# Capacity of the human bladder
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**Created:** [September 27, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34808 "2000-09-27T21:33:25Z")
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### Author:  [@keno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keno)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34808/1 "2000-09-27T21:33:25Z")
While hoisting a few at our local tavern, the
conversation turned toward the natural results of too
many beers. One fellow visiting from Germany said that
while in school, he and his friends used to have
contests to see how long one could maintain a stream,
i.e., no drops or dribbles or starting and stopping.
He claims the winner was 3-mintues, 4-seconds, and
this is no myth because he held the stopwatch.
Putting aside the obvious explanation that he was so
drunk he couldn’t possibly have kept time correctly,
is this humanly possible? What’s the capacity of the human
bladder anyway?
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34808/2 "2000-09-27T22:24:34Z")
**Keno** , I see you have recognized your error and reposted this question in General Questions. I’ll take the liberty of closing this copy.
In the future, please do not cross-post questions. Just drop us an email and we’ll be happy to move a thread for you.