Fussing Over Feces

[Lucky]

Walking into the grocery store and seeing all of those delicious food items, you can't help but think of putting them into your tummy. But most people don't stop to think that what you put into your tummy must come out at some point.

A while back a researcher stated that the average person carries one ounce of feces in his underwear. Now an Arizona researcher claims that 72% of shopping carts have fecal matter on them.

Fecal Food Carts

But think of all the other things you touch in a day: handrails, subway poles, public phones (if you can find one), public toilet handles, door handles, money and coins, or even other people. Are they all so laden with feces that you should carry sanitary wipes everywhere you go?

Can you imagine sanitizing your hands before you shake hands with a politician? I know you check your wallet afterward, but how far can we carry this? Rubber gloves for all? Shake on it!

[lookin]

A while back a researcher stated that the average person carries one ounce of feces in his underwear. Now an Arizona researcher claims that 72% of shopping carts have fecal matter on them.

Lucky, the same researcher, Charles Gerba, says there's only a tenth of a gram of poo in the average pair of skivvies. Do you think it's possible you may be hanging out with the wrong people?

[RA1]

I know I am hanging out with the wrong people. First, I thought the author cited was Charles Gerber, especially after I saw the baby; then, when I read the piece, it said she said, meaning Charles. That put me into a different orbit, although I should be completely used to he's and she's being one and the same or whichever by now.

Bleach and hot water are wonderful for killing germs but hell on colors.

Best regards,

RA1

[Lucky]

Lookin, when I posted the story about the fecal underwear last November, I quoted Men's Health magazine. Either they, or perhaps, just perhaps, I, had it wrong!

http://www.maleescortreview.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4608-did-you-know/page__st__20__p__30402__hl__fecal__fromsearch__1#entry30402

Update: I have found the exact quote from Men's Health:

The average pair of dirty underwear contains between one-tenth and one full gram of feces, according to Dr. Philip Tierno, director of clinical microbiology at New York University and author of The Secret Life of Germs.

[MsGuy]

perhaps, just perhaps, I had it wrong!

The average pair of dirty underwear contains between one-tenth and one full gram of feces

1 gram = tire track

1 ounce = Depends

big difference

[lookin]

Then, too, results might be skewed depending on when the research was done. Could be biannual blips around Thanksgiving and Cinco de Mayo.

[Guest zipperzone]

IMO - much doo doo about nothing (pun intended)

If I'm ready willing and able to massage someones prostate with my tongue, I find it hard to get overly excited about miniscule amounts of you-know-what on handles of shopping carts

[TampaYankee]

The average pair of dirty underwear contains between one-tenth and one full gram of feces, according to Dr. Philip Tierno, director of clinical microbiology at New York University and author of The Secret Life of Germs.

That's why underwear has always been much more than just a fashion statement.

[Guest twinklover]

I'm hesitant to respond. Some of us are so sensitive to fecal matter,

that you may as well call me, well, stinklover. I AM NOT.

More tomorrow, but unless the shit is disclosed, we don't care otherwise about you.

Disclose it, your fetish for it, and I'm sure others may be interested.

[Lucky]

From today's NYTimes, on airplane germs:

In 2007, Charles P. Gerba, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona, swabbed airplane bathrooms and tray tables on eight flights to see what bugs might be lurking onboard. Four out of six tray tables tested positive for the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and norovirus, the highly contagious group of viruses that can cause a miserable one- or two-day bout of vomiting, diarrhea and cramping, was found on one tray. Most of the bathrooms he swabbed had E. coli bacteria. Thirty percent of sinks, flush handles and faucet handles had E. coli, as did 20 percent of toilet seats, according to his research.

[Guest lurkerspeaks]

gives a new meaning to "get your shit together".

[lookin]

Congratulations, Lucky! Not only does this thread have legs of its own, but it's launched its very own spin-off.

You are the Norman Lear of posters!