Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink

[GDPR 4124]

Hello,

Another quote without a source. This time a truly great one, whether it's by Bukowski or not: "Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink."

Does anyone know where this comes from? Is it even Buk?

 

[skiroomalum]

It must be real because it's #10 of Hank's rules for living a "kick-ass life."

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Isn't that from Sex in the City?

 

[Purple Stickpin]

It's from a forthcoming book of poems entitled "I've Hocked Over 80 Typewriters."

 

[d gray]

it sounds familiar to me.

i'm betting it's legit.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

I have heard it before, but I can't place it.

 

[Johannes]

I have never heard it and it doesn't sound like Bukowski to me.

But could be pissing in the wrong sink, of course.

 

[mjp]

it doesn't sound like Bukowski to me.

Me either.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

I don't think it's Bukowski either, but I've heard it before and it's bugging me that I can't place it.

Wait, I said that already. Wine is evil.

 

[bospress.net]

It is most likely Henry Rollins. I seem to remember that story of him pissing in people's sinks.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Y'all may not believe this, but urine is, by and large, sterile. Spitting in a sink is far more disgusting than pissing in it. Society tells you otherwise, but get over that. At the end of the day, it's all about how much actual risk you are exposed to, right? Piss is at the very bottom of that list.

 

[zobraks]

urine is, by and large, sterile.

If only these guys knew that.

 

[Skygazer]

I like the quote and I'm sure I've seen that specific one but I can't place it either, but he certainly did a pee in one:

‘Wait,’ I said, ‘I’ve got to piss!’ I walked over to the sink and pissed.

Bukowski, Charles (2001-07-07). Ham on Rye (Canons) (p. 310). Canongate Books. Kindle Edition.

 

[skiroomalum]

It is your duty to find a sink you love and piss in it.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

...and let it kill you

 

[Skygazer]

Verily.


Got to say, it's the best quote ever, for improvisation... will get you out of all kinds of trouble.

 

[roni]

sorry Johannes, mjp, hooch and others who don't believe, this sounds like Bukowski: I do.
I don't say, it IS by him, as I have no source either. But I can see a great many situations in his prose and even poetry, where he'd say a thing like this and use these words.

[...] urine is, by and large, sterile. [...]

yeah, that's why drug-tests on this basis don't work. Or other medical tests.
But fun aside: I do agree with you, that spit is dirtier, sure. Even shaking hands is dirtier.

All in all, I find it much cleaner to piss in the sink and have the water flush afterwards (you can even save the environment this way through using the same water for 'flushing' AND washing your hands!), than pissing into a regular bowl while standing up and having all the stuff spitting around.

 

[Skygazer]

roniiiii... for emergency uses only

 

[roni]

roniiiii... for emergency uses only

ha!
You girls are just envious, because you can't use the sink.
(properly that is)

 

[Skygazer]

That's just being lazy, not enviromental:) although it has it's ergonomic appeal if you are a bloke I suppose.

 

[zobraks]

girls ... can't use the sink.

Says who?

:?:

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Women piss in the sink all the time. Ever been to a house party and the bathroom is really busy and the girls are filing in there two and three at a time? Hate to break it to you, but they're not having a pillow fight. It's a pissing free for all in there.

Oh, speaking of which, party at my place this Saturday. We have two bathrooms.

 

[roni]

so, is this quote legit or what?

 

[skiroomalum]

It's legitimately suspect... I smell something pissy around here.

 

[Johannes]

I bet it's not.
If I'm wrong you can all come and piss in my sink.

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Update:

Jesus fucking Christ, it must be legit, because there already is a
Bukowski Pee In The Sink Quote on Infant Onesie

on Amazon --> http://www.amazon.com/Bukowski-Sink-Quote-Infant-Onesie/dp/B004SCMM0M

I think this is the most fucked-in-the-head use of Bukowskis name that I ever saw. If the quote is not by Bukowski, even more so.

 

[mjp]

sorry Johannes, mjp, hooch and others who don't believe, this sounds like Bukowski: I do.

Pee? He said, "pee in the sink"? I just find that hard to buy.

The entire sentiment, phrasing it as a cute little quotable like that, is unlikely. That no one can find a source only makes it more unlikely.

It stinks of Internet idiocy. Or Sex and the City.

 

[roni]

Pee? He said, "pee in the sink"? [...]

you ARE right:
this word doesn't sound like Hank (be it Bukowski or Chinaski).

still it could be somewhere in his oevre, put into the mouth of someone else. (I seem to remeber him once stating how he likes his women to use the word "pee", but that was in a German translation.)

Also, it's not impossible that the use of the word "pee" was falsely attributed, but the 'real' quote would say "piss", (which could fit then, I think). If so, the above given 'quote' would be incorrect, but not 'un-Buk'.

 

[Bukfan]

Also, it's not impossible that the use of the word "pee" was falsely attributed, but the 'real' quote would say "piss", (which could fit then, I think). If so, the above given 'quote' would be incorrect, but not 'un-Buk'.

Maybe it's been Martinized. :wb:

 

[Skygazer]

]...still it could be somewhere in his oevre, put into the mouth of someone else...]

Yes it is...his father, a couple of times in Ham on Rye pages 15 and 41. More than likely elsewhere too, said by other characters.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

That the answer my friend
is just pissin' in the wind
The answer is pissin' in the sink

Jerry Jeff Walker - Pissin' In The Wind​