Another reason not to use public restrooms

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:57 pm

Poor lady

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_ ... hvBHNlYwM-

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:00 pm

The mind REELS! Let's hope she comes to enjoy the celebrity! Otherwise...being known for this incident could really SUCK! :rolleyes:

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:04 am

SnoozeControl wrote: Oh man, that would be incredibly embarrassing... especially if the rescue squad was a bunch of young, good looking firefighters and you had just finishing going poo.

You can always reach back and flush before they get there... for

future reference!!

I wonder how many more of these we are going to hear about?

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:06 am

Do people really sit on public toilet seats???? Thats gross!!! I either squat, get one of those paper things or hold it til I get home. YUCK! Sitting on a public toilet??? EEEWWWWW!:yh_sick

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:12 am

I know what you mean, DG, but it's mostly all in our minds! There's

been LOTS of testing by various people... and they just aren't that

bad!!

A whole lot worse is anything people put their hands on. I haven't

touched a door knob with my bare hands in YEARS. (In a public

place, that is!!)

Abd there was just a report yesterday how terribly dirty cell phones are!

:-2

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:15 am

I read that one about the cell phones, it was quite surprising.

CheshireCat · Post by **CheshireCat** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:18 am

That's horrible! The poor thing!

I agree with not sitting on public toilets. It's sad to say, but you can't trust anyone or anything anymore, even if the stool looks clean, you never know!

Oh, I sat on a wasp on the stool at home once. Neither one of us was happy!:-1

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:18 am

I have germ-x on my desk, in my car, and in my purse. I also have rubber gloves to wear when I pump gas and I pull my sleeve over my hand when opening a door as to not touch the doorknob.

And guess what else, people laugh at me all the time, but I honestly cant remember the last time I was sick. Its been at least 2-3 years.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:13 am

CheshireCat wrote: I agree with not sitting on public toilets. It's sad to say, but you can't trust anyone or anything anymore, even if the stool looks clean

You're not getting me sitting on stools in public lavatories. Sounds horrible, I didn't know it was like that in the 'states!

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:55 am

Bill Sikes wrote: You're not getting me sitting on stools in public lavatories. Sounds horrible, I didn't know it was like that in the 'states!
Yeah. You can get crabs from the toilet seat. Thos suckers survive on anything and can jump!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:21 am

DesignerGal wrote: Yeah. You can get crabs from the toilet seat. Thos suckers survive on anything and can jump!

Back to reality:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/program ... fice.shtml

"Sick desks

It's not just the amount of work on your desk that could be making you ill - it could be your desk itself. Did you know that a study in America found that the average office desk can harbour up to 400 times more germs than the average toilet seat? If your desk is dirty, you could catch colds, flu, diarrhoea and at worse, hepatitis A."

It's very rare to catch anything at all from fitting on a lavarory seat.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:38 am

DesignerGal wrote: Yeah. You can get crabs from the toilet seat. Thos suckers survive on anything and can jump!

Not true, DG! Here's a snippet from Wikipedia:

Pubic lice are most commonly spread by sexual contact and are considered a sexually transmitted disease, but can also be spread by sharing clothes or bedding. Pubic lice can not be spread by sitting on a toilet seat, contrary to popular myth. Lice do not have the proper body structure to maneuver over smooth surfaces, (using their feet rather to grab onto the hair shaft.)Also, lice must be near a human body to be able to sustain life, as they die within 1-2 days after no contact with humans

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:08 am

Money makes us sick as well, huge incidents in banks of sick employees, just think were money has been......

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:04 pm

valerie wrote: Not true, DG! Here's a snippet from Wikipedia:

Pubic lice are most commonly spread by sexual contact and are considered a sexually transmitted disease, but can also be spread by sharing clothes or bedding. Pubic lice can not be spread by sitting on a toilet seat, contrary to popular myth. Lice do not have the proper body structure to maneuver over smooth surfaces, (using their feet rather to grab onto the hair shaft.)Also, lice must be near a human body to be able to sustain life, as they die within 1-2 days after no contact with humans

I stand corrected. Must have gotten them from the bed or towel then!:D :wah:

JayDee · Post by **JayDee** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:44 pm

Being a male I'll hold on till i get home, but if I have to go- mainly when I am abroad- I find the poshest hotel there and use theirs.

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:04 pm

JayDee wrote: Being a male I'll hold on till i get home, but if I have to go- mainly when I am abroad- I find the poshest hotel there and use theirs.

Good idea.

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:05 pm

DesignerGal wrote: Good idea.

Bon idee'