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NO SUCH THING

Should men sit when they pee?

NO SUCH THING

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

Society & Culture, Comedy, News, News Commentary

4.6609 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This week, we bravely interrogate the male practice of standing while peeing. Why do we do it? And why stand when you can sit? We speak with urologist Gerald collins to find out if there are any hidden benefits to sitting while peeing.

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0:00.0

I'm Annie.

0:00.9

I'm Noah.

0:01.6

This is Devin.

0:02.3

And this is no such thing.

0:03.8

The show where we settle our dumb arguments and yours by actually doing the research.

0:08.8

On today's episode, we're asking whether men should sit while they pee.

0:12.9

We'll find out whether there are any benefits, medical, or otherwise by talking to a urologist who went viral for his take on this.

0:22.9

There's no such thing. There's no such thing.

0:24.6

No such thing.

0:27.6

No such thing.

0:30.6

No such thing.

0:31.5

No such a thing.

0:33.5

No such a thing.

0:37.2

All right. So I'm watching or re-watching the greatest TV show of all time. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lost? Oh, okay. Curb your enthusiasm. Larry's dad comes over and he leaves the toilet seat up. And Larry goes up to him and says, Dad, you got to put the toilet seat down. He said, well, you pussy whooped, you know, Cheryl's making you do that? And he's like, no, it's for me.

0:56.9

I pee sitting down. I was getting up to go at night sometimes, and, and, uh, I didn't feel like putting the light on. So I would sit down and then I, you know, I got, I got very comfortable You know what Winston Churchill said?

1:08.4

Why stand when you can sit?

1:10.2

Have you ever heard that expression?

1:11.2

No, I never heard that expression, but I don't think he meant the toilet.

1:14.2

And then it's a plot device because later in the episode, Cheryl leaves the seat up, he falls in the toilet, and then he's walking around with a king. Oh, I see. So that's... And you sit when you pee sometimes.

1:46.1

Yes. Especially when I'm home. Not in public. If I never sit down and pee in public, when I'm at home, I sit down and pee a lot of the time. Yeah. If I'm in a rush, I don't... Yeah. But if I'm just going to pee and I got time, I love to sit. Love to sit and pee. And you do too. too yeah I'd say it's the only time I'm standing is if I'm I just came in I really need to go or something I still have everything

1:51.5

on yeah then I'm running in there getting it done but otherwise I'd say it's 90% more oh that's

1:57.5

I'm sitting 90% because same reason as LD.

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