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How did Rand Paul go 13 hours without a bathroom break?

"As he moved about the Senate floor, aides brought him glasses of water, which he barely touched. Senate rules say a senator has to remain on the floor to continue to hold it, even though he can yield to another senator for a question."

Continue to hold it is a good phrase, under the circumstances, but I assume he relied on Depends or something fancier (using his doctor skills).

४७ टिप्पण्या:

gadfly म्हणाले...

Depends would work for a while but like any diaper, there is a capacity that can be exceeded. He most likely is catheterized with a collection bag strapped to his leg.

Humperdink म्हणाले...

We'll probably never know how he was able to hold it ..... unless someone leaks it.

jr565 म्हणाले...

CNN didn't show the floor where he was standing, which had a big puddle spreading below him.

edutcher म्हणाले...

Be surprised how long you can go if you have to.

The Blonde has told me she's had 12 hour shifts where she's never seen the bathroom.

It also helps if you do all that ahead of time.

PS I think a couple of people briefly took the floor for him.

M. Naftel म्हणाले...

There is this, http://www.bladderbuddy.com/index.html

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"PS I think a couple of people briefly took the floor for him."

No, that's the point of this post. It was not permitted under the rules for him to do anything but yield to questions. He couldn't leave the room.

lemondog म्हणाले...

Salt.

Did he look puffy?

edutcher म्हणाले...

Ann Althouse said...

PS I think a couple of people briefly took the floor for him.

No, that's the point of this post. It was not permitted under the rules for him to do anything but yield to questions. He couldn't leave the room.


OK, I'd read a couple of comments Cruz, Rubio, and Wyden had taken the floor for him.

My misunderstanding, but, otherwise, I know I've been so busy at work, I've gone most of the day without getting up, so I can believe he really got into it, particularly if he used a diuretic before hand.

Emil Blatz म्हणाले...

Motorman's friend, Stadium Pal, etc. Aren't they available via Amazon?

rehajm म्हणाले...

Paul has The Right Stuff.

F म्हणाले...

I fly for 6-7 hours at a time in a sailplane, which does not have any facilities to repair to or even any space to move more than a couple of inches in any direction. We routinely use an external catheter and bag so we can continue to hydrate during the flight, which at high altitudes (up to 18,000') in a dry climate requires a significant water intake. They work well and leak only rarely. I know, too much information, but it helps put this question in perspective.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Also known as a condom catheter.

Emil Blatz म्हणाले...

I spoke too soon.

Sydney म्हणाले...

I can go longer than 12 hours without a break and I am a menopausal multiparous woman. If he limited his oral intake of food and liquid, he could do it.

Gabriel Hanna म्हणाले...

It's not that hard to go 13 hours if you don't drink anything, not for men anyway.

MisterBuddwing म्हणाले...

One wonders how the late Sen. Strom Thurmond was able to filibuster for 24 hours straight.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Methylene blue. All doctors know that trick from frat parties.

SomeoneHasToSayIt म्हणाले...

His other stamina problem was lack of comfortable shoes. He mentioned that this morning.

LoafingOaf म्हणाले...

One wonders how the late Sen. Strom Thurmond was able to filibuster for 24 hours straight.

One of the papers was saying Strom had a steam bath beforehand.

Gabriel Hanna म्हणाले...

Strom Thurmond kept one toe on the floor and used a chamber pot.

RiverRat म्हणाले...

A strong diuretic two hours in advance, Imodium, and normal prostrate and large bladder.

edutcher म्हणाले...

"normal prostate"

Big difference.

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

He should've tried the new Depends PM's.
"When absolutely, positively has to be there overnight."
Ideally, he would have purchased them via the Althouse Portal

chickelit म्हणाले...

Just lay off the diuretics (caffeine) and it's easy to go 12 hours. Kinda defeats the effort to stay awake, but hey, life's unfair.

Sunslut7 म्हणाले...

Ann,
I would have thought that you would have devoted more energy to querying your readership about Rand Paul's suggestion that the SCOTUS re-visit the Lochner case.

I think that is the real news item of yesterday.

Maybe we can now rethink Griswold and the Slaughter House cases as well?

Bruce Hayden म्हणाले...

Well, was listening to him on Glen Beck this morning, and he apparently was not using a (internal) catheter. When questioned about it, he said that (as a doctor) he had inserted them and as a result had no interest in such.

While he can't really yield the floor, he can give it to other Senators to ask questions, and apparently one of his helpers asked quite a long one. That is my guess at how he got by.

Bryan C म्हणाले...

Between Rubio and Paul, it seems the press has developed a strong new-found interest in Republicans' precious bodily fluids.

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

If you don't drink, you can go 13 hours easily. (Well, somewhat easily.)

Michelle Dulak Thomson म्हणाले...

Gabriel Hanna,

I thought re: Thurmond that it was an aide just outside the door with a bucket. "Chamber pot" certainly sounds more genteel, but I don't think you could actually buy one of those in the US in the 60s.

Astro म्हणाले...

I happened to just catch Rand Paul on the radio and he implied he didn't use anything for bladder relief. He said he thought about it and decided he wouldn't.

Methadras म्हणाले...

Mental training and willpower.

roesch/voltaire म्हणाले...

He took a tip from Paul Ryan, no water, and from Jane Fonda, tuck the butt.

Alex म्हणाले...

Huh huh huh someone said pee, huh huh huh.

Hey Beavis...

Saint Croix म्हणाले...

If you're serious, you bring out the milk jug. That's what cops do. You hear me, Rand Paul? You bring out the milk jug!

JAL म्हणाले...

Meanwhile McCain and Graham are pissing all over Rand.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Meanwhile McCain and Graham are pissing all over Rand.

3/7/13, 2:35 PM

Funny.

Known Unknown म्हणाले...

McCain is a total dick. I'm glad he lost in 2008.

Known Unknown म्हणाले...


I thought re: Thurmond that it was an aide just outside the door with a bucket. "Chamber pot" certainly sounds more genteel, but I don't think you could actually buy one of those in the US in the 60s.


Spitoon?

Jane म्हणाले...

I once had oral surgery and the surgeon was 7 months pregnant - she said she'd just finished a 9-hour surgery with no bathroom break, since she couldn't risk having to suit up all over again.

I was amazed. (And not sure it is wise to not drink fluids while pregnant).

I have gone that long when under some hot sun outside at a fair. It really does involve absolutely not keeping hydrated.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Perhaps he has a stadium pal?

dbp म्हणाले...

"Meanwhile McCain and Graham are pissing all over Rand."

They can't help it, they are old: Their prostates are each the size of a grapefruit and this renders their bladders akin to that of eight year old girls'. Also, they are equally serious.

luagha म्हणाले...

Strom Thurmond famously dehydrated himself by not drinking anything for 36 hours prior to his 24 hour filibuster.

On the stand he drank at will and didn't have a problem.

SweatBee म्हणाले...

Time reported that Strom Thurmond got to use the bathroom once during some sort of break for a paperwork update.

Paul Ciotti म्हणाले...

I once saw a device used in the olden days by San Francisco cable Car conductors. It resembled a heavy duty 30 inch condom that one wore inside the leg of one's trousers from groin to ankle. If Rand had been wearing one of those he could have talked for a week.

Paul Ciotti म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Paul Ciotti म्हणाले...

F: I fly for 6-7 hours at a time in a sailplane. . . "

You must have some great thermals or a mountain wave. Where do you fly?

Unknown म्हणाले...

Rand Paul is a great American.