Washing after you pee!

nobodythere

I was actually surprised to see the last day that most lads don't seem to wash their hands after they pee. What the hell is up with that? It's frickin disgusting. I don't want pissy hands everywhere.

So I'm doing a survey to be sure that it wasn't just because everyone was drunk.

Do you wash your hands after you pee? Discussion welcome.

Steveire

You consider a thread here to be a survey? We'll see what happens...

vibrant

Sometimes

God yes.

Wash my hands after using public transport too.

D

Sometimes

Well as the old joke goes:
A marine and a sailor are in a restroom together taking a wizz. The marine finishes first and goes to leave the washroom. The sailor says "In the Navy they teach us to wash our hands after we pee." To which the marine replies, "Well in the Marines they teach us not to piss on our hands."

That said I always wash my hands.

Goodshape

Public poll ey?... ALWAYS!

ALWAYS!

promise

Mad Mike

I'm afraid my mammy beat it into me too well for me to ever forget but a good friend of mine made a very strong case that you should actually wash your hands before you pee, not after. After all "it" is tucked away nicely and doesn't have any germs that you haven't already got. Your hands on the other hand pick up all kinds of rubbish that you probably don't want to get near your most treasured possesion.

masteroftherealm

Its gotta be sega megadrive!!!!

Atlas_IRL

Never

If there is one of those guys that wants me to pay a ****in euro to wash my hands i wont bloody bums..

DonkeyStyle \o/

I wash my hands while pissing... it's a real time-saver.

Somnus

Sometimes

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

I wash my hands while pissing... it's a real time-saver.

lol

I always wash after

Dave!

Never

I do sometimes, depends if I'm in a rush or not, and if my hands are cold

Lord Oz

It's not like guys pee all over their hands...

bounty

SEGA Mega Drive!

i never wash my hands, unnecessary, i put my hand in my sleve when i touch those filthy toilet doors, and i never piss on my self, why should i bother washing my hands?

TerrorFirmer

Sometimes

Always.

Honest!

DonkeyStyle \o/

bounty wrote:

and i never piss on my self, why should i bother washing my hands?

Because touching your penis is a dirty and sinful ... you must wash away the sin.

TerrorFirmer

Sometimes

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Because touching your penis is a dirty and sinful ... you must wash away the sin.

You could just bring disposable gloves everywhere. Save all that hassle of washing in those nasty public sinks :v:

Rb

Sometimes

Always

ApeXaviour

Sometimes

bounty wrote:

i never wash my hands, unnecessary, i put my hand in my sleve when i touch those filthy toilet doors, and i never piss on my self, why should i bother washing my hands?

Just to regularly wash your hands should be reason enough tbh.. You really don't realise just how dirty they are. They touch EVERYTHING and then you eat with them. I tend to wash my hands whenever I'm near a sink

whiskeyman

Atlas_IRL wrote:

If there is one of those guys that wants me to pay a ****in euro to wash my hands i wont bloody bums..

Interesting point... do you give the bathroom attentent a tip if he hands you a paper towel after you wash your hands (instead of using drier) ?

Creamy Goodness

always wash them but tbh sometimes i wonder why i bother as them electric hand dryers are fecking useless, much prefer them "towel type things that you tug on to get a dry piece of towel".

Tar.Aldarion

Sometimes

Yes I do but then again, I don't know why, I just do. It's not like they are dirtier or anything...

Bard

Suprised as I was at the inclusion of "Sega Megadrive" as an option, I voted for it.

Of course I wash. Silly question really.

nobodythere

Sometimes

Goodshape wrote:

Public poll ey?... ALWAYS!

ALWAYS!

promise

Hoping nobody would notice

nobodythere

Sometimes

MobileInfantry wrote:

You could just bring disposable gloves everywhere. Save all that hassle of washing in those nasty public sinks :v:

Hence the Howard Hughes option

ghostchant

Always

I'm a clean freak when it comes to stuff like this...I hate even touching the handle of the door on the way out...use my sleeve to open the door most of the time.
So it's gotta be Howard Hughes for me.

Binomate

Sometimes

I wash my hands twice after going to the bathroom.
By the way bounty, chump, novarock and super_furry. You're all filthy.

c0rk3r

In public toliets nope.

Never washed my hands in bars/clubs etc after a discussion in chemistry which somehow turned into this topic. It went something like this. The moment you touch the toilet door to actually enter the toilets some elses "contaminated" hand has already touched it. Everything you touch in the toilets is already filth ridden, door handles on cubicles, the taps, door handle on the way out. So its kinda pointless washing your hands after a wizz when you touch the taps or open the door to exit since you'll get someone elses germs etc.

