if it's yellow, you don't have to let it be mellow. [rquoter]Experts say urinating in the shower is not so bad from a health and safety standpoint. By Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 08/13/2009 Sometimes, there's an ick factor that goes with going green. Take composting, for instance. The idea of egg shells and banana peels decaying among worms and maggots in a rot pile can seem sickening. But a TV ad campaign by a Brazilian environmental group might raise the bar on gross eco-friendly practices. The spots urge citizens there to save water — by urinating in the shower. The group, SOS Mata Atlantica, estimates that each household in Brazil could conserve 1,157 gallons of water annually by avoiding one flush a day. The humorous spots, which are narrated by children, feature cartoon drawings of people from all walks of life — a basketball player, trapeze artist and even an alien — urinating in the shower. The ads wrap with: "Pee in the shower! Save the Atlantic rainforest!" No word yet on whether the flush-reducing movement is heading north to the United States. But if it does, and if you see someone "going green" in the shower at your local gym, here's a fact worth knowing. While peeing in the shower may sound sickening, experts maintain that from a health and safety standpoint, it's not. "It's fine because urine is sterile. We have no bacteria or viruses in our urine, which is why if patients aren't feeling well, we can culture it," says Donna Duberg, assistant professor of clinical laboratory science at St. Louis University. "Plus, water from the shower and toilet end up in the same sewer line." For years, people have used urine in unusual ways. Holistic experts swear that urinating on the feet will cure athlete's foot — a fungal infection. And Duberg points out that if urine is safe to drink — which a number of websites recommend for healthfulness — it's certainly safe to have squirting near your legs while the water is running in a shower.[/rquoter]
I think it's ok to do at night after a long day of drinking water, but morning urine is generally more condensed and yellow. If I pee in the shower, I don't want to see it or smell it.
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Do your part... save the planet. <img src="http://agoldenworld.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/george-costanza.jpg" border="0" alt="" />
I would too if I knew all the crap I've injested wouldn't kill my yard! (just had a funny image of my Oak on Coke [dang, is there a song there too?]) But yeah, been saving the planet forever. (sheeesh, now I'm thinking about The Lemon Song)
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Uhhh... anyone been to a hospital and drank some water lately? "Tell us how the pee taste" <- new hip hop rap from Shaq Darn it, man. I was about to pee just 'cuz of the thread, but then you posted and reminded me you posted "juicystream", and now I gotta go pee again. We need pics, sir.
I don't know about peeing in the shower but I keep a bucket in the shower to capture the grey water which I then use to water plants or rinse off my back stoop.
