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I just noticed today that an alarming amount of people don't wash their hand after using the restroom nor before eating. ewwwww. Please tell me the intelligent people of NSG(:rolleyes: ) wash their hands often, or at least use hand sanitizer or something else to make their hands clean.

I tend to wash up after using the restroom and usually before eating. Sometimes I skip it though. My dick ain't that dirty and I tend not to piss on my hands. Consider that before shaking hands with me if we should ever meet.

I always wash my hands after going to the toilet.

I wash my hands about 10 times a day. I hate having dirty or sweaty hands

i am lady macbeth

After using the can? Yes. Absolutely. Before eating? Usually only if I handle raw meat or something like that. If I have a compelling reason to wash my hands, sure, I wash them, and after using the can is as good a time as any.

I always wash my hands after going to the restroom, before eating, and before/while cooking.

I wash my hands after using the bathroom, but not before eating.

I tend to wash up after using the restroom and usually before eating. Sometimes I skip it though. My dick ain't that dirty and I tend not to piss on my hands. Consider that before shaking hands with me if we should ever meet.

And let's face it if you were flexible enough odds are your dick would end up in your mouth anyway.

Wash my hands any time I use a public restroom and usually a private one. Occasionally if I am by myself and not eating I will skip.

Tip for teachers: Rubbing your hands together vigorously kills something like 90% of germs.

I always wash my hands after going to the bathroom, before I prepare food, or before I eat.

Tip for teachers: Rubbing your hands together vigorously kills something like 90% of germs.
Do you have any proof of that claim?

For I believe that rubbing your hands together only evenly spreads the germs between both hands...


You should have made this a public poll - then again, people probably wouldn't be honest...

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Tip for teachers: Rubbing your hands together vigorously kills something like 90% of germs.

Will rubbing my penis vigorously kill AIDS?

I wash after using the bathroom, but not before eating, unless I do something dirty or use the bathroom before eating.

What I want to know is how many people feel the need to wash their hands after shaking hands with someone? I used to do Model UN in college, and I came back from almost every conference with some sort of communicable disease. Naturally, it was either from shaking so many hands or from general close proximity. Probably both.

I just noticed today that an alarming amount of people don't wash their hand after using the restroom nor before eating. ewwwww. Please tell me the intelligent people of NSG(:rolleyes: ) wash their hands often, or at least use hand sanitizer or something else to make their hands clean.

That's probably why studies have shown more bacteria in ice machines than in toilets.

Washing your hands is a sign that you don't have any faith in god or jesus.

People who are only christians on sunday will pray in church and make all the outward signs of faith in god, but then when no one is looking, they will spite god by washing their hands.

If you really believe in god and have faith in his power, you would never wash your hands, and entrust your safety to his grace.

I always wash my hands after going to the bathroom, before I prepare food, or before I eat.

Do you have any proof of that claim?

For I believe that rubbing your hands together only evenly spreads the germs between both hands...


You should have made this a public poll - then again, people probably wouldn't be honest...

Thats why i didn't make it public, like there would have been a 98% #1 option.

When I can get to a sink I do. Otherwise, I use that Purel stuff or a similar brand.

Washing your hands is a sign that you don't have any faith in god or jesus.

People who are only christians on sunday will pray in church and make all the outward signs of faith in god, but then when no one is looking, they will spite god by washing their hands.

If you really believe in god and have faith in his power, you would never wash your hands, and entrust your safety to his grace.

That is probably the most asinine comment I have ever seen on NS :)

That's probably why studies have shown more bacteria in ice machines than in toilets.

Still, the thought of me using the restroom, not washing my hands and then eating..thats nasty..Especially if one has just defecated and wiped their bum

I never wash my hands with soap I just use some hot water and never before a meal

*leaves muddy prints all over NSG*

That is probably the most asinine comment I have ever seen on NS :)

You're just saying that because you're upset that jesus is going to put you in hell when you die because you commonly choose the wrong horn of the hand washing dilemma.

I was my hands for 10 minutes at a time.

I wash my hands before and after I go to the bathroom. I wash them whenever I've touched something dirty,sticky or raw and I wash them after shaking hands with someone.
If I cant wash them, I do use hand santizer from time to time.

I tend to wash up after using the restroom and usually before eating. Sometimes I skip it though. My dick ain't that dirty and I tend not to piss on my hands. Consider that before shaking hands with me if we should ever meet.

I tend to wash my hands whenever I use anything public. Doorknobs and subways more than bathrooms. Bathrooms are some of the cleanest public spaces around because people wisely assume they have a lot of bacteria. It's the places that people think are fine that collect at the filth.

