Cameroon bans urine 'health drink'

BBC ^ | Thursday, 13 March, 2003 | Unknown

[SC DOC]

A young woman was in the hospital, recovering from major surgery. She hated being stuck in the tiny little room all day and to make matters worse, the daily routine was starting to get to her.

Every morning, for example, the nurse would bring her breakfast (which always consisted of an egg, piece of toast, and glass of apple juice). She would then return a little bit later to empty the urine bottle. And so it continued...

Finally, one morning, she decided to have a little fun. She ate the eggs and the toast, but went to the bathroom where she cleaned the urine bottle out, then poured the apple juice into it.

When the nurse returned later that morning, he took a look at the bottle and a frown came over his face. "Obviously, you enjoyed your breakfast, but something must be wrong because this looks a little cloudy," he said, pointing to the urine bottle.

"Oh, really?" she replied, picking up the bottle in question and putting it to her lips. "In that case, we'd better run it through again..."

[Right Brother]

Well then, if Cameroon can drink urine, then France can eat sh*t!

[Young Werther]

Trivia????

I seem to remember that Prime Minister Nehru of India partook of his urine. He purported that this practice was based on yoga and other religious beliefs that were "lost in the mists of time", (wow quite a cliche! Oops can we still use this word since it's GULP french? We can always use the Auhmericum version "clickey!")

Nehi Nehru anyone?

Oh well, It's Friday, I'm underemployed and I think I just had a brain fart!

[Free State Four]

warned that those who advocate drinking urine risk prosecution.

Well, we know he's not a libertarian. Let the war on pee begin!

[Charles Henrickson]

"Thee's Something About Urinary," starring Cameroon Ideas.

[Wright is right!]

"Didn't Ghandi drink his own urine every morning?"

The practice is actually quite common in India among some of the higher castes. SeeBS "60 Minutes" had a big government honcho from India on its show some years ago, and there was a line of questioning about the practice of drinking one's own urine, which the guy said he did and claimed it had a cleansing effect on his body. He wasn't on the show for that reason, but the topic WAS covered.

Michael

[Charles Henrickson]

"There's Something About Urinary," starring Cameroon Ideas.

[skeeter]

'Scuse me while I double check the contents label on my Rock Star

[Teacher317]

Hmmm... maybe I need to try to sell some American swampland down in Cameroon. I also have this near-magical elixir that cures everything from hiccups to shingles.

[Pushi]

It's incredible that a $hithole country like this has a vote.

[snooter55]

(Homer Simpson voice)/ MMMMMMMM, URINE !!
Snooter ;o)

[cyborg]

Gary Null, a popular health faddist, here in America, advocates urine therapy. I manage a health food store and hear customers doing it all the time. I am not going to make fun of Cameroon when there are plenty of trendy white and black Americans drinking their own urine.

The reasoning behind it is that you are recycling vitamins,etc. but it's excretory for a reason. I just tell customers God made the urethra as an exit. If we were supposed to drink pee we would. I find the practice personally abhorrent. However, I have a customer who claims to have cleared her severe psoriasis by urine therapy.