S05E17 · SCENE 8/23 · 07:42
The Wife · Jerry's apartment
George defends shower logic

George argues holding it in is bad for kidneys and questions the difference between drain and toilet pipes.

07:42→08:08
in the episode · 0m 26s · S05E17

What happens

07:42–08:08

George justifies his action: getting out, robing, walking to toilet and back is absurd. He cites medical journals about holding it in. Jerry counters about standing in someone else's urine. The phone rings.

WhereJerry's apartment
DriverGeorge
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadShower urination secret

Key lines

from this scene
07:45

Get out of the shower, put on my robe go to the other end, come all the way back?

07:56

-How do you know? -Medical journals.

08:00

Do medical journals mention anything about standing in a pool of someone else's urine?

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Scene in the episode

07:42–08:08
A · Fake marriage discount
B · Shower urination secret
C · Elaine mixed signals
D · Kramer tanning disaster

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