Weeing + Large Crowds

[dan05delaney]

I did, I got to use the fancy doctors' toilets, they flush and everything

[parkgrange]

This has always been a flippin nightmare for me and my thimble sized bladder - I drink that much Cider that by the time i've got back from the bogs I need to go again...

My GP has given me something called Vesicare Solifenacin and I can hang on for hours now so I'm hoping to spend far more time watching the bands this year.

[mail1234]

Doubt the crowd will be so rammed during primal scream that you couldn't find your way to the toilets and back within 5-10mins

No beer + spare bottle is a good reserve option

[dan05delaney]

Doubt the crowd will be so rammed during primal scream that you couldn't find your way to the toilets and back within 5-10mins

No beer + spare bottle is a good reserve option

[garethslee]

Just use the toilets, they're a cracking invention you know.

Edited April 2, 2013 by garethslee

[ian the worm]

This

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-condom-catheter.htm

[airwaves]

My preferred spot a la Pyramid is somewhere within the inner barrier, pref about 2/3rds back on the metal cable run-way (gives an extra inch or two of height). Getting in & out of that area can be an absolute nightmare so once I'm in I'm in for the duration.

Fortunately I'm blessed with a controlable bladder so have always avoided the need to relieve myself in-situ. I do try to ensure that I have toiletted before I enter the fray though.

That said, two 'witnessings'.

1 - Last year when at the rear of the inner area waiting for Beyonce there was a large party alongside me, mostly women. They took it in turns to form a circle so that each of their party in turn could squat and pee onto the floor. UCK

2 - Some years ago during a flooded Glasto (can't remember which year) I was walking from Other Stage to Jazz World (now ... Holts) and witnessed a bloke stop just off the path (the water was at least ankle deep), pull it out and just piss into the water. Again UCK

[Douzeper]

I used to use that exact pub, it had a sign up saying 'Please Don't Do a Begbie'

[ukmountie]

Why does his thumb piss?

[GravitySlave]

Just piss all over the ground so it splashes up the back of my legs, then receive a public shaming from me like some drunk idiot in the middle of Gorrillaz 2010.

Orrrr.. keep off the pints and drink spirits from a placcy bottle, a good strong 50/50 blend with a flat mixer will keep you from drinking too fast. Also at the end of a long day walking round glasto you will appreciate the sugar in the mixer!

[Derby_Dave]

I normally walk to the toilet then walk back to where I was stood, saying excuse me to people as I move past them.

[UEF]

Piss in a lenor bottle and then pour it on the floor.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

there are always exceptions (like the story earlier in the thread) but in general we women seem to manage to get to the bog or plan our activities so that it won't be an issue. why is it so difficult for blokes?!

i went to the loo right before the edge came on with muse in '10. i was watching the screens over my shoulder as i jogged away so i didn't actually miss anything and the lavs were so quiet i was out by the first chorus and heading back. also works halfway through a 'big song'.

[UEF]

there are always exceptions (like the story earlier in the thread) but in general we women seem to manage to get to the bog or plan our activities so that it won't be an issue. why is it so difficult for blokes?!

[scaryclaireyfairy]

Yes but you always spend half an hour inexplicably sat on it when you get there. Blokes could piss twice in that time.

[Superscally]

As for the bad for the environment, a fact: The solid content of urine is measured in a simple way by a test called urine specific gravity (usg), which is usuall between 1.015 and 1.030, higher if you are dehydrated. After about 10 units of alcohol, the usg will be below 1.003, which is about the level you'd see in renal failure. The amount of solids that go into the soil are virtually nil and it has as much impact as a splash of beer going on the floor. Now I'm not advocating widespread pissing, but the odd person who's gone in a cup and disposed of it on the floor has no environmental impact. The logic: assuming 10,000 people did it over the course of the day, which is a gross exaggeration of the numbers I bet, that's 5,000 litres of piss in about 10 acres on the Pyramid field, 500 per acre, that's about 500ml per metre squared, or half a mm rain (about 1/4 of the average daily amount in Somerset). That's bugger all volume, with bugger all solute in it and bugger all impact. All you need to do (and again, only do it if you have to) is be careful how you do it, and have the grace to stand in what your pour so no other sod has to. If the crowd is going mental and jumping continually, you won't be able to do either, so don't do it.

[Verbal]

I must admit I do like the lack of piss throwing at Glasto.

Oasis gigs used to be the worst for it.

It was always "Damn something has hit me in the head" then that 1/2 second thought process "Warm or Cool, warm or cool"

Handily I have only been hit with drinks, never piss, one of my mates got a full pint in the back of the head, he wasn't happy

[fatyeti24]

As for the bad for the environment, a fact: The solid content of urine is measured in a simple way by a test called urine specific gravity (usg), which is usuall between 1.015 and 1.030, higher if you are dehydrated. After about 10 units of alcohol, the usg will be below 1.003, which is about the level you'd see in renal failure. The amount of solids that go into the soil are virtually nil and it has as much impact as a splash of beer going on the floor. Now I'm not advocating widespread pissing, but the odd person who's gone in a cup and disposed of it on the floor has no environmental impact. The logic: assuming 10,000 people did it over the course of the day, which is a gross exaggeration of the numbers I bet, that's 5,000 litres of piss in about 10 acres on the Pyramid field, 500 per acre, that's about 500ml per metre squared, or half a mm rain (about 1/4 of the average daily amount in Somerset). That's bugger all volume, with bugger all solute in it and bugger all impact. All you need to do (and again, only do it if you have to) is be careful how you do it, and have the grace to stand in what your pour so no other sod has to. If the crowd is going mental and jumping continually, you won't be able to do either, so don't do it.

[swede]

I normally walk to the toilet then walk back to where I was stood, saying excuse me to people as I move past them.

[insertwittynamehere]

I do it in a cup at any big outdoor gigs and tip it on the ground.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Interesting story, from Ted Danson's Wig, about the micturating Welshmen - we're no more to be trusted than when I was a lad it seems; friends came back from Reading '79 with tales of braggadocio piss drinking that have put me off the festival ever since.

[Big Vern]

I find a good deterrent for piss throwers is blind siding them with a good hard punch to the side of the head, just after they've thrown their piss. Usually stops them doing it again and makes their mates think twice.

[sjp61]

I find a good deterrent for piss throwers is blind siding them with a good hard punch to the side of the head, just after they've thrown their piss. Usually stops them doing it again and makes their mates think twice.

[Krazypinkminx]

you can buy pouches on ebay that you pee into, it turns it into gel, you can use them up to 3 times before throwing away, easy to use in a crowd and clean.

[rexclark]

Use a fucking toilet.