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Re: Urban Legend or Not: Did Gandhi Drink his own urine every day?

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Lew Bryson

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May 4, 2005, 11:35:36 PM5/4/05
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"Brian D. Stevens" <bste...@iquest.net> wrote in message
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> I've heard people say this for years but have always had a hard time
> believing it. Is there any basis in this claim? Why would he have done
> this? Is there some health benefit to urine consumption or what?

It was better than drinking Kingfisher?

(Hey, cross-post to alt.beer, you get what you paid for.)


Oxymel of Squill

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May 5, 2005, 4:29:45 AM5/5/05
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it's a known practice, said to be highly beneficial, and one of India's PMs
certainly did it but I can't remember whom. Never heard it said of Gandhi
before though

pavane

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May 5, 2005, 3:22:28 PM5/5/05
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"Oxymel of Squill" <j...@quisquis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> it's a known practice, said to be highly beneficial, and one of
India's PMs
> certainly did it but I can't remember whom. Never heard it said of
Gandhi
> before though
>

You are thinking of Prime Minister Morarji Desai,
http://www.dalitstan.org/journal/brahman/bra001/brah0112.html

pavane


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o8TY

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"pavane" <pavanecas...@somewhere.rr.com> wrote in message
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Maybe they also ate the Soma (Amanita muscaria) mushroom, as part of a
shamanic ritual.


Bill Davidsen

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May 12, 2005, 6:19:20 AM5/12/05
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Brian D. Stevens wrote:
> I've heard people say this for years but have always had a hard time
> believing it. Is there any basis in this claim? Why would he have done
> this? Is there some health benefit to urine consumption or what?

Does this look like rec.food.urine? The purpose is cerimonial unless you
have no other source of liquid, then it has the health benefit that your
kidneys don't shut down and kill you.

Try alt.sex.fetish.

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Waldo Centini

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May 12, 2005, 6:33:32 AM5/12/05
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Bill Davidsen surprised us with

> Does this look like rec.food.urine?

Nope. It looks like rec.food.historic, and the message is AFAIC ontopic.

> The purpose is cerimonial unless you have no other source of liquid,
> then it has the health benefit that your kidneys don't shut down and
> kill you.

The purpose might have been cerEmponial if you knew how to spell it. The
rest is hogwash.

> Try alt.sex.fetish.

Prude.

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Alf Christophersen

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Jun 3, 2005, 6:33:27 PM6/3/05
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On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:11:53 +1000, "o8TY" <o8...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Maybe they also ate the Soma (Amanita muscaria) mushroom, as part of a
>shamanic ritual.

It is said vikings did so. And in scandinavic language, rus means just
the euphoric situation after doing so (or intoxication in general).
That's a theory why russian group of people got their name. Viking
kings eating Soma mushroom, peeing it afterwards, then let next person
drink that urine.
etc.

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