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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jul 7, 2016 16:32:18 GMT -5
You submerge your hand and arm up to your elbow in the toilet water? Up to my wrist and there is a lot of cleaning solution and baking soda in that water by the time I submerge my hand. But yes , I do. I think brush will miss lots of tiny spaces and I can't handle that. But you wear a glove? Please, please, puh-leeze say that you wear a glove.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 7, 2016 16:33:22 GMT -5
There are some places that are so gross sanitizer is better. I use sanitizer after the "peace" at church. I hate shaking strange people's hands, a bunch of them I wish that fad would stop. hear! hear! I did the handshake of peace at a funeral yesterday. I never met the person I shook hands with before yesterday and will never see that person again. That was one thing I disliked when the Catholic church changed it customs and rituals a while back. At least there wasn't the kiss of peace.
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Post by alabamagal on Jul 7, 2016 16:48:44 GMT -5
To the poster who mentioned "boy dirt".....
In my old house we had a bathroom primarily used by my 2 boys. I would clean it but it always seemed to smell like pee. Finally I realized that there was a floor AC vent right next to the toilet. They were either missing badly or intentionally aiming there. I cleaned the vent several times as best I could.
And if I can get my internet at home working tonight I will be posting a sign that will send all the germophobes running and screaming!
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Post by alabamagal on Jul 7, 2016 20:45:59 GMT -5
OK to gross out all you germaphobes. This is a pic of a real sign that I saw at my work location in Germany, inside the stall in the Women's restroom I took the pic because DH and I are amused by the German need to combine everything into one big word. But when I looked closely, it is telling you how to properly use the toilet brush. It says not to use it in your mouth, your hair, or your butt. The brush is for the toilet!
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jul 8, 2016 11:57:08 GMT -5
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 8, 2016 12:40:06 GMT -5
a butt brush? Kinky!
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Post by suesinfl on Jul 8, 2016 19:52:04 GMT -5
Eh, I'm a special ed middle school teacher. You don't even want to know. All I can say is that germs are probably overrated, considering how healthy my students are despite what they lick/touch/eat/rub. I grew up with three sisters, so I never experienced boy dirt until I had a son.
He went through a stage in late elementary school where bathing and washing his hair were just for special occasions, and I caught him rubbing dirt into a cut because one of his friends told him that was the thing to do. After you let the dog lick it. The same beagle that eats dried cat poops out of the litter box.
Fortunately, this stage ended with DS started noticing girls, and figured out that most girls were not into grime. Of course, that only meant keeping himself personally clean and didn't extend into cleaning the science experiment that was his room.
However - he survived and has an iron constitution, very rarely getting sick, which I attribute to close interactions with the poop eating beagle and whatever grew in those old soda cans and pizza boxes under his bed.
Thank goodness that my son was/is not the only one. Once he started to want to take showers instead of baths, I would actually have to ask him if he used the wash cloth? (yes) Did you put soap on it? (yes) Did you actually WASH yourself? (um, no I just let the water run off me ) Thankfully, girls have made a big difference.
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Post by mamasita99 on Jul 8, 2016 20:44:06 GMT -5
OK to gross out all you germaphobes. This is a pic of a real sign that I saw at my work location in Germany, inside the stall in the Women's restroom I took the pic because DH and I are amused by the German need to combine everything into one big word. But when I looked closely, it is telling you how to properly use the toilet brush. It says not to use it in your mouth, your hair, or your butt. The brush is for the toilet! I just sent this pic to my kids, this cracked me up for some reason!
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Post by alabamagal on Jul 8, 2016 22:25:14 GMT -5
German toilets do not work very well!
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jul 8, 2016 23:44:18 GMT -5
OK to gross out all you germaphobes. This is a pic of a real sign that I saw at my work location in Germany, inside the stall in the Women's restroom I took the pic because DH and I are amused by the German need to combine everything into one big word. But when I looked closely, it is telling you how to properly use the toilet brush. It says not to use it in your mouth, your hair, or your butt. The brush is for the toilet! OMG LMAO!!! And for those of you that need to brush your butt or mouth with a toilet bowl brush - you have way more problems than how you do toilet bowl cleaning.
