Where do you think the fish go? (ask W.C. Fields why he doesn't drink
water)

 You'll hear this forever:

 "There are two kinds of divers. Those that pee in their wetsuits, and
those that lie about it".

 Hell, it can be the highpoint of my dive.

 Your old DM friend who says not to drink before diving, besides being a
dipshit, is a danger to himself, and others, and, he's very probably one of
the two above divers.

 Sorry that he's your pal, but, if you've related his advice accurately,
you need to check on -anything- he says.

 Snot and urine are two relatively common by-products of diving, you'll get
used to it. :-)

 You'll get used to, er, "flushing" your suit at the end of a dive (and see
everyone else do it), and you'll notice most divers don't tuck wetsuit legs
into booties. :-)

 It also gives you a reason to -buy- your own wetsuit...

 There are several specific products for washing out scuba gear, ("Sink the
stink" comes to mind), but I use Lemon Lysol, works like a charm.

 You'll find booties are the worst, leave 'em to soak in a tub.

  Pee away!

I suppose there's somebody in this world that can, and does resist the urge
to pee in his or her wetsuit.  That somebody is not me.

Lee

Tina

Here's a Dan ref about diuresis.
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/faq/faq.asp?faqid=165
Stick the suit in the camera rinse tank on the boat. That 'ill take
care of it. No, no. Just kidding. Douche the suit out a your earliest
convenience. Fresh water of course. Pee is sterile Tina. You could
have worse stuff  on your wet suit. Now if it's a rental, forget it.
Let someone like me wash it. I love washing pee out of wet suits. A
tank of fresh water with a little Joy. Washy, Washy, turn it inside
out and hang it up. All done, pee gone.

" What size suit did you need?"

SD

Get a wetsuit that zips in the front.  You can more easily flush
it out while diving.

I have found "Simple Green" great for washing a smelly wet suit, I mix a
small amount with water and soak my suit in a large storage container. Drink
plenty of water and avoid coffee. If you drink plenty of water your urine
will be almost clear and have very little odor. If you drink three cups of
coffee and a glass of orange juice like I do your suit will smell so bad
even you won't want to handle it.

Al
Bottoms Up Divers

it's a good way of warming your wet suit up.

Open the top of your wet suit pull the top out and let a whole heap of water
in just before you exit the water and it will flush the evidence away.

Urine is sterile and is abour 95% water, 2.5% urea, and the rest is a
mixture of minerals, salt, hormones and enzymes.  You can actually find urea
in many skin care products.

Why should guys be different?

Matthias

PS: because we don't know how to operate a washing machine?

A little off topic. I once took a group of ladies (12) out to scratch
the Manatees. I found a couple and got them all in the water. They had
a blast. Manatees seem to love women. I don't know why.

After a couple of hours, I got them back on the boat and as the water
was draining from their suits, the whole boat began to wreak of piss.
Not unusual for any trip. I started the motor and pulled the anchor.
As I walked back to the helm I said laughingly, "Wow, I do believe
someone has had an accident on my boat. That's what the tip jar's for
ladies, you know the guy that's got clean the boat". Five seconds of
quiet followed.  As we neared the dock, they were all passing money
around and it wound up in the leaders hands.  Fifteen minutes later we
tied up and I helped each passenger get off, the leader handed me a
wad of dough and said, "This is from all of us. Thanks for the great
trip you crazy man you".

SD