Comments on: LOL: Arlo, But Clean

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:00:46 +0000

@Gilgamesh 15:
no
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what mathwiz 16 said
no

By: Aus-terry

Aus-terry — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:32:24 +0000

When you work in a laboratory, you was your hands BEFORE you touch it, and then after …

By: DSkinner

DSkinner — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:35:51 +0000

Beautiful John. Love the story.

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:21:53 +0000

A Harvard student and a Yale student are in a public bathroom in Cambridge: Both pee, and the Yale student then walks towards the sink while the Harvard student heads for the door.

Yale student: At Yale, they teach us to wash our hands after we pee.
Harvard student: At Harvard, they teach us not to pee on our hands.
voice from a stall: It probably doesn’t matter; the MIT student who was here before you peed in the sink.

(Alternate version uses Army, Navy, and Marines, instead of colleges).

By: Keera

Keera — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:51:54 +0000

The only time I’ve found it even remotely amusing or appropriate that someone would make a phone call from the john was back when cell phones were still a bit new: The girl in the stall next to me loudly announced, “You’ll never guess where I’m calling from!!! A PUBLIC BATHROOM!!!” I had to grin.

By: John in Tronna

John in Tronna — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:44:50 +0000

I was in a stall once, when a guy went into the stall next to me, and started talking. I thought for a split second he was talking to me, but it turns out he was on his cell, talking with a woman. I knew, because I could hear her voice (what did he have the thing on speakerr mode?).

Well, I wasn’t about to forget my etiquette simply because he forgot his, so…I flushed.

Woman’s voice on other end stopped dead. I swear I could hear her eyes bug out — followed by a shocked “Where are you???” and a hasty “Uh, call you back.”

Hee hee hee. A wee bit o’ schadenfreude there, too.

By: Igelino

Igelino — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:17:30 +0000

Anyway, the focus on sterility is unhealthy. Infants in a sterile environment have weakened immune systems when they grow up. And washing with warm soapy water actually encourages the native bacteria living on the skin. And anti-bacterial stuff kills most of the weak bacteria, leaving the stronger resistant ones to multiply. Washing once a day has kept the “evil” bacteria found on surfaces in check for thousands of years.

By: mathwiz

mathwiz — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:16 +0000

Is it acceptable…
??? To speak with someone in the next stall?
As long as it’s not to me.

??? Talk on the phone while in a stall?
As long as the other folks on the call can’t tell (and I’d hope no one else in the bathroom recognizes you).

??? For men to look anywhere but eyes front when using a urinal?
With partitions, OK in conversation. No partitions, shut up, eyes front.

??? Do a quick rinse of the hands and call it a washing?
“Call it” a washing? Does someone go around saying “look, I really washed my hands”? Yes, they’re lazy (or ignorant of the differences). No, they haven’t washed their hands. That’s the same thing as rinsing your toothbrush so Mom thinks you’ve brushed your teeth.

??? Refuse to shake someone’s hand if you are not sure if they have finishing without washing?
Depends on the basis for the information. Immediate visible evidence, sure. Otherwise, shake as long as the hands are dry (assuming you shake hands normally..because that’s what’s happening all day anyway).

??? Point out to somebody they forgot to flush or forgot to wash?
Nope. (Indignant comments like “Dude!” are acceptable if you’re sure someone is responsible for an avoidable “violation”)

??? Blurt out “Holy lightening of Zeus, what do you eat; road kill!?” If the stench is so abominable your hair is starting to melt?
Are you in college/HS and get cred from telling bathroom jokes? If not, then no. Just breathe through your mouth. You think I can do something about it?

By: Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:34:53 +0000

So many questions about restroom etiquette; so little time.

Is it acceptable…

??? To speak with someone in the next stall?

??? Talk on the phone while in a stall?

??? For men to look anywhere but eyes front when using a urinal?

??? Do a quick rinse of the hands and call it a washing?

??? Refuse to shake someone’s hand if you are not sure if they have finishing without washing?

??? Point out to somebody they forgot to flush or forgot to wash?

??? Blurt out “Holy lightening of Zeus, what do you eat; road kill!?” If the stench is so abominable your hair is starting to melt?

Hey, just asking questions, thats all.

By: Keera

Keera — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:54:03 +0000

Elyrest @13, I didn’t know, myself, having not lived in the US for a few decades nor being squeamish about restrooms (I did grow up using an outhouse), so my knowledge about the matter is based mostly on several enlightening discussions I’ve had with women from both sides of the pond in another forum.