Educated Questions

[SunflowerRz]

Hahaha. Pee jug parade. We should all dress up our pee jugs like floats.

[lucky420]

Hahaha. Pee jug parade. We should all dress up our pee jugs like floats.

and we'll call it art

[Sham]

I use one of these as a pee bottle. (clearly marked, "NOT RECOMMENDED FOR DRINKING")
It's much more comfortable carrying that to the porto for disposal than an opaque water container filled will pee.

[FIGJAM]

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[Ratty]

Sham, You are just asking for trouble. (Maybe that's the goal.) Personally, you know not to drink out of that container but what about that guy over there? Would be kinda fun to see...........

[SunflowerRz]

I feel like if someone drinks from your bottle without asking, they've accepted the risks that come with it.

[SunflowerRz]

Well, I've looked around on the poop threads. I think I can figure a decent emergency plan from there.

Y'all have been so helpful answering all of my questions (and providing a fair amount of entertainment along with the advice). I have one more question that's really been bugging me. What is a sparkle pony/cowboy? Are they essentially just ravers? They seem rather frowned upon.

[AntiM]

A sparkle pony has a gazillion fancy outfits and no water. Wants you to set up the tent but tries to crash in anyone's RV, fills your trashcan with her crap but doesn't MOOP walk, and takes three showers a day without your knowledge, using up all your water. Wants hot meals, vegan meals, gluten free meals, yet only brought a bunch of bananas "to trade". And so on.

[Sham]

I also carry a very small bottle in my backpack. If I need to make tinkles while out on the playa, there is no need to head off a half mile to do it. I work very hard on being discrete. Ladies can use the pee funnel for this occasion.

[SunflowerRz]

A sparkle pony has a gazillion fancy outfits and no water. Wants you to set up the tent but tries to crash in anyone's RV, fills your trashcan with her crap but doesn't MOOP walk, and takes three showers a day without your knowledge, using up all your water. Wants hot meals, vegan meals, gluten free meals, yet only brought a bunch of bananas "to trade". And so on.

Ah, I've known people like these. Festival goers who don't do research on what the festival is actually all about. The whole while smiling at you and trying to be cute as they explain that it makes no sense that people live in houses because polar bears don't have houses and munch on Oreos because they say they're vegan when they really mean picky.

I also carry a very small bottle in my backpack. If I need to make tinkles while out on the playa, there is no need to head off a half mile to do it. I work very hard on being discrete. Ladies can use the pee funnel for this occasion.

That sounds like a decent idea. I guess just wipe down the funnel and sani after use. Any tips on how to be discrete when you're away from camp? I just don't know what the privacy situation is like when you're out on the playa.

[lucky420]

A sparkle pony has a gazillion fancy outfits and no water. Wants you to set up the tent but tries to crash in anyone's RV, fills your trashcan with her crap but doesn't MOOP walk, and takes three showers a day without your knowledge, using up all your water. Wants hot meals, vegan meals, gluten free meals, yet only brought a bunch of bananas "to trade". And so on.

Ah, I've known people like these. Festival goers who don't do research on what the festival is actually all about. The whole while smiling at you and trying to be cute as they explain that it makes no sense that people live in houses because polar bears don't have houses and munch on Oreos because they say they're vegan when they really mean picky.

I also carry a very small bottle in my backpack. If I need to make tinkles while out on the playa, there is no need to head off a half mile to do it. I work very hard on being discrete. Ladies can use the pee funnel for this occasion.

That sounds like a decent idea. I guess just wipe down the funnel and sani after use. Any tips on how to be discrete when you're away from camp? I just don't know what the privacy situation is like when you're out on the playa.

To be discreet, just turn your back like a dude or have a friend stand in front of you. There's lots of wide open spaces out there.

[Wigwam]

Now you know where the term "having to carry your own water" comes from...or um...maybe not.

Btw, I get plenty of electrolytes from the salt on my margarita.

[Captain Goddammit]

Almost no one carries a jug of piss with them. Don't worry about that. There are portos all over the place. In half a zillion years of going to this event I've never needed to walk around carrying a bucket of whiz.

[SunflowerRz]

Now you know where the term "having to carry your own water" comes from...or um...maybe not.

Btw, I get plenty of electrolytes from the salt on my margarita.

NOW you're talkin'!

[BBadger]

I like using old orange juice bottles as my piss container. I do put a scull and crossbones on the lid though, in case the stale lemonade colored liquid doesn't clue the person in. Then it gets hauled to the portapotty in the morning afternoon with pride.

