Toilets

mod_dom · Post by **mod_dom** » Mon May 17, 2004 2:34 pm

So. Everyone poops.

But what should I do about it at BM? Obviously, I don't want to dig a hole and cover it up, as you would if you were roughing it out in the woods.. .

.dom

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 17, 2004 2:39 pm

Having a bm at BM? My best advice would be to use the porta potties.

rubyredalys · Post by **rubyredalys** » Mon May 17, 2004 2:41 pm

yes! and bring your own 1 ply.

-a

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:12 pm

another missed opportunity to have some "good clean fun" at someone else's expense.....

Isn't truth without sarcasm on Eplaya against the ToS or something?

I was going to say everyone just holds it...

YMMV - Jafe

mod_dom · Post by **mod_dom** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:15 pm

dragonfly Jafe wrote:Isn't truth without sarcasm on Eplaya against the ToS or something?

what is ToS?

man... everyone uses initials and it just fmu.

SilkenTofu · Post by **SilkenTofu** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:19 pm

The potty trucks come out early in the day to pump and spray out the JOTS and stock up the TP. I would say that you only need to worry about bringing your stash of TP with you late in the evening/early am or later in the week then the population is at it's peak.

Please resist the urge to pee on the playa, it is hard to do but there are plenty of potties around and if you are a boy you can pee in a bottle. And Dump it in a porta potty later. Just make sure you don't fill the bottle up with water again, unless you like that.

SilkenTofu · Post by **SilkenTofu** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:22 pm

ToS - terms of service
JOTS - Johnny of the Spots
TP - toilet paper

mod_dom · Post by **mod_dom** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:37 pm

SilkenTofu wrote:Please resist the urge to pee on the playa, it is hard to do but there are plenty of potties around and if you are a boy you can pee in a bottle. And Dump it in a porta potty later. Just make sure you don't fill the bottle up with water again, unless you like that.

I wish I could pee in a bottle... But I can pee standing up. That's pretty impressive for a girl, no?

SilkenTofu · Post by **SilkenTofu** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:50 pm

you can find funnels that girls can use to pee standing up and they just funnel the pee right into the urinal. I forget what they are called but there were some girls who those last year....I almost wish that I could use one.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon May 17, 2004 5:30 pm

Silver · Post by **Silver** » Mon May 17, 2004 5:50 pm

Here you go:

Funnels and other things:
http://www.travelmateinfo.com/page002.html

How to pee standing up:
http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html

I don't know if it is still hanging around but standing up URL was on the Burning Man site some years ago. Amazing what you can learn getting ready to go to BRC.

pokiedot · Post by **pokiedot** » Mon May 17, 2004 6:18 pm

SilkenTofu wrote:you can find funnels that girls can use to pee standing up and they just funnel the pee right into the urinal. I forget what they are called but there were some girls who those last year....I almost wish that I could use one.

i love my freshette. $20 at r.e.i. i pee in a bottle.

one of my funniest burning man moments: a friend and i are making our daily trip to the porta potties to empty our gallon jugs of pee. someone asks, 'hey man, is that beer?'. my friend replies, 'no, but it used to be.'

-j

Tiara · Post by **Tiara** » Wed May 19, 2004 4:10 pm

For the last couple of years, Camp Pee Funnel has given out home-made versions. They work just fine when you need to pee into a bottle cuz you can't be bothered to walk all the way to the porta-potties. Just don't throw them in the porta-potties when you're done!

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Wed May 19, 2004 5:55 pm

mod_dom wrote:So. Everyone poops.
But what should I do about it at BM?

If you are concerned about how far you will be hiking in the wee hours to piddle, the pottie clusters (25-26 units/bank) are on the 3rd street in from Esplanade. Or if you're just too pooped to march, then get a 5 gallon bucket with a snap on camp-toilet lid ($8) and empty your wee-wee out at the JotS boxes periodically.

Personal potties IMO (In-My-Opinion) are generally more of a pain in the ass than they are worth. Your ticket paid for the service, so come join the FUN at the Pottie Lines!

Adopt the Cluster near YOU!

SilkenTofu · Post by **SilkenTofu** » Wed May 19, 2004 7:53 pm

And Dump it in a porta potty later

sorry Tiara.... I do mean just dump the liquid and not the bottle.

If it don't come out of yer body.....why the hell do you think you can put it in the potty....me do good...yes?

BTW in 2001 I did happen to drink my own urine (by accident of course) after groping around my tent whilst my sleep mask was still on. It was clear and I could barely taste the diffrence, slightly salty and acidic like weak lime juice.

rubyredalys · Post by **rubyredalys** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:42 pm

it's hard to pee standing up as a woman? i can.

but i went to china and used the "hood" toilets on the ground, although that is more of a squat method.

i am going to go to the camp pee pot (i think is the name) and make my 5 gal. woot!

-a

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:56 pm

SilkenTofu wrote:I did happen to drink my own urine (by accident of course) after groping around my tent whilst my sleep mask was still on. It was clear and I could barely taste the diffrence, slightly salty and acidic like weak lime juice.

