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27 November 2006

OK so asparagus, right? So I knew that asparagus makes many people's urine smell. But what I didn't know is that not everyone can actually smell it. And that the ability to smell the urine isn't correlated with the aspargus effect on the urine smell. So you might have smelly-asparagus urine and not realise! Huh.
This totally explains why i never have smelled asparagus pee.
posted by ethylene 27 November | 14:25
The most surprising thing is how fast pee smells like asparagus after you eat it. It's literally minutes. Literally, I tells ya.
posted by iconomy 27 November | 14:27
Mm. I love asparagus.
posted by sciurus 27 November | 14:29
It seems that fenugreek makes my urine smell. When in NYC this summer, we ate lunch at the indian stall in the Grand Central Station food court. It was delicious, but an hour later, when I peed at a museum, the whole restroom smelled like the spices. I had never experienced that before, but I also never use fenugreek when cooking indian. I tried it, and sure enough, that smell.

Asparagus always does that, and pesto makes gives the other stuff a nice aroma.

I'll shut up now.
posted by danf 27 November | 14:38
My urine positively REEKS of freedom.
posted by Divine_Wino 27 November | 14:39
Very cool. What is that bitter stuff they drop on your tongue in biology class, that only half of the people can taste?
posted by StickyCarpet 27 November | 15:14
Oh and another one: Only half of people have those fragmentary waking dreams, known as hypnogogic imagery, that occur as some people fall asleep.
posted by StickyCarpet 27 November | 15:16
My urine positively REEKS of freedom.

"Hey man, is that Freedom Piss?"
"Yeah, man."
"Well, then wipe it UP!"
posted by jonmc 27 November | 15:22
iconomy, you have me wondering now. I may have to time it next time I have asparagus.
posted by cortex 27 November | 15:43
What is that bitter stuff they drop on your tongue in biology class, that only half of the people can taste?

Asparagus pee, clearly.
posted by cortex 27 November | 15:45
Related: it occurred to me only in the last couple of years that eating spicy food could lead to firepoop.
posted by cortex 27 November | 15:48
I cuss, you cuss, we call cuss for asparagus
/The Far Side, IIRC
posted by TheDonF 27 November | 15:48
OK, aparagus pee story....

A good friend, right out of college, low on cash, looking for a job, (and loving for love) moves to back to NYC to start interviewing. Fortunately he has use of a friends apt for a couple weeks. This means for the first time in his life he begins to try cooking (mainly to impress a new young lady...) but also to save money. Discovers huge sale on asparagus, cooks aparagus-based dinner for young lady - she stays over (!). Cooks young lady leftover asparagus in morning omlette, and for lunch ? Yup. Now alone, he continues to eat leftover aparagus....

Following day, yours truely receives nervous phone call...

"hey.... you know if theres like, you know a free clinic around here...?"
Why? You ok?
"shit, you know, i think i caught something..."
Huh?
"this girl, well... since i was with her, like a day and a half.... my piss is smelling like crazy..."



posted by r. mutt 27 November | 16:02
*asparagus.
posted by r. mutt 27 November | 16:07
add garlic and you get aromatic pits, too
posted by Pips 27 November | 18:22
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