[Savannah]

Hahaha. Pee jug parade. We should all dress up our pee jugs like floats.

and we'll call it art

I wrote all over my 100-oz detergent bottle last year with thick sharpie: CERTAINLY NOT PEE and NOT AT ALL PEE, GOOD FELLOW.

That way, people just assume I'm doing my laundry in the portapotties.

Fancy duct tape might be a fun wrap for it this year.

That sounds like a decent idea. I guess just wipe down the funnel and sani after use. Any tips on how to be discrete when you're away from camp? I just don't know what the privacy situation is like when you're out on the playa.

You can keep a funnel with you in a gallon Ziploc (if your bladder is tiny, consider having a Gatorade bottle with you . . . but there are portos in many places now, so that's really up to you).

Always carry some one-ply--and tear it before you use it.

To be discreet, just turn your back like a dude or have a friend stand in front of you. There's lots of wide open spaces out there.

What lucky420 said. This is a city where there are a ton of people running around half naked at any given time. A little discreet peeing--into a receptacle, of course--isn't frowned upon. You can also pee into the porta-potty trough usually used by men, if the room is empty enough for your sensibilities.

You can find the portos at night by looking for tiny blue beacons (maybe 20 feet in the air) at the end of a porta-potty bank.

[Sham]

If there is any city where men and women can share the same pee troughs, BRC is it. It just don't matter.

[ZigZag]

If there is any city where men and women can share the same pee troughs, BRC is it. It just don't matter.

Hopefully BM won't relocate to North Carolina!! Then we'd have to worry about the pee cops.

[Ann_Vader]

Pee funnels FTW!

Standard gear for female kayakers who use a dry suit - at least that's where I started using one. Getting in and out of a dry suit with gaskets (that you don't want to tear!) is no fun when you really have to go.

Then I bought a second one for tent use and thought I was all clever when I packed it for a burn. Apparently not!

I'll pass on the same advice I gave my roommate - learn how to use it at home first. Not everyone has the same anatomy and not all pee funnels fit the same way. You may not like one brand, and another works great.

As someone who's bladder doesn't make it through an entire sleep cycle, but doesn't want to wake up enough to venture to the portos, a funnel is a good thing. I've also used it when portos cleaning is clearly lacking...

[lucky420]

I was very high one night at the burn and was attempting to use my pee funnel in my yurt. I put the funnel against my pelvis and proceeded to pee, was totally confused as to why I was wetting myself...doh! It really only works if you place your funnel in the proper place

[Ann_Vader]

I was very high one night at the burn and was attempting to use my pee funnel in my yurt. I put the funnel against my pelvis and proceeded to pee, was totally confused as to why I was wetting myself...doh! It really only works if you place your funnel in the proper place

Hahahha! I guess the citation would have been "peeing under the influence?"

Yanno, there is also the 5 gallon bucket of kitty litter with seat option for those moments when simple is better...

[Sham]

What some women may consider when fitting a pee funnel for themselves, is to heat the sides up over a stove and curl the rigid edges in. I know they're only in place for a short time, but comfort is everything.

[ZigZag]

Use a Go Girl, they work great. Funnel is built right in. Edges already folded. Even comes with a carry bag.

http://go-girl.com/

[AntiM]

I find go-girls to be too squishy and I make a mess. I have a "fuel additive" funnel from the auto shop I think will work better.

[lucky420]

I find go-girls to be too squishy and I make a mess. I have a "fuel additive" funnel from the auto shop I think will work better.

Yep the small funnel from the auto shop works for me too

[Captain Goddammit]

Note to self: do not buy fuel additive for Land Yacht from AntiM

[SunflowerRz]

There's a liiiiiiight over at the Potty Place,
There's a liiiiiiiight burning in the fireplace,
There's a light, light in the darkness of everybody's life!

[SunflowerRz]

Hahaha. Pee jug parade. We should all dress up our pee jugs like floats.

and we'll call it art

I wrote all over my 100-oz detergent bottle last year with thick sharpie: CERTAINLY NOT PEE and NOT AT ALL PEE, GOOD FELLOW.

That way, people just assume I'm doing my laundry in the portapotties.

When you walk out without blue-dyed clothes, I think the jig is up. Lol.

[SunflowerRz]

Sorry, y'all. Intermittent technical difficulties.

[SunflowerRz]

I do have a non-pee related question. How does one brush one's teeth out there? I don't appreciate the taste or feeling of food in my mouth when I'm done eating. I try and brush after every meal, or at least eat a mint. I need to brusha brusha brusha and something tells me no one gifts the new Ipana with a brand new flavor out there.