Talk:Urophagia

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Contents 1 Citation request 2 Removing statement 3 Survival section 4 Cleanup? 5 Gout 6 Picture

[edit] Citation request

there is a request for a citation for the claim that former PM Desai drank his urine. Katherine Frank's autobiography of Indira Gandhi contains this claim. It it contained therein and I therefore am removing the "citation needed" claim.

[edit] Removing statement

I'm removing the statement "Drinking your own urine is known to make you feel sick and it also is the habits of people with mental disabilities." because it sounds like original research. Douglasr007 06:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

The Romans drank urine as a sign of wealth. Wierd huh? --Yancyfry jr 04:34, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

That's not quite right. There was a tradition among the Gauls of using it as a mouthwash to whiten their teeth. I'll add Catullus's poem about Egnatius to the article. -- Rei 15:44, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survival section

The survival section needs serious work by someone who knows some science. "It has been suggested" and "has been said" don't lend much authority to that section. Mattgrommes 21:42, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup?

This article needs a lot of cleanup. Anyone know how to add the tag? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Conmalone (talk • contribs) 03:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Gout

I read an article (in the LA Weekly free newspaper I think) which claimed one can get gout from excessive urine drinking. I don't know how true it is but it sounds quite plausible. AThousandYoung 06:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

As funny as I think it is, we should probably remove the picture. That's Pilsner, not urine. Not that there's much difference... --Xyzzyva (talk) 23:11, 20 January 2008 (UTC)