Something else dirtier than toilets....
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Ice machines! They're not just dirtier than toilets, they're dirtier than the water in the toilets! (But... they probably don't have ice made with the icky blue bleach, which is a plus.)
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Date: 2008-05-21 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 08:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 09:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 10:52 pm (UTC)Toilet bowls are, as I said, cleaned with harsh substances pretty often, and flushed with large amounts of water at every use. Most of what goes into toilets from the human body (pee) is sterile.
Ice machines... not so much, which is why, as the comments to that article indicate, they're often filled with ickies like e. coli (ew) and SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!!!!!!!
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Date: 2008-06-02 05:20 pm (UTC)Also, even though urine itself may not harbour much life, skin does, and on women's toilets skin touches many a place, and the urine itself picks up some life in it's passing. There is also fair nutrition in urine and faeces, and life may thrive in the portion that is not flushed.
All said, healthy respect for, not irrational fear of, human waste is advisable.
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Date: 2008-06-02 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-02 07:05 pm (UTC)Of course ice consuming people are far more likely to get an upset stomach from a poorly tended ice machine than from a toilet, but the toilet itself still remains a potential cause of harm, and in such a case, it may prove a more serious harm than from the ice machine. So, throwing out the shoe is going overboard, washing it in a washing machine is sensible.
Besides, drinking liquid close to 0°C isn't very good for us anyway, so why bother with the ice?
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Date: 2008-06-02 07:07 pm (UTC)Very rarely, I should hope - I can't recall the last time I got sick from a toilet. (Though if that was the horrible throwing up and pooing disease, I can understand the terror of toilets.)
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Date: 2008-06-02 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-02 07:06 pm (UTC)It's just that I also don't think that we should cover the seat with so much paper the toilet clogs, and then hover over it anyway, and refuse to touch the handle with our fingers, especially when the bathroom has clearly been recently cleaned.
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Date: 2008-06-02 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-22 09:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 08:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 09:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 10:52 pm (UTC)Toilet bowls are, as I said, cleaned with harsh substances pretty often, and flushed with large amounts of water at every use. Most of what goes into toilets from the human body (pee) is sterile.
Ice machines... not so much, which is why, as the comments to that article indicate, they're often filled with ickies like e. coli (ew) and SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!!!!!!!
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Date: 2008-06-02 05:20 pm (UTC)Also, even though urine itself may not harbour much life, skin does, and on women's toilets skin touches many a place, and the urine itself picks up some life in it's passing. There is also fair nutrition in urine and faeces, and life may thrive in the portion that is not flushed.
All said, healthy respect for, not irrational fear of, human waste is advisable.
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Date: 2008-06-02 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-02 07:05 pm (UTC)Of course ice consuming people are far more likely to get an upset stomach from a poorly tended ice machine than from a toilet, but the toilet itself still remains a potential cause of harm, and in such a case, it may prove a more serious harm than from the ice machine. So, throwing out the shoe is going overboard, washing it in a washing machine is sensible.
Besides, drinking liquid close to 0°C isn't very good for us anyway, so why bother with the ice?
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Date: 2008-06-02 07:07 pm (UTC)Very rarely, I should hope - I can't recall the last time I got sick from a toilet. (Though if that was the horrible throwing up and pooing disease, I can understand the terror of toilets.)
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Date: 2008-06-02 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-02 07:06 pm (UTC)It's just that I also don't think that we should cover the seat with so much paper the toilet clogs, and then hover over it anyway, and refuse to touch the handle with our fingers, especially when the bathroom has clearly been recently cleaned.
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Date: 2008-06-02 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-22 09:19 am (UTC)