But yeah, I don't piss on my hands and I keep my genitals clean, so I don't worry so much about washing after I potty so much as before I touch my face or eat food. After all, there's plenty of dirtier things around, especially the hands of people you shake hands with throughout the day.

I was my hands for 10 minutes at a time.

:eek:

Before eating, I'm not bothered. After a trip to the loo, nearly every time.

Frankly, I never get ill, so I think it's a crock.

Tip for teachers: Rubbing your hands together vigorously kills something like 90% of germs.

Ok maybe my sarcasm detector is off but do you understand how quickly they regenerate?

I wash my hands at least 50 times a day. The thought of germs on them irks me.... speaking of *goes to wash her hands because she touched the keyboard*

That's probably why studies have shown more bacteria in ice machines than in toilets.

Yes- I've seen another study that found urine, fecal matter and menstrual blood in the dish of mints on the counter in a diner.

One authority speculated toilets were cleaned with bleach & other strong disinfectants and thats why samples from them tended to be cleaner than a soda machine or ice.

Either way-your average person is a careless oozing bag of microbes, depositing and transferring them everywhere they go

[I would sit under a tree for hours and hours meditating, try to lose myself, to dissassociate from my brain and head. After years of meditation,] I was my hands for 10 minutes at a time. OMMMMMMMMMMMMMM


Lets stick to hand washing and not crypto buddhist meditation, okie dokie?

I use at least water, but the soap at school is either non-existant or too watery. *cough* cheap bastards *cough*

Usually I will wash my hands after going to the loo. Although sometimes I don't bother, like when my mother is washing the pots so I can't get to the sink. I never wash my hands before having a meal either. Being a little unhygienic hasn't caused me any harm though, I've never had any time off school/work for being ill. I'm not a fussy person, I never worry about germs and crap like that.

I always make sure to wash my hands. Never know when someone is gonna want you to pass them something or whatever... besides, I don't much relish the idea of shaking hands with someone who's just handled their johnson without putting a little soap in between, if not for germs, then at least because of the evils of stench... after all, who here could say their pecker was the most delightfully fragrant thing in the world?

i am lady macbeth

You win the thread for the reference! :fluffle:

I *have* to wash my hands everytime. It disgusts me when other people don't too.

i never understood the washing hands after a male taking a pee thing. Hell my penis is prolly the cleanest thing on my body. Its being protected by several layers of cloth all day long make getting exposed to any form of germs FAR less likely then on your hands face or feet or elbows or any of a million other spots on your body. If anything you should wash your hands BEFORE you pee so you dont get your penis dirty. Urine is antiseptic as well if i recall.

I'm probably wash my hands at about the same frequency of a borderline germophobe. I'm no health freak, but my mother was so overbearing about handwashing that my hands are always clean.

I just noticed today that an alarming amount of people don't wash their hand after using the restroom nor before eating. ewwwww. Please tell me the intelligent people of NSG(:rolleyes: ) wash their hands often, or at least use hand sanitizer or something else to make their hands clean.
Thought stealer!!!
*Washes hands*

I wash my hands as a habit, once in a while I walk to restroom and wash my hands, face and refreshen myself. It feels really good.
While in the wild I don't use soap, use ashes from wood fire with water. They nearly work as good as soap and don't have an alien smell that animals and people can pick up. Good cleaned ash(from coaly pieces) works wonders on clothes, especially underwear.

I never bother to wash my hands after using the restroom. Why? Because I am smart enough not to piss on my hands.

Goofball's rules of handwashing:

I always wash my hands when I use any bathroom other than the one in my house.

I only wash my hands in my house if I get crap on them, or if I'm cooking.

Basically, I don't fear my germs. I fear YOUR germs. :D

I never bother to wash my hands after using the restroom. Why? Because I am smart enough not to piss on my hands.

You aren't George Carlin. Also, urine isn't the germy part. It's the millions upon millions of bacteria that live in the area, because it's warm, somewhat damp, and not exposed to the sun.

