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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:02:51 -0000, "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com>
wrote:
>Nan wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:40:59 -0000, "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Nan wrote:
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>>>> I watched a show once that had a scientist state that the dirtiest
>>>> area of a public toilet is the floor. I say, just do not lick the
>>>> floor ;-)
>>>> All this sanitizing is making kids immune systems too weak to fight
>>>> off the bugs they're encountering everywhere else.
>>>
>>> As babies mine put everything they could hold into their mouths - as
>>> babies and toddlers do. Obviously if something was particularly grubby
>>> or had been dropped into something unsavoury then that would have
>>> special treatment but most of the toys were outgrown before they had a
>>> wash to be then passed on. I've a few toys still here that the
>>> grandchildren have played with and I never thought to wash any of them.
>>
>> Same here. I think I sanitized my daughter's pacifier once, when I
>> saw the cat batting it around on the floor. Who knows how often the
>> cat *really* played with it ;-)
>>
>> The truth is, germs aren't all *bad*, and aggressive eradication of
>> all of them has severe drawbacks.
>
>I suppose that the good bacteria needed by our bodies get destroyed along
>with the bad so then we become ill as we have not the same good protection
>and possibly could end up breeding superbugs that none of us could cope
>with- we all know the results on the overuse of antibiotics.
>
>>> I wonder how dirty coins are. They are handled by many and end up in all
>>> sorts of places yet the women at my local fruit machine hall , if they
>>> cannot get the coin into the slot , pop coins into their mouths then put
>>> them in the machine. By rights they should all be dead!
>>
>> Well, I know from my stints at cashiering that money is filthy. When
>> I would wash my hands during a break, the soapy water from my hands was
>> always brown-ish.
>
>Yes, money can be extremely dirty but does "dirt" equate to germs? One's
>hands can be quite brown and dirty looking after handling peat but a lot of
>peat is sterile and I was assured by a mushroom grower that I could eat raw
>mushrooms without washing them as there was nothing in his peat that would
>harm me. I still like to give them a quick wipe though, just in case.
No, it wouldn't always equate to germs. In the case of money, it's
not intended to make your hands look dirty after handling, like you
would with peat or soil.
Since money is handled by so many people, it does transfer germs quite
readily. I know I was always getting sick more during the winters I
was a cashier.
Nan
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