When we were on the cruise last week, Kasey was asking why they designed the toilets so that you had to close the cover before you could flush it. I had heard a long time ago about the germs that fly when you flush the toilet so I tried explaining it to her...Needless to say, she half didn't beleive me and was half grossed out at the same time. Just saw this little snipet today!!
The worst place for your toothbrush
On the bathroom sink: There's nothing wrong with the sink itself--but it's awfully chummy with the toilet. There are 3.2 million microbes per square inch in the average toilet bowl, according to germ expert Chuck Gerba, PhD, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona. When you flush, aerosolized toilet funk is propelled as far as 6 feet, settling on the floor, the sink, and your toothbrush. "Unless you like rinsing with toilet water, keep your toothbrush behind closed doors--in the medicine cabinet or a nearby cupboard," Gerba says.
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That is why I always flush public toilets with my foot and turn my back as fast as I can. LOL
Yeah, I do the same thing - and I try not to touch anything in there after I wash my hands. I also read about this when I was like 10 years old in OMNI magazine. It was in their "strange science" (or whatever it was called) section. LOVED that section ... It had the "UFO Update" as the first part, and the pages were silvery and in the middle of the magazine and ... now that I think about it, it was kind of like geek porn. It was always the first thing you'd flip to when it came in the mail.
You two are hysterical. I wonder if you're raising little comedians over there. Kasey and Erin wash their hands and use the towel that they dry their hands with to open the public bathroom doors. If there is only an air dryer...I'm the one who gets the job : )
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