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Post by milee on Jul 9, 2016 8:28:02 GMT -5
Second funniest cultural clash... my sis meets her soon-to-be-DH's grandma (Nana) for the first time. Nana is awesome. She's stereotypical NY Jewish - 4' tall with huge hair and painted fingernails. They have a good first meeting, even though Nana is devastated that her little Bubula is marrying a Shiksa. At the end of the visit, Nana hands my sis a plate of homemade Mandelbread to take home. My sister thanks Nana, but has a few questions. Sis: Oh, thank you so much for the delicious cookies. I'll return the plate to you... wait, uh, is um this the, uh, ... (gulp) ... do you need this plate back? Nana: Well, if it's not too much trouble, yes. I'll keep filling it with Mandelbread for my Poonum each time you visit! Sis: Of course, of course. Sounds... great. Uh, Nana? [Sis is turning a little green while carefully looking at the plate she is holding in her hands.] Nana: Yes, dear? Sis: This looks a little like the styrofoam trays that grocery stores use to hold raw meat. [hesitantly] Heh, heh, heh, that is such a funny coincidence because I'm sure it's not the styrofoam tray that was holding raw meat. Nana: Oh, it is! Those trays are the perfect size and I hate to waste. Sis: [Minutely examining the small bits stuck onto the styrofoam] Uh, what was on the tray before the cookies? Nana: I think that was hamburger. Or - no - maybe chicken? Sis: [trying to steady her breathing and keep a poker face] But, but it's no big deal because you totally sterilize it, r-r-r-right? Nana: Of course! After I use the meat, I rinse the tray off. Enjoy your cookies, dear! [Sis thinks back to the fact that she has yet to discover any sort of handwashing or dishwashing soap in Nana's house and tries not to drop the cookies or pass out...] Omg, get a grip!!!! Lmao I think we should submit this reaction to the authors of Freakonomics for their next book. Not that it's good to be a germophobe - the very name implies you're taking a concern over germs too far - but people are not very rational in the things they fear. While it doesn't strike you as a problem to reuse a raw meat tray after only rinsing it off and with visible pieces of raw meat still stuck to it, in another thread you mentioned that you'd freak out if you lived in Florida and found out an alligator was living in the river/bay adjoining your neighborhood. Take a minute a google the number of annual deaths from e coli. Then google the number of annual deaths from alligators. If you really want to see a dramatic comparison, look at those figures for e coli and alligator deaths over a 20 year period. You're a heck of a lot more likely to die - or kill one of your family members - with e coli, salmonella or any of the other nasties that live in raw meat than you are to have an alligator attack you. You're also a heck of a lot more likely to get diarrhea and vomiting from raw meat than from an alligator, but that's a different story...
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 9, 2016 8:37:36 GMT -5
It sucks to be born with a broken immune system!! My mom will never win housekeeping awards. We had all kinds of pets. I spent two years at my grandparents place in the country, horses, rabbit, cows, etc.
I was born allergic to a bunch of crap and it's got worse. Hello 15 different formulas before they found one I could eat. I had pet rabbits as a kid. Now if I touch one and touch my face my eyes will swell shut. Apparently I'm just special!
The meat tray would probably freak me out.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jul 9, 2016 9:54:39 GMT -5
The meat tray thing is just gross. Can you ever clean all the little nooks and crannies in styrofoam to ever really get it clean? I'm not a germaphobe, but I do fear puking and gastrointestinal distress.
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 9, 2016 10:04:02 GMT -5
There are some places that are so gross sanitizer is better. I use sanitizer after the "peace" at church. I hate shaking strange people's hands, a bunch of them I wish that fad would stop. The FDA is asking for proof that hand sanitizers actually work. Currently, there isn't enough information to actually support effectiveness. There is, however, evidence that it is not effective against the norovirus, which is my biggest fear - not because it is serious - it is just so very contagious, very common and just downright yucky. I'm not a germaphobe, but when someone in my house barfs, I follow the CDC recommendations. I remove all fabric from the bathroom and bleach it in hot water (towels, bathmat, shower curtain.) I put pop-up paper towels in there for a week, not returning regular towels until we are clean. I bleach everything in the house with an 8-to-1 water to bleach in a spray bottle and papertowels. I bleach doorknobs, remote controls, light switches, counter tops, toilets, faucets, door jambs, cabinet door pulls, the refrigerator handle, everything I can think of. And I continue to do it for a week. I follow that poor sick person around and spray everything they touch. The last two incidences didn't transfer to other family members, but my son's best friend ended up having the same thing 2 days after my son. He was over at their house before he became active. Bleach - my favorite!
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 9, 2016 11:53:01 GMT -5
I think we should submit this reaction to the authors of Freakonomics for their next book. Not that it's good to be a germophobe - the very name implies you're taking a concern over germs too far - but people are not very rational in the things they fear. While it doesn't strike you as a problem to reuse a raw meat tray after only rinsing it off and with visible pieces of raw meat still stuck to it, in another thread you mentioned that you'd freak out if you lived in Florida and found out an alligator was living in the river/bay adjoining your neighborhood. Take a minute a google the number of annual deaths from e coli. Then google the number of annual deaths from alligators. If you really want to see a dramatic comparison, look at those figures for e coli and alligator deaths over a 20 year period. You're a heck of a lot more likely to die - or kill one of your family members - with e coli, salmonella or any of the other nasties that live in raw meat than you are to have an alligator attack you. You're also a heck of a lot more likely to get diarrhea and vomiting from raw meat than from an alligator, but that's a different story... You're cute when you rationalize your crazy.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 9, 2016 11:57:36 GMT -5
There are some places that are so gross sanitizer is better. I use sanitizer after the "peace" at church. I hate shaking strange people's hands, a bunch of them I wish that fad would stop. The FDA is asking for proof that hand sanitizers actually work. Currently, there isn't enough information to actually support effectiveness. There is, however, evidence that it is not effective against the norovirus, which is my biggest fear - not because it is serious - it is just so very contagious, very common and just downright yucky. I'm not a germaphobe, but when someone in my house barfs, I follow the CDC recommendations. I remove all fabric from the bathroom and bleach it in hot water (towels, bathmat, shower curtain.) I put pop-up paper towels in there for a week, not returning regular towels until we are clean. I bleach everything in the house with an 8-to-1 water to bleach in a spray bottle and papertowels. I bleach doorknobs, remote controls, light switches, counter tops, toilets, faucets, door jambs, cabinet door pulls, the refrigerator handle, everything I can think of. And I continue to do it for a week. I follow that poor sick person around and spray everything they touch. The last two incidences didn't transfer to other family members, but my son's best friend ended up having the same thing 2 days after my son. He was over at their house before he became active. Bleach - my favorite! When DS vomited and had flu, I think I only wiped stuff down with those Lysol wipes. But I did wipe everything that could possibly be wiped. I also cleaned the entire bathroom in response. I still got sick. luckily I don't get sick too often. And yes the meat tray thing is pretty gross but milee, your sister's reaction was Academy Award worthy.
