Comments on: Wheel of Urine

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:39:00 +0000

”Test it? D’oh! I thought you said TASTE IT!”

By: Magnus Redin

Magnus Redin — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:59:00 +0000

We had a realy good vetrenary who did not send milk from mastitis cows to lab analysis, he tasted the warm rancid milk and could immediately prescribe the right antibiotic. Quicker and a lot cheaper!

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:43:00 +0000

For all its nontrivial downsides(in medicine, as well as in chemistry, and any other disciplines where it crops up), “let’s try tasting it” is probably the single biggest advance in analytical chemistry in human history….

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:18:00 +0000

I’ve always wondered who the first doctor was that said, “Let’s try tasting it!”

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:34:00 +0000

Pat, I’d like to buy a bowel.

By: Guido Núñez-Mujica

Guido Núñez-Mujica — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Well, it certainly was too daring for mass audiences, but I bet it can find a niche on some adult websites.

By: GregS

GregS — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Back in the 1970s NBC wanted to turn the Wheel of Urine into a daytime game show, but focus group tests showed that potential contestants objected to the urine tasting part. So they retooled the idea as the Wheel of Fortune and television history was made.

By: Scott Bartlett

Scott Bartlett — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:51:00 +0000

Man, they were super pragmatic in the 16th century!

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:06:00 +0000

Back in the day, the guy diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus used to mean that description quite literally…