Posted on 10/17/2013 8:03:11 AM PDT by tom h
When Viggo Hansen, a county counselor from the Left Party in Sormland, Sweden, tried passing a law that required that men sit down to pee when using the public bathrooms, his motion caused a flood of reactions. Hansen argued when men sit down to pee it is better for public health because it reduces the splatter around the toilets and stops the spread of disease. Hansen is one of many—including the head of the environmental protection agency in Taiwan, Stephen Shen, who also tried mandating such an order—that believe errant urine is bad for public health. They argue that droplets of urine spread disease. But just how scientifically sound are these arguments? Is it actually better for men to sit down and pee?
“Urine is actually sterile,” says Benjamin Davies, an associate professor of urology at the University of Pittsburgh. “There is no bacteria in it. You can drink urine.” (Though he's not advocating that anyone does take a swig of urine.)
So puddles of urine might smell bad and look gross, but they won’t cause disease. But Hansen has another argument: Hansen claims that men who pee while sitting will fully empty their bladders, which is better for their prostates—and means they'll experience a longer, healthier sex life.
But again, Hansen's claims are totally off the mark. "This is total bullsh**," Davies says. "There is no relationship between voiding and sex life. I haven’t the slightest idea why it would improve your prostate. If you are a normal male your prostate muscles relax while you urinate.”
Bottom line: Completely healthy men experience no benefit by sitting to urinate instead of standing. Some conditions might mean it is easier for a man to fully empty his bladder if he sits down, but for the vast majority there is no difference between sitting and standing. However, some cultures prefer to sit rather than stand—almost half of all Japanese men sit to urinate.
Davies believes that sitting is a cultural or psychological preference, not a health issue. “If you are tired," he says, "go ahead and sit.”
Yes; a true waste.
I remember thinking: “Why can I see this girl’s lungs?”
No doubt about that! And it was a good idea for the power brokers.
The richie-rich-royals threw the serf-cattle out there when they started to build up in numbers.
Hey, Dems owe him big time. Who knew “Chester the Molester” would serve as an inspirational role model for them ?
Urinals wont be a problem in the new Navy. The USS Gerald Ford (CVN 78) being built in Newport News, VA does not have a single urinal on the ship.
The best urinal I ever seen were the types that looked like a gutter in the floor. Perfect for large groups of beer drinking guys with bad aim.
if you sit, doesn’t it dangle down into the water?
(oh wait- maybe he doesn’t have that ‘problem’)
green tea and saw palmetto capsules
remember “pissing lie a racehorse”? you can again
“...serf-cattle...”
The scene from “Enemy at the Gates” comes to mind.
The Communist Commissars with their submachine guns and wheeled belt-fed, safely behind the masses, screaming into bullhorns “Forward! Not One Step Back!”...
And the Germans waiting for them... one half of the cattle had the bullets, the other half had the rifles...
National Socialist guns in front of the poor bastards and International Socialist guns pointing at their backs.
Any rational person would think to themselves “Hey... we outnumber these pr*cks, AND we have guns.”
Personally, If I’m there and I’m going to die, I’m making sure I’m taking some bolshevik Commissar POS with me.
A Rifle is a GREAT equalizer. Guarantees I get a say in things.
The Best urinal I ever seen was in a classic rock club back in the mid 90s, where I was playing.
Some jokers put Hillary Clinton Urinal Target bullseyes in them.
I drank a full pitcher of beer, just so I could “Give Something Back!” and “Make a Difference!”
And you know what? I felt GREAT about it. Several times during the evening...
It was empowering.
What was the name of the guy that popped Flynt?
I used to see Jane Fonda Urinal targets for sale. Wish I bought a case of them.
Google her.
Copy and paste her picture into a suitable photo editor program (Visio, Illustrator).
Drawn “progressively” concentric rings around the photo, with the smallest centered on the face.
Print them to adhesive-backed media.
Presto!
During the Korean War, the NorKors and Chinese would attack in waves, only the first line would actually have guns, the subsequent lines would pick up guns off the dead as they charged.
Commies have such great respect for life...
“National Socialist guns in front of the poor bastards and International Socialist guns pointing at their backs.”
That’s why I’ve said many times, WW2 should have seen Germany and Russia kill each other off; there would have been a lot less problems in the world.
“A Rifle is a GREAT equalizer. Guarantees I get a say in things.”
Big AMEN to that!
RE Germany:
Had the Wermacht not caved, and just did an about face with their muzzles early on and pointed them at the National Socialists... Germany would have solved it’s internal Socialist problem, WWII would not have happened, and millions of peoples’ death would have been averted...
Let me repeat that... had the “professionals” in the German Military not caved in and “just followed orders”...
Just sayin’...
But yeah... it’s easy to sit here 70+ years hence and see with clarity what should have happened. Not that ANYTHING like that could EVER happen here... because, like we’re SO f*ing enlightened and all.... Nah...
“Not that ANYTHING like that could EVER happen here... because, like we’re SO f*ing enlightened and all.... Nah...”
I’ve posed the question here many times: “Where’s our Pinochet?”
“...“Where’s our Pinochet?”..”
Cowering under a cot somewhere
No sh*t, right?!
Allegedly Joseph Paul Franklin. He was never brought to trial over it (nor over his confessing to shooting Bubba Clintoon’s buddy Vernon Jordan).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paul_Franklin
He’s supposed to be executed next month for an unrelated murder conviction.
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