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February 1, 2007 at 2:48 pm #2251409
Don’t shake my hand
Lockedby maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
(Due warning for the faint-hearted. Graphic descriptions might follow.)
Contrary to what others might think, I’m a very cordial and sociable kinda’ guy. However, I’m beginning to think that I should stop the practice of shaking one’s hand when extended in greeting.
I was standing in the restroom the other day (“standing” should be a hint), and some other guy came out of the stall (“standing” versus “the stall” should be descriptive enough). Did he go to the sink to wash his hands? Nooooooo — right for the door and out he went. This wasn’t a one-time occurrence, of course, as it’s been suggested that up to twenty percent of people do not wash their hands after using the restroom. (I wonder if there’s been a “stall” versus “standing” comparison?) Men are worse offenders than women, by the way. (Don’t ask me how I know!) However, I wonder how accurate that twenty percent number really is? After all, who would actually admit to not washing their hands after using the restroom? And how many people might do it only when there’s someone else in there to see, and not do it when they’re alone? I would bet that it’s higher than twenty percent.
A few minutes later I was walking down the hallway, and I see this other guy with his finger so far up his nose that you’d think he was digging for gold. According to some publication that I may or may not have read (and which may or may not be reliable, depending on your desired end conclusion), upwards of 65 percent of people pick their nose regularly throughout the day. I’ve yet to see a study on how many of those people wash THEIR hands afterwards. I’d also bet that more men than women pick their noses. After all, those fingernails could really do some damage! (By the way, do you know which bacteria is most prevalent on the utensils used in buffet lines?)
It’s cold and flu season, you know, and I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen sneeze and cough into their bare hands. I’ve never seen one of them, however, wash their hands afterwards. And how many people blow their nose into a tissue, only to blow a huge hole right through it? My God, they may as well blow their nose right into their hands!
At the end of a day observing such behavior, I went into the break room for a cup of coffee. “Fresh coffee coming up”, someone told me as he was fumbling through the filters to pick one out. On second thought, perhaps I shouldn’t have a cup of coffee so late in the day — especially since I wasn’t sure that he wasn’t the same guy I saw digging for gold earlier!
And just think about all those keyboards and mice you fondle each and every day!
For some reason, I’ve been wondering about something. What would be a good way to politely refrain from shaking one’s hand? And some people, you know, are so danged pushy about it!
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February 1, 2007 at 3:13 pm #2495423
ah Max… ?:|
by dawgit · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
are you feeling ok? Do I need to start worying about you? I hate to tell you this, but you’re right, and what’s worse, this is not new. What is it that caused you to notice this now?
The fabric of our socity is un raveling. Personal Hygene (or rather the lack of it) is only one example of that. We as a civilation are going back-ward. And have been for some time. Bad news, sad news, but true.
Welcome to the ‘New World Order’.
Keep in mind that the coffee was made the same way the day before, and you drank some. It didn’t kill you. It prabably won’t today either.
You can’t change the way it is either, because they don’t / won’t get it.
Sorry Max. But welcome to the 21st Century. -d -
February 1, 2007 at 3:19 pm #2495421
Free nuts
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
Some bars put free peanuts on the bar. I guess the idea is that the salt in them will enhance the thirst and sell more beer or maybe the publican is just nice.
BUT, having seen what you’ve seen, I would NEVER take any peanuts from that dish!
You are OK with the coffee, you know. You’re going to pass boiling water through the filter and that WILL kill anything. Except, I suppose, any thermophilic bacteria that may be evolving in adaptation to global warming.
At the other end of the spectrum there are those who are so obsessed about germs that they will only flush a stall toilet (mostly with a handle in the UK) with their feet and open the door to the stall with their hands wrapped in bogroll paper. It would seem that they are quite a large minority of the toilet-going public. These, at least, then wash their hands.
Takes all sorts.
Neil 😀
This post has been disinfected and is free from all bacteria and most viruses including (I hope) Wildthrill.
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February 1, 2007 at 4:00 pm #2495413
Boiling water to kill bacteria
by maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Free nuts
Water should be boiled for 10 minutes to kill all bacteria. The 10 minute standard is for boiling at sea level. You should boil it for an additional 1 minute per 1,000 feet (~300 meters) in altitude. (For me, that would be close to 16 minutes total.)
The boiling point of water (at sea level) is about 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius). It’s slightly lower at higher altitudes, but still over 200 degrees.
The temperature of water in the brewer of most coffee makers is about 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93 degrees Celsius), just short of the boiling point (except at McDonalds when lawsuits are involved).
The typical commercial-type coffee makers will brew the coffee for only two minutes.
Therefore, brewing coffee will not kill bacteria, but only make it taste better!
P.S. When you said “free nuts” I thought you were going to wonder about what “some hands” were just scratching!