You aren't George Carlin. Also, urine isn't the germy part. It's the millions upon millions of bacteria that live in the area, because it's warm, somewhat damp, and not exposed to the sun.

with this description it suddenly felt so comfortable...warm...damp...not exposed to sun... like a little hideaway :p

You win the thread for the reference! :fluffle:
You should reduce your sig.;)

I very seldom wash my hands before eating. I however do (with, shock and horror, soap) whenever I have taken a dump, and sometimes (if smelly) after peeing. (without the soap, though)


You might just as well be a bit lazy and keep your immune system up to scratch in the process...;) (excessive hygiene can significantly increase the risk of catching something when you do come in contact with germs, as your immune system won't be as well-prepared. no worries though, unless you truly clean yourself obsessively)

i wash my hands, befroe i eat, touch my face, after putting something in a bin even if i dont touch the bin, after touching the ground. i dont pet animals cause i'm tired of getting up during a film to go wash my hands.

i wash my hands, befroe i eat, touch my face, after putting something in a bin even if i dont touch the bin, after touching the ground. i dont pet animals cause i'm tired of getting up during a film to go wash my hands.

Hey Howie Mandel is here among us!

Hey Howie Mandel is here among us!

who is that? some kind of serial killer? people tell compare me to people like that cause of my habits.

This reminds me of a story from IRC...
That I can't find but it went like this.
Some guy's girlfriend was complaining about how he didn't wash his hands after taking a piss, so he countered with "well you put it in your mouth, so I think I'll be alright." She shut up after that.

i am lady macbeth

And I a male version thereof. I was my hands all of the time, sometimes for no particular reason.

I eat while in the toilet. Nothing better than a sandwich while on the jon.

I tend to wash up after using the restroom and usually before eating. Sometimes I skip it though. My dick ain't that dirty and I tend not to piss on my hands. Consider that before shaking hands with me if we should ever meet.

That's gross. There have been several tests done. No matter how much you think you avoid getting urine on your hands, you do. Loads of traces have been found in pus bowls of peanuts. Think about it logically too: Your dick is tucked in your underwear. You take it out, you piss, you shake, you tuck it back in. Because of the way it gets tucked in, it means you get traces of urine on your underwear (even if not visible) which transfers to the part of your dick that you hold when you urinate later - which subsequently transfers to your hands... which then transfers to other people, who may not have great immune systems for whatever reason. Plus I don't wanna drink your piss.

who is that? some kind of serial killer? people tell compare me to people like that cause of my habits.

Howie Mandel is a US comedian/game show host who has a bad bad case of OCD and is extremly germ phobic. He doesnt shake peoples hand, just kind of "touches fists". He orders dozens of towels in his hotel rooms and makes "towel paths" from the bathroom to the bed and many other completly entertaining and compulsive things.

That's gross. There have been several tests done. No matter how much you think you avoid getting urine on your hands, you do. Loads of traces have been found in pus bowls of peanuts. Think about it logically too: Your dick is tucked in your underwear. You take it out, you piss, you shake, you tuck it back in. Because of the way it gets tucked in, it means you get traces of urine on your underwear (even if not visible) which transfers to the part of your dick that you hold when you urinate later - which subsequently transfers to your hands... which then transfers to other people, who may not have great immune systems for whatever reason. Plus I don't wanna drink your piss.

urine is clean, unless you are sick.

That's gross. There have been several tests done. No matter how much you think you avoid getting urine on your hands, you do. Loads of traces have been found in pus bowls of peanuts. Think about it logically too: Your dick is tucked in your underwear. You take it out, you piss, you shake, you tuck it back in. Because of the way it gets tucked in, it means you get traces of urine on your underwear (even if not visible) which transfers to the part of your dick that you hold when you urinate later - which subsequently transfers to your hands... which then transfers to other people, who may not have great immune systems for whatever reason. Plus I don't wanna drink your piss.

I suggest you never brush your teeth again. The bathroom is full of fecal matter.

urine is clean, unless you are sick.

No, urine exits your body for a reason. It contains the crap your body doesn't want. Stop watching dodgy TV shows.

Besides, how many people are perfectly healthy anyway?

And as for not washing after number 2s... seriously gross. My hands don't exactly smell great after having done a number 2 (and it's not because I miswiped my arse either). I wash them with soap and water till they smell nice.

I suggest you never brush your teeth again. The bathroom is full of fecal matter.

I was my toothbrush before using it.

No, urine exits your body for a reason. It contains the crap your body doesn't want. Stop watching dodgy TV shows.
I heard that from my doctor. I don't think he is on any dodgy TV shows.

Besides, how many people are perfectly healthy anyway?
nobody is, however not many have a UTI which is the only way there would be any bacteria in your urine and even then it's not something that's contagious.

And as for not washing after number 2s... seriously gross. My hands don't exactly smell great after having done a number 2 (and it's not because I miswiped my arse either). I wash them with soap and water till they smell nice.
I agree.
I was my toothbrush before using it.
you probably shouldn't keep it in your bathroom, I don't keep mine there.

