I saw this on the BBC news website the other day and it made me laugh. Perhaps that shows my humour is very much toilet based, but this comment in particular...

"There is some debate in Germany about whether men should sit or stand to pee.

Some toilets have red traffic-style signs forbidding the standing position - but those who choose to sit are often referred to as a "Sitzpinkler", implying it is not masculine behaviour."

If the word "Sitzpinkler" isn't a prime example of onomatopoeia (with the emphasis on the pee), then I don't know what is. German is a wonderfully literal language sometimes, although I don't profess to be any sort of expert, as the only phrases I can remember from my one year of German is "ein weiches Ei" - a soft boiled egg, and how to ask for a beer (which I think I know in at least ten languages).

If I'm honest, I'm an occasional sitzpinkler. That's probably too much information, but if it's the middle of the night, and you don't want to put the light on, and you're half asleep, then sitting to do your pinkle seems more like common sense than some sort of anti-masculine statement. 

So, I'm proud to announce, in unity with my German cousins - Ich Bin ein Sitzpinkler. 

And my apologies to JFK who's probably spinning so fast in his grave you could use him to generate electricity.