it's all just poop on my toothbrush

[wyndhy]

have you heard that your kitchen sink has more germs than your garbage? that your cutting board is a petri dish of e coli, salmonella, giardiasis, rotavirus, hepatitis and other sundry and fun to pronounce life threatening diseases? that you'd be better off snagging that carrot you jut pared and rinsing in the toilet before you eat it? that 99% off all homes have mold? that every time you flush the potty you spew fecal matter all over your house? that your bed really does have bugs?

do you care?

personally, i am sick and tired or hearing about it. the news bombards me with it. the chemical companies try to scare me with it. the talk shows dramatize it. they show you close-ups of germs and viruses that make them look like an army of amoebas coming with their little cilia (or whatever they are) waving like so many sabers. i’m dizzied by the myriad products out there that are made to disinfect it all. there is one for your kitchen and one for your bathroom and a different one for your food and sponges that “resist” germs and laundry soap that kills bed bugs.

i feel like john stosslel, but c’mon, gimme a break

[Coaster]

wyndhy, you can share your bug with me anytime!!!! :D

[Lilith]

I have heard theories that all the antibacterial things we use and pour down our kids throats out of fear of germs and infections is causing us to actually become less immune, there by causing the exact opposite result. Could be bullshit, who knows.

When I heard the thing about if you don't close the lid on the toilet before you flush the germs can fly out like 938425734985392752397523987 feet... I decided I was just doomed and would have to learn to live with it.

[wyndhy]

I have heard theories that all the antibacterial things we use and pour down our kids throats out of fear of germs and infections is causing us to actually become less immune, there by causing the exact opposite result. Could be bullshit, who knows.

When I heard the thing about if you don't close the lid on the toilet before you flush the germs can fly out like 938425734985392752397523987 feet... I decided I was just doomed and would have to learn to live with it.

i think there is a huge amount of truth in that, lil.
not to mention all the health risks from inhaling bleach and bleach alternatives.:D
oh yeah...and i just found out that i prolly have teflon in my blood.

[Lilith]

OMG...noooooooooooooooooooo

Good thing you are not a bird :faint: and not get back up :p

Did you know plastic wrap puts bits of plastic somethings in our food when we microwave it too?


Tupperwhores can usually tell you the common bugs found in boxesof food in peeps cupboards too. Better buy some fancy $$$ containers to keep the bugaboos out :p

[wyndhy]

nah...i like a little crunch to stay in my cereal even after the milk makes it soggy :p

[BIGbad]

Your toothbrush is for me to POOP ON!

[Lilith]

omg *snort* omg

[wyndhy]

:rofl:
triumph!

[lizzardbits]

Since my Microbiology courses, i have been a nut about food safety, and bathroom cleanliness. My favorite disinfectant is a solution of 10% bleach/90% water left to air dry on sprayed surfaces. Rather than buying Lysol and other disinfectants, the bleach water is more economically feasible and works just as good or better than Lysol.

I have gotten on Mayhem's nerves every now and again with my "biology thinking" as i tend to get almost obsessive compulsive about cleaning the kitchen and bathroom.

I ALWAYS ALWAYS shut the top lid of the toilet before i flush, as it cuts down on the aerisolization of tiolet water by 75%. That is 75% less poop water on my toothbrush.

i could go on and on, but i know that i tend to get bored with long posts, just remember not all bacteria is bad....if you like it, Eat Your Yogurt! :D

[lizzardbits]

Your toothbrush is for me to POOP ON!
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

[waltaja]

i figure, hell i've lasted 22 years with a poopy toothbrush. i can probably go another 22

[Steph]

I think the antibacterial soaps and the like are helping the bugs of the world get stronger. Superbugs! EEK!

I'm with Lizz & use bleach for most chores.

[Mercury_Maniac]

Turpentine :D

[GingerV]

Family history credits my great-grandmother with the typically depression era attitude of "if you really needed it, they wouldn't have to advertise it." I agree that it holds for a lot of the cleaning products out there, it's classic scare tactics. First they have to teach you that there's a problem you hadn't noticed, then they have to sell you the solution. Marketing, mareketing, alas all is marketing ;).

I'm a big believer in challenging my imune system. The sickest I ever saw anyone was a friend of mine who had her first bout of flu in her 20s, the year the flu shot her doctor/daddy gave her didn't work. Girl damn near died...I got the same bug, and was back on my feet in a couple of days. Then again, I'm the sort of person who thinks that low grade fevers have a purpose and shouldn't be treated unless they spike. And that the best treatment for most passing illnesses is to turn out the lights and go to sleep until it goes away. Definately not a doctor's daughter ;).

There's a reason the nastiest new bugs are being found in the cleanest places in our sanitized world....if bugs can breed in hospitals, we have to admit we're not going to win the war. We have to learn to fight the battles that matter, fight smarter not just more and not just everything. Basically, if you're not getting sick...your house is likely clean enough already.

[treeview]

Basically, if you're not getting sick...your house is likely clean enough already.

I agree. Go for 70% plus or minus 10% that's how nature functions. I rarely get sick and I'm not the tidiest person. Clean, but not tidy. Wash hands often with any ol' soap. Close the lid, put the tooth brush under cover.

There have been some studies done that show a close relationship with the high number of allergies and resperatory issues with kids and the absolute cleanliness. A little dirt is good they're finding. Scrub out scuffs and nicks and put on a bandage, followed by a Boo-Boo kiss of course, and they're back out the door!

[dicksbro]

Probably if we saw how our foods are processed and stored we'd say something like, "Poopy toothbrush, heck, that's nothing ... you should have seen the sausage being made."