Ill stick with my own germs thank you very much.

ApeXaviour

Sometimes

Well that makes no sense.. Well done c0rk3r

Dave!

Never

ApeXaviour wrote:

Just to regularly wash your hands should be reason enough tbh.. You really don't realise just how dirty they are. They touch EVERYTHING and then you eat with them. I tend to wash my hands whenever I'm near a sink

I'm beginning to think you have obsessive compulsive disorder...

"uunnnn...clleeeeaaaan..!!!.....germss...... they're all around mee......!!!"

Seriously, you're really uptight, everything seems to disgust you.

ApeXaviour wrote:

Well that makes no sense.. Well done c0rk3r

err, why not? His penis and his urine are part of his own body, the germs there are probably already present in/on his body. If I p*ssed on my own hands -- guess what? I wouldn't die. Wouldn't even be sick. However, touching the toilet door or wall or anything, that's been touched by countless other people without being washed -- it's alive with other people's germs!

RobertFoster

Sometimes

Cremo wrote:

always wash them but tbh sometimes i wonder why i bother as them electric hand dryers are fecking useless, much prefer them "towel type things that you tug on to get a dry piece of towel".

I prefer them too. I always wind them on when I'm finished too, makes it easier for the next guy

DaveMcG wrote:

err, why not? His penis and his urine are part of his own body, the germs there are probably already present in/on his body. If I p*ssed on my own hands -- guess what? I wouldn't die. Wouldn't even be sick. However, touching the toilet door or wall or anything, that's been touched by countless other people without being washed -- it's alive with other people's germs!

That's a bull**** answer tbh. "I don't do it 'cos nobody else does"...we should all take that attitude in life. "Fuck that stop sign, the last guy didn't stop at it, I won't either".

Capt'n Midnight

c0rk3r wrote:

Everything you touch in the toilets is already filth ridden, door handles on cubicles, the taps, door handle on the way out. So its kinda pointless washing your hands after a wizz when you touch the taps or open the door to exit since you'll get someone elses germs etc.

you can wait for someone else to open the door on the way out, use your foot to hold it open. HH would mean washing the taps or using elbows.

BTW: most colds are probably caught by not washing hands.

ApeXaviour

Sometimes

DaveMcG wrote:

I'm beginning to think you have obsessive compulsive disorder...

"uunnnn...clleeeeaaaan..!!!.....germss...... they're all around mee......!!!"

Seriously, you're really uptight, everything seems to disgust you.

Meh you don't know me. I'm no clean freak, I just wash my hands at least as regularly as I pee. Oh and I don't let the mic of a phone touch my mouth.

DaveMcG wrote:

err, why not? His penis and his urine are part of his own body, the germs there are probably already present in/on his body. If I p*ssed on my own hands -- guess what? I wouldn't die. Wouldn't even be sick. However, touching the toilet door or wall or anything, that's been touched by countless other people without being washed -- it's alive with other people's germs!

You seem to have a skewed perception of biology. Barring a UTI, urine is relatively sterile, pissing on your hands would probably make them cleaner (ammonia). However it is very very good practice to wash one's hands as often as possible. As capt'n midnight said:

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

BTW: most colds are probably caught by not washing hands.

And he's correct. Same with many many other diseases. Food poisoning, mrsa, eye infections etc.

Tar.Aldarion

Sometimes

Your keyboard has at least 60 times the germs that there is in a toilet, read some facts about how 'filthy' everything is and you will see that there is no need to wash your hands after you go to the bathroom moreso than at any other point in time...
However I do it because there happens to be sink there and it's lways good to clean your hands!

Qualm

As a (student) microbiologist, I should really advocate the washing of hands after peeing, as there are plenty of germs from your bum floating around in your pants, so unless you like the risk of licking your own arse, washing after peeing is a good idea. However, as many have pointed out, there are plenty of germs on taps, handles and even in the air that re-contaminate your paws after all your careful washing, so it does seem to defeat the purpose. Still, hand washing is a good habit to get into, so I would say that you should do it whenever possible, especially before/during/after preparing food. And especially if you've been in any of our "clean" hospitals!

Tar.Aldarion

Sometimes

washing your hands is always a good idea because of where it goes......
but rub your hand along a toilet seat and rub your other hand on the enter key of a 'clean' keyboard...
Tbh, the amount of bacteria everywhere when you read the facts usually has the affect of you not caring anymore...

Gazza22

Sometimes

Yeah always!

Though you'd notice alot of men in public toilets that just walk straight out without washing....

chump

SEGA Mega Drive!

