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WHAT'S DIRTY?

We had a friend in Boston who did a lot of public meeting and greeting.

I remember her being stunned to read an article like this one.

For Many, ‘Washroom’ Seems to Be Just a Name

She had found out that "most men" didn't wash their hands after they used a urinal.

She was shocked.

I remember asking whether she knew how many women washed after doing. Here it says "more".

She wasn't interested in that. She was upset at the men for being so duplicitous. Shaking her hand just after shaking their dicks.

We laughed. But not at her. And not while she was still standing there.

The penis is actually quite clean, most of the time. It is like any other body part. Perhaps prone to a bit more sweating and all because it is enclosed. And it is its own dispenser. You hold it and it does the job out of its business end. Until you get older then you have sit to do it. Guide the stream.

Holding a dispenser doesn't make your hands dirty.

As for urine, it is drinkable. Sterile. You may not like the taste of it, although some people do, but it is safe as the glass of water you just drank.

The caveats here are laid out in the article.

So if she was shaking hands with a guy who peed on himself it was probably still OK. But not quite kosher.

Her objection was aesthetic. Perhaps sexual disgust. Maybe antiseptic.

I don't want to go into too much detail but for those of us who have experience in these matters, there isn't much to object to as far as the genitourinary system is concerned.

Now, to the core of the problem. It is basically feces that people are concerned with. Shit.

And it is certainly considerate to wash your hands post-dump. For yourself as well as others.

Think of yourself. The bacteria that exit your body don't work too well when re-introduced into the digestive system. They have prospered. Many have changed.

I am not just talking about the runs here. I am talking about people who "don't feel right" a lot of the time. They might be reintroducing the same, more mature, organisms that the body is trying to eliminate. Their self-innoculation is chronic.

OK. That is enough about washing in the restroom.

There are other, perhaps as important, washing procedures. Equipment at the gym for instance. Before and after. I always use a towel if I can and, if not, I wipe down where I am going to or have already sweat. I use the spray they supply on a paper towel.

Then there is the supermarket where, here, they supply wipes at the door. And so on.

Spitting. I saw a guy spit on the sidewalk outside a shopping center the other day.

A slimy sticky hocker. Shoes. Think about it.

One more thing.

The same person who didn't want dick on her hands kissed almost everyone she saw either on the cheek or on the mouth. Hugging.

And she was worried about hands.

I am a kisser and a hugger too. On the side of the cheek, the kiss. On the mouth for close friends. I never get sick from it. Never.

Of course, it is the same people all the time so perhaps we have immunized our cohort. I will have to ask my readers with a PhD in Biology or Nursing to advise on this.

Labels: health