When you flush your toilet....

PS: I'm not joking.

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I'm confused. Why should I worry about particles being thrust into the air and landing on my toothbrush? I wet my toothbrush in the toilet. What's going to get on it? The water in there is clean, isn't it?

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Who the hell has ever gotten sick from toilet water particles? People are so weird sometimes...

It's not particles of the water only...it's the waste that's in the water. And it's really bad for you. With your logic, people would go around eating their own sh*t.

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this thread makes me vomit in my mouth. which is probably about as sanitary as the subject at hand! :/

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That's just......disturbing. Ew.

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^ Me, at home.

As sick as the idea of it is (and it totally is!), I'd have to say I'm w/ Plum on this one. I haven't died or gotten deathly ill yet. The chances of me and/or my roommate actually remembering to keep up w/ this would be slim to none, so why get paranoid about it?

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Talk to the hand, Plum, 'cos the face ain't listenin'...

Cheeseburgers and cigarettes are very different than human waste. It's not that we think these things will kill us, but to know that you're brushing your teeth with fesces particles is nasty. And I'm a huge germaphobe. But Plum, if being conscious about touching things in public is too much for you, then I'm kind of gross out. I never touch a pole on the subway without taking out my Purell. Same with bathrooms. I think it's nasty. And it's proven that the more you keep up with your cleanliness, the less you get sick. So no, it won't kill you, but I wouldn't want to eat a Veggieburder or smoke a cigarette with hands that touched a public bathroom doorknob that was touched by a man that touched his manlyhood without washing his hands. WHo knows what has been where, and if you don't understand that then I find that really nasty.

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Well, I'm assuming you must not eat out much, because I'd hate to imagine what goes on in most restaurants' kitchens! *totally just messing w/ you munk*

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Actually, the notion that a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's is a myth.

Obviously we have germs all over us. And in our mouths. Obviously, there's nothing you can do about that. I'm just talking about when I'm riding in the subway. Someone might sneeze, get some something on their hands, then hang onto to pole. Then I touch the same spot on my way to a restaurant, and touch my straw, bread, or whatever else I put in my mouth. So saying we have germs in our mouth is irrelevant - there's nothing we can do about that and they don't make us sick.

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