Phil L wrote:
ARW wrote:
I have just gone to remove a broken bathplug from on old dear's bath
down the street.

The bath was full of cold water as she had the bath this morning
when the plug broke. As soon as I put my hand into the water I
needed the toilet - and this was not a "just needed pee" this was a
"less than 5 seconds to pee" mode.

Any ideas why this would happen?

No pun intended - I really am not taking the ****, this really
happened. I am used to the cold as I spent Tuesday and Wednesday
working outside for most of the day.

This has been known about for centuries.
An old army joke was to carefully place a sleeping comrade's hand
into a bucket of warm water and when the water went cold, the soldier
would wet the bed

I was awake:-)

--
Adam