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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSo explain this: mammals poo for 12 seconds, pee in 20 seconds.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170427-why-do
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/23/new-law-of-urination-mammals-take-21-seconds-to-pee/
Confirms, again, "If they do it, we do it. If we do it, they do it." I think somebody should do a comparative study on how long it takes mammals to have sex. (have to rule out lying about it)
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I can't crush any candy in 12 seconds!
Runningdawg
(4,533 posts)as articles stating animals always face north to poop. I don't think the research included old folks or old dogs. Ask a man over 50 and I bet he will tell you it takes longer than 20 sec to pee. Everything takes longer when you are old.
oldcynic
(385 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,394 posts)It takes me forever and it always has. And that's if there's no one around. I have a shy bladder and if I can hear any other signs of life close to me sometimes I don't even bother, I'll try again later. Weird problems and TMI, I know.
Skittles
(153,311 posts)I went into the bathroom to wash my hands after lunch, and the tap water was already running .....I washed my hands, turned the tap off, but when I was drying my hands I realized someone was in a stall....I recognized the shoes, new coworker, young gal.....I said, OH I'M SORRY SHELLY, did you have the water running? No reply, so I turned the water back to the pace it was on when I had come in.
Later, Shelly asked me, didn't I think that was weird? I said no, I've heard of people being pee-shy, it's no big deal. The poor thing nearly burst into tears, said she thought she was the only one. Life before the internet!
Laffy Kat
(16,394 posts)You were sweet to be so considerate. It's an embarrassing problem.
everyone has their quirks....for Shelly, I got her access to another floor where I knew there would be no one else using the bathroom, she could have it all to herself (we worked the night shift)
Now you have me intrigued - I googled, pee shy is actually Paruresis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paruresis
it's a more serious issue than I realized - I guess I meant it was "no big deal" to me; I imagine it would be very tough to live with
VOX
(22,976 posts)And you're an extremely kind and caring soul.
Men deal with this too -- say, when I come back to the office after lunch and everyone stops to "refresh," I just go later; otherwise, I'll stand there, staring at the tile wall, hitting "dry well" while my colleagues flood the place. Always been that way, my older brother, too.
Even at home, when were in a hurry to get somewhere, many is the time I've asked my wife for a quick tap-water "prompt." That sounds vaguely obscene, but it's strictly business.
Skittles
(153,311 posts)like I told Shelly, everyone has their quirks
sinkingfeeling
(51,498 posts)oldcynic
(385 posts)So, I guess, be grateful for our complaints.
Skittles
(153,311 posts)....what happens to gals over 65
sinkingfeeling
(51,498 posts)and thinking one is finished until standing up again. It's awful to spend so much time.
Orrex
(63,291 posts)oldcynic
(385 posts)True Dough
(17,392 posts)any animal grab a newspaper or some other reading material and extend that 12 seconds into five or ten minutes, which some humans do.
P.S. Next month...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)It shows we have higher intelligence...
oldcynic
(385 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)That was funny!