Ghost ship!

[August]

How fast will rats, cut off from all other food supplies, cannibalize themselves into extinction?

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by privateer

I really have to wonder how you know what your urine tastes like.

The basic definition of "urine therapy" is using (your own) urine internally or externally as a way to aid or sustain your heath. Urine therapy, which includes drinking, injecting, massaging with-, and/or bathing in- urine, is an ancient practice that is used today, not only in times of sickness, but also in times of good health for preventive health maintenance. It has been claimed to have proven helpful in a great number of varying illnesses, ranging from a simple cold and a throat-ache, to tuberculosis and asthma, from minor skin problems such as itching to major skin problems such as eczema, psoriasis and even skin cancer. But you probably ask, "How can your own urine benefit your health? Besides, isn�t it toxic?"

Urine as a lifesaver:
During the NBC Nightly News on October 16, 1992, Tom Brokaw reported that, "In Egypt, rescue workers found a 37-year old man alive in earthquake rubble. He survived almost 82 hours by drinking his own urine. His wife, daughter and mother would not and they died" (http://www.all-natural.com/urine.html ). We�ve all heard stories of individuals who have either lived or died by being trapped in places without food or water for days. In those stories, the survivors were always the ones that drank their own urine. The ones that died probably could not overcome the misguided thoughts that urine is an unhealthy waste product of the body. But it�s not; urine is simply a substance that the body does not need at the time, and a substance that the body secretes. And sometimes, it�s a lifesaver.
What�s in urine?
Urine, 95% of which is water, 2.5% of which is urea, and 2.5% of which is a mixture of minerals, salts, hormones, and enzymes, is not a toxic waste product. Urine is a blood byproduct and though it contains some body waste, it is non-toxic. In 1975, Dr. A.H. Free, published his book Urinalysis in Clinical Laboratory Practice, in which he presents a few critical nutrients found in urine: In a word, if ya don't have Hamm's and yer snowed in...PISS OFF MATE

[August]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Urine as a lifesaver

I like Cody Lund's take on this subject:

People don't survive because they drank their urine, they survive in spite of drinking their urine.

[swamprat69er]

I would say that drinking urine is on par with drinking any american beer.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by privateer

I really have to wonder how you know what your urine tastes like.

I'd say its on a par with Lone Star.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

drink Lone Star or my own urine... Tough choice.

Originally Posted by privateer

I really have to wonder how you know what your urine tastes like.

My thoughts exactly

Originally Posted by Platapus

I would imagine that Canada has some liability in this.

You and me both