Fascinating. But…so first, “expensive bag thing” for a wedding gown? Is this something everybody knows about, because I never heard of it. And then…
A harmonica?
Questions that lead to even more questions!
Well, this should cheer everyone up:
There are up to 75 liters of pee in an average public pool.
Oh, and you know that ‘chlorine’ smell in public pools? That ain’t chlorine. It’s the smell of chloramines, which are created when the hypochlorous acid in the pool (From the chlorinated disinfectant added to the water) reacts with ammonia, and the primary sources of ammonia in the pool are human sweat and urine.
So what you’re smelling is actually processed human pee and sweat. Which, I guess, is better than unprocessed human pee and sweat.
Whole lotta peeing going on in those pools.
Yup, the ‘bridal buddy’ although back in the 70s and 80s a number of women in wedding and bridesmaids gowns I knew used a garbage bag … you use the garbage bag held on the waist under the gown by a borrowed belt, you then trap the skirt of the gown in the bag as you pull it up around the outside just like the bridal buddy. OR you simply turn around and do it like in the video. [or do what I do and elope, avoiding spending too much money on a dress that is getting worn once…]
This is unsourced and apocryphal, but a part-time bartender once authoritatively reported that a study of salty snacks served in bars, e.g. peanuts, beer nuts, trail mix, etc. found that virtually every sample contained traces of urine. No surprise, really.
Jumpsuits don’t stay in fashion for very long and I assume it’s for bathroom dilemma. While I look good in one, I don’t go there.
In racing, flame-resistant coveralls are worn and they are a serious pain. Your only bathroom choice is usually a portapotty that is used by the whole crew. I’ve gotten very good at rolling down the top of the suit before I step in the plastic room so that the sleeves don’t drag. I then don’t completely re-dress until I am out of the plastic room so that the sleeves don’t fall into the urinal that the men use. Irritating AF. Especially when it is cold and raining.
I’d invest in a two-part suit but luckily I only need to wear the coveralls a couple of times a year these days, because a two-piece flame-resistant suit is a) expensive and b) designed to fit a man so uncomfortable on me.
Of course it all goes to hell again when the only toilets available are those awful porta potties and trying to fit you AND your farthingale into one of those AND keep your hem out of the puddles the guys leave on the floor because they’re gross AND not drop a fold of your skirt into the urinal AND deal with the ones that are placed on rough ground and are tippy AF especially after you’ve been drinking a fair bit of booze AND reaching around all that fabric and cartridge pleats to wipe things off becomes an exercise in coordination that would make an Olympic gymnast break into tears. So much fun!
Unca Cecil tackled what NASCAR racers do or don’t do:
"A driver typically has a much more serious problem with dehydration than with overhydration, as it were. The tracks get intensely hot (130 degrees plus, by some accounts), and the suits insulate the drivers quite efficiently. Most drivers report a weight loss of 5 to 10 pounds of fluids over the course of a race. Oh, and in those superinsulated suits, there is no specially adapted device for handling liquid waste. Nor, according to the people I talked to, do drivers wear adult diapers, just in case.
However, I may have uncovered the racers’ equivalent of an urban legend. No one will admit to just going in the car, or to having any personal knowledge of such an incident, but everyone told me that they think it’s happened, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T ASK!!! David Schenk’s comment: “I think I even remember one driver a couple of years back having to go so bad, he just wet his pants.” As a Straight Dope reader, you start to recognize these “friend of a friend” type stories right away. I even crossed over to some open-wheel teams for the question. A nice lady named Maryann at the Galles Racing Team tells it this way: “However, if the urge strikes, it’s up to the driver to basically ‘wet his own diaper’ as it were. Believe it or not, it has happened ! I bet the crew gets pretty ugly after the races though.“ I can imagine."
I suspect this may be for laughs, but Carl Edwards talking about peeing during a race:
**As someone who always has to pee as soon as I start driving anywhere, do you ever have to go to the bathroom during long races? **
Yes, and you should think of us every time you’re watching the races and you get up off of your couch to use the restroom. Just know that we can’t. That’s one of the tough parts. In fact, when I first started, that was one of my first thoughts. I was like, “I don’t know how this is going to work out,” but you get used to it.
So how do you handle that business?
Like I said, you get used to it. [laughs]"
Military fighter pilots have what’s called a “piddle pack” which they can pee into and they are also wearing a flight suit. I dont think they have designed one that works well for females but I read where female pilots the second they touch down and are out of the cockpit, jump down and race for a latrine.