Health Tip!

[GSLeloo]

So post random odd health tips!

This one my mother told me, a reason to always close the lid on the toilet when you flush...

My mom drives home from work at 7 AM and so all thats' on the radio is talk shows and one morning she heard this health tip they were giving to always close the lid of the toilet when flushing, why? Because when you flush apparently millions of bacteria basically shoot 20 feet up into the air, which would cover your toothbrush and entire bathroom with bacteria.

So that's the tip.

[The Korean]

another reason i'm glad my toilet is in a separate room from my sink.

[Edaarin]

Your whole bathroom is already swimming with billions of bacteria. I wouldn't worry too much about it. And most sane people keep their toothbrushes in medicine cabinets or somewhere that minimizes exposure to the feces laden air.

If you really want to be disgusted, look up how much shit the average person swallows over their lifetime from the air or from contaminated water.

[Nakiro]

Here's a health tip for you. Wash off your tooth brush before you use it. That is all.

[Mint]

I could have happily gone my whole life without this information. Thanks a bunch.

[Hulkein]

I used to drink tap water from the Philadelphia water plants regularly.. I'm estimating I've consumed around a few metric tons of shit in my lifetime.

[Mint]

That reminds me. One of my friends has a little dog and a cat. One day I was visiting and noticed the dog running around with something in it's mouth. I asked, 'what's that?' She responded 'oh that's just cat crap from the kitty litter box. He does it all the time.' Yeah, I don't visit much anymore. And her dog doesnt lick my face anymore either.

[Nakiro]

For some reason dogs like to eat shit. Hell they'll even eat their own, barf it up, and eat it again.

[Hulkein]

My old dog used to roll in it whenever he escaped the yard.. He did it to mask his scent. Was nasty everytime he came back home which was days later sometimes.

[Mint]

Maybe potty training dogs creates a mystique in the dog's eye's about poop. I mean we freak out when they poop inside, we praise when they poop outside, we pick up their poop and put it in bags when they poop on city streets. I think I am on to something here. And you will never again see a post from me with the word poop used so many times. God, I can't seem to stop saying it...poop poop poop. :lol:

[Shari]

:lol2: Mint

[DianaBanana]

Originally posted by GSLeloo
So post random odd health tips!

This one my mother told me, a reason to always close the lid on the toilet when you flush...

My mom drives home from work at 7 AM and so all thats' on the radio is talk shows and one morning she heard this health tip they were giving to always close the lid of the toilet when flushing, why? Because when you flush apparently millions of bacteria basically shoot 20 feet up into the air, which would cover your toothbrush and entire bathroom with bacteria.

So that's the tip.

I just learned about that from one of my kids at work. She had a book called "The Most Disgusting Scratch and Sniff Book" (or something like that) and it had a little blurb about closing the lid when you flush. I've even passed this info on to all my friends, I mean who wants poo on their toothbrush? :lol:

By the way, this is my 300th post, and it contains the word poo. :D

[Edited on 4-30-2004 by DianaBanana]

[MPSorc]

i try not to let animals lick on me if i can help it, some animals are just friendly like that, so i make sure some kind of hand sanitizer is close at hand

[Miss X]

This is one of my obsessions in life. I always always keep my toothbrush in a case thing so no gross stuff lands on it. Just the thought of it makes me feel sick!

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Originally posted by GSLeloo
So post random odd health tips!

This one my mother told me, a reason to always close the lid on the toilet when you flush...

My mom drives home from work at 7 AM and so all thats' on the radio is talk shows and one morning she heard this health tip they were giving to always close the lid of the toilet when flushing, why? Because when you flush apparently millions of bacteria basically shoot 20 feet up into the air, which would cover your toothbrush and entire bathroom with bacteria.

So that's the tip.

My ass is so big it forms a hermetic seal with the thundercan, thus preventing bacteria from zooming 20 feet up.

[AnticorRifling]

Originally posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage


My ass is so big it forms a hermetic seal with the thundercan, thus preventing bacteria from zooming 20 feet up.

You, sir, are a god.

[Tsa`ah]

SHM gives new meaning to the phrase "baby got back".

You sir, are all ass!

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I'm all about preventing the spread of bacteria ;)

[Skirmisher]

I always dunk my toothbrush in listerine before using as I have heard of too many practical jokes about them to be comfortable putting them in my mouth otherwise.

[Tsa`ah]

It's strange what some people refuse to put in their mouths, yet oral sex is just fine.

[Skirmisher]

Got to have priorities in life.:whistle:

[Pierat]

You people need to watch mythbusters. They concluded that the toothbrush was nasty and dirty either way. 20 toothbrushes, located all over the bathroom for over a month, some closer to the toilet, some further away, all had about the same ammount of fecal material on them. I keep my toothbrush in the medicene cabinet. Its a better bet if you ask me



Episode: 12: Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier
Will the athletes of Stanford University's varsity rowing team be strong enough to pull Jamie up on water skis behind a fragile eight-person shell? Sounds like an excuse for a dip, no? Jamie and Adam move on to a myth with more legs when they take a stroll across a bridge to see if the rhythm of soldiers marching together can cause a bridge to collapse. Finally, watch where you put your toothbrush — the guys will attempt to learn if the bacteria from a toilet will settle in their toothbrushes. How did the toothbrushes get in the toilet again?

[GSLeloo]

When we first got our dog and we had our cats the dog would go there and eat the kitty litter. It was disgusting cause she'd smell nasty and have like a foam around her mouth. She even ate human shit once.

But um... if you sit on the toilet when you flush it you prevent the germs from flying over your bathroom but if they have the force to go 20 feet up wouldn't they sort of like go up into your ass?

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Where do you think they came from?

[GSLeloo]

...good point, you win.

[Atlanteax]

Originally posted by Tsa`ah
It's strange what some people refuse to put in their mouths, yet oral sex is just fine.

:lol2:

[longshot]

In Japan, many times the toilet is in a separate room from the shower and the sink.

There are faucets on the tops of the toilets... the clean water that fills the back part of the toilet runs through the faucet first so you can wash your hands after you use the bathroom and not waste more water.

I keep my toothbrush in a case. Not because I'm scared of microscopic shit particles, but because it just seems cleaner that way.