What I want to know is how many people feel the need to wash their hands after shaking hands with someone? I used to do Model UN in college, and I came back from almost every conference with some sort of communicable disease. Naturally, it was either from shaking so many hands or from general close proximity. Probably both.

I don't always wash my hands after shaking hands with someone, but I always do after my kids classes.

I was my hands for 10 minutes at a time.

How did it feel to be your hands?

I never bother to wash my hands after using the restroom. Why? Because I am smart enough not to piss on my hands.

But your penis is part of the general area of your body (abdomen to knees) that has the highest concentration of coliform bacteria. Those are transferred to your hands. Tha's why you should wash after pissing.

You aren't George Carlin. Also, urine isn't the germy part. It's the millions upon millions of bacteria that live in the area, because it's warm, somewhat damp, and not exposed to the sun.

More or less exactly so.

urine is clean, unless you are sick.

Again, it's not the urine, it's the area.

No, urine exits your body for a reason. It contains the crap your body doesn't want. Stop watching dodgy TV shows.

Urine is, unless you have an infection, sterile. However, it's contaminated almost instantly on being passed, due to the high concentrations of coliform bacteria in the area.

I was my toothbrush before using it.

Hehehe. The guy a few posts back was his hands.

nobody is, however not many have a UTI which is the only way there would be any bacteria in your urine and even then it's not something that's contagious.

Exactly so.

you probably shouldn't keep it in your bathroom, I don't keep mine there.

True. It's also a good idea to keep it in a well lit place, which helps cut down on contamination.

True. It's also a good idea to keep it in a well lit place, which helps cut down on contamination.
*moves her bath caddy to a well lit place*

Urine is, unless you have an infection, sterile. However, it's contaminated almost instantly on being passed, due to the high concentrations of coliform bacteria in the area.

It's important to note one of the reasons why urine is sterile. It's toxic. Even if it wasn't contaminated, it'd be a bad idea to consume it accidentally.

I was my toothbrush before using it.

Not that well.

I usually do. I might forget the odd time, but it hasn't killed me yet.





Or has it.........

It's important to note one of the reasons why urine is sterile. It's toxic. Even if it wasn't contaminated, it'd be a bad idea to consume it accidentally.

Nope.

the nature of urine

What is urine? Urine is usually yellow or clear, depending upon a person's health and diet. It usually has an ammonia-like odor due to the nitrogenous wastes that make up about 5% of the fluid (the remaining 95% is water). Certain foods can affect the odor, however. For example, asparagus breaks down into several sulfur-containing compounds that imparts a putrid odor upon excretion.*

Urine is a slightly acidic fluid which carries waste from the kidneys to the outside world. The kidneys have millions of nephrons which filter toxins, waste, ingested water and mineral salts out of the bloodstream. The kidneys regulate blood acidity by excreting excessive alkaline salts when necessary. The chief constituent of the nitrogenous wastes in urine is urea, a product of protein decomposition. Urea is, among other things, a diuretic. Average adult urine production is from one to two quarts a day. The bladder, where urine is stored for discharge, holds on average about 16-20 ounces of fluid, though the average discharge is about half that amount. In addition to uric acid, ammonia, and creatine, urine consists of many other waste products in minute quantities.

Being a waste product does not mean that a substance is toxic or harmful. It means that the body cannot absorb the substance at the present time. We might think of many of urine's constituents as if they were leftovers from a meal. We could throw the excess food away or we could eat it later after diluting it substantially with water and putting it in the blender. With urine, unfortunately, we cannot ingest waste products in the form they had when first ingested.

For most people most of the time, one's own urine is not likely to be harmful. However, it is not likely to be healthful or useful except for those rare occasions when one is buried beneath a building or lost at sea for a week or two. In such situations drinking one's own urine might be the difference between life and death. As a daily tonic, there are much tastier ways to introduce healthful products into one's blood stream.
http://skepdic.com/urine.html

Not that well.

Please instruct us in the art of being a toothbrush well, oh master. ;)

Nope.


http://skepdic.com/urine.html


Urea is toxic.

there is a difference between males and females when using the bathroom.

a male can manage to urinate without touching anything else besdies his zipper.

while a female, im sure there are quite a few more steps necesary.

I don't usually wash my hands after a piss (unless I'm at someone else's house), I do after no2s, but I almost never wash them before eating, unless I'm cooking. I think some people can take the whole hand washing thing a little too far, and I can't be doing things that wrong since I'm almost never ill.