Posted on 07/27/2004 2:09:23 PM PDT by Doctor Wu
42 Percent Of Americans Pee In The Shower - 7 Percent Never Bathe
PISCATAWAY, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) -- Urine trouble now. According to a new survey, at least four out of every 10 Americans pee while taking a shower.
According to a shower survey sponsored by VertiSpa, 42 percent urinate while bathing, certainly pissing off the 58 percent who don't.
That's not the only stat splashed from the shower study. The average shower is 101 degrees Fahrenheit and uses nearly 50 gallons of water.
-- 52 percent of Americans sing in the shower, with "Singin' In The Rain" being the top tune.
-- 53 percent of people shower in the morning, while 29 percent wait until evening.
-- Finally, the scariest stat of all: 7 percent of Americans claim they never bathe at all.
LOL!
Of course I do -- please stop dragging in red herrings, this comment of yours is irrelevant to your original erroneous "point", and appears to be dragged in just to divert the discussion.It's not a red-herring, Itchyman. The point is quite simple and you could understand it, too, if only you'd pause for a moment and think about it. You've got raw sewage in your urinal drain (let's call it for what it is) and it's stinkin' up your house. You've got raw sewage in your toilet, too, but you clean that out every week or two because you don't want it stinkin' up the house. Therefore, you should scrub out your urinal drain once in a while, but you don't do that, do 'ya? Gross.
How long have you lived there, old timer, about 40 years? I gotta say, you must like the fragrance. Jesus, why don't you just pee in a bunch of pop bottles and set them up around your house and let them age for about 40 years? Come to think of it, why not pee in all your sinks when you've gotta go and save yourself a trip to the bathroom? And gee whiz, a little shot in the dishwasher now and then wouldn't do any harm either, what with all the running water in there, lol!
Look, the only red herring thrown out in our little discussion has been your insistence on comparing ordinary household drains with urinal drains. As everyone who keeps a clean house knows, household drains are not a problem. Urinal drains stink to high heaven because of the fungi and pathogens that like growing in the medium.
Actually, I think he was only cleaning himself in the shower, but I still found it disgusting.
Only those who were a little bit too thoroughly toilet trained do not.
I'm pretty sure Hitler was opposed to people peeing in shower drains too. I seem to recall him sending them to concentration camps. YOU probably want to send shower pee-ers to concentration camps, dont'cha Lib?
So we're to understand that they p!ss thataway in Piscataway?
"A. Because it is disgusting
B. Because should you happen to have a bladder infection it is not harmless.
C. It can help prevent incontinence in the future."
A. is no argument at all. Why is it disgusting?
B. has never been a problem for me, and even if it was I still assert that it would be harmlessly washed away down the drain.
C. I have no idea what you're talking about.
Ah, now you've said it.
For the sake of convenience, why aren't all these shower pee-ers peeing in the sink instead (run the water a bit for a rinse, but far less than a flush--saves water doncha know). It's liberating, and after all, urine can be used as an antiseptic.
What a revolutionary time-saving breakthrough!
>.If elitism means having high standards, then put me down for being an elitist.<<
That statement confuses me. What do high standards have to do with peeing in the shower?
Oh man, I never thought I would see such a thread on FR, lol!
Peeing in the ocean attracts sharks...
(I am not making this up)
For the same reason picking your nose is disgusting.
B. has never been a problem for me, and even if it was I still assert that it would be harmlessly washed away down the drain.
Eventually. Tell you what. Get a bottle of food color. Get under the shower. Pour the food color out. Watch how long it takes before all the color disappears.
C. I have no idea what you're talking about.
Oh you will though. You will.
Yes, but as a man I can fairly easily aim my urine where I want to, like into the drain.
Oh you will though. You will. incontinence
I know that incontinence is, but I fail to see how taking a leak in the shower has anything to do with it.
Make that "I know WHAT incontinence is"
One of the things that is recommended to help with incontinence is what is called, "bladder retraining" in other words "learn to hold it." If you practice it now you will have less trouble when you are older.
50 gal is about 10" deep in my (almost) 2'x4' tub: about the amount I'd use for a long-ish soak/bath; no where near what I'd use for a shower though.
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