ok normally I would just think this is gross and not bother with the thought again but somone convinced me its really not a bad idea, heres why…
if you pee in the sink then wash your hands you are saving a ton of water over flushing and getting it all down the drain with the water from the hand washing…
tell me there is something this guy is overlooking cause I cant think of a single argument beyond the “Eww” factor.
Doesn’t that depend on the height from which the urine falls before hitting the sink?
I admit, I’ve done it under unusual circumstances, and the world didn’t come crashing down around me, so I think it can be given a pass. But I wouldn’t unbolt my toilet and chuck it out. (Besides, you can’t crap in a sink & wash it down without a lot of …oh, nevermind.)
Look under the sink and you’ll usually see a pipe with a dramatic U-bend in it.
You pee in sink, you rinse with a bit of water, you end up with some diluted pisswater sitting in the trap. Fermenting. (Pee is generally sterile but its considered a tasty growth medium by bacterial connoisseurs everywhere, and sinks are not sterile. So it’s gonna ferment. And smell.)
You pee in a toilet, you flush, a gallon of water escorts the pee out of the bowl and into blackwater pipes that don’t trap their contents in such a way that the smell’s gonna come back up to haunt you.
Back in my nightclubbin’ days, there were times when the boys room would get a big line at about 1:00 AM, when everyine’s good and sloshed. Sometimes, sinks would double as urinals in that case.
Would it really be possible to flush all the urine out of the trap in less then 1.6 gallons (amount of water used in a low flow toilet)? Would the savings be worth it? Can’t save more then a few dollars a year if any.
All of which calls to mind the fellow who complained that his wife was such a nasty housekeeper that the sinck was alway full of dirty dishes and he had to go to the toilet to pee!