# LEG HOSE... what is it, really? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uniforms\ **Created:** [February 26, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888 "2011-02-26T01:16:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ecto\_Vader](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Ecto\_Vader](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ecto_Vader)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/1 "2011-02-26T01:16:43Z")
There was something that popped to my head, and it’s… **WHAT IT IS, AND** (or) **WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PURPOSE of the [LEG HOSE](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/uniform/yellow-hose)** (in GB science terminology, that is). Reason I’m asking, is to see WHAT can I add to it, depending on the actual meaning and according to the movies, so I could add a greeblie at the end of the hose in the back, and have just the “meaning”, other than “transfering urine from your suit” as I’ve heard one time… which BTW I don’t believe it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/2 "2011-02-26T01:20:17Z")
There is no purpose, it’s just make the uniform look more “Sci-Fi”-ish and “Busy”. ---
**Author:** ![DentArthurDent](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@DentArthurDent](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/DentArthurDent)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/3 "2011-02-26T01:58:48Z")
I … I really don’t like to talk about it… its just… dirty ---
**Author:** ![demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/demon-vice-commander/32/186000_2.png) [@demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/demon-vice-commander)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/4 "2011-02-26T02:01:11Z")
Another theory is that it serves as a ground against the static electricity produced by the [Proton Pack](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack). ---
**Author:** ![Garvin\_Ghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/garvin_ghostbuster/32/6039_2.png) [@Garvin\_Ghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Garvin_Ghostbuster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/5 "2011-02-26T02:04:10Z")
> [@Ecto Vader](#): > > “transfering urine from your suit” as I’ve heard one time… which BTW I don’t believe it at all. Its a catheter,that’s what I was told that Dan himself said. ---
**Author:** ![GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GhostGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/6 "2011-02-26T02:09:37Z")
As far as I know there’s no canon explanation for what the [leg hose](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/uniform/yellow-hose) does. I’ve told people it’s for taking a whizz which always gets a laugh. As for what its purpouse could be… Think back to [the real ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/the-real-ghostbusters-activison) episode where the original suits, soaked in ectoplasm, are left in the basement until they become saturated with psychokinetic energy leaking from the [containment unit](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/containment-unit) and take on a life of their own. One might imagine that the hose, combined with the belt circuit is designed for removing this psychokinetic energy from the suit before it builds up to dangerous levels, and the belt circuit provdes a readout of said levels and total exposure. It also snakes around back where the second half of the [belt gizmo](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/uniform/calculator-circuit-board) goes, and folks have postulated that the belt gizmo is some kind of radiation detector. I’ve also considered the possibility that it’s for drainage when you get covered in ectoplasm, but that doesn’t seem too likely. I’m not a big fan of the radiation detector theory either though. I think my favorite theory is that it, combined with the belt gizmo ---
**Author:** ![ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ProtonCharger)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/7 "2011-02-26T02:15:40Z")
> [@Garvin Ghostbuster](#): > > > [@Ecto Vader](#): > > > > “transfering urine from your suit” as I’ve heard one time… which BTW I don’t believe it at all. > > Its a catheter,that’s what I was told that Dan himself said. imagine, you are wearing a flightsuit. in a jet, high above and far from a bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![TheRealPonyboy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@TheRealPonyboy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/TheRealPonyboy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/8 "2011-02-26T04:23:13Z")
I always thought it was for pee pee. ---
**Author:** ![Cyland\_Props](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Cyland\_Props](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Cyland_Props)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/9 "2011-02-26T06:21:09Z")
> [@Garvin Ghostbuster](#): > > > [@Ecto Vader](#): > > > > “transfering urine from your suit” as I’ve heard one time… which BTW I don’t believe it at all. > > Its a catheter,that’s what I was told that Dan himself said. Mighty big catheter. ---
**Author:** ![Boomerjinks](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/boomerjinks/32/128_2.png) [@Boomerjinks](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Boomerjinks)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/10 "2011-02-26T09:23:37Z")
Pee hose. There is no question. ---
**Author:** ![kevinj319](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kevinj319/32/187120_2.png) [@kevinj319](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kevinj319)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/11 "2011-02-26T18:18:21Z")
Water cooling system for the pack and the wearer. ---
**Author:** ![featofstrength](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/featofstrength/32/6004_2.png) [@featofstrength](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/featofstrength)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/12 "2011-02-26T20:57:27Z")
> [@Boomerjinks](#): > > Pee hose. There is no question. PISS! ![image](http://alaskabibleteacher.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tourettes-guy-yelling2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TheRealPonyboy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@TheRealPonyboy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/TheRealPonyboy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/13 "2011-02-26T21:26:10Z")
Unless Aykroyd was being cheeky, I don’t see how it could be a “cooling system” for the pack as there’s nowhere to attach it _to_ the pack. ---
**Author:** ![Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Zack)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/14 "2011-02-26T21:48:26Z")
what’s weird is trying to come up with a reason they are on the tan suits but not the charcoal ones..if you’re trying to find a “reason” or what they are within the movie that is… ---
**Author:** ![kevinj319](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kevinj319/32/187120_2.png) [@kevinj319](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kevinj319)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/15 "2011-02-26T22:20:34Z")
> [@TheRealPonyboy](#): > > Unless Aykroyd was being cheeky, I don’t see how it could be a “cooling system” for the pack as there’s nowhere to attach it _to_ the pack. That’s just an idea I came up with, not anything I heard mentioned by the creators. And technically no it was never connected to the pack. A dead-end hose taped to the back of your belt isn’t functional for anything… that’s where the imagination comes in. To imagine an actual purpose for it means assuming there is more to it than what’s actually shown in the movie. I also like the idea of it being some kind of grounding system so that the pack-wearer isn’t constantly shocked by painful static discharge. ---
**Author:** ![TheRealPonyboy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@TheRealPonyboy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/TheRealPonyboy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/16 "2011-02-26T22:42:33Z")
Isn’t that what the boots are for? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GhostGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/17 "2011-02-26T23:11:05Z")
> [@Zack](#): > > what’s weird is trying to come up with a reason they are on the tan suits but not the charcoal ones..if you’re trying to find a “reason” or what they are within the movie that is… The charcoal suits are an upgraded model which make use of a conductive fabric to help block psychokinetic energy. But the conductive fabric doesn’t breathe very well, so they only wear them in the winter months. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![featofstrength](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/featofstrength/32/6004_2.png) [@featofstrength](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/featofstrength)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/18 "2011-02-27T04:08:52Z")
> [@GhostGuy](#): > > > [@Zack](#): > > > > what’s weird is trying to come up with a reason they are on the tan suits but not the charcoal ones..if you’re trying to find a “reason” or what they are within the movie that is… > > The charcoal suits are an upgraded model which make use of a conductive fabric to help block psychokinetic energy. But the conductive fabric doesn’t breathe very well, so they only wear them in the winter months. 🙂 the piss tubes from the first movie were rendered useless as the second movie lacked any “piss-your-pants-scary” elements. This also applies to the second movie’s lack of “funny” and any worries of the GBs wetting them with laughter. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Zack)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/19 "2011-02-27T04:44:17Z")
but..but..but they wear khaki in the final battle with hoses 😃 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GhostGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888/20 "2011-02-27T04:55:09Z")
THE CHARCOAL SUITS WERE AT THE DRY CLEANERS. :boogieman: Now go to bed! [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/leg-hose-what-is-it-really/5888.md?page=2)