There is one good reason to never shake a baseball player's hand. Yuck!

Yalie: At Yale we learn to wash our hands after peeing.

Harvard Man: At Harvard we learn not to pee on our hands.

That's what a lot of the cowboys back home do when they get a cut while they're out, in order to (lol) "sanitize" the wound.

Winona, where IS "back home"? Just curious.
Just general, no need for specifics. Well, a little more specific than "Earth", or "Mars".

I know it's a belief around here (with the old-timers, anyway) that urinating on a cut seals it and prevents infection.

I haven't read Alex's links above yet, because it's kind of a slow night (heh heh).

I do know, however, without any looking around, that fresh urine is sterile (unless you have a bladder infection), and washing out a cut is generally a good idea. Kinda nasty when you pee on yourself, but hey, piss happens. I, myself, would prefer to leave the cut alone than pee on it.

As for toughening the skin, wouldn't it just be easier to rub your hands with sandpaper once in a while? Not to mention less smelly, esp. if you like asparagus .

And, from what I have read, peeing on your feet is supposed to help cure athlete's foot, but I've never had it, so I've never tried. And it's not like I'm gonna go asking peole if it works...

You're meant to pee on jellyfish stings, aren't you?

>>You're meant to pee on jellyfish stings, aren't you?

I think so; offhand, Jellyfish venom is acidic and piss is alkaline, so it balances the pH and reduces the pain.

Er, I think.... not intended on trying this out, myself....

I seem to remember some singer (possibly Natalie Imbruglia? Kerys from Catatonia?) shot a video where she was rolling around on a beach. In an interview she said that she'd been stung and everybody else refused to pee on it, so she had to do it herself.

Personally, I'm not sure whether peeing on it myself would be better or worse than having someone else do it for me.

It happened on an episode of Friends...GO JOEY!

Your supposed to pour Vinegar on JF stings. You then piss on the JF that stung you. Get it right people!

Rod: I'm originally from western Canada.

This link is to a study that Susan Scott is doing in Hawaii, which basically says that people need to stop peeing on themselves when they get a jellyfish sting. It doesn't do any good.

http://www.susanscott.net/OceanWatch1999/mar22-99.html

THATS pretty damned Funny....Thanks Nymph!

Winona... I come from "The land of Living Skies", according to my licence plate. This translates to Saskatchewan.

All I can say is that it was damned good to see that chinook about a month ago. I hate spring.

According to "The SAS Survival Handbook"...
WARNING
URINE AND SEA WATER
Never drink either - Never! But both can produe drinking water if distilled
(Page 42)

It fails, however to give a reason for not drinking urine, but I seem to recall that it actually has to do with what you have been eating and drinking lately, and the actual level of water in your body already.

Not drinking saltwater, however should just be common sense. SHOULD. But like I say, common sense isn't.

Rod, I'm from BC, but am now in the midwest us.

I miss mountains. :( Though the prarie does have its own draws...

You know... I think if my pee tasted like strawberries I still wouldn't even try it. I think I just have a way big contamination reflex.

The rockies... Not too long ago I lived where I could see them every day. Now the biggest hill around is, well, still pretty flat looking.

You'd have to hold me down to get me to try it.

As my dad always says, "It's better to be pissed off than pissed on. Unless you're into that."

@Rod

(again offhand)

Urine contains urea, which is used to transport ammonia out of the body (urea as a compound is a bit less poisonous than ammonia) in particular, plus other waster stuff. So drinking it would simply be retaking all the toxins that urinating is suppossed to remove.

While in vet school, I once had my hands doused in particularly strong dog urine. It burned like hell. I've had the same results from washing my hands several hundred times a day and not using enough lotion. Not sure if my hands are "tougher" or not...

I don't know the normal pH of human urine, but I'd guess it's on the acidic side (dogs/cats are usually slightly acidic, cows more basic). Couldn't you just use lemon juice???

Put lemon juice on your HANDS?



YUCK!

No citrus fruits were harmed in the posting of this comment...

Hey, Pierre, you got a firm handshake, but soft palms... What do you use, some French skin softener? "Oui..." Say, what? "Oui- dat is what I use" You use wee? "Non- Oui, that is what I use". Homina homina homina... could we just wave next time? "Oui". not on me, mon ami

"Jellyfish venom is acidic and piss is alkaline, so it balances the pH and reduces the pain."

Uh, no, urine is normally acidic (unless you have a bladder infection or kidney disorder), which is what accounts for any disinfectant properties it has. I don't know the pH of jellyfish venom.

However, I understand the preferred treatment for jellyfish or coral stings is to soak the affected part in very warm water (as hot as you can get it without scalding the skin or causing pain). The heat breaks down the organic toxin that causes the irritation.

I have frequently heard that washing with urine can soften skin, but never that it can toughen or thicken skin (the former and the latter are not mutually exclusive).
I'm not about to try this for myself. If you want to give it a whiz, let me know how it works.

Come to think of it, babies pee on themselves all the time, and most of them have pretty soft skin. ...

Attacked by a jellyfish? Apply peanut butter. Gnawed by a tuna? Rub on some mayonaise. The real fun at the beach is the sand which is there, isn't it? Sure it is

Big Gary, I think I have heard the same thing you have...

Butts are usually damp feeling, unless their diapers have been off for a while. I tried this last night to keep baby girl from getting diaper rash. She peed on the carpet & then splashed in it. I really think it's time to potty train. She can splash in there all she wants.

I'd whizz on YOUR hands AND FEET EVERY DAY if I could hit .350 in the bigs, and you can take that to the bank, baby...

Hmmm...all I know is that in ancient Rome, they used to piss in their laundrey...

OH! my GOD what a bad habbit. uff pee on hands? than what is the difference between an animal and human being by doing such kind of activities.?

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