View Full Version : Do you pee on the campfire to put it out?
Hikes with a stick
10-20-2009, 23:05
Okay, after seeing the "uncle bubba question" reply to my last post, I just had to make this thread/poll.
Yes, I know it smells bad, but I usually have to pee before hitting the sleeping bag, and putting the fire out is the last thing I do at night. So it just kinda makes sense... Especially if water is scarce.
sheepdog
10-20-2009, 23:07
...........
Only if it's at least 200 feet from the water source.
modiyooch
10-20-2009, 23:26
no, not that talented.
Skidsteer
10-20-2009, 23:35
Only if it's at least 200 feet from the water source.
Wow. How do you hit it from that distance? I could manage 3-4 feet tops.
Lone Wolf
10-20-2009, 23:37
i poo my drawers
sylvia_claire
10-20-2009, 23:48
if you got no extra water sure
LOL. Yes, I pee on the campfire to HELP put it out, but only after I'm done using it to cook my food!
LOL. Yes, I pee on the campfire to HELP put it out, but only after I'm done using it to cook my food!
+1 on that.
Until this thread, it never even dawned on me. But (can't find a head-scratching emoticon) it has possibilities. Especially if the campfire in question is a far piece from tents, shelters, and water sources.
warraghiyagey
10-20-2009, 23:58
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As funny as I thought the question was and my knee jerk response actually I very rarely pee on a campfire, especially in areas that experience heavy use. I don't think anyone wants to stumble across discarded garbage partially incinerated or wet urine smelling ashes!
The Old Fhart
10-21-2009, 00:03
I use a stove. Can I still participate in the poll? :D
DaveJohns
10-21-2009, 00:42
I use a stove. Can I still participate in the poll? :D
errr.... Remind me to bring my own cookware...
Trailweaver
10-21-2009, 01:29
Obviously this is a "guy thing." Remind me never to use one of the fire rings again. . .
Desert Reprobate
10-21-2009, 03:09
It's a ritual. Everyone stands around the fire after an evening of song and drink. Let er rip. Make sure the newbie is the one down wind.
Two Speed
10-21-2009, 07:42
LOL. Yes, I pee on the campfire to HELP put it out, but only after I'm done using it to cook my food!Yeah, kinda hard to cook after the fire's out anyway.
Gray Blazer
10-21-2009, 08:10
Reminds me of a sign I saw above the urinal in a restroom in St. Augustine....If you can pee this high, the St. Augustine Volunteer Fire Dept needs you.
I pee on my keyboard when finished posting for the day.
If you can put out a campfire by peeing on it, your local volunteer fire dept. needs you.
Kerosene
10-21-2009, 11:48
First of all, I'm usually too tired at the end of a day to gather firewood.
Second of all, I'm usually too dehyrdated to get a good flow going (although I'm getting better at staying hydrated!).
There's a third of all, but this is a family-friendly forum. :D
ShelterLeopard
10-21-2009, 12:17
I think it would be a lot easier for all y'all males than for us females!!! (I can see very bad things happening if I attempted that...)
cavscout
10-21-2009, 17:46
Just make sure you lift the seat or there will be he!! to pay. :)
HikerRanky
10-21-2009, 18:10
Moved over to Hiking Humor...
i poo my drawers
wat...
I'll put a huge rock on top of a bed of coals. In the morning, there'll still be some embers left to warm my hands on and the rock will still have some heat to it.
paradoxb3
10-21-2009, 22:41
wat...
I'll put a huge rock on top of a bed of coals. In the morning, there'll still be some embers left to warm my hands on and the rock will still have some heat to it.
And after picking up the rock, if it is ever cold with no embers left, do you stand and wonder if you're holding someone elses pee? :eek: :cool:
MikenSalem
10-21-2009, 23:57
I had some really snide comments complete with more tricks done by prepubescent boys but really I can hear your momma's now "Oh Marge I can't wait till he grows up an pee's in the campfire.. jus' like his poppa..I'm so, so proud!"
Note to self; NEVER hike with anyone from this post...
Wise Old Owl
10-22-2009, 03:39
i poo my drawers
Wow don't even want to know how that smells when lit!:eek:
Two Speed
10-22-2009, 09:50
I'm calling BS on all the guys who voted they don't pee on campfires.
The girls? Yeah, maybe, kinda risky like ShelterLeopard pointed out. The guys? Ain't hiked with a guy yet that wouldn't pee on a fire if it needed put out and water was scarce.
"Little bit of u-reen never hurt nobody"
- Aristotle, 350 BC, Nicomachean Ethics
David@whiteblaze
10-22-2009, 16:14
two speed, i answered for my experience of backpacking (two days, 4 nights, no fires)
David@whiteblaze
10-22-2009, 16:14
(and no scarcity of water. or people for that matter.)
Jester2000
10-22-2009, 17:09
I'll pee on just about anything, mainly to mark my territory. So I voted "yes."
Jim Adams
10-22-2009, 18:16
I voted no, forest fire, field fire, wild fire yes, campfire, no.
geek
I think it would be a lot easier for all y'all males than for us females!!! (I can see very bad things happening if I attempted that...)
