Lou Pickney's Online Commentary
Stand Up
Wednesday
August 18, 2004
I'm all about harmony between the sexes. I want to make that clear from the get-go of this column. But some people seem hell-bent on emasculating men, and I for one am sick of it.
The latest sign of that emasculation comes from, of all places, Germany. This is disappointing to me -- I'd think that Germany would be more resistant to that sort of thing that perhaps other countries. But according to
this article, "German men are being shamed into urinating while sitting down." Now, to be fair, the story is about a novelty item sold in stores which, according to the article, "are attached to the seats and deliver stern warnings to those who attempt to stand and urinate."
The day I sit down to take a piss (short of medical reasons) is the day I sign off from my independence as a man. I have no problem in putting the toilet seat down. That I can understand; I can imagine that a woman would not want to sit down and fall into a toilet (though my take is look where the hell you're sitting, but I am not a man without compromise). Hell, I prefer to put the whole lid down and everything, lest something get knocked off the counter and into the toilet. But don't tell me how to take a leak. As the Brits say: Piss Off!
Enough of that. Two days from now I should be in Nashville, barring another flight cancellation. I'm very much looking forward to it. It's been too long since my last visit there.
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