Save the rainforest, take a leak in the shower!

[Xojins]

In France people turn the shower off if they aren't rinsing anything. So they'll get themselves wet, turn the water off, wash something, then turn the water on again and rinse. Saves a lot more water that way.

 

[Trivun]

I take it one step further: saving water by not using the sprinkler system to water my yard.

I just run outside and piss right on the grass, every single time I feel the urge to urinate in the slightest way. Too bad I need both hands, or I'd wave at the neighbors as they stare.

Also, does anybody here have experience in landscaping? I'd like to know why my grass is dying.

That's one of the funniest things I've read all day. My dog peed on the lawn before and now half the grass is dead. Still don't understand why it died though...

As for me, I used to pee in the shower, when I was little. Now I'm older I just go beforehand, though I don't often go anyway. If the bathroom's occupied I just pee in the car port though, straight into the drain. No need to flush because it's right down the drain and no-one's watching because there's only one door and that stays closed. Right by the kitchen sink for easy cleaning too

 

[traceur_]

Way ahead of ya.

 

[El Poncho]

Awesome, I now have an excuse to pee in the shower

 

[InvisibleMilk]

Hurray! I'm doing my part!
Finally I'm doing something right about the environment.

 

[sneak_copter]

I saved the rainforest! I can has cookie?

 

[thiosk]

Im still trying to figure out how one toilet flush uses 4380 liters of water.

 

[thiosk]

That's one of the funniest things I've read all day. My dog peed on the lawn before and now half the grass is dead. Still don't understand why it died though...

Urine contains a large amount of urea, which is an effective fertilizer for plants-- great source of nitrogen.

However, at too high of a concentration, it is toxic to plants.

If you look REALLY carefully, and the lawn is otherwise healthy a dog urine spot will often show up with a dead center, surrounded by a ring of superhealthy grass; further away from the target the concentration of "fertilizer" is correct to promote plant growth.

 

[Arcanz]

Im still trying to figure out how one toilet flush uses 4380 liters of water.

I guess it's 4380 liters of water each year or something, the article I read was a little vague on that. And the commercial is in a foreign language to me, so I can't realy tell. Anyways, I think it's supposed to show that one flush a day over a period of time equals a lot of water.

 

[crypt-creature]

Actually, now that I think about it. How does saving water save the rain forest? I understand how it would save The Great Lakes but the rain forests?

Maybe they will only air it to a specific region? Otherwise it'd be kind of silly to air it in places that have to connection to it.

 

[SomeGuyNamedKy]

Yes, saving the rainforest, one piss at a time.

 

[thiosk]

Im still trying to figure out how one toilet flush uses 4380 liters of water.

I guess it's 4380 liters of water each year or something, the article I read was a little vague on that. And the commercial is in a foreign language to me, so I can't realy tell. Anyways, I think it's supposed to show that one flush a day over a period of time equals a lot of water.

i prefer the karl malone method of water conservation.

IF IT BROWN, FLUSH IT DOWN.

IF IT YELLOW, IT MELLOW.

dis heres karl malone

 

[Arcanz]

It kinda amazes me how much you guys know about urine, this is not in a negative tone. Just pure amazement.
I never knew that too much yellow bowel acid would kill the green fluffy stuff we all got in our backyards, but on the other hand, a little squirt might be healthy for the grass. You learn a little every day I guess ^^

 

[crudus]

Im still trying to figure out how one toilet flush uses 4380 liters of water.

there are two possibilities.

1. It actually means if everyone around the world did it then they would save this much. But that seems really low for a worldwide number.

2. Let's turn this into a number we know which is 1157.4 gallons. Divide that by 365 and you get 3.17 gallons per day saved. Now the average toilet flush over the last 20 years appears to be about 1.6-2 gallons, older ones averaged 5-7. So the 4380 liters appears to be accurate, although it assumes that you shower everyday like I don't.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

There's a good reason not to in a hot shower.

Heat rises. The smell does too.

 

[SimuLord]

Pee at the start of the shower not toward the end it will be less smelly. Do not pee if you are showering with a girl. Despite what she let you do to her drunken body the night before, she will not appreciate you "marking your territory"

your can smell your pee in the shower? dude... you need to get that check out by a doctor...

Or stop eating asparagus.

On-topic, I have a shower stall with the drain directly in the center, making it real easy for me to hit, so I pee in the shower. Don't tell my wife, though.

 

[Beffudled Sheep]

Pee at the start of the shower not toward the end it will be less smelly. Do not pee if you are showering with a girl. Despite what she let you do to her drunken body the night before, she will not appreciate you "marking your territory"

You have obviously never met my housemate.

I do that already. Saves time and thanks to you telling me water.
Im such a good person.

 

[TheScarecrow]

No, no I will not do that. I'm all for nature and such but I feel like keeping as much of my dignity as I can.