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Post by yogiii on Jul 9, 2016 12:11:09 GMT -5
milee's story is why I hate potlucks. I don't like eating food from someone I don't know! I'd rather be a little hungry and eat later at home.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jul 9, 2016 12:26:51 GMT -5
I think we should submit this reaction to the authors of Freakonomics for their next book. Not that it's good to be a germophobe - the very name implies you're taking a concern over germs too far - but people are not very rational in the things they fear. While it doesn't strike you as a problem to reuse a raw meat tray after only rinsing it off and with visible pieces of raw meat still stuck to it, in another thread you mentioned that you'd freak out if you lived in Florida and found out an alligator was living in the river/bay adjoining your neighborhood. Take a minute a google the number of annual deaths from e coli. Then google the number of annual deaths from alligators. If you really want to see a dramatic comparison, look at those figures for e coli and alligator deaths over a 20 year period. You're a heck of a lot more likely to die - or kill one of your family members - with e coli, salmonella or any of the other nasties that live in raw meat than you are to have an alligator attack you. You're also a heck of a lot more likely to get diarrhea and vomiting from raw meat than from an alligator, but that's a different story... Atidaephobia, the fear that a duck is watching you.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 9, 2016 12:29:24 GMT -5
Potlucks don't bother me at all. Buffets though... Ew. For several reasons.
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Post by dannylion on Jul 9, 2016 16:43:24 GMT -5
I had no idea being watched by ducks was an issue significant enough to rise to the level of a phobia.
Granted, my experience with ducks is limited to having had pet ducks as a child and periodic brief and nonthreatening encounters with ducks in local ponds, but it has been my observation that ducks on the whole have very short attention spans (unless food is involved, then they will stick to you like grim death). So it seems unlikely that, except for a few freakishly tenacious outliers, your average duck would be unlikely to engage in lengthy observation of random humans who did not appear to be a source of food.
If a duck is keeping someone under observation for an extended period of time, you can almost certainly expect that person to be in possession of a loaf of bread or a package of hot dogs. Either that or the preternaturally observant duck is actually part of an advance force sent by the robot overlords.
(I, for one, welcome our robot overlords and their avian servants.)
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Post by quince on Jul 9, 2016 17:07:39 GMT -5
The worst thing ever is obviously a styrofoam tray that once held raw alligator meat. Salmonella and chompy creature combined!
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Post by Ombud on Jul 9, 2016 22:06:24 GMT -5
Second funniest cultural clash... my sis meets her soon-to-be-DH's grandma (Nana) for the first time. Nana is awesome. She's stereotypical NY Jewish - 4' tall with huge hair and painted fingernails. They have a good first meeting, even though Nana is devastated that her little Bubula is marrying a Shiksa. At the end of the visit, Nana hands my sis a plate of homemade Mandelbread to take home. My sister thanks Nana, but has a few questions. Sis: Oh, thank you so much for the delicious cookies. I'll return the plate to you... wait, uh, is um this the, uh, ... (gulp) ... do you need this plate back? Nana: Well, if it's not too much trouble, yes. I'll keep filling it with Mandelbread for my Poonum each time you visit! Sis: Of course, of course. Sounds... great. Uh, Nana? [Sis is turning a little green while carefully looking at the plate she is holding in her hands.] Nana: Yes, dear? Sis: This looks a little like the styrofoam trays that grocery stores use to hold raw meat. [hesitantly] Heh, heh, heh, that is such a funny coincidence because I'm sure it's not the styrofoam tray that was holding raw meat. Nana: Oh, it is! Those trays are the perfect size and I hate to waste. Sis: [Minutely examining the small bits stuck onto the styrofoam] Uh, what was on the tray before the cookies? Nana: I think that was hamburger. Or - no - maybe chicken? Sis: [trying to steady her breathing and keep a poker face] But, but it's no big deal because you totally sterilize it, r-r-r-right? Nana: Of course! After I use the meat, I rinse the tray off. Enjoy your cookies, dear! [Sis thinks back to the fact that she has yet to discover any sort of handwashing or dishwashing soap in Nana's house and tries not to drop the cookies or pass out...] suggest she tell her she's going to try to go kosher ... that'll stop her from reusing a plate (and maybe for cooking anything for her )
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