pushing him aside so she could swab it out! Culture clash for sure.

At least she had a good excuse for being there. I'll leave now (for now ).

[Hamish]

Partly the result of age and partly the result of medication I tend to 'spray' instead of 'jet' - just cannot help it - and so have been sitting for several years now ............ oh, not continuously, you understand, I do get up and walk about most of my waking hours!

Too much information here!

Take care,
Ham.

[funlvnman]

Too much information here!

Which is exactly why it took me 6 months to muster the couage to ask this question? Fortunately, the intelligence level of the X-Marks crowd is above making this a potty humor post. Huzzah for all of us!

[GDub]

Hmmm... Maybe I'm missing something (I surely hope not ), but when hoisting the kilt for a number one I occasionally get a little "splash" on my bare leg, NOT the kilt. (Perhaps some of you don't have good hoisting technique?!?) IMHO, pants/trousers are MUCH more prone to splash (and the "shake it off" dribble), and because of the nature of pant fabric it's MUCH more noticeable.

As an aside, the public "urinal" at the Madonna Inn near San Luis Obispo, CA (worth stopping in to check out is you're ever in the vicinity) is like a waterfall, so no matter how one might try...

[wyldathart]

I prefer to sit myself, my experience with military uniforms are a result of that

[george7]

I must PIPE in on this one... It's a viscous fluid, it'll flow with the porcelain if you get the stream to meet up at a flat angle. I think all homes should have urinals. They waste far less water and are one of many things that sets us apart.

[Bigkahuna]

In his book" Bugles and a Tiger", John Masters informed us that " the Kilt is an unrivaled garment for fornication and diarrea". The "Simian Squat" should take care of any bowel problem and using a toilet rather than a urinal to micturate should take care of the other problem.:crap:oop: