Does your keyboard smell like poo?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:18 pm

We as a society have evolved to become acutely aware of hygiene, but it's mostly a recent transformation. Only within the past century, for example, has showering become a daily ritual even in developed nations, to say nothing of deodorant, dental floss, and toilet paper.

HOWEVER.

There is something peculiar in the air of most public restroom settings that restores, at least for the duration of the visit, the most primal of anti-hygienic instincts in even the most fastidious visitors. Perhaps it's the unrestrained nature of the grafitti scrawled along the length of each wall or the unbearable odor of improperly flushed excrement that prompts denizens to make their business as expeditious as possible. Whatever the cause, I am of the distinct impression that few people make use of the sinks provided, and there is of course no reason to believe that their cleaning habits in private are any different.

So, does your keyboard smell like poo?

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:47 pm

This was an unusual choice of poll, given all the big Sega-oriented announcements this week. >_>

Anyway, always after #2, and occasionally after a pee as well, depending on the circumstances.

Post by **Popcorn** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:33 pm

Shadow Hog wrote:This was an unusual choice of poll, given all the big Sega-oriented announcements this week. >_>

Who the fuck cares about any of that? Does your keyboard smell like poo?

Post by **G.Silver** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:54 pm

Ever since doing my time in food service and having to clean those bathrooms, I've developed a real appreciation for how horrible they are and washing hands there no matter what happens is an absolute must. You're gonna get filth on your hands just pushing the door open. I get my paper towels out before I wash my hands, and when I turn off the facet, I use the paper towel. Because I know not everyone washes their hands, I also use the paper towel to open the door, and then, holding the door open with my foot, I'll make a shot for the garbage can. If I miss, so be it, I'm not touching that thing once it's been on the floor--my hands are clean!

That said, at home I'm more relaxed, but still always after number 2 (that's what I've checked). My strange quirk is that the time when I absolutely MUST wash my hands is after being outside for any length of time for any reason. It's like I can feel the outdoors on my hands--fine, while I'm outdoors--but while indoors, if I don't wash my hands as quickly as possible I'm pretty sure the world will end.

Post by **Delphine** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:11 pm

Shadow Hog wrote:This was an unusual choice of poll, given all the big Sega-oriented announcements this week. >_>

We already have a NiGHTS poll, and no one gives a fuck about Sonic in the goddamn Olympics.

cjmcray · Post by **cjmcray** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:32 am

I'm going to go with G.Silv and say when outdoors it's a must.

At home, i'm more relaxed about it.

And by relaxed, I mean, I haven't washed in days.

And by days, I mean weeks.

And by weeks, I mean this poll is stupid.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:01 am

I usually only wash my hands after number 2, I'll give a courtesy wash after number 1 or if I was unfortunate enough to get a little piss on my hand.

Opa-Opa · Post by **Opa-Opa** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:05 am

I actually wash my hands all the time. Say I've scratched my foot, I wash my hands. I'm going to eat something, I wash my hands. After I ate something, I wash my hands. And so on.

Funny thing is, my keyboard actually does smell like poo!

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:57 am

Yeah, I wash after every visit and may God save he who I find doing otherwise in my house. Also, my bathroom's faucet handle catches slightly before turning off all the way, causing the faucet to drip, something that everyone else in my house seems hell-bent on ignoring. It drives me nuts.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:07 am

Do you always wash after using the bathroom?

Every single time- touching dust is reason enough to me.
And for the record, my keyboard smells like dried sweat.

Post by Bo » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:25 pm

I'm an obsessive washer, especially after being outdoors. I have no delusions about being clean; I know the world is much dirtier than we would like to believe, but... it's not the middle fucking ages, wash up.

This Straight Dope article is illuminating.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:32 pm

You bunch of pussy prudes.

The results of this poll are not what I expected.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:09 pm

I don't know why but they surprise me too. I'm actually right there with G.Silv., paper towel for grabbing the door and everything, only I live in a dorm with community restrooms/showers. It's a good day when I don't find pubic hair all over one of the sinks. I wash 'em all the time, every time.

gr4yJ4Y · Post by **gr4yJ4Y** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:40 pm

I wash my hands every time. I use more soap after number 2. Sometimes when I'm in a rush or I'm about to get my hands dirty anyway I'll skip it. And other times I just don't use soap because I don't want that strong soapy smell.

Sniffnoy · Post by **Sniffnoy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:54 pm

Yeah, if there's no poop involved I generally just rinse.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:52 pm

Any of you guys who chose the second and third responses, remind me to never shake your hands.

Also, I'm like Locit and G. Silver when it comes to public restrooms, even though supposedly women wash their hands more often than men do. You can never be too sure.

Besides, with washing your hands you have less of a chance of catching an illness.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:28 am

No matter how you shake and dance
The last few drops fall in your pants

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:35 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:No matter how you shake and dance
The last few drops fall in your pants

One of the truths of this universe

Ashura · Post by **Ashura** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:08 pm

This poll is quite odd for a sonic the hedgehog site.... who runs this anyways?

WTF!!!!

good thing the smell o' poop doesn't turn anyone on... that would be weird though....

OMG! sikko!

random

hee hee... who like montey python and the holy grail? tis funay!!! I like monty python!
Dey is funnahy!(as u already heard...)

Post by **Segaholic2** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:20 pm

The smell of poo turns EVERYONE on. Especially you.

cjmcray · Post by **cjmcray** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:45 pm

Something tells me everyone's gonna love this Ashura character..

Post by Bo » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:51 pm

This morning I went into the building where my first class is and used the ground floor bathroom to urinate. I went to wash my hands, absently putting one of them under the faucet's detector and putting soap on the other simultaneously. I wait... and the water doesn't turn on. I try again. No water. I move to the other two sinks. None of the motion detectors work. I was stuck with a handful of pink soap, which I laboriously wiped off with a paper towel.

I felt weird all day, even after I washed my hands before my next class. Moral of the story:
1) Wash your hands
2) But not before making sure there is running water

Opa-Opa · Post by **Opa-Opa** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:42 pm

Bo. Please make your avatar stop moving.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:24 pm

You should make it an animated gif just to fuck with people.

aso · Post by **aso** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:13 am

In one of my Psych classes, we had to complete a 'naturalistic observation' exercise. Apparently one of the most popular choices for naturalistic observation was to see whether people wash their hands or not in a public bathroom after they had done the deed.

An interesting choice for a study, but apparently it invades the privacy of people a little too much or some such nonsense. (I studied the pizza ordering habits of people instead. Bunch of fatasses. Not that I'm exactly free from that label.)

Oh, and yeah. Wash every time, or nearly every time. Anyone who doesn't is disgusting.