German court: Men can still piss standing up!

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BERLIN: Tenants of a rented apartment may stand up while peeing in their own bathroom and not worry about the consequences, a German court said on Thursday.

The district court in the western city of Duesseldorf ruled in favour of a man suing the owner of his flat for the full refund of his USD 3,490 deposit, the court said in a ruling obtained by national news agency DPA.

The proprietor had told the tenant he would withhold 1,900 euros because the marble floor of the washroom was permanently stained by splashed urine.

Judge Stefan Hank agreed with an expert's report that it was in fact uric acid that had eaten through the floor but said that standing to urinate was widespread.

He said the flat's owner should have made his tenant aware that the marble was highly vulnerable.

"Despite the increasing domestication of men in this area, urinating while standing up is indeed still common practice," Hank said in the ruling.

"Someone who still practises this previously dominant custom is regularly confronted with significant disputes, particularly with female cohabitants. However normally he must not reckon with damage to the marble floor of a bathroom or guest toilet."

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