A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

When I was little (isn't that how these things start?)
I remembering being just amazed at how my brother could pee standing up! I mean come on, I had to sit down to do it and he was free standing!

Anyway, one day I asked him to show me how to pee standing up...and us being on the same level of innocent stupidity he did a dry demo; realizing that I didn't have the part needed to do this I sat on the toilet facing the flusher handle (backwards from what a girl should sit) and went, I thought I had accomplished my goal! I can still remember happily screaming:

"I'm doing it! I'm doing it!"
My brother laughed (loud) and said.
"NO NO! That's not right, stand up a little then do it!"

Well, I gave up- I figured since he has to poo sitting down and so do I we were equal in that department.