:bananacan you take pictures if you try lol:banana
Two Speed
10-23-2009, 14:13
two speed, i answered for my experience of backpacking (two days, 4 nights, no fires)Excused due to lack of experience.
I voted no, forest fire, field fire, wild fire yes, campfire, no.
geekSo if you ran across a fire, smoldering or not, left by another hiker/camper/twit/moron or otherwise mentally defective person and water was scarce you'd wait until it became a forest fire before peeing on it?
So sorry, I'm not getting a "buy" signal on that line.
ShoelessWanderer
10-23-2009, 14:21
Until this thread, it never even dawned on me. But (can't find a head-scratching emoticon) it has possibilities. Especially if the campfire in question is a far piece from tents, shelters, and water sources.
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-think005.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) Had never thought about that before either...granted (as also pointed out by SL), being a girl would make that a whole lot harder!
sheepdog
10-23-2009, 14:33
. . . . . . . . . . .
inconceivable
Lone Wolf
10-23-2009, 14:37
I'm calling BS on all the guys who voted they don't pee on campfires.
The girls? Yeah, maybe, kinda risky like ShelterLeopard pointed out. The guys? Ain't hiked with a guy yet that wouldn't pee on a fire if it needed put out and water was scarce.
i've never pissed on a campfire or any other kind of fire and i ain't about to start
Jester2000
10-23-2009, 14:39
:bananacan you take pictures if you try lol:banana
Eeewwwwwww.
Two Speed
10-23-2009, 15:49
i've never pissed on a campfire or any other kind of fire and i ain't about to startSaint Lone Wolf is excused.
ShelterLeopard
10-23-2009, 16:25
:bananacan you take pictures if you try lol:banana
Geez, where's Kanga when you need her??? Whatever, I'll do it.
[SMACK]
Rag-Tag Jack
10-23-2009, 17:18
Why pee??? On a cold night it's nice to cover the embers with rocks, spread a nice amount of dirt over it and then move your A-frame over it and sleep on it. Keeps you warm and there's no danger of running low on bodily fluids.
ShelterLeopard
10-23-2009, 17:43
We'll that's hard to do in a fire ring, you could only do that if you had a fire in the ground, which you aren't really supposed to do. Sounds nice though- like a hot water bottle. If you didn't catch fire or melt. (I suppose if you do it right, you wouldn't)
saimyoji
10-23-2009, 17:48
Geez, where's Kanga when you need her??? Whatever, I'll do it.
[SMACK]
does that mean no pics? i'm pretty sure kanga would pee and let us take pics.....
ShelterLeopard
10-23-2009, 18:05
does that mean no pics? i'm pretty sure kanga would pee and let us take pics.....
[SMACK]
I'm pretty sure she wouldn't
[SMACK]
(I added an extra wallop to your face for good measure)
saimyoji
10-23-2009, 18:18
hell....she'd probably ask us to hold her beer while she did it.
Skidsteer
10-23-2009, 18:38
hell....she'd probably ask us to hold her beer while she did it.
Of course. Then she would take the camera and wallop you in the face.
saimyoji
10-23-2009, 19:06
Of course. Then she would take the camera and wallop you in the face.
you may be and admin.....
...but you are not helping here. :mad:
Everyone who answered no is either lying or a lady.
Lone Wolf
10-23-2009, 23:03
Everyone who answered no is either lying or a lady.
i don't lie about anything and i'm all man. you must be a confused ******t
ShelterLeopard
10-24-2009, 01:54
I'm a lady! (Well, I'm female... I wouldn't call myself a lady. If I could pee standing up I sure would)
Rockhound
10-24-2009, 02:03
people gather around the fire at night and some people use fire to cook. dont be a dick. go use a tree.
max patch
10-24-2009, 11:03
Everyone who answered no is either lying or a lady.
Thats bu||****. I don't pee in a fire ring because I know people coming behind me will use that same fire ring.
Nearly Normal
10-24-2009, 19:08
Just smother it out with green poison ivy leaves.
GeneralLee10
10-24-2009, 19:31
I'm a lady! ( If I could pee standing up I sure would)
I am sure if you tried you could:eek: :)JK
ShelterLeopard
10-25-2009, 12:20
But it would be HOT!!! You guys don't have to stand directly over the burning logs and steam...
saimyoji
10-25-2009, 12:23
But it would be HOT!!!
yes, it would. :cool:
GeneralLee10
10-25-2009, 15:45
But it would be HOT!!! You guys don't have to stand directly over the burning logs and steam...
This is true, but if you were to squeeze/push it out you mite miss all the heat correct :) :D
MomNtheWoods
11-15-2009, 22:39
Are there no former scouts out there...? Seriously, don't you remember doing this back in the day. And, no. not in a public fire ring, but on the trail.
Remind me not to cook a steak on one of the rocks by the fire!
Tipi Walter
11-16-2009, 00:16
Who builds a fire anymore, anyway? What with a good tent, some goose down and a decent pad, I sure don't need no bonfire to keep me company. But yes, I've unfurled the Tennessee trouser tongue a time or two and dangled it over a near-dead fire, mostly to let out the venom of an Oklahoma whiteworm ha ha ha.