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February 1, 2007 at 6:01 pm #2495388
Scientific Study or Urban Myth
by drowningnotwaving · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Free nuts
… that suggested a study had been performed / commission in the USA and had found that, on average, the “public” nut jar had in excess of 8 different urine samples, at least 1 sperm count and 1 e.coli (“poo”).
(Note the only reason that this had been done in the USA was becuase most other nations are too f’ckin stingy and stupid to consider giving free nuts to patrons to encourage their drinking patterns).
I recall this being put up on a management presentation in Miami (I am struggling to remember why it was considered important, but I tried to search for anything similar:
http://www.writersontheloose.com/writers/TOMDEY/comments.cfm?read=19867
http://elguapodc.blogspot.com/2006/10/ablutomania.html
I think “anecdotal” is perhaps kinder than urban myth.
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February 2, 2007 at 12:27 am #2495311
There’s a couple of pubs near me
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Scientific Study or Urban Myth
that put out nuts on Sundays. I’ve seen many people come straight out of the gents, scoop a handful of nuts and return to their seat and pass the nuts around. Do they wash or do they walk? Is it polite to ask?
I did point out the possibility one lunchtime and it was quite funny to see the faces of a few of my friends.
I think that from a purely microbiological standpoint, it’s not so bad if someone has just been for a quick wiz, but anything else…
Subject CLOSED! 😀
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February 2, 2007 at 6:06 am #2495215
quick wiz
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to There’s a couple of pubs near me
Isn’t urine suppose to be sterile? It is the OTHER gift you leave behind that has the bacteria that KILLS people?
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February 2, 2007 at 6:14 am #2495211
I’m agreeing with you
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to quick wiz
Make the most of it, it doesn’t happen too often! 😀
It would be OK eating the peanuts if it WAS just a quick wiz but I generally don’t study how long anyone has been in the gents so the best value judgement is to buy your own peanuts…
Free peanuts just may carry a price that you don’t want to pay! ]:)
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February 2, 2007 at 7:19 am #2495168
That leads to a worse situation
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’m agreeing with you
Sure, the quick wasn’t bad, but how do you know they wash their package that they were just handling?
And yes, if you “shake it” more than 100 times, that is considered excessive! :0
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February 2, 2007 at 6:02 am #2495218
Actually, I have seen some of the research
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Scientific Study or Urban Myth
they put a chemical on the guys hands, and then let him go to town. After a half hour, they turn on a black light and his DNA is everywhere.
What is VERY common in my area is they have baskets of fresh popcorn sitting on the tables. They bring you a basket when you sit down, one basket per table.
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February 2, 2007 at 5:54 am #2495224
Here is a visual for you
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Free nuts
Don’t remember what comedian said it, but it still makes me laugh.
“The last time I got a piece of a$$ was when my finger went through the toilet paper!” :p
I just don’t like to think how accurate that may or may not be…… :0
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February 2, 2007 at 6:31 am #2495197
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February 2, 2007 at 6:37 am #2495194
Rodney Dangerfield said it. :^0
by sleepin’dawg · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Here is a visual for you
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February 2, 2007 at 7:20 am #2495165
Got it!
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Rodney Dangerfield said it. :^0
For the life of me, I was just drawing a blank! Thanks! B-)
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February 1, 2007 at 3:25 pm #2495420
You know my favorite three words.
by stress junkie · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
People are …
Hint. The … represents a noun.
Anyway, it became clear to me a long time ago that if you eat in restaurants frequently then you are going to eat s–t frequently. People don’t wash their hands even when they are going to handle other people’s food.
Forget about shaking hands. What about door handles? Plenty of germs there.
Yes, people are …
Fortunately for us our bodies are built to handle this sort of thing. It is only rarely that we actually get sick from eating food that was handled improperly or from shaking hands or from touching door knobs. But the situation is pretty disgusting when you think about it.
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February 1, 2007 at 5:12 pm #2495395
Its best not to think too deeply about this Max
by av . · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
You can’t change people, so you’ll have to change yourself.
Take a page from Monk. Carry wipes. Everytime you touch something that someone else has touched, use them. Thats what I do.
Just in case you’re wondering, most women are much better than men but there are some that are just as bad. I don’t care. I use wipes no matter what just in case they missed something. :^0
I’d like to add something to your list of disgusting things people do. How about the used tissue by the mouse that you have to touch to work on their computers? What I do is bring a wipe with me and just put the wipe over the palm of my hand so I don’t have to touch it or anything else at their workstation. I can even type through them.
I guess I’m probably as obsessed as you, huh? But unlike you, I try not to think about who made the coffee or who cooked my food in the restaurant. Some things are just better left unknown.
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February 1, 2007 at 5:44 pm #2495391
What I use — Purell
by w2ktechman · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Its best not to think too deeply about this Max
a hand sanitizer, and yes I do wash my hands frequently.
