Now I need you to be perfectly honest on this one
Do you wash your hands when you have been to the loo? Personal I know but when trying to teach children to always wash theirs my efforts are regularly frustrated when ladies leave the loos without washing. I reckon that at least 50% of lady users don't :o :o :o

Tried to set up a poll but couldn't get 3 options

I always do! :D

In the house, no.
When I'm out in a pub, resteraunt etc yes.
I suppose I'm just a lopper at home.

:banana:

Yes ofcourse I do!

The problem in pubs/public places etc is that if they don't supply handwash its not very encouraging, especially if the sinks look grubby or are clogged up with loo roll.

I have to admit that I didn't used to... but more recently I've made a conscious effort to wash my hands everytime I goto the toliet now. 8)

As a bloke, you certainly notice that many gents don't wash their hands after "urinating" in toilets in pubs!

I never used to, but in recent years I have.
Just thinking about, for example, eating a packet of crisps without washing hands makes it all come in to perspective for me really.. ;)

My Mother taught us to be very clean, to always wash our hands after using the toilet and always before having a meal. I wash my hands constantly anyway all through the day, as I feel dirty if I can't. Both my children were taught to be as clean as I am and they are a credit, children to be proud of.

I also get a bath or shower every day at least once and sometimes twice. It has been said that I am too clean, but I don't agree, someone said that to have too many baths is weakening, but this is a good excuse for dirty buggers. Everyone smells, because we all are a human animal and we need to keep that stink down or we all pong.

All the time, especially in the summer we perspire and this causes the smell if it is not washed off, furthermore as we get older we pong even more, due to the ageing process.

Originally posted by Mo
Now I need you to be perfectly honest on this one
Do you wash your hands when you have been to the loo? Personal I know but when trying to teach children to always wash theirs my efforts are regularly frustrated when ladies leave the loos without washing. I reckon that at least 50% of lady users don't :o :o :o

Tried to set up a poll but couldn't get 3 options
I ALWAYS wash after being to the loo!
I trained as chef for a while (years ago) and washed my hands after touching all different surfaces and foods so I got in the habbit of regular washing of the hands! Best way to be IMHO!

You a washer or a walker? LOL! I always wash my hands. Especially in a pub/club/restaurant and even at college, I always wash my hands, then use a paper towel to turn off the tap, and to open the door. Just think of all those people who just go and open the doors without washing their hands! All their germs go onto the door handle!
Chloé

Blurgh... makin me wanna hurl!

do you eat bar peanuts dabouncer? :lol:

there is (on average) about 20 different traces of mens urine on every peanut :o

Originally posted by RPG
do you eat bar peanuts dabouncer? :lol:

there is (on average) about 20 different traces of mens urine on every peanut :o
I dont actually... thankfully!

I heard summat similar about london's underground hand rails!

I also heard that with the amount of germs on New Yorks subway hand rails... it could one day possibly lead to an outbreak of plague!

I always do. I wash my hands very frequent throughout the day. I have seen on many occasions when in public toilets men not washing their hands, which I find disgusting.

Originally posted by RPG
do you eat bar peanuts dabouncer? :lol:

there is (on average) about 20 different traces of mens urine on every peanut :o

Thank god I buy the packets.. ;)
Interesting fact, but it really does make you think about hygeine. With basic rules being ignored, is it any wonder viral outbreaks such as Foot and Mouth and SARS have occured?

Originally posted by Mo Do you wash your hands when you have been to the loo?
Depends whether my finger went through the paper... ;)

On a more serious note there may be a problem with excessive hygiene causing allergies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/consumer/children_hygene.shtml

We build up resistance to infections by being exposed to them at low levels while in good health. That doesn't mean hygiene doesn't matter but it does suggest we shouldn't be obsessive about it. If I go on holiday to India and take great care about what I eat and drink, I'll probably get sick anyway. Someone born and brought up there have no ill effects from eating things I'd never dream of touching. They have built up better tolerance.

Up to about age 10 I got one bath a week unless I'd managed to get particularly mucky. after that I was promoted to twice a week - and that was fairly normal, no central heating and endless supplies of hot water. The expectation now is that kids get a bath every day.

On the other hand we were taught to close the toilet seat lid before flushing to reduce the risk of inhaling droplets. Are kids taught that now or are they all inhaling a healthy dose of loo contents? - OK we have a diphtheria vaccination and anyway it responds to simple antibiotics but still there are other pathogens in there.

When I were a lad we lived in a cardboard box in middle of t' road... ...A cardboard box? Luxury!

i cant even think why anyone would not wash there hands after going to the loo i always wash my hands after going and before i have a meal and just because i like to feel clean :wave:

Originally posted by Mo
Now I need you to be perfectly honest on this one
Do you wash your hands when you have been to the loo? Personal I know but when trying to teach children to always wash theirs my efforts are regularly frustrated when ladies leave the loos without washing. I reckon that at least 50% of lady users don't :o :o :o

Tried to set up a poll but couldn't get 3 options


Yeh I wash mine all the time....whn I'm in a public place though it makes me wonder when I touch the handle of a door to open it after washing my hands....what germs am I picking up from the door handle from those who didn't? especially in pubs.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by robh
[B]Depends whether my finger went through the paper... ;)

On a more serious note there may be a problem with excessive hygiene causing allergies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/consumer/children_hygene.shtml

We build up resistance to infections by being exposed to them at low levels while in good health. That doesn't mean hygiene doesn't matter but it does suggest we shouldn't be obsessive about it. If I go on holiday to India and take great care about what I eat and drink, I'll probably get sick anyway. Someone born and brought up there have no ill effects from eating things I'd never dream of touching. They have built up better tolerance.

Up to about age 10 I got one bath a week unless I'd managed to get particularly mucky. after that I was promoted to twice a week - and that was fairly normal, no central heating and endless supplies of hot water. The expectation now is that kids get a bath every day.

On the other hand we were taught to close the toilet seat lid before flushing to reduce the risk of inhaling droplets. Are kids taught that now or are they all inhaling a healthy dose of loo contents? - OK we have a diphtheria vaccination and anyway it responds to simple antibiotics but still there are other pathogens in there.




I agree with you entirely about allowing children to get mucky as we did when we played thereby allowing their immune system to develop but I draw the line at toilet hygeine.

Our immunity is also being reduced by use of antibacterial washing up liquids, surface wipes etc.

As you mentioned vaccinations, some people believe that if we allowed our children to catch childhood diseases their immune system would be much stronger. Natural immunity from having had an illness is lifelong whereas innocuations produce short term immunity.

I wash, so does my son. The nursery that he goes to have him obsessed now!!!

I was talking to a friend the other day and apparently you have to give you hands a really good wash to get ALL the germs off. Even after what we think is a good wash there are still large amounts of germs and in many places there is a special wash that stains your hands. The only way to get it and all the germs off is to wash thoroughly.

Perhaps they should put that in a few toilets? Mind you, then most would probably stop washing altogether,

Moon maiden

Washing your hands after using the loo is good practice, but trying to disinfect yourself is
a)impossible.
b)pointless.

If your're out in the woods and need to take a leak, where do you wash your hands?

You are out in the tropics and you cut yourself with your machete:

With no first aid kit, your best strategy to clean the wound is to pee on it, since urine is sterile and germ free, as well as mildly antiseptic.

faeces smell bad for a reason - they are shot through with bacteria that, whilst quite at home in the lower intestine, can cause illness if ingested (coliform bacteria). So most higher mammals have some taboo over faeces, and will sling it at their enemies.