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Am I missing something?
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news:QaPMn.15550$jM2.6536@hurricane... Saw some ads for this new product on TV last night. http://www.dettol.co.uk/no-touch-han...stem/index.php Apparently; " Hands may come into contact with millions of germs every day. But have you ever thought about those germs ending up on your soap pump? Fact: Your soap pump can harbour hundreds of bacteria". Errm. The only time I would touch a soap pump - is when I was going to wash my hands? Or am I missing something here? Exactly what my missus said. There's also the fact that most people have to touch a tap to wash the crap off again! It's pathetic paranoia-inducing sales ********, obviously, and bloody annoying. If there were no bacteria we'd all be up to our eyeballs in dead things. So, the real problem is washing hands under running water: 1 Turn on tap, thus contaminating it. 2 Wash hands (with whatever soap product). 3 Turn off tap, re contaminating hands. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh. |
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Chris J Dixon wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news:QaPMn.15550$jM2.6536@hurricane... Saw some ads for this new product on TV last night. http://www.dettol.co.uk/no-touch-han...stem/index.php Apparently; " Hands may come into contact with millions of germs every day. But have you ever thought about those germs ending up on your soap pump? Fact: Your soap pump can harbour hundreds of bacteria". Errm. The only time I would touch a soap pump - is when I was going to wash my hands? Or am I missing something here? Exactly what my missus said. There's also the fact that most people have to touch a tap to wash the crap off again! It's pathetic paranoia-inducing sales ********, obviously, and bloody annoying. If there were no bacteria we'd all be up to our eyeballs in dead things. So, the real problem is washing hands under running water: 1 Turn on tap, thus contaminating it. 2 Wash hands (with whatever soap product). 3 Turn off tap, re contaminating hands. Chris I remember when pubs had bowls of free peanuts on the counter. Now that would be asking for trouble. |
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Chris J Dixon wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news:QaPMn.15550$jM2.6536@hurricane... Saw some ads for this new product on TV last night. http://www.dettol.co.uk/no-touch-han...stem/index.php Apparently; " Hands may come into contact with millions of germs every day. But have you ever thought about those germs ending up on your soap pump? Fact: Your soap pump can harbour hundreds of bacteria". Errm. The only time I would touch a soap pump - is when I was going to wash my hands? Or am I missing something here? Exactly what my missus said. There's also the fact that most people have to touch a tap to wash the crap off again! It's pathetic paranoia-inducing sales ********, obviously, and bloody annoying. If there were no bacteria we'd all be up to our eyeballs in dead things. So, the real problem is washing hands under running water: 1 Turn on tap, thus contaminating it. 2 Wash hands (with whatever soap product). wash tap wash hands again 3 Turn off tap, re contaminating hands. turn off now pristine sparkling Lo-germ tap. Chris |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember stuart noble saying something like: I remember when pubs had bowls of free peanuts on the counter. Now that would be asking for trouble. Istr an analysis of pub peanuts in bowls revealed an average of 28 different urine traces. |
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In message , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember stuart noble saying something like: I remember when pubs had bowls of free peanuts on the counter. Now that would be asking for trouble. Istr an analysis of pub peanuts in bowls revealed an average of 28 different urine traces. Well they are salted ... YSTR an urban legend IWS If I go through life and the worst that I get is **** flavoured peanuts, I won't have done so badly When I'm in the far east, the best food comes from roach coaches and street vendors. Ice and veg washed in water - **** it, bring it on, exposure to "bugs" has meant that I very rarely get sick This "anal" approach (bad word really) to cleanliness, where the body is insulated from anything bad means that any exposure to even minor bugs will take a hairdresser down at 100 metres -- geoff |
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On 04/06/2010 02:22, geoff wrote:
In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember stuart noble saying something like: I remember when pubs had bowls of free peanuts on the counter. Now that would be asking for trouble. Istr an analysis of pub peanuts in bowls revealed an average of 28 different urine traces. Well they are salted ... YSTR an urban legend IWS If I go through life and the worst that I get is **** flavoured peanuts, I won't have done so badly When I'm in the far east, the best food comes from roach coaches and street vendors. Ice and veg washed in water - **** it, bring it on, exposure to "bugs" has meant that I very rarely get sick Doesn't work with cholera and giardia, which means you need to take care of the water supply. Once your water has bugs like that in it, life gets messy. |
