Take the first annual, Choose-A-Urinal(c) Challenge!
 
      Men should ace this test (or suffer the wrath of men everywhere).
      ...women are on their own.  But, there IS a code of the restroom
      that MUST be followed.
 
      The following is the urinal configuration in a sample men's room.
      An X above the number will indicate "in use."
 
 
 
      (Sample)
      |   |   | x |   |   | x |     indicates men are at stalls 3
      | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |     and 6.
      -------------------------
 
 
      You are to identify correctly, based on urinal etiquette, at
      which stall you are to correctly stand. Good luck!
 
      <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
      --------------------
      Easy Section
      --------------------
 
      1.)
 
      |   | x |   | x |   |   |          (Stalls 2 and 4 occupied.)
      | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
      -------------------------
 
      Your choice:  __
 
 
 
 
      1 (easy).      6         It's the ONLY one to go to and every guy
                               instinctively knows this.
 
 
 
 
      2.)
 
      | x |   |   |   |   |   |    (1 occupied.)
      | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
      -------------------------
 
      Your choice:  __
 
 
 
 
 
      2 (easy).      6         Stall 5 is acceptable, but you run a
                               greater risk of being next to someone
                               who arrives later.
 
 
 
      Kind of tricky Section:
 
 
      3.)
 
      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   (empty)
      | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
      --------------------------
 
      Your choice:  __
 
 
 
 
 
      3 (kind of tricky).      1 or 6    You are tacitly saying, "I
                                         don't want anyone next to
                                         me."
 
 
 
      4.)
 
      |   | x |   | x |   | x |           (2, 4 and 6 occupied)
      | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
      -------------------------
 
      Your choice:  ___
 
 
 
 
      4 (kind of tricky).      1    You're stuck being next to at
                                    least ONE guy, so you minimize the
                                    impact and get a wall on your left.
                                    NEVER go between TWO guys if you
                                    can help it.  Exceptions to this
                                    are stadium restrooms where the
                                    herd thunders in.
 
 
 
      - <  Subtle, tricky, but important to know Section > -
 
 
      |   | x |   |   | x | x |          (2, 5 and 6 occupied)
      | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
      -------------------------
 
      Your choice:  __
 
 
 
 
 
      5 (HARD!).        4      Believe it or not,  1 and 3 "couples"
                               you with the guy in stall 2.  And we
                               wouldn't want THAT now, would we?  ;-D
                               This differs from question 4 in such a
                               subtle way that the nuances cannot be
                               explained.  Suffice to say, only we men
                               would understand!
 
 
 
      - <<   VERY tricky indeed Section       -
 
 
      6.)
 
      | x | x |   |   | x | x |          (1, 2, 5 and 6 occupied)
      | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
      -------------------------
 
      Your choice:  ___
 
 
 
 
      6 (DAMN HARD!).     NONE!  You go to the mirror and pretend to
                         comb your hair or straighten a tie until the
                         urinals "open up" a bit more. If you have to
                         go REAL, REAL BAD...for god's sake,
                         man!...use a doored stall.
 
 
      Other parts of the Unwritten Code of the Urinals:
 
      -- NO Talking, unless it's a good friend... but even then, keep
      it terse and unemotional.  This ain't no clubhouse.
 
      -- I don't think I need to tell you, absolutely NO touching of
      anyone other than yourself.  A touch of another's elbow is of the
      highest
      offense.
 
      -- NO Singing.  Period.
 
      -- Glances are for purposes of acknowledgment only..."Yeah, I see
      you there.  I will not look again".
 
 
      Who'd have thought SO much goes into a seemingly simple process!
 
 From: Dave

Wil Stark, wstark04 (at) pobox _dot_com

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