One thing that would put me off BFing would be venturing in to public toilets. I can do without the urine of strangers on the soles of my feet ...
Nothing to really worry about when it comes to urine because it is actually sterile. On the other hand I always make it a point to wear shoes at public toilets so I don't take a chance and encountering the other stuff.
Well, it's sterile so long as the pee you're standing in hasn't been deposited by someone with a urinary tract infection. There is also the potential for bacteria in the urine from other sources (other infections around the urethra) that can get picked up from contact with infected tissue...but I grant that for the most part it's safe. But that doesn't take away any of the "yuck" factor for me, of standing in someone else's piss. A public rest room is one of the only places I will never go barefoot if I have the option.
i know the situation and yes it sucks. unless one lives in country places where a tree is always available, this is an issue. the solution, provided that one is prone to defying ridiculousness is to carry a couple of plastic bags in your pocket and slip your feet into them before going in, to discard them when you're done. i can understand why non barefooters call us crazy.
mmm stinks being a girly sometimes...tree's mean nothing to me when i have to pee! public showers are another place i wouldn't go barefoot. i get warts easily, and that's like a playground for bacteria. my college dorm is going to have community showers, so i'm definatly bringing some shower sandals
take it easy molatoff, barefoot-boy didn't say anything offensive. calling him an idiot was uncalled for. we're discussing, not arguing.
ditto Lucy , I get your point molatoff and it's reasonable but this does not imply that you have right to be an ass . p.s. Lucy : what are you worrying about ? as a girl you dont even need a tree so what's the matter ?
Thanks! Don't know why this guy is calling me an idoit. Just stating facts here, nothing to get one's nose out of joint!
I havnt even really read this thread, I'm just angry that nobody looked at mine, so I'll post it here http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251911 it has to do with toilets if that's any consolation.
Urine is only sterile for about 15 minutes after being expelled, after which point it starts to collect bacteria. It's an extremely healthy practice to drink your own urine during this period of time.
Perhaps I should think twice before walking barefoot into a public restroom again. There's one restroom in particular that I've been known to venture barefoot into and the tile floor leaves my soles nice and black. I'm going to miss that place. Then again, the last time I was in there some moron vomited in one of the urinals, so maybe I won't miss it that much after all.
yea but it stinks when your at a concert and instead of peeing behind a tree you have to sit in a nightmare port-a-potty from hell lol. it's actually happened to me before-a porta at a tom petty concert was so bad, i saw some girls squatting behind blankets their friends where holding up for them. i mean, shit on the walls HORRIBLE! lol
I've done it. It's healthy as hell. Look up "Urine Therapy". This can literally cure many "uncurable" diseases, as well as just being a good practice for people who aren't sick.
i have been told that in italy some people from liguria and some places in tuscany still use to drink their urine for health purposes. Also I remember that Martial the latin poet reported in one of his epigrams that the spanish used to do the same in order to have white teeth in pre-colgate ages, thing which he couldnt but look at with deep skepticism.
Perhaps I just rebel againt the counter intuitive, perhaps I'm just squemish, but the only way I'd ever even consider doing this would be if I was literally dying of thirst. It seems to me that the body does an awful lot of hard work down in the 'ol kidneys to remove toxins. Putting them right back in seems, well, rather silly at best. I'll stick with pure rain water and green tea, thanks In terms of public toilets, there are public toilets and then there are public toilets. The portapotty at the Tom Petty concert is an example of the latter. There have been a few times that I've been in situations where I had little choice and ended up gingerly walking into a public toilet. Not pleasant, but hey, you take the good with the bad in any experience, barefooting included.
A while back the then Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai, was reported to drink his own urine daily.
Okay--- But I'm not Morarji Desai, am I? I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested in... urine therapy... No thank you.
You didn't look it up, did you? Urine does not contain any toxins. They are expelled through fecal matter only.
