Gerasimos of Cephalonia

I’ve told people for years that if I ever wrote a book, I’d call it – "Why Men Spit in Urinals."

Don’t worry…I have a hard enough time as it is just updating these silly Blogs.

The title describes my absolute incomprehension of the macho male in general, and this specific practice in particular. Having been raised by women until I was 12 and then, basically, fending for myself ever since, I’ve had to invent a variety of scenarios in order to empathize the various motives regarding "why men do what they do".

Never having been taught to perform this tradition, I thought something was wrong with me. I have, under no circumstances, ever once approached a urinal or toilet and had the urge to spit into it. Unless of course I was sick and spitting was merely a preview of things to come.

I have a couple of suspicions as to why this happens - no thanks to any of my bros. that I’ve polled, as their response is like that of Spicoli when Mr. Hand asks Spicoli why he is constantly "wasting his time"…Spicoli thinks hard and after much inner struggle says simply - I don’t know.

I think it’s either:
A. The mixture of cleaning solvents and human waist creates in an individual the need to expectorate (I love this word. When I was in the police academy, we’d study municipal code and to "expectorate", even into a gutter, in the state of CA, is a fineable offense!)
B. It is man marking his territory

In either circumstance, I still don’t get why:
A. A persons mouth would ever water at the stench of poop and Pine-Sol
B. What significance can a man make by claiming a toilet

Perhaps I’ve missed the mark (pun absolutely intended) entirely or that I just wasn’t raised right, but can anyone give me insight to this arcane phenomena?