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[Fred]

Google translation:

Military police officer urinates on his uniform
Military police officer urinates on his uniform (Photo: Reproduction)

A military police officer identified only as Theodoro urinated on his uniform while patrolling the Penha viaduct, in the North Zone of Rio.

According to information from the police officer himself, the command of the unit responsible for policing in the region did not authorize him to leave the place without the surrender arriving.


“I'm here on the way down the Penha viaduct, all urinated. It's not your colleagues' fault. It's because they don't want to release, only with surrender. I’m all pissed,” he said.

In a statement, the Military Police reported that a team was sent to take the officer to the bathroom, but that the officer was unable to hold out until his colleagues arrived. An internal procedure was launched to investigate the case.

[Fred]

From other reports, I guess it's not unusual in the military for a guard to be unable to hold his pee until his "relief man" arrives.

[Lee]

I’d love to see the content of the internal investigation!!

[zsrh2002]

In time for the Olympics:

Team USA swimmers reveal one ‘foul’ habit they all do in the pool: ‘That’s just how it goes’

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/te ... 385e&ei=11

[googlism2008]

In time for the Olympics:

Team USA swimmers reveal one ‘foul’ habit they all do in the pool: ‘That’s just how it goes’

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/te ... 385e&ei=11

As expected, there's isn't a lot of details, but the following statement is intriguing.

Zach Harting, who competed for the US at the Tokyo Olympics, told the Wall Street Journal that it was the tightness of his polyester bottoms that first made him turn to the aqua loo.

The WSJ article is paywalled, but I don't think there will be much more details.

In some photos of competitive swimmers, it looks like the waistband is positioned low - directly above the bladder. And they wear their swimming trunks very tight. Surely this exerts a lot of pressure. Together with their hydration needs, they will need to pee often.

Some years back, many Olympic swimmers wore full body one-piece suits, until such gear was banned. When wearing this kind of swimwear, I'm pretty sure these people will just pee in the pool until the end of their training.

[bradelzs]

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php? ... ype=NGPSID

[Brian]

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php? ... ype=NGPSID

Great account of an airline passenger not allowed to use the plane's toilet. If I understand it right he had drunk "two really big beers" (his words) before boarding and was allowed to pee in the toilet with the plane still on the ground and actually delayed takeoff by doing so. Then, with full knowledge that the toilet was actually inoperable, he had another drink after takeoff and then couldn't last out for the one hour flight. It doesn't sound like he had much understanding of the consequences of continuing to have drinks when you cannot go to the toilet in the coming time.

[Fred]

Hopefully, everyone who frequently drinks more than one beer knows how his urinary system handles it. If he had not had another after takeoff, he probably could have held it until they landed. Either he assumed he could still use the plane's toilet or he was overconfident about his ability to hold his bladder. Maybe he was preparing for a good story to publish!

[SoakdBrute]

Jose Luis Ballester, a Spanish amateur golf player, recently made the news for taking "relief" in the famous Rae's Creek during the recent Masters Tournament: https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/cqx4er7jr1po

You can see him being interviewed about it here, where he openly discusses what happened: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DISchbnsjVK/

"I completely forgot that we had those restrooms to the left of the tee box, and then I'm like, I really need to pee. Didn't really know where to go, and since JT had an issue around the green, I'm like, I'm just going to sneak here in the river and probably people would not see me that much. And then they clapped for me. Probably one of the claps that I really got today really loud. So that was kind of funny. [...] Yeah, they saw me, they saw me. I mean it was not embarrassing at all for me, so, if I had to do it again, I would do it again [laughs]"

He's already apologized to the golf club about the incident. Perhaps the experience of being at such a historic site, with that much fanfare and excitement around the tournament, was just overwhelming for him, and he forgot about the amenities which the course offered. Seems to me like he has a healthy attitude about the whole situation, but then I could be biased

[Brian]

Yes, his attitude is good. I hope the golf club is lenient with him. They might say something like: "we have toilets by the tee box, if you didn't know that, why didn't you ask instead of just peeing in front of the public?" But I can understand why he didn't ask. He thought there weren't any toilets and he would be expected to hold it until the match was over. And he thought that if he asked, it would pass his problem on to others and generate annoyance as well as general unwelcome attention.