Pee before you fly policy reduces carbon emissions
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Posted By Judy Shid - Fri, Oct 09 2009 at 7:26 AM ESTReduce food, drinks and dutyfree
The amount of pee in the passengers is negligable compared with the weight of food and drinks they serve, not to mention the duty-free items! Cut back on those, and passengers will also pee less during the flight.
And do they have extra toilets by the boarding gate?
Posted By Muncher - Fri, Oct 09 2009 at 5:28 AM ESTGive Blood
By giving blood - a pint thats nearly an armful - you will win win - less pressure on the planes engines and more blood should they fail
Posted By Anonymous - Thu, Oct 08 2009 at 4:32 PM ESTWhy not??
I think anything we can do is great, even if it is a small change like this. It brings attention to the issue and honestly, it is not a difficult thing for people to do, so why not?
Posted By AbsurdRedux - Thu, Oct 08 2009 at 3:35 PM ESTBut ... but
I love going potty in an airplane john. It's so much fun to bounce around waiting in line for my turn. When I get in there I can jam my knees in my chin on the seat. Then I can stagger back down the aisle, tripping over some long legged guy who has no place to store his feet.
I hold my pee before I emplane just so I can enjoy it all!
Posted By Laura Harrison McBride - Thu, Oct 08 2009 at 7:37 AM ESTFly naked
How about flying naked? Well, almost naked. Passengers could be required to show up at the airport in hospital gowns and paper slippers. The benefit would be that, without clothing, perhaps the airlines could make special rows for really skinny people, with one extra seat due to lack of clothing bulk. Plus, when the passengers got to the other end of the trip, all their clothes would be clean instead of all grungy from increasingly fowl airport air. Plus, if anyone "had an accident" in the.... More
Posted By Michael Heister - Thu, Oct 08 2009 at 1:19 AM ESTNext step - pre-flight laxatives
Pee AND poo before you fly.
Posted By Paul Hughes - Wed, Oct 07 2009 at 9:05 PM ESTPee Nut Gallery
Although somewhat humourous, the concept is valid. I wonder what weight reduction approaches NASA has?
Posted By Nick Aster - Wed, Oct 07 2009 at 1:59 PM ESTHilarious
This is pretty hilarious. I find it rather hard to believe it'll make an appreciable difference though. There are many better, less intrusive ways to reduce aircraft weight.
Posted By Grey Garvin - Wed, Oct 07 2009 at 1:58 PM ESTSeriously?
I also recommend that all passengers get hair cuts before flying & consider short-sleeved shirts for their flying attire.
Posted By Logan - Tue, Oct 06 2009 at 2:44 PM ESTPeein'
haha...i like this article. it seems ridiculous but the idea makes sense!!
nice name, gorax.
Posted By Gorax - Mon, Oct 05 2009 at 7:40 PM ESTHAHAHAH--wait, this is SERIOUS?
Wow. This is a new level of absurd.
Why stop at peeing? Are they also going to forbid airline passengers from eating during 12h prior to boarding their flight? Or how about having restrictions on the amount of clothing passengers can bring on their person? Banning fat people from flying might work, too.
Can I get a discount of the flight based on volume I pee'd?
They should pass their fuel savings on to the customer! Return a graduated cylinder back to the flight attendant that has units marked with your discount. You could get added discount for #2 also.