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Re: bathroom while driving
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Re: bathroom while driving -
07-01-2003
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In article <GR0Ka.8354$EZ5.2836413 (AT) news1 (DOT) epix.net>, tim (AT) ferrario (DOT) com says... This is not a smart ass question just a topic for some reason got brought up around work. When a driver is driving how or do they go to the bathroom. On person says a catheter, another says they are so dehydrated that they cant go another says they just go and yet another says they hold it. So does anyone know the fact to any of this? From the latest issue of Speedway Illustrated magazine (August 2003), page 47: Q. Some of the NASCAR races are so long, what do the drivers do if they have to go to the bathroom? A. They pee in their pants. They really do. There is no pit stop for the port-a-john. One of the most famous Tony Stewart victory lane photos shows him with a very obvious wet uniform. Answer supplied by Dr. Dick Berggren. |
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What really scares me is that they never seem to take long enough to change into their street clothes to manage a shower. They need to rush off to get in their private helicopters/planes so they can |
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 02:05:42 +0000 (UTC), igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com (John McCoy) wrote: The second is generally the case. Drivers can loose 5 to 10 pounds of water weight during a race (bear in mind that a gallon of water is about 8 lbs), so it's rarely a problem that they have an excess of water. Catheter is definately not a correct answer. Why is it that just the thought of hitting a wall at speed with a catheter attached gives me a major case of the heebie-jeebies? |
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And why is it you had to put that thought in our heads...YIKES! |
that race car drivers might be using catheters...or even considering it.
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Eric Smith wrote: What really scares me is that they never seem to take long enough to change into their street clothes to manage a shower. "MJM" <nr1 (AT) GARBAGEmarrer (DOT) com> wrote in message news:MPG.1963fc9e88bd458d9898c4 (AT) news (DOT) mindspring.com... In article <GR0Ka.8354$EZ5.2836413 (AT) news1 (DOT) epix.net>, tim (AT) ferrario (DOT) com says... This is not a smart ass question just a topic for some reason got brought up around work. When a driver is driving how or do they go to the bathroom. On person says a catheter, another says they are so dehydrated that they cant go another says they just go and yet another says they hold it. So does anyone know the fact to any of this? From the latest issue of Speedway Illustrated magazine (August 2003), page 47: Q. Some of the NASCAR races are so long, what do the drivers do if they have to go to the bathroom? A. They pee in their pants. They really do. There is no pit stop for the port-a-john. One of the most famous Tony Stewart victory lane photos shows him with a very obvious wet uniform. Answer supplied by Dr. Dick Berggren. That's because there aren't any showers in the transporter. -- Cindy Murray Crochet, scouting, NASCAR, and genealogy http://home.attbi.com/~cindym3 |
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My own thoughts: Driving 500 miles w/out going to the bathroom may sound impossible to most of us. However, if we were put in that situation every week like Nascar drivers are, I suspect our bodies would adjust. |
And let's not forget that when we drive 500 miles, it takes over 7 hours,
assuming we do 70. They do it in 3 to 4 hours. 4 hours doesn't seem like
that long to not go to the bathroom. We just need to think time rather
than distance.
John Calvin
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