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Article #104Re: Pissing in the sink is respectable
From: Atlanta Ranger
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:43
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:43
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<jay_stutz@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1128969643.665709.26560@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > rchk245734@yahoo.com wrote: >> There is a pervasive hygiene and redneck taboo against pissing in the >> sink but it's steeped in myth. The practice can be very pragmatic in >> your own home or apartment. If you don't live alone, all you have to do >> is get your woman's cooperation and you're all set. If you're clever >> you can do it on the sly and she'll never know! >> >> Here's how to do it quickly and cleanly: >> >> Always make sure a medium trickle of water is running* in the sink >> before you start. Use just enough to constantly dilute the stream so it >> never sticks to the porcelain in pure form. When done, use a cup to >> slosh water around the higher regions of the sink to wipe out any >> splatter. There should never be a urine smell afterwards. Let the water >> run just long enough to purge the drain trap. >> >> Aim so that most of the stream goes straight into the sink drain hole. >> It keeps the rest of the sink clean and is much easier than aiming at a >> distant toilet and calculating an arc. A 3 foot drop to a toilet bowl >> lake creates far more spray (some as drifting mist from the stream >> itself) than standing right above a sink. Using the sink is really more >> hygienic than the toilet and certainly wastes less water. >> >> Casual tests show that using the sink requires only 1 or 2 quarts* of >> water vs. 1.5 to 4 gallons for toilets, depending on design. This is a >> serious conservation measure and should be encouraged in drought prone >> states. >> >> Sink usage is much more convenient and quiet than going through the >> whole toilet routine. That's why it's covertly popular in the first >> place. Women miss out, but they could probably make a funnel prosthetic >> for taller females at sink level. Being at the sink also gives men the >> chance to do a quick rinse which would be messy over a toilet. >> >> Any issues regarding urine damaging or causing a smell in pipes should >> be prevented by diluting the stream with water per above. Uric acid is >> weak and is only present in small amounts in human urine. Plumbers are >> welcome to comment if they've seen side effects from sloppy technique. >> >> Stop worrying about what people might think and make your life easier >> and cleaner while conserving ever-scarcer water. It can be your own >> secret if you do it right and leave no trace. Take it step further (if >> you don't mind the visuals) and piss into a milk jug. Just pour it on >> your compost pile after you fill it. You are what you eat. Many take >> the direct route, weather permitting, and just go outside. >> >> -Uncommon Sense- >> >> >> Some material borrowed from: "Yellow Rivers" by I.P. Freely, copyright >> 1967, Creatinine Press, Tucson AZ (out of print) > > Been pissing in the sink for years now I have good science to back the > practice. Popular practice at sports stadiums up north. Not sure why we've never gotten down on that science. We also did it at frat parties in the day, but generally used the great outdoors. It was especially fun in those Mon Valley winters where you could see how much snow you could melt before going back for another brew.
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