I poured my own pee through my nose, on purpose, no less, a few times! I was living on a yoga ashram in NY State. You're supposed to use this little pot called a neti pot, piss in it (first piss of the morning is supposed to be the best), and then tilt your head to the side, stick the little nozzle up your nose, and pur your pee in one nostril while it drains out the other. Reportedly, its some really good-for-you tantra yoga sinus cleansing technique.

IMO, this is total bullshit! I think some yogi with a twisted sense of humor thought this up, just to see if he could get folks to do it. ("Hey Rajiv, watch this! I'm gonna convince these rubes to pour their own pee through their noses! How much do you wanna bet on it? Ha ha ha ha!"). After I did this two or three times, I felt like a huge rube myself and then kinda snapped to my senses one day. I thought, "Wait a minute. I don't give a damn how good this is supposed to be for me; I ain't puttin' no more piss up my nose!"

Anyway, reduce REUSE recycle, right? See, right there is an excellent way to reuse some of your only slightly-used pee. Neti pot, anyone?

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Wed May 19, 2004 10:45 pm

SilkenTofu wrote:
And Dump it in a porta potty later
sorry Tiara.... I do mean just dump the liquid and not the bottle.
If it don't come out of yer body.....why the hell do you think you can put it in the potty....me do good...yes?
BTW in 2001 I did happen to drink my own urine (by accident of course) after groping around my tent whilst my sleep mask was still on. It was clear and I could barely taste the diffrence, slightly salty and acidic like weak lime juice.

You just got yourself a Pottie Sign, Silken!

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Wed May 19, 2004 11:16 pm

SilkenTofu wrote:BTW in 2001 I did happen to drink my own urine (by accident of course) after groping around my tent whilst my sleep mask was still on. It was clear and I could barely taste the diffrence, slightly salty and acidic like weak lime juice.

GODDAMMIT!!! I didn't need to know that!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 20, 2004 12:01 am

Mmmm, can't wait to have one of your margarita's...

_tears_ · Post by **_tears_** » Thu May 20, 2004 12:02 am

I had a pretty good time while waiting in lines to use the rest room, I always seemed to spark up conversatins, meet people. Crazy things happen in those lines, ENJOY THEM!.. I being a total germ-a-phobe found them to be rather clean and i didnt have much problem with using them. I did bring my own pack of toilet seat covers though.!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 20, 2004 12:06 am

Oops. Guess I should read more carefully before I post...sorry CGD, I thought you were the pee drinker...

Post by **AntiM** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:06 am

The nastiest pee-on-the-playa I saw was a young woman camped across and away from us climb out of her truck, leisurely hike her skirt and pee right next to the road in what was essentially a camp. Yuck! I know it was Sunday morning and there was already much packing going on, but yuck! The potties were less than a block away, freshly washed, with no lines.

Yuck, I say, yuck!

I can't pee standing up, but I can pee squatted over a vile Tokyo subway floor toilet in 4 inch heels, with re-arranged dress and pantyhose gripped in one hand, while imsanely drunk. Plus I fished my own tissues out of my tiny purse and did not drop anything! Look ma! No hands!

Yuck?

Anti M

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu May 20, 2004 8:39 am

robbidobbs wrote: If you are concerned about how far you will be hiking in the wee hours to piddle, the pottie clusters (25-26 units/bank) are on the 3rd street in from Esplanade. Or if you're just too pooped to march, then get a 5 gallon bucket with a snap on camp-toilet lid ($8) and empty your wee-wee out at the JotS boxes periodically.

Something I didn't really realize until after the event was over was, if you're coming from manward go to the 3rd (or as I recall 4th) AFTER you've gone to the half hour. Otherwise you're hiking farther.

_tears_ · Post by **_tears_** » Thu May 20, 2004 2:30 pm

AntiM wrote:The nastiest pee-on-the-playa I saw was a young woman camped across and away from us climb out of her truck, leisurely hike her skirt and pee right next to the road in what was essentially a camp. Yuck! I know it was Sunday morning and there was already much packing going on, but yuck! The potties were less than a block away, freshly washed, with no lines.

Yuck, I say, yuck!

Ew that is horrible! The poor playa floor, that is SO disrespectful!

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Thu May 20, 2004 10:35 pm

and bring your own 1 ply.

from what i understand this has to be camping and portapottie tp - the stuff that dissolves almost instantly.

so by all means bring yer own if you wanna - just pick up the stuff that won't block up the portapotties.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Thu May 20, 2004 10:38 pm

Lydia Love wrote:
and bring your own 1 ply.
from what i understand this has to be camping and portapottie tp - the stuff that dissolves almost instantly.

so by all means bring yer own if you wanna - just pick up the stuff that won't block up the portapotties.

Tip: Get it at a marine supply or camper supply place. Don't look for the right stuff at the supermarket.

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Thu May 20, 2004 10:39 pm

ah - thank you Cap'n.

been drinkin too much to think my advice through...

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