# I have to piss like a racehorse. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068 "2000-03-22T06:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/21 "2000-03-24T02:46:00Z")
All this is very entertaining. It’s especially funny if you understand where Lexicon is. I’m not telling, though. * * * ~handcrafted signatures since 1975~ ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/22 "2000-03-24T02:55:00Z")
Did you ever **see** a racehorse pissing? I haven’t, but at the Bronx Zoo many years ago I was treated to the sight of a **zebra** pissing. Now that was a sight! It realy looked like a garden hose spraying at full force. This animal could have hit a target at thirty feet. Somewhere, I have a photo of it. * * * You’d think that Superman would be a good person to invite to a barbecue but trust me, he’s not. I mean, sure he can cook the hot dogs fast with his heat vision, but they all taste of charred eye boogers. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/23 "2000-03-24T06:21:00Z")
Nicky, racehorses are frequently given the diuretic lasix prior to a race to prevent bleeding in the lungs. However, it also empties out their bladders as well. And woowee, can they piss. They also crap quite a bit. Not in large quantities, but often–combination of the lasix and the nervousness of raceday. More than you needed to know? * * * Teaching: The ultimate birth control method. [Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway) ---
**Author:** ![craven\_moorehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@craven\_moorehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craven_moorehead)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/24 "2000-03-24T07:42:00Z")
The question I have is this, how does a racehorse urinate any differently than any other urinating creature? I am not a horse expert by any means but I have been around horses and urgency does not seem to be a factor in there urination habits. ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/25 "2000-03-28T02:43:00Z")
It happened again… What god did I anger to deserve this? Maybe I should just stop drinking so much damn coffee… * * * “Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.” ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/26 "2000-03-28T06:09:00Z")
craven–see my post directly above yours. My guess (and keep in mind, it is a guess) is based on the use of lasix combined with the high-anxiety atmosphere of race day–the horses urinate more than usual, and being that they are paraded before thousands at a racetrack, everyone gets to watch them whiz. Actually, I wonder why it isn’t “I have to shit like a racehorse.” I’ve seen more loose equine bowels than I ever care to! * * * Teaching: The ultimate birth control method. [Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway) ---
**Author:** ![craven\_moorehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@craven\_moorehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craven_moorehead)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/27 "2000-03-28T06:18:00Z")
I see your point my experiance thus far in life with race horses has mostly been losing money, now the question is where is Lexicon getting a hold of the horse drugs? ---
**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/28 "2000-04-18T03:38:00Z")
This was the very last thread, and I shuddered to think it might be banished to oblivion. Consider this a big bump. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/29 "2000-04-18T04:03:00Z")
Thank you (plural) for sharing this. True, critters–bless 'em–are totally free of inhibitions about metabolic urgencies. And some, horses and cattle notably, just let fly with abandon: quantity, distance, loft, whatever. With heroic restraint I’ll exempt the French from this category, even though their quaint instituion of the pissoire invites passersby to know a LOT more detail about the elimination needs of casual strangers than most people really want to know. Frankly–and they are–it’s a camp toilet with scrollwork, only on a city street. Now shut the door. And wash your hands when you’re through. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068/30 "2000-04-18T05:01:00Z")
Well, here I am again. It’s safet to say that if it’s a M-F evening, I will piss about 12 times over the course of the evening. I drink a butt load of water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-piss-like-a-racehorse/16068.md?page=1)