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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeeing During Filibusters, Explained
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/peeing-during-filibusters-explained-wendy-davis
Update (6/27/2013): This morning, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that, according to Joel Burns, who holds Sen. Davis' former Fort Worth City Council seat, Davis was equipped with a catheter during her filibuster. When contacted to confirm, Davis' office responded that the senator "made all necessary preparations."
1. Steam baths and a surreptitious urine bucket:
Thurmond, who completed the longest federal filibuster in US history (24 hours, 18 minutes) in 1957, took the minimalist route with a bucket. His aides set it up in the cloakroom so that Thurmond could pee while keeping one foot on the Senate floor.
2. When without a bathroom, bring the bathroom to you!
In 2001, then St. Louis Alderwoman Irene Smith staged a filibuster during a City Hall debate to protest a ward redistricting plan that she believed would have hurt the city's black communities. Nature called, but rather than yielding the floor and ending her filibuster, Smith's aides came down and surrounded her with a sheet, quilt, and tablecloth while she relieved herself in a trash can. Here's video of the incident:
3. Astronaut bags and a light diet
4. Catheters
5. Adult diapers
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Peeing During Filibusters, Explained (Original Post)
underpants
Jun 2013
OP
Nope. The answer is.....adult diaper. Ba-da-bing. With a loose dress on top.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
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tularetom
(23,664 posts)1. Waaay too much information
Thank god they didn't bother to tell us what happens when a filibusterer experiences some fecal urgency.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)2. a subject line truly fitting for the poster's name.
StrayKat
(570 posts)3. No antidiuretics? nt
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)4. Could give a whole new meaning to chamberpots
freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)5. Wow, and she must've been really thirsty, too, looks hot in there
I give her major points for her dedication-and bravery! While being filmed, no less.
I liked watching that Board President's discomfort, though, I have to admit
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)7. Gotta love it. He had no idea how to react, LOL.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)6. Nope. The answer is.....adult diaper. Ba-da-bing. With a loose dress on top.
There IS an advantage to being female sometimes!
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)8. Is this really true? Not the Onion?
--what is the point? People have to pee in a trashcan?
This is idiotic.