Eww..... that's nasty...

When I went to college I had to face the big decision of choosing a major..... my choices were between art and biology. I am not the most talented when it comes to art but I enjoy it and can do a little something when I put my mind to it. Biology.... well, I am naturally curious about the world and more specifically the living world. So needless to say I chose biology, it afterall seemed like the wisest choice, that is if I planned on graduating from college and actually landing a decent paying job. Boy was I wrong, but that's a different story all together so I won't digress. I said all of that to say this although this blog is not meant to be a scientific blog, I will from time to time post on some interesting things I come across....


Scientists say that they have confirmed that men's hands are nastier than women's hands go here to read the article. I agree that men's restroom behaviors are nasty (so I've heard) but I think some women are nastier than any man could ever be. I can't speak of the goings on in men's restrooms because I have never been in an occupied one. I know that with men, there is skin to skin contact which can lead to all types of germ carrying scenarios, but women even without the skin to skin can also carry and get a lot of germs from restrooms. Now, let's just discuss public restrooms for this blog since the article was based on surveys taken in public restrooms...... I have been in restrooms where women will leave a bloody mess behind (nasty)..... pee on the floor (eww).... and the seat (yuck).... used toilet paper on the floor (eww, yuck, nasty).... no flushing after #1 or #2 (no home training)..... so after seeing all of that why do I still see women walk out of a stall and head straight to the door without any washing of the hands.... or better yet I'll see a woman spend a good amount of time to wash her hands but will open the restroom door with her "used to be clean now infested hands" ...... so I say all of that to say this..... I agree that men can have nasty hands but women's hands can be nastier. So men, but especially women wash your hands everytime you use the restroom whether it is in a public place or the privacy of your home. Also wash your hands everytime you go into the restroom even if you don't use it becuase the person before you didn't wash their hands and they touched everything you are now touching. Don't forget to use the paper towels on the door handle and a little purell after leaving the restroom won't hurt either.

For other information about dirty hand surveys click here . Also click here for information on various microbes...... germaphobes don't be afraid.... we have bacteria living in and on our body that are quite beneficial to us..... say this with me "Bacteria is my friend" .......that is unless you use the restroom and don't wash your hands then running the risk of getting some god-awful disease from some god-awful bacteria that came from who knows where because the person that used the bathroom before you managed to touch everything with their unwashed, dirty, nasty hands enough to leave that god-awful e. coli resulting in vomitting, severe bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps which you now got because you did not WASH YOUR HANDS either..... ewwww.

So men, women, old people, and children please wash your hands.