We all know how humans pee...but why do we pee? Any theories?

-- PeeDee Poet (p@p.p), June 09, 2000

Answers

(1) Your eyes will turn yellow. (2) You'll explode. (3) And because of [1] and [2], you won't be invited to the best parties (especially if they serve beer).

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), June 09, 2000.

Guys do it to mark their non-existent territories. As the more practical species, women pee because, well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

-- Whatever (who@car.es), June 09, 2000.

Guys can draw pictures in the snow????

-- ft (s@r.h), June 09, 2000.

Same reason we crap.

-- Hawk (flyin@hi.again), June 09, 2000.

*ROFLMAO* Hawk You got it right!

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), June 09, 2000.

we pee here to water the desert. Plants are not picky moisture is moisture

-- aquarius (in the desert@hot.com), June 09, 2000.

...because we can't help it after reading this thread.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), June 09, 2000.

The kidneys pass toxins and waste out through the kidneys. The filtering action of the kidneys allows waste and impurities to pass through while the blood itself is prevented from doing so. The liquid is passed through to the bladder.

At least that's the way it is supposed to work. If the kidneys don't do the job right or fail people can have hemo (blood) dialyses done, where blood is taken out of the person and filtered in a machine and returned to the bloodstream. What is commonly not known is peritoneal dialysis, where a cleansing liquid is pumped into the peritoneal cavity and drained which can also filter out waste.

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), June 09, 2000.

Women pee because men tell them they CAN'T. =oP

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), June 10, 2000.

So we can put the seat up where it's supposed to be.

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), June 10, 2000.

It let's a guy justify his manly member even when he's not gettin any poontang.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), June 10, 2000.

Never failing to have a true story for every occasion, my second daughter didn't seem to be urinating. I called the doctor with my concern, relating that I checked her diaper often and it was always dry. I feared that she either didn't have a fully developed urethra or perhaps had a blockage. His advice was to remove the diaper, saying "You'll certainly know if she pees or not."

Time passed and I saw NOTHING. Perhaps that same evening, a couple came to see the baby and the man asked if he could hold her. Suddenly the suit he was wearing [Don't ask me why he came in a suit] was completely soaked. He just kindof held her away from his body and said, "What the hell? My OWN kids never did THIS!" Of course WE were screaming, "She's GOT one!". He never visited again after that day. I wonder why.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), June 10, 2000.

We pee to pass the Netghost piss from our systems.

-- Friendly Ghost (ctwhat@jerkwad.com), June 10, 2000.

It gives women the chance to chat in groups and it makes them best friends forever after the ritual(screaming from the other stall).

In males it gives us a chance to meditate about the true meaning of why a Budweiser can is red,white and blue,(was/is it a patriotic gesture? or was it because that was the only ink they had left for the day?

The act of urination I am sure, is one of the more productive parts of our lives.Silly but true.Have FUN yaw'll!!!!

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), June 10, 2000.

>It gives women the chance to chat in groups

Yes, someone please enlighten me as to why women seem to migrate to the restrooms in packs. Does anything go on in there besides using the plumbing? Are scary boogy men hiding out? Or...?

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), June 10, 2000.

Anita=BFW=BodilyFunctionWoman

-- Not Bingo1 (Not.howe9@shentel.net), June 10, 2000.

Personally, while I like Cherri's theories on Kidneys and the like, I am not sure I believe it personally. It seems vaguely unconstitutional to me. Probably a plot by the UN and NWO to install "black outhouses" everywhere.

Personally, I think Whatever has the start of the one true explaination. At least in the past when I've personally pee'd, I did it because "it seemed like a good idea at the time." Not because of some commie BS about kidneys and "filtering action."

-- E.H. Porter (Just Wondering@About.it), June 10, 2000.

Cherri is correct, it is one of the processes of getting rid of substances which the body does not need or cannot digest.

Pee = liquids

Crap = solids

Farts = gases

Squirts = the triple combo

Puke = same combo, other end

Talking = excretion of crap from the mind

Did I miss anything?

-- Hawk (flyin@hi.again), June 10, 2000.

Nose ... snot

Ears ... earwax (though this may serve as protective function too)

Skin ... sweat

Bellybutton ... lint (On second thought, naaah. It's just dirt. Only kids think the bellybutton is really a hole. Remember trying to find out where it goes?)

Dreams ... processing excess emotions

-- Debbie (dbspence@usa.net), June 10, 2000.

Oh yeah,

Zits = cheese from too much pizza

-- Hawk (flyin@hi.again), June 10, 2000.

Very enjoyable function. I have a magazine rack in my bathroom and this gives me a chance to read a bit.

-- gilda (jess@listbot.com), June 10, 2000.