Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#0Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 9:11am
Went back to SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED with my buddy Marc last night and stopped off beforehand into my new favorite resturant, Mama's Food Shop.
Had a veggie plate which featured a HUGE helping of asparagus n' garlic (YUMMMMMM...two of my favorite things in the world) and my friend Marc asked me between bites "Do you know why asparagus makes your pee stink five minutes after you've eaten it?" I thought long and hard, but was unable to answer his question. So I thought it was the perfect question for the "Off-Topic" board here.
I'll bet Roger Bart's wife knows the answer.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 10:14am
Asparagus Pee is a subject that interests me! It's a chemical in the asparagus (A sulfur I believe) that does the trick-- but oddly, it's only in some people. Some folks do not suffer the "Asparagus pee" syndrome. But-- there is also a segment of society that CAN NOT SMELL the aroma of Asparagus pee. So you could read this right now and think "Ha ha, Asparagus doesn't make my pee stink!) but really, you are just unable to smell it.
It's a very distinctive aroma, isn't it? I
#2re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 10:46amtomorrow Master, we will have a class on why eating fresh beets makes you pee red........
bwayfan215
Stand-by Joined: 1/26/05
#3re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 10:56amAsparagus pee tastes a bit like asparagus too, just in case anyone was interested.
#4re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 10:56amS-methylmethionine and asparagusic acid, two modified amino acids that contain sulphur and are found in asapargus - I think.
#5re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:08amWell Bway, this thread has taken a far more interesting turn.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#6re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:10amCan we also have a class on how blue raspberry slushies turn your poo green?
#7re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:10amGood God, I hope Bway doesn't respond to that one!
#8re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:17amhaha, baddadnpa, that made me laugh outloud!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:19amIt's common courtesy before GSA parties that members not eat asparagus for the preceeding 24 hours.
bwayfan215
Stand-by Joined: 1/26/05
#10re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:23amHah! I assure you, no one wants me to respond to that one!
#11re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:24amhahaha I'm glad you didnt bway..
#12re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:24amHow appropriate you should be posting on this thread NUMBER1!
#13re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:25amIt is nice to know that the GSA has a code of ethics when it comes to this kind of stuff.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#15re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:27am
"Asparagus pee tastes a bit like asparagus too, just in case anyone was interested."
Ewww, NO!
#16re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:27amDo I really need to explain what Number 1 means?
#17re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 11:29amahhhhh... I'm a bit slow...I get it now. haha
dancersmom2
Stand-by Joined: 1/9/05
#18re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 12:46pm
Here is another fun (and potenially useful) asparagus fact. Drinking 2 liters of coke followed by pureed asparagus will dissolve kidney stones--if you can keep it all down. A colleague of mine swears it works wonders!
asparagus/coke flush
#19re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 12:55pm
yuck! I'll stick to cranberry juice for disolving kidney stones and my asparagus grilled and not pureed.
*still wondering what GSA is*
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#20re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 12:56pmI am guessing the Golden Shower Association or something of that nature.
#21re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 12:57pmI love this thread. I still remember my first asparagus-pee experience, it scared the hell out of me.
#22re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 1:00pmI must say, this is as off topic as one can get. Loving the chat though.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#23re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 1:00pmYes that's what it stands for, Bad. GOD, I miss Wally's Loft.
#24re: Why does Asparagus make your pee stink?
Posted: 6/16/05 at 1:10pm
Asparagus has the same effect on seminal fluid.
However, ingesting semen has anti-depressant effects.
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