:yikes:

[lakritze]

I look back on generation after generation of people who have survived dirty chopping blocks, grimey kitchen sinks,ring around the bath tub,toilette back up,not knowing how their wursts are made,mold, mildew,smudgy mirrors,dirty windows,stained coffee cups,dust bunnies, and have some how remained perfectly healthy.

[wyndhy]

LOL, db...that's true.
and ginge? i'm stealing your great gramma's line ;)

[flutelady]

Bug, germs and other "creepy crawlies" are part of life... nasty as they are.

What about the creatures that live where our eyelashes grow??

[wyndhy]

oh god! noooooooo... how big are they? do they, like, burrow into our eyes and eat the jelly? i hear it's good on toast :D

[Steph]

Ewwwwwwwwwww, my left eye was irritated yesterday and I couldn't see why. Now I'm thinking of buggggggggs! Uggggggggh!

:)

[GingerV]

Bug, germs and other "creepy crawlies" are part of life... nasty as they are.

What about the creatures that live where our eyelashes grow??

EWWWWWW....I remember seeing one of those ZOOOOMED in pictures of those beasties when I was a kid watching a nature program. They looked like caterpillers from HELL. I was terrified of them then, and the memory still gives me the shiverin-heebie-jeebies!

Man, what we do to kids in the name of education ;)

[Steph]

ROFLMAO @ the double "ewwwwwwww" from me and GingerV @ 3:30 p.m. EST.

[flutelady]

My eyelids are starting to twitch and itch :yikes:

[wyndhy]

as we spaek.....i am pulling all mine out with tweezers dipped in gasoline :p

[flutelady]

Who knows, you could be starting a whole new trend.

[wyndhy]

i think there is a huge amount of truth in that, lil.
not to mention all the health risks from inhaling bleach and bleach alternatives.:D
oh yeah...and i just found out that i prolly have teflon in my blood.


not prolly anymore...

we're all screwed (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10082924/).

at least they have a solution (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11030906/).

:rolleyes: :D

[WildIrish]

"DuPont also remains the target of another class-action suit over PFOA seeking $5 billion."


PantyFanatics of America?



And was I the only one that wondered if Steph's toothbrush has an anal attachment?

[PantyFanatic]

LMAO ^^^

How did I miss this thread last summer? Probably from the title. lol


Take a walk down a dark alley at one in the morning and let me know if the biggest threat you feel is from what’s in the garbage cans. :eek:

Smith & Wesson does very little advertising. :rolleyes:

[osuche]

I had no idea about the poop thing, and to me it sounds like bunk.....LOL....I wash my hands several times a day and I am an obsessive neat freak (no food lying out, no crumbs on the counter, wash stuff all the time). That's about as far as I'll let meyself feed my obsessions.

/me wanders back into her cave now.

[sodaklostsoul]

Has anyone every watched MythBuster's........they did an experiment with the toothbrushes.

If I remember correctly they proved that even keeping your toothbrush under glass in the bathroom can still breed bacteria.

[wyndhy]

I had no idea about the poop thing, and to me it sounds like bunk.....LOL....
nope. s'truth. :eek:

[PantyFanatic]

I had no idea about the poop thing, and to me it sounds like bunk.....LOL....
Don’t worry about it Osuche. I still think the larger organisms with two legs are a bigger threat. :rolleyes:

[osuche]

Don’t worry about it Osuche. I still think the larger organisms with two legs are a bigger threat. :rolleyes:


I hear ya on that one. :D

[imaginewithme]

I can't stop thinking about this thread........why did I ever read it?????

/me runs around crazy

[Steph]

I can't stop thinking about this thread........why did I ever read it?????

/me runs around crazy

The catchy subject line got me! :)

[RandyGal]

as we spaek.....i am pulling all mine out with tweezers dipped in gasoline :p


Oh mah GAWD, critters in my eyelashes? Noooooooo!!! *freaking out aka fainting dead away*
Care if I join you in pulling mine out with the gasoline dipped tweezers?

Egads, Pantyfanatic why did you resurrect this frightening thread? :p

Ok ok ok, so I really could care less about poopy toothbrushes or creepy crawlies living in my eyelashes, but I do take issue with tapeworms. *shiver at the thought of those living inside a belly!*


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[lizzardbits]

and just think..back in the late 1800's early 1900's they used to sell tapeworms in tablets as a DIET AID!!!!!!

'scuse me while i go barf

[RandyGal]

and just think..back in the late 1800's early 1900's they used to sell tapeworms in tablets as a DIET AID!!!!!!

'scuse me while i go barf

I

DID

NOT

KNOW

THAT!!!

And I did not NEED to know that!! *barf* {gag} *retch* {upchuck} *ralph* {hurl} *puke* Oh man my eyes are watering.........

Hey, diet aid? Just the thought of it makes me lose my appetite! COOL!!!

:p


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[wyndhy]

Egads, Pantyfanatic why did you resurrect this frightening thread? :p




he didn't, i did :p
no need to thank me - it's the little things that matter:p

[Pita]

I don't let germs and other icky things get to me. I do the normal cleaning of my home and body and that is about it. I do love bleach the best for cleaning and I have always thought we should have disposable toothbrushes. I bet that will be something we will see soon actually. *nods head*

[RandyGal]

I don't let germs and other icky things get to me. I do the normal cleaning of my home and body and that is about it. I do love bleach the best for cleaning and I have always thought we should have disposable toothbrushes. I bet that will be something we will see soon actually. *nods head*


Well.....I'm a big shopper at the Dollar Store. 6 toothbrushes for a buck, cheap enough to be disposable. (if you don't need special toothbrushes that is)

I'm a big believer in making sure I get enough dirt in my diet to stay healthy. Germs and me get along just fine, I'm not too spazzy about 'em.