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Chris J Dixon wrote:
So, the real problem is washing hands under running water: 1 Turn on tap, thus contaminating it. 2 Wash hands (with whatever soap product). 3 Turn off tap, re contaminating hands. Chris Best to stay out of the bathroom altogether, it's teeming with germs. |
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geoff wrote:
In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember stuart noble saying something like: I remember when pubs had bowls of free peanuts on the counter. Now that would be asking for trouble. Istr an analysis of pub peanuts in bowls revealed an average of 28 different urine traces. Well they are salted ... YSTR an urban legend IWS If I go through life and the worst that I get is **** flavoured peanuts, I won't have done so badly When I'm in the far east, the best food comes from roach coaches and street vendors. Ice and veg washed in water - **** it, bring it on, exposure to "bugs" has meant that I very rarely get sick This "anal" approach (bad word really) to cleanliness, where the body is insulated from anything bad means that any exposure to even minor bugs will take a hairdresser down at 100 metres I had the same attitude until I got a dose of norovirus. Now I wash my hands after being anywhere near young kids. That thing really is contagious. As for food, I love the street vendor cuisine. In my youth I spent a couple of months in North Africa, dining in soup kitchens and the like, without a hint of any gut trouble. On the evening before I left I treated myself to a meal in a posh French restaurant. Yeah, you guessed it. Had the trots all night. |
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Gib Bogle wrote:
Chris J Dixon wrote: So, the real problem is washing hands under running water: 1 Turn on tap, thus contaminating it. 2 Wash hands (with whatever soap product). 3 Turn off tap, re contaminating hands. Chris Best to stay out of the bathroom altogether, it's teeming with germs. The whole effing world is teeming with germs. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Gib Bogle wrote: Chris J Dixon wrote: So, the real problem is washing hands under running water: 1 Turn on tap, thus contaminating it. 2 Wash hands (with whatever soap product). 3 Turn off tap, re contaminating hands. Chris Best to stay out of the bathroom altogether, it's teeming with germs. The whole effing world is teeming with germs. Yes. I was being ironic. |
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"geoff" wrote in message ... In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember stuart noble saying something like: I remember when pubs had bowls of free peanuts on the counter. Now that would be asking for trouble. Istr an analysis of pub peanuts in bowls revealed an average of 28 different urine traces. Well they are salted ... YSTR an urban legend IWS If I go through life and the worst that I get is **** flavoured peanuts, I won't have done so badly When I'm in the far east, the best food comes from roach coaches and street vendors. Ice and veg washed in water - **** it, bring it on, exposure to "bugs" has meant that I very rarely get sick This "anal" approach (bad word really) to cleanliness, where the body is insulated from anything bad means that any exposure to even minor bugs will take a hairdresser down at 100 metres -- geoff Boil the Yakult to kill the bacteria. You know it makes sense. Adam |
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In message , Clive
George writes On 04/06/2010 02:22, geoff wrote: In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember stuart noble saying something like: I remember when pubs had bowls of free peanuts on the counter. Now that would be asking for trouble. Istr an analysis of pub peanuts in bowls revealed an average of 28 different urine traces. Well they are salted ... YSTR an urban legend IWS If I go through life and the worst that I get is **** flavoured peanuts, I won't have done so badly When I'm in the far east, the best food comes from roach coaches and street vendors. Ice and veg washed in water - **** it, bring it on, exposure to "bugs" has meant that I very rarely get sick Doesn't work with cholera and giardia, which means you need to take care of the water supply. Once your water has bugs like that in it, life gets messy. Never heard of giardia, but yes - if there was a breakout of cholera, it would be bad news - but then there are plenty of other statistically more probably ways to get very ill or die I didn't take malaria pills either - not really an option for the long term expat -- geoff |
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