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Step 19The Magnificent Pee Bottle

The Magnificent Pee Bottle
Don't pee on the Playa! The nitrates make the airport think Billy is a walking bomb just cuz he's covered in playa dust. Also it's harmful to the little playa critters.

So here it is, the pee bottle! True luxury! Everyone has their own portable restroom! The convenience and comfort of a hundred years ago, when a "commode" was a piece of furniture you could put in any room.
In the morning you can see throngs of people strolling to the portapotties to dump theirs pee bottles into the thrones.

If only it could all be saved and used for the nitrate-rich fertilizer it is. I hear Yemen has latrines that catch the urine and dry it out for nitrates.
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5 comments
Mar 23, 2009. 3:16 PMreedzilla says:
it's....it's glorious...
Aug 1, 2011. 9:34 PMtheawesomeninja says:
Liquid gold, my friend
Jun 28, 2010. 2:33 PMrichardofearth says:
I like to use fabric softener bottles. You can pull out the spout and you have a nice wide opening. It's also hard to confuse it with a water bottle.
Jul 28, 2009. 10:42 AMearth_rabbit says:
It just sucks when other people pee in YOUR bottle. You wake up after a urineless night and there are two full bottles sitting right out side your tent, like children waking up their parents on Christmas morning.
Nov 7, 2008. 9:24 PMpeach_fart says:
ahh, the all powerful pee bottle...

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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