On Mar 13, 2:56 pm, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
> Dave W wrote:
> > In article .net>,
> > Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
> >> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> >> > Blinky the Shark wrote:
> >> >> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> >> >>>http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> >> >> I believe this is a genetically linked trait.
>
> >> >> BUT here's something to consider: is the difference in making stinky
> >> >> pee or not making stinky pee -- or is the difference in the ability
> >> >> to *perceive* the stinky pee that everyone makes after eating
> >> >> asparagus?
>
> >> > Well, I can certainly *perceive* it. LOL! However, as there is such a
> >> > thing as 'air freshener' available for use in the bathroom, I really
> >> > don't care. Asparagus is great stuff!
>
> >> My question stands, however, for anyone with the simple intellectual
> >> curiosity to whether or not the dichotomy is with the ability to produce
> >> the odor or with the ability to perceive it.
>
> >> And I like asparagus, too. 
> > *********
> >http://www.drugs.com/npp/asparagus.html
>
> > In one study, 43% of 800 volunteers had urine odor following asparagus
> > ingestion. Production of the odor appears to be an autosomal dominant
> > genetic trait that is evident throughout life. A study of 307 volunteers
> > found that 10% had the ability to smell high dilutions of urine from
> > asparagus-fed individuals, suggesting that the ability to smell
> > asparagus-tainted urine is also a specific trait. A study of 19
> > volunteers confirmed that only some people have the ability to produce or
> > detect the odor. This may suggest a genetic composition to these traits.
> > **********
>
> Excellent. Thanks, Dave.
>
> And more info at the link blake posted in reply, as well...
>
> > We actually did some "informal observations" at a small dinner party a few
> > years ago. The participants were on faculty at university that will remain
> > unnamed. Asparagus was served at dinner and one of the guests (a
> > psychology prof who's specialty, like mine, is "sensation and perception")
> > discussed the urine odor thing. He claimed a genetic component. The rest
> > of the evening nobody flushed after peeing without allowing the rest of us
> > to "sample" the pee (with our noses).
>
> > Science is fun.
>
> Uh...
>
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This entire issue is treated nicely in Gabriel García Márquez's "Love
in the time of cholera." I dont know if anyone had this other thing
happen. When my children were young, we all lived in Darmstadt,
Germany and I made some boiled beets. Well, each member of the family
came to me individually confessing "don't worry Mom, but Im probably
dying because my **** is red." I've had beets since but never with
such a spectacular development.