I was just at the office loo beside a guy who had the most amazing volume of urine I’ve ever seen (heard). He did the whole Austin Powers thing, a massive lengthy burst, then stopped, then another huge flow, then another, then another, on and on- it was really incredible to me to listen to, as I’m the type who has to go any time any time I feel an ounce in my bladder- this guy had to have let fly with around 3/4 to one full gallon in my honest estimation. My only way to measure was the couple of times I’ve been caught without a bathroom and gone in a cup and have gone maybe 16 oz. max, and this guy dwarfed that easy in the first stream.
Is there a theoretical maximum to how much one can piss at once?
Well, bladder capacity IS finite, but I’m sure bladder size differs from individual to indivual. I myself have personally pissed the proverbial river, particularly during all-night beer-drinking sessions, but the stream DID end at some point. So far, at least.
Yeah, it just feels like you’ve pissed out a 2-liter bottle worth.
But… if you’ve ever actually pissed into a 20 oz bottle, it’s generally about half that, unless you’re just absolutely about to bust, and then you’ll mostly fill it up.
This reminded me of the great KITH sketch with the mens support group for guys who “won’t be tyrannized by their bladder!”, and are thus in a constant state of discomfort, except it turns out all except one are secretly going
I have no idea what the theoretical maximum is but I can pee in great volume of have always been able to as a kid. The one true measure I can give is that I was trying to find the place for an interview early one morning which is about a 50 minute drive from our house. I got a little lost which is common in downtown Boston if you know anything about it.
I knew I had to pee badly but I didnt know how bad it was about to get. My pee drive started moving into the hyper range and no amount of crossing and uncrossing my legs would help. I looked down at the floor and saw one of my empty 32 oz Gatorade bottles. I pulled over at a taxi stand at a hotel and let her rip trying to be discrete as possible. I quickly filled the 32 oz bottle and I didn’t have anything else so I stopped peeing, drove a little way, and dumped it out at the next red light. There were probably people wondering why I would throw out 32 ounces of perfectly good lemon Gatorade. I still had to pee badly but it was no longer an emergency. I have no reason to believe that I couldn’t fill the bottle again. That would make about 1/2 gallon with 32 oz easily demonstrated.
Unlikely to help for males, as they have overflow incontinence from prostatic hypertrophy.
I’ve seen bladder scans with close to 2 liters of fluid found in guys with chronic BPH. Of course, they tend to void small amounts at best, and maybe bring the total residual volume down by only 200 to 300 ccs when they go.
I think the idea was not that anyone couldn’t hold urine well, but a question as to the maximum quantity of urine that could be held with any difficulty.
As for a ‘disguised appeal for help’ . . . what? He’s not saying he pissed in his pants.
Wee (snicker!) Bairn! (sorry, couldn’t resist) - I took care of a guy once that had a urethral stricture - I believe it was a chronic sequalae of some sort of regional trauma. Anyway, this guy had grown himself a HUGE bladder due to the years of stretching from not always being able to completely empty his bladder. I can’t remember why he came in to the ER, but we somehow catheterized him and got … I swear to God … 9,000 liters out of him, eventually. Won the award for most out of a cath. That’s a pretty extreme case but if your coworker has an impressive BPH (as Qadgop suggested) or a stricture of other type, he could very well seem to be whizzin’ forever.
No, not a cry for help, I have full control of my bladder. I have, however, had the lifelong problem of feeling uncomfortable if I have as little as a couple of ounces in my bladder- the idea of going hours without voiding as some I know do is for me impossible, unless I’ve gone hours without eating or drinking. But since in the adult world bathrooms are almost always handy, I’ve managed to live a somewhat normal life with this affliction.
And** Bibby**, you’re in Europe I hope, meaning 9,000 as we would 9.000?
Never mind, I see you clarified How much is that in liters?
When I was in the hospital last year with Severe Gastrointestinal Issues they were monitoring my output (as well as inputting a lot with IV’s). Apparently I have a 1 liter capacity, although around 800 ml I really, really, really want to go bad. Average seemed to be 500-600.
Which I’ve been telling my mom for years - I’m not deliberately holding it in, I just have a larger than normal tank. Which, according to the link, I seem to. Nothing pathological I’m told, I’m just a harmless freak of nature.
Which explains another thing - I’ve never understood peeing in a cup because cups are never big enough. For me. Apparently they are big enough for most people.
ingesting certain things will make you go to the restroom more than usual and how well you keep from peeing depends a lot on how much mental control you possess.
I had problems with incomplete emptying of my bladder, until I had a laser procedure on my prostate. After that, I did my urologist’s standard test. My urine went into a graduated beaker on a scale, then an ultrasonic scan showed how much was left in my bladder. I peed very close to a liter, and it was a one-liter beaker. The scan showed another 100 ml inside. The doc told me I had the largest bladder in the city.
I don’t see that as a braggable distinction, but it should give you a reference point. The good doctor has been in practice for decades, and apparently a liter is the most he has seen.
Once (drunkenly) I was bet that I couldn’t “produce” a litre. After a few days training I went for it, drank like a fish, refused to “go”… and filled up the measuring jug with just over 1000cc. But it was *very * painful.