However, as you say, I am all over the place, so I keep sanitizer around. And NO, I am not a freak or germophobe.
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February 1, 2007 at 6:12 pm #2495386
Frenchman, Englishman and Australian in a bar …
by drowningnotwaving · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
All three are sitting in a bar with a very pretty and sophisticated lady and are vying for her attention.
The Frenchman gets up to the bathroom and doesn’t come back for 10 minutes.
When he returns the lady politely asks why he was so long. In his thickest french, he replies:
[i]”After using the bathroom, I wash my hands three times, I clean the sink to make sure there is no residue, and I wash my hands three times again, just to make sure they are as pure as pure can be”[/i].
All seem duly impressed.
In a couple of minutes the Englishman gets up. In 20 minutes, upon his return, his response to the same question was:
[i]”I wash my hands 4 times, then I call the attendant and demand he supplies fresh boiling water and clean towels for me to repeat the process. I have the high standards of the British royal family!”[/i].
All nod their heads knowlingly.
In a couple of minutes time the Aussie gets up, goes to the bathroom and comes back in about 90 seconds.
His response, to their amazed and astonished looks, is:
[i][b]”I don’t piss on my fingers.”[/i][/b]
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That, with the assistance of the international date line, is truly my Friday Yuk.
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February 1, 2007 at 6:16 pm #2495384
I’m with you..
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
I can block the whole germ/eating in a restaurant/doorknobs are nasty thing. I just don’t like to be touched by other people. And when I say other people, I mean people who I don’t share any intimacy with. My family and a few close friends are fine, but for the most part, I do not want to touch or be touched by other humans. It makes me uncomfortable. With that being said, the other day, our CEO, who I’ve spoken to maybe a dozen times in the 6 years I’ve been with this company, felt the need to give me that little half hug, half pat on the back thing. He must have noticed the immediate look of revulsion on my face, because he backed up quickly. I bet HE doesn’t wash his hands, either. Ewwwww…
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February 2, 2007 at 5:49 am #2495228
It is your own fault, you know….
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’m with you..
If you weren’t so hot, people would not be trying to touch you all the time! 😡
A good hint would be when they start to rub against your leg and say “ohhhh yeeeaaaahhhhhh”
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February 2, 2007 at 6:19 am #2495208
That is true
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to It is your own fault, you know….
Hotness all around with me. But still, he’s like 68 years old and really NOT friendly. He may be able to control my fate on this job, but he doesn’t get to touch the goods. Even in a creepy, grandfatherly way..
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February 2, 2007 at 7:21 am #2495164
In the meetings
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to That is true
he tells you to sit on papa Eddies lap? :0
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February 2, 2007 at 7:23 am #2495163
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February 2, 2007 at 10:34 pm #2504047
Does he play the
by w2ktechman · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to That is true
Dirty Old Man well?
I know a few who can if you want to meet them!
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February 1, 2007 at 6:24 pm #2495383
So … who’s up for Karaoke?
by drowningnotwaving · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
F’ck me, if you guys are freaked out about the door knobs, you do NOT want to know what goes down a microphone !!
It gets all the yummies from the fingers, PLUS the mouth (usually including lips) as well as a healthy dose of sweat.
“Mi grubby germ e tu grubby germ”.
We’ve survived this long.
I’m guessing the ones that are really worried about this never had too many one night stands back in college?
What are you telling your kids? Take disinfectant wipes to the next dance?
eeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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February 1, 2007 at 6:27 pm #2495380
As w2ktehcman pointed out,
by mjwx · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
Hand sanitizers, polly’s use it all the time when they go to public gatherings.
I don’t know if you take this as seriously in the states but to an Australian shaking someone’s hand at the very least polite, its an indication of how sincere you are. If you’re doing business with an Aussie extends their hand refusing to shake it is amongst the rudest things you could do. Like I said I don’t know how seriously you take shaking hands in the states.
If you want to be fastidious I recommend the sanitizer as opposed to refusing to shake someone’s hand. I don’t really worry, I don’t east the free nuts and wash my hands before I eat.
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February 1, 2007 at 7:09 pm #2495372
Purell Hand Sanitiser
by tig2 · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
In my suit coat pocket. I use it constantly.
I believe that 20% is an understatement. I would opt for somewhere between 30 and 40%.
The killer is that you exit the stall and turn the water on with the soiled hand that you wish to cleanse. You wash carefully. Then you reach for the same knob that turned the water on (with its payload of germs that you wish to be rid of!) and turn the water off. Unless you are me.
Having been a nurse, I actually went to school to learn how to wash my hands the right way and, let me tell you- the lessons stuck.
Wash your hands in plenty of soapy water. Next reach for a towel and dry them. Using the towel you have dried your hands on, turn off the water.
