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German males are not normally permitted to urinate in domestic toilets
from a standing position :-(

Have you seen the shape of German toilets?

Yes, of course I have.

Designed so that solid matter, deposited from a seated position, lands
on a shelf which takes up the rear part of the pan. This is
deliberate, as it was traditionally considered appropriate to examine
that which had come out of one before it was flushed away.

Specifically tapeworms IIRC

However the "nicht im stehen Pinkeln" command probably owes rather more
to the middle-aged, moustache-wearing German "Hausfrau" than to the
nuances of German toilet design.

I have a copy of the DIN standard somewhere ...

don't ask - Airbus

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geoff