I try my best not to wash my hands after going for a pee... I reckon the germs are good for you...

Do you wash your hands after a jerk?

biko

Never

Only until I get drunk and then nothing matters... This seem to be the rule in most clubs I've noticed

Always

yeah i wash mine too apart from when im drunk!

fly_agaric

Never

Does giving them a good lick count?

Qualm wrote:

Still, hand washing is a good habit to get into

That's what those poor sods with OCD thought too...

nobodythere

Sometimes

bounty wrote:

i never wash my hands, unnecessary, i put my hand in my sleve when i touch those filthy toilet doors, and i never piss on my self, why should i bother washing my hands?

There's plenty of particles that spray up when you flush the toilet, as we all learned from the infamous peeing in the shower thread.

Capt'n Midnight

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Your keyboard has at least 60 times the germs that there is in a toilet,

That is marketing FUD.
I'd doubt that there are as many fecal coliforms on your keyboard as in an uncleaned toilet. Also people do use bleach and toilet blocks on toilets. AFAIK you can't catch AIDS off a toilet, but hepatitis you can.

Yougurt is full of bacteria and yet you stick it in your mouth.

Tar.Aldarion

Sometimes

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

That is marketing FUD.
I'd doubt that there are as many fecal coliforms on your keyboard as in an uncleaned toilet. Also people do use bleach and toilet blocks on toilets. AFAIK you can't catch AIDS off a toilet, but hepatitis you can.

Hmm I read about it in some engineering/science magazine that comes out once a year, did a search for it there but can't find it...too many old ppers and magazines lying around.
It was talking about detrimental bacteria and was naming them, showing magnified pictures etc. Kind of just showing shocking statistics I guess.
Can't see anything about marketing in that tbh.

Gazza22

Sometimes

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Yougurt is full of bacteria and yet you stick it in your mouth.

No sorry that 'bacteria' is in no comparision...they are probiotics that are beneficial to you

Shazbot

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Yougurt is full of bacteria and yet you stick it in your mouth.

Yes , but that bacteria is beneficial for people. As is alot of bacteria. It is manufactured into the product. So you cant compare bacteria in yougurts and other biotechnology products to bacteria from bathrooms.

Getting back on topic, yes i do wash my hands.

jonny68

I must question the mentality of people who actually start polls like this honest to God :eek:

ApeXaviour

Sometimes

jonny68 wrote:

I must question the mentality of people who actually start polls like this honest to God :eek:

It's after-hours. What do you expect. If your palette requires something a little more highbrow then by all means go to humanities. But leave the poor OP alone, shame on you for expecting more..

Atlas_IRL

Never

whiskeyman wrote:

Interesting point... do you give the bathroom attentent a tip if he hands you a paper towel after you wash your hands (instead of using drier) ?

Only if i have change i just find it so annoying that i have to give money to wash my hands...

bit ignorent to stand beside them when there in their "friendly im ur best mate tip me false persona" and use a drier and walk out...

someties i just leg it and do even look at the feckers

Hugh Hefner

Always

grasshopa wrote:

There's plenty of particles that spray up when you flush the toilet, as we all learned from the infamous peeing in the shower thread.

A 6ft. plume of rarefied piss-water is enough for me to wash my face also. However, I don't. I just wash my hands whenever I use the bathroom. Not only that, I go the whole hog and use (scented) soap too. None of this namby-pamby dash of water. I'm a hardcore handwasher, suckas! :cool:

jonny68

ApeXaviour wrote:

It's after-hours. What do you expect. If your palette requires something a little more highbrow then by all means go to humanities. But leave the poor OP alone, shame on you for expecting more..

I expect some half decent topics not this cr*p

Oral Slang

I always wash my hands after using the bathroom but notice that a lot of women do not!!
After watching a programme a while ago about germs though, I cringe when I have to use my toothbrush and rinse it really well before use. It said that everything in your bathroom is covered in faeces. When you flush thousands of particles of faeces go everywhere in the room.... Gross - I always close the lid before flushing now!

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

washing your hands is always a good idea because of where it goes......
but rub your hand along a toilet seat and rub your other hand on the enter key of a 'clean' keyboard...
Tbh, the amount of bacteria everywhere when you read the facts usually has the affect of you not caring anymore...

Whenever I have to use anyone elses keyboard or phone at work (when they're out sick & we take it in turns to cover their area) I wipe down the desk, keyboard & phone with sterets (anti-bacterial wipes!) Our desks don't get cleaned in work and although I regularly clean my own, not many others due so they're usually manky!