Reply to: The dying of the light..

[Zippy]

You do know what they make that stuff out of don't you?

Expensive piss?

[TykeMerc]

I think I'll stick to the salon highlights if it's all the same to you

You do know what they make that stuff out of don't you?

[bogeyman]

You can also use it for highlighting your hair, although cat's piss is better for this (why do they say something is 'cat's piss' to mean it's weak? Never understood that one...).

My cat will piss on your head if you let him.

[Zippy]

You can also use it for highlighting your hair, although cat's piss is better for this (why do they say something is 'cat's piss' to mean it's weak? Never understood that one...).

I think I'll stick to the salon highlights if it's all the same to you

[bogeyman]

Wee has been used for all sorts of things in the past, and even collected on a big scale, for things including making explosives and tanning leather. I think it contains phosphorous amongst other things, including of course ammonia.

Indeed. It was collected in vast quantities in Sweden in the 18th c. to create the phosphorous to make matches.

[NotAllThere]

As opposed to conventional or herbal medicine, homeopathy is based on the principle that a substance that can make people ill can be diluted thousands of times to treat the symptoms it would otherwise create

a principle invented by a bloke a few hundred years ago

[TimberWolf]

Actually piss is a very useful substance, It's sterile the moment it comes out of your body and is excellent for treating chilblains. It is also really good to warm your hands if they gotten cold while kayaking or diving (would recommend eating your sarnies 1st though..) It's also good for easing piles if you wee in the bath.

You can also use it for highlighting your hair, although cat's piss is better for this (why do they say something is 'cat's piss' to mean it's weak? Never understood that one...).

And there's loads more uses (but I suspect you've had enough... )

Certainly more use than arnica...

Wee has been used for all sorts of things in the past, and even collected on a big scale, for things including making explosives and tanning leather. I think it contains phosphorous amongst other things, including of course ammonia.

[cojak]

Actually true, I well remember when my middle son at the age of two came down with some appalling stomach bug that was pushing him rapidly towards dehydration the doctor advised adding small amounts of salt and sugar to the water he was drinking copiously until the doc could get there. Apparently pure water would have been dangerous in the quantities he was drinking.

Yep, you need salt to prevent the body cells from getting waterlogged and their walls from collapsing...

[TykeMerc]

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.

Actually true, I well remember when my middle son at the age of two came down with some appalling stomach bug that was pushing him rapidly towards dehydration the doctor advised adding small amounts of salt and sugar to the water he was drinking copiously until the doc could get there. Apparently pure water would have been dangerous in the quantities he was drinking.

[cojak]

Dilute your piss in a small, expensively labeled bottle - just as much use and easily as profitable.

Actually piss is a very useful substance, It's sterile the moment it comes out of your body and is excellent for treating chilblains. It is also really good to warm your hands if they gotten cold while kayaking or diving (would recommend eating your sarnies 1st though..) It's also good for easing piles if you wee in the bath.

You can also use it for highlighting your hair, although cat's piss is better for this (why do they say something is 'cat's piss' to mean it's weak? Never understood that one...).

And there's loads more uses (but I suspect you've had enough... )

Certainly more use than arnica...

[expat]

Arnica is not a homeopathic remedy though, is it?

I think the point is that when presented as a homeopathic remedy, it is so diluted that there is effectively none of it in the product (just a few molecules on average), so it doesn't matter whether it works or not, when you take a homeopathic "remedy" you are not actually taking any of the allegedly active ingredient.

[TimberWolf]

That's marketing. Just marketing.

Respectable(ish) source otherwise I wouldn't have remembered it.

[Mich the Tester]

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.

Indeed; that's why sports drinks include salts and sugar in small amounts.

Isotonic Sports Drink Recipe

200ml of Fruit Cordial Drink (personally I'd recommend less; 150 ml is OK)

800ml of water

1g/pinch of salt

Mix well and Chill.

[BrowneIssue]

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.

That's marketing. Just marketing.

[TimberWolf]

Guaranteed remedy for thirst!

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.