Apolyton Hygiene Poll

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Dis
when you say wash hands after using bathroom, is that #1 or #2? Always number 2. But I'm talented enough to perform #1 without any contamination.

Well good for you. Are you saying you are not talented enough to perform the #2 without contamination.


I wash my hands a fair bit actually-- after every trip to the bathroom and before every meal is a minimum-- I'll usually do it just after entering the house etc etc. Since I have started being careful about this a couple of years ago, my incidence of colds and flus has gone way down

[Dis]

I'm talented enough for that one, buy why take chances. ecoli is nothing to mess with.

[mrmitchell]

Originally posted by Dis
when you say wash hands after using bathroom, is that #1 or #2? Always number 2. But I'm talented enough to perform #1 without any contamination.

About #1, IIRC urine is pretty sterile and the idea isn't to prevent contamination from that but rather from bacteria that you may have touched that was on your crotch. The idea is that something nasty will grow in that closed damp environment, and then you'll pick it up on your hands, then go eat something, lick your fingers, get sick and die.

But I'm not a doctor by any means. Anyone here have a better idea?

EDIT: That said, probably less than a quarter of all men wash their hands after just taking a whizz, and you don't see us dropping like flies, so something like that would have to be pretty rare. But why risk it? Come to think of it I'm going to start. No reason not to.

[Tiamat]

Usually take 2 or more showers a day, wash hands about 75 times per day and change clothes at least twice sometimes three times per day.

[ajbera]

By the way, Dis, I love how you manage to insert the fact that you're dating a 22-year-old woman into every thread.

I'd do it too, if I were in your shoes, but it's still amusing.

[Combat Ingrid]

It's against my honor to shower. A true scientist should smell of old sweat and phenol.

[Mart]

I am seriously troubled by low result in daily banana polishing. I believe that this requires closer investigation by skilled psychologists to solve the problem.

[Daz]

Originally posted by Tiamat
Usually take 2 or more showers a day, wash hands about 75 times per day and change clothes at least twice sometimes three times per day.

You know that you could get help...do you?

Seriously, we are becoming a civilization (well, some of us anyway) terrified of bacteria and the way our bodies smell. Its quite disturbing, and, among other things, is becoming a health problem. Why do you think theres so much allergies around. Growing up in a sterile environment does that to you. And showering several times a day screws up the bacteria that lives on you (yes, its true , they live on you , booo! ) so that you end up smelling even worse unless you buy some "super-dry-bacteriakilling-nonresidue-superfragrant-deodorant" that'll make you smell like a chemical spill and the indutry a couple of dollars richer.

Well, this might have been a radical view, but its not far from the truth

[Daz]

Oh, and just for the record, it wasnt me in the poll who "Showers less than once a week "

[alva]

Originally posted by Dis
so what's the general consensus on shaving "down there". I'm dating a younger woman (she's 22), and I like to keep in touch with what the younger generation is doing. Should I trim, or shave?

Pubic hair is disgusting, but there is little point in messing with it if you aren't in a relationship. But now that I am, and hopefully one that involves nudity soon, I'd like to know.

Trimming is an absolute must imo for both parties. Hmm, ok, I may not be part of the younger generation but then again, who cares.

Let me say though, that for a man, shaving is easier.

[Sikander]

I agree that all 22 year old women must be completely shorn.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by mrmitchell


About #1, IIRC urine is pretty sterile and the idea isn't to prevent contamination from that but rather from bacteria that you may have touched that was on your crotch. The idea is that something nasty will grow in that closed damp environment, and then you'll pick it up on your hands, then go eat something, lick your fingers, get sick and die.

But I'm not a doctor by any means. Anyone here have a better idea?

EDIT: That said, probably less than a quarter of all men wash their hands after just taking a whizz, and you don't see us dropping like flies, so something like that would have to be pretty rare. But why risk it? Come to think of it I'm going to start. No reason not to.

The best reason to wash your hands after you pee isn't because of the crotch bacteria, it's because you've been where people sh!t, touching the things they've touched.

[Proteus_MST]

Somehow I´m missing "taking a bath"
(which, aside from showering, I do twice a week)

[Az]

In the army, so shower daily, shave daily, brush my teeth two times a day.

[Daz]

In the army I was in, we showered once a week.