The Official Men's Room Etiquette Aptitude Exam
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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 that urinals 3 and 6
  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |     are occupied.)
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You are to identify correctly, based on urinal etiquette, at
which stall you are to correctly stand.  Good luck!



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    Easy Section
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1.)

  |   | x |   | x |   |   |     (Urinals 2 and 4 occupied.)
  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice: ___
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Correct answer: 6        It's the ONLY one to go to and every guy
                          instinctively knows this.
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2.)

  | x |   |   |   |   |   |    (Urinal 1 occupied.)
  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice:  ___
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Correct answer: 6        Stall 5 is acceptable, but you run a
                          greater risk of being next to someone
                          who arrives later.
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  Kind of tricky Section:
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3.)

  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   (empty)
  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice:  __
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Correct answer
      r:  1 or 6    You are tacitly saying,
                            "I don't want anyone next to me."
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4.)

   |   | x |   | x |   | x |       (2, 4 and 6 occupied)
   | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice:  ___
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Correct answer:  1        You're stuck being next to at
                           least ONE guy, so you minimise 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.
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  Subtle, tricky, but important to know Section
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5.)

|   | x |   |   | x | x |          (2, 5 and 6 occupied)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice:  __
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Correct answer:  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?

                          This differs from question 4 in such a
                          subtle way that the nuances cannot be
                          explained.  Suffice to say, only we men
                          would understand!
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  VERY tricky indeed Section
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6.)

| x | x |   |   | x | x |          (1, 2, 5 and 6 occupied)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice:  ___
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Correct answer:  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
                         goodness sake! ... use a doored stall.
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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 offence.
  -- NO Singing.  Period.
  -- Glances are for purposes of acknowledgement only..."Yeah, I see
     you there.  I will not look again".