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monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2240
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 6:06 pm: | 
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Yeah, I grew up with those too, except I was in Germany. |
ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 1216
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 8:24 pm: |
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I enjoy being a girl. |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1125
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 8:27 pm: |
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but at least men don't have to hover above a wet seat...I always try to think of it as a ski-muscle exercise.
Incidentally, I think you are supposed to wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing the alphabet in order to do a good enough job! |
Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug
Post Number: 60
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 9:40 pm: |
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I thought it was 1 verse of Happy Birthday? |
Rastro
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Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2418
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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I still believe to this day, that women go to the bathroon in pairs so that they can hold each other up while peeing. And that some bathrooms have face to face toilets so that both women can go at the same time while holding each other up.
Don't tell me it's not like that. I don't really want to know I'm wrong. |
notehead
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Username: Notehead
Post Number: 3086
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:37 am: |
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Um... let's also face the reality that there are some real germophobes out there. Plenty of people have developed a fear (or revulsion) of germs that is waaaaay out of proportion with their actual risk of contracting a serious illness.
How many of you refuse to touch the door handle of a public restroom on your way out?
How many of you refuse to take unwrapped mints from a bowl on your way out of a restaurant because you heard somewhere that there must be poop (or whatever) on them?
How many of you realize that if you have sensitive enough testing equipment, you can find fecal matter just about anywhere? (And skin cells, cocaine, snot, etc.) Germs are everywhere, folks. Our bodies are battling them 24/7. Shall we also discuss the many other critters -- some of which are MUCH larger than mere germs -- which are crawling all over and even within us at all times?
I wash my hands before I leave the bathroom. Everyone should, although obviously some people, inexplicably, don't. Also, I'll touch any public surface without a second thought. And I would eat all the mints from the bowl in the diner if my wife would let me. The upshot of this risky behavior? Well, I rarely get sick. When I do get sick, I am almost always fine within 2 or 3 days.
There are more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
There are more than 500 different kinds of bacteria living in your mouth - RIGHT NOW!
Generally, if you never come in contact with a pathogen (germ), your resistance to it will weaken.
And before you all go off to lunch, consider that you almost definitely have scads of follicle mites living in your eyelashes...
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Rastro
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Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2427
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:42 am: |
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Mmmm.. follicle mites... <drool> |
Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug
Post Number: 64
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:54 am: |
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That's why I am not into kissing people when I greet them. Well, unless you know. All the germs that are in a human mouth. UGH!!! |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12671
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:55 am: |
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True, notehead, though I didn't know there are more bacteria cells than human cells in the body. How can that be?
Anyway, I have eard that we are becoming more vulnerable because of our increased use of anti-bacterial soap.
Another thing that puzzles me is these spoons or tongs for things like cookies and muffins. It's more sanitary if I pick up the muffin with my hands, because I won't touch anything else. If I use the tongs, we'll both be touching the same thing. Not that it makes much difference either way, but if we want to measure which is more sanitary, it's touching the food with your fingers!
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Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12672
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:57 am: |
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Purplebug, I'm under the impression that more germs get passed by hand than by mouth. Trying to avoid all this germ exchange is like trying to avoid UV by not going outside.
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Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug
Post Number: 65
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 12:04 pm: |
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Oh believe me,I don't like shaking hands either. I am not known as the friendliest person.  But I haven't yet resorted to the face mask and latex body glove. |
notehead
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Username: Notehead
Post Number: 3087
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 1:01 pm: |
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Noglider, I 100% agree about the tongs!
I believe that the thing about the number of bacteria in the human body is that most of them are much smaller than human cells.
Hey, here's a fun web page about this sort of thing... woo hoo! |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1835
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 1:13 pm: |
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FWIW - for me, this stuff isn't about germophobia ...it's about the general ickiness of people's personal habits. I am not afraid of getting sick, per se....I am just grossed out by the thought of someone not washing their hands after taking a whizz ....and then sticking their hands in the mint jar!!
eeeeewwwwwWWWWWWWWWWWWW
GROSSSSSSSS
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Rastro
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Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2436
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:00 pm: |
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Pippi, I can't speak for others, but when I pee, I rarely get any on me. All I've done is touch some skin on my body that is not normally visible in a work environment. While I do wash my hands (ok, sometimes I just rinse them), why is it worse to touch my •••• than to put my hand through my hair, or even touch my other hand? |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2257
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:07 pm: |
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oh shut up already people, lets just get down and dirty, kiss me and give me those germs, build up my immune system, drop your food on the floor, pick it up and put it back on your plate, drink from the same cups, share a bite of this & that, be anti anti-bacterial soap, enjoy the flavor of life....
aaaahhhhhh, aaaahhhhhh, aaaahhhhhh
ooops, I just had another one of those moments.... |
Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug
Post Number: 67
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:17 pm: |
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Because you kinky pharma guys like to do strange things with your appendages.  |
Rastro
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Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2439
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:26 pm: |
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Besides, if it's gross to shake hands with someone who has just touched their ••••, imagine those women (and men) who... nevermind. |
Korben Dallas
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Username: Howardt
Post Number: 1529
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:26 pm: |
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According to the United States Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Handwashing is the single most important means of preventing the spread of infection."
