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A TV ad campaign in Brazil urges folks to urinate in the shower to conserve water ... and save the rain forests.
Wed, Aug 05 2009 at 3:06 AM
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No matter how long we stay in or what kind of showerhead we use, we all have unique shower routines and rituals, some more complex than others. The Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Altantica, via a cute, kid-oriented TV ad campaign called "Xixi no Banho," suggests that citizens add one more task to their soaping-up, shampooing, conditioning and shaving routines — peeing.
The group believes that by adding a yellow stream to the morning's shower, one toilet flush can be prevented. If one flush is avoided each day in a single household, 4,380 liters (1,157 gallons) of water is saved per year.
As you'll see in the below, um, "PeeSA," Gandhi, Michael Jordan and Alfred Hitchcock are portrayed emptying their bladders while rinsing off. Now if that's not inspiration for young Brazilians to tinkle in the tub, I don't know what is.
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Now I can eat McDonald's and pee in the shower at the same time!
awesome
people who thinkz peeing in the shower is gross well so is thier mother
whats the big deal its natural and healthy so keep on doing it!!!!!!!
PEEING IN SHOWER ROCKS
Ok guys...Slow down..at the end of the day It's about "options"..If you do not like this , DO NOT DO IT!!!"......but if this save water and you care....just do it. You can tell me that you save water here and you waste water making paper or something else, but if we all together can start making a difference it's worst it.
Gracias....Obrigado...Thank you!
If anyone else uses the shower except yourself, its just nasty and inconsiderate.
Urine from healthy people is sterile! If yours is not, please see a doctor.
I was almost sent back two weeks in boot camp for peeing in the shower.....and I aimed for the drain! Finally.....VINDICATION!!!
From the ountry that uses eight gallons of water to produce one gallon of ethanol.
Actually, peeing on your feet will not cause athletes foot and your actually contains Urea which is an ingredient that is found in OTC fungal treatments. Yet, pee alone wont cure athletes foot. :p
Urea is also found in many lotions. It keeps your skin nice and hydrated. Portuguese urine used to be highly desirable back in the day before commercial lotions were available. It was also used as a tooth whitening agent!
Peeing in shower better than eating McDonald's hamburgers? I say drinking urine is probably better for you than eating a McDonald's hamburger! I'm an American who pees in the shower AND (since I pee more often than I shower) follows the rule: If it's yellow, it's mellow. If it's brown, flush it down.
Just a slight correction, for future purposes. The phrase is actually:
If it's yellow, LET it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down.
I've been peeing in the shower for as long as I can remember. I pee right on my feet. I never get athletes foot.
Peeing in the shower will not increase the rate of leprosy. Most people are immune to leprosy and it is not highly contagious. Further, a lot of the symptoms traditionally believed about leprosy are wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy
Suddenly, it doesn't seem like such a great idea.
guess this will help with the high rate of leprosy in brazil....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lepra_2003.png
You are definitely out of the loop and incorrect. I am glad I studied abroad and lived in Brazil last year, to attest to the fact that you are indefinitely incorrect by making such an outlandish statement. Where's the diplomacy?
piss in the sink too!
Don't tell George Costanza.
It's all piples, what's the difference!?
makes me piss
anyone else??
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