I know this is just a common urban myth and April fools joke
but I always wondered - why isn't it true? This seems very sensible to me.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 15:52, 1 reply)

I think it's because
lots of other bodily secretions (sweat, tears, sebaceous stuff, etc) contain the same substances you'd use as a marker for wee.

In other words, if there was such a chemical, it wouldn't just be urine that set it off, the whole pool would gradually turn pink.
( sanityclause is waiting until, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 15:54, closed)

And therefore render it gay, putting off hundreds of potential kids
Who would stay at home playing computer games instead, becoming increasingly frustrated and violent through the prolonged exposure to war games, to eventually burst forth onto the streets as pre-primed psychotic killing machines hell-bent on the destruction of mankind, so NO. It's NOT a good idea.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 20 Jan 2012, 15:56, closed)

Maybe not in the short term, but I'm sure in the longer term it could be used as an excuse to justify massive pay cuts, rationing and curfew laws, plus further increases to the cost of living.
Anything that keeps the üntermenschen in their place can only be a good thing.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 21 Jan 2012, 0:11, closed)