Yet, recent studies and reports indicate that lack of or improper handwashing still contributes significantly to disease transmission. While we are all potentially at risk of contracting hand-transmitted illnesses, one-third of our population is especially vulnerable, including pregnant women, children, old people, and those with weakened immune systems.
According to studies done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Only about two thirds of American adults wash after using the toilet - women significantly more often than men. Fecal matter carries a variety of serious infectious diseases.
One of four adults does not wash after changing a babies diaper - creating a high risk of giving the care giver and other children infectious diarrhea and other diseases.
Fewer than half of us wash after handling our pets or cleaning up after them.
Just one in three wash after sneezing or coughing.
Not even one in five wash after handling money, a major carrier of disease germs.
In one study, children who washed their hands four times a day missed 51 percent fewer school days due to upset stomach and 24 percent fewer days due to respiratory illness than those who washed less.
One in three E.coli outbreaks is caused by poor personal hygiene (hand washing) by food handlers.
How much do you know about hand washing?
Answer each question True or False
T F Always wash with HOT water.
T F Using soap is not usually necessary.
T F Public toilets have many germs, but your bathroom at home is relatively germ free.
T F Disease germs can live in meat, but seldom in fruits or vegetables.
T F Washing hands frequently can weaken your immune system.
T F The importance of hand washing has only been proven in the past 20 years.
T F It is more important for adults than it is for children to wash regularly.
All the answers to the Hand Washing Quiz are FALSE.
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Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1839
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:48 pm: |
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Rastro - I didn't say it IS worse ...it's the perception that it's worse because of the implication of what people do in the bathroom.
it just gives me the heebie jeebies, is all
I am fairly easily grossed out by certain bodily functions
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mem
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Username: Mem
Post Number: 5832
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 3:09 pm: |
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Follicle Mite and Feces Fun Cookies
These cookies are nice change of pace from the regular chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookie. They have extra sweetness from the ripe feces and a nice flaky texture from the follicle mites.
Original recipe yield: 2 dozen.
Prep Time: 8 Minutes
Cook Time: 11 Minutes Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings:24 (change)
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 ripe feces, mashed
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup follicle mites
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Beat in the mashed feces and egg, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients until well blended. Fold in the follicle mites. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Bon apetite!
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Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug
Post Number: 69
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 3:09 pm: |
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HA. I remember when I was a third wheel hanging at a party. My friend and her boyfriend went somewhere to have 'fun'. When she came back she put her hand on my bare shoulder and wanted to give me details. I promptly removed her hand and asked if she had washed her hands. EWWWWW |
Rastro
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Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2448
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 3:16 pm: |
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See, now THAT's gross. (purple's comment - Mem's recipe sounds yummy) |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1840
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 3:24 pm: |
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mem's recipe BETTER sound yummy...
we probably eat it more often than we think!
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monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2262
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 3:35 pm: |
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MEAD & MITES!! |
notehead
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Username: Notehead
Post Number: 3090
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 3:50 pm: |
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MITE MEAD!! |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 65
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 7:10 pm: |
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Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird (.942)
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2006
LEAD STORY
Obsessed executives have always taken business home at night, but increasingly they take it into the bathroom, with laptop computers, high-speed connections, flat-panel televisions and speaker phones, according to a February Wall Street Journal report. (Said one, "I'm beside myself when I can't get my e-mails.") However, there are problems, e.g., "sound-chamber" sound (the hollow voice created by typical bathroom acoustics usually gives away one's location) and the "BlackBerry dunk" (with one Houston repair shop saying it gets a half-dozen jobs a day of portable devices accidentally dropped into the sink or tub, "or worse"). [Wall Street Journal, 2-3-06] |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 66
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 7:27 pm: |
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 \-1 |
Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug
Post Number: 72
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 9:10 am: |
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That is so disgusting. Why oh why do people want to talk in the bathroom?!?! Plink, plunk, FRRRTTTTT....these are not noises I want to hear over the phone. And is not just at work. I know some people who do it at home too. IF I find out you are on the t when on the phone I simply say 'talk to you later' and hang up. I wish some sales person would call me on the phone, I would report it to his boss, post it on the internet, EVERYBODY would know. |
Brett
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Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2195
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 9:16 am: |
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"the hollow voice created by typical bathroom acoustics usually gives away one's location"
Are you in the Bathroom?
No, the Garage, why? |
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