# Capacity of the human bladder? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 27, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34810 "2000-09-27T21:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34810/21 "2000-09-29T17:39:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AWB \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > > \*\*“A pint’s a pound, the world around”? I’ve never heard that one before. > > > > Isn’t a pint 1/4 of a gallon? \*\* > > No, a quart is, as in “quarter of a gallon”. A pint is 1/2 quart or 1/8 gallon. \*\* And I gallon (of water) weighs about 8 lbs 8 pints in I gallon would make it just about 1 pint=1 lb And just for the record, I once put a foley in a little old woman who weighed about 90 lbs and got 1700 cc of urine out in about 15 minutes. Let’s see you great big pissing frat boys top that. ---
**Author:** ![JoltSucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@JoltSucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoltSucker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34810/22 "2000-09-29T20:12:19Z")
I had my gall bladder out (the old fashioned way, complete with the big long scar) a few years ago, and spent a week in the hospital. A day or two after the surgery, I hadn’t peed yet, so they decided to catheterized me. The good news is that the nurse they sent to mess with my penis was a lovely tall drink of water. The bad news is that it involved ramming a rubber hose up it. When she finally was successful (it took three tries with different catheters, and it wasn’t until she uses the really thick one), she decanted me into a liter-sized container. It took a good long time, and I was looking away, but looked again when she said “um, um, UM, OH!.. OK!” I can within a few milliliters of the top. So there you go - it’s close to a liter. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34810/23 "2000-09-29T20:19:11Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Sunspace_ > > “A pint’s a pound, the world around”? I’ve never heard that one before. > > > > Isn’t a pint 1/4 of a gallon? > > No, a quart is, as in “quarter of a gallon”. A pint is 1/2 quart or 1/8 gallon. Oh yeah… I forgot about the “quart”. My dad still asks me to get a quart of milk, rather than a litre… But it never occurred to me that the name came from “quarter”! * * * Rigardu, kaj vi ekvidos. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34810.md?page=1)