I also keep a supply of antibacterial wipes handy. I use them to clean my keyboard weekly and my phone daily. I always keep a loaner pen handy and will not loan a pen I really like. My fiance found himself in that spot once. The person requesting the loan of his pen put it in his mouth over the course of the conversation. Needless to say, my fiance let the pen go.
A couple of other treasures I have seen- washing one’s face in the drinking fountain and blowing one’s nose in the sink. EEEWWWWW!
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February 1, 2007 at 7:15 pm #2495370
You [i]speculate[/i] about women picking their noses…
by absolutely · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
but you declare with certainty that they wash their hands more often after using the toilet. I think a confession is in order. I’m waiting.
[i]This wasn’t a one-time occurrence, of course, as it’s been suggested that up to twenty percent of people do not wash their hands after using the restroom. (I wonder if there’s been a “stall” versus “standing” comparison?) Men are worse offenders than women, by the way. (Don’t ask me how I know!) …I’d also bet that more men than women pick their noses.[/i]
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February 1, 2007 at 7:34 pm #2495366
I will NEVER tell
by maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You [i]speculate[/i] about women picking their noses…
No confession. I will never tell how I know. You can wait until hell freezes over or the earth boils away from global warming. I don’t care. I will never divulge my “source”.
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February 1, 2007 at 8:43 pm #2495341
Its true.
by jevan205 · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You [i]speculate[/i] about women picking their noses…
But its true. What girl goes to the toilet and doesnt wash their hands?? I think you are the only person who will say something against it.
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February 2, 2007 at 1:39 am #2495304
think again
by shellbot · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Its true.
What girl goes to the toilet and doesnt wash their hands??
Plenty of them..and the things i see..ewwee..
coming out of the stall, going to the mirror digging in the handbag to get the lip gloss, and using thier fingers to put in on withhow sick is that..some people are so gross..i’m with Mae..don’t touch me ..
however, i’m not obsessed by it, and i just try and put it out my mind. we’ve lived alongside bacteria for a long time now, our bodies are pretty good at dealing with it..
but yes..people, you know who you are , wash your frikkin hands after using the toilet.
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February 2, 2007 at 9:52 am #2504216
Girls can be gross too
by ganyssa · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to think again
A year or so ago, I was in the bathroom washing my hands when a co-worker exited one of the stalls. She walked over to the other sink, rinsed off *one finger* and exited the bathroom.
I’ve been traumatized ever since. She delivers the mail.
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February 5, 2007 at 4:29 am #2495086
eewweee
by shellbot · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Girls can be gross too
yuk, she does the mail..so she touches everyones stuff..
sick
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February 2, 2007 at 12:13 pm #2504181
women vs men
by locolobo · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You [i]speculate[/i] about women picking their noses…
I can’t answer the question about washing hands, but in college (74-80) I worked in a grocery store and a service station. Part of my job was cleaning the rest room. At the grocery store the women left it cleaner the men every time.
For some reason at the service station the women were often worse than the men. I regularly had to put on the big gloves and reach into the seat to clean it. (YUK!) When this happened the outside was just as filthy. Don’t know if the info means anything just my 2 cents.
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February 1, 2007 at 7:30 pm #2495367
As a disclaimer (for those who may not have known)
by maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
My message was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. (Not “firmly” tongue-in-cheek”, but loosely.) Although there’s certainly an element of truth to what I say (obviously), I’m not exactly “obsessed” with remaining “germ-free”. Howard Hughes was weird; I’m not.
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February 2, 2007 at 5:45 am #2495234
I hate the air hand dryers
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to As a disclaimer (for those who may not have known)
because I like to have some paper towel to open that door with! :0
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February 1, 2007 at 8:38 pm #2495346
Just a little to far
by levan93 · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
Everything you just said was true but theres germs everywhere so i dont think not shaking someones hand it going to make much of a difference. I think you thought about this a little to much. You’ve probably got just as many germs on your hand as the next person.
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February 1, 2007 at 8:38 pm #2495345
Understandable but too far.
by jevan205 · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
Everything you said in that was true.
But are you saying that after everything you do you wash your hands?? There are germs everywhere. I suggest you try not to think about it. Or if you meet someone new after shaking their hand and having a conversation with them go wash your hands. With this whole omg i cant drink the coffee because they might not have washed their hands, i think that is a little too far. There are some people in this world who do wash their hands. I dont think there is another way to be polite with out shaking their hand. so in the nicest way possible dont think about it so much. You have the same amount of germs as everyone else.-
February 2, 2007 at 2:59 am #2495279
Let me ask you this
by maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Understandable but too far.
If you saw some guy walking out of the toilet stall without washing his hands (and you KNOW where his hands had just been!), and you then saw the same guy picking his nose, and then, you saw the same guy sneezing into those hands, and you then saw the same guy fumbling with the coffