Pelvic floor therapist Dr Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, who has a doctorate in physical therapy, says peeing in the shower is a bad idea, even though a recent survey revealed that 76 per cent of people like to do it. "Your bladder relies on signals itgets both from the stretch of the bladder walls as it fills, as well as signals from the brain which let it know when to contract to urinate," she told Buzzfeed. "We want to avoid training our bladder to associate certain signals with the urge to pee. In this case, peeing in the shower associates the sound of running water with urination or with submersion in water. This can often transition into being triggered by other sounds of running water (like when you're running the faucet to wash your hands or the dishes) or when you're in bodies of water." (Via Newsweek)
Letter for those living in 2088
For a Volkswagen ad campaign in 1988, writer Kurt Vonnegut wrote a letter of advice to people living in 2088. His main message is an environmental one: that if we don't get our act together, Nature will have its way with us. The sort of leaders we need now are not those who promise ultimate victory over Nature through perseverance in living as we do right now, but those with the courage and intelligence to present to the world what appears to be Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms: 1. Reduce and stabilise your population. 2. Stop poisoning the air, the water and the topsoil. 3. Stop preparing for war and start dealing with your real problems. 4. Teach your kids - and yourselves, too, while you're at it - how to inhabit a small planet without helping to kill it. 5. Stop thinking science can fix anything if you give it a trillion dollars. 6. Stop thinking your grandchildren will be OK no matter how wasteful or destructive you may be, since they can go to a nice new planet on a spaceship. That is really mean, and stupid. 7. And so on. Or else.
More from a wonderful thread of gentle mocking of the fashion-forward among us. 1. Was wearing a vintage Nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes: "This is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80s." 2. My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought she was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her. 3. When working in A&E as an 18-year-old student nurse, I broke my specs and had to wear my prescription sunglasses for a shift while they were mended. Was referred to as Roy Orbison for the rest of my rotation. 4. Was over from Australia and had some peroxide blonde streaks in my hair that were growing out. Was in a fish n chip place in Wexford when a man shouted: "Order of chips for Billy Idol." 5. "I'm in the US but at university there was an Irish student in acting classes with me. I bought a purple suit for the opening of a play I directed. He took one look at me and said: "Who bleached Prince?"
Lockdown horoscopes
Or proof horoscopes can be applied to any situation ... Sue writes: Based on the day one of level 4 horoscope, Aries people will cope the best: "Inside your own realm, you have a strong sense of purpose." Taurus too: "In dealing with strangers, you are unfailingly alert to the full range of things that can happen." Hopefully, only essential workers are Leos! "You are energised by projecting yourself, connecting and interacting in the exterior world."
