# I hate it when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877 "2013-04-05T00:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/1 "2013-04-05T00:08:53Z")
…I’d forgotten I’d taken a multiple vitamin earlier in the day, and next time I pee, I’m momentarily alarmed because my piss looks like plutonium flavored Kool-Aid… ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/2 "2013-04-05T00:36:14Z")
I always dislike that first morning piss when it’s all concentrated and dark. I know it’s just because I’ve been sleeping and haven’t had any liquids in several hours but I can’t shake the feeling that it’s bad to have urine that color. Irrational I know. But still. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/3 "2013-04-05T00:53:24Z")
I hate it when I forget I ate beets and become alarmed by [orange/pink urine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeturia). Or the next day magenta poop makes me think I am dying of some kind of hemorrhage. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/4 "2013-04-05T00:59:34Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > I hate it when I forget I ate beets and become alarmed by [orange/pink urine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeturia). Or the next day magenta poop makes me think I am dying of some kind of hemorrhage. HA! That reminds me… Last year my husband had to be rushed to the ER for an unrelated matter (he’s ok now) and was asked to give a urine sample. He forgot to warn the staff that he’d had beets the night before. You should have seen the look of alarm on their faces when he handed them the cup! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/5 "2013-04-05T01:14:44Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > I hate it when I forget I ate beets and become alarmed by [orange/pink urine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeturia). Or the next day magenta poop makes me think I am dying of some kind of hemorrhage. You eat beets?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/6 "2013-04-05T08:16:59Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > You eat beets?! :eek: Taken directly from the garden, boiled and eaten still hot with butter. Yummy! ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/7 "2013-04-05T12:25:53Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > You eat beets?! :eek: Yes, chuckle. Love them! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/8 "2013-04-05T13:30:03Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > You eat beets?! :eek: On purpose? Did your pee teach you nothing? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/9 "2013-04-05T14:54:27Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > You eat beets?! :eek: And forget??? That’s like saying “Until I pooped fur, I forgot I ate a live badger”. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/10 "2013-04-05T15:09:16Z")
Had some homemade birthday cake that went overboard on the food coloring a few months ago. She dyed the batter and the frosting vivid dark blue and gold for a UoM fan, that made everyone’s next morning a wee bit startling. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/11 "2013-04-05T15:29:21Z")
Beeturia? Am I the only one thinking _band name_!? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/12 "2013-04-05T15:43:04Z")
Meet the Beeturia So that’s why my pee has been a little funny this week. But I don’t care because I loves me some beets. Last week I had the best salad ever. Mixed greens with red and golden beets, dried cranberries, candied walnuts, and warm goat cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/13 "2013-04-05T15:48:04Z")
Now I’ve got to go get some fresh beets, thank you so very much. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/14 "2013-04-05T15:51:35Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Taken directly from the garden, boiled and eaten still hot with butter. Yummy! Do you ever serve them with the leaves? They’re really good that way. I wanted to buy some fresh ones last weekend. The supermarket had them for $2.99 a bunch. How big was a bunch? Three. That’s a buck a beet. Screw that! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/15 "2013-04-05T22:08:13Z")
When my kids were tiny, they used to \*“scare dad” \*by putting a beet, or even a can of beets, in my bed (they were the only food they’d seen me afraid of). But for them to SEE me be scared, they’d have to try to convince me to go to bed at 7. So i’d start yawning, go upstairs, pull back the covers and… AHHHHHHH! Much giggling ensued, especially because I was too scared to touch it, so I couldn’t get rid of it… And how long have I waited for a Beets ‘n’ Pee thread? Decades, man… ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/16 "2013-04-05T22:13:46Z")
Can beet pee be as bad as “I ate my fill of asparagus” pee? ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/17 "2013-04-05T22:44:37Z")
Why don’t you try them and let us know how they compare? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/18 "2013-04-05T23:40:48Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > I hate it when I forget I ate beets and become alarmed by [orange/pink urine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeturia). Or the next day magenta poop makes me think I am dying of some kind of hemorrhage. Last time I had beets I put a post-it note on the bathroom door to remind me so I don’t freak the fuck out after pooping. The note said, “Beets, fool. Not blood”. Confused the heck out of my husband. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/19 "2013-04-06T04:16:53Z")
I always knew there was something unnatural about beets. It’s probably why Dwight Shrute grows them. As a rule, I don’t eat anything magenta. And hell yeh, asparagus piss? Smells like egg farts. I don’t eat beets or asparagus, but mostly because they taste ugly. Grape pop makes my poop green. _ **I SAID, IT MAKES MY POOP GREEN!** _ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877/20 "2013-04-06T04:17:58Z")
Although, I kinda like green poop, so it doesn’t count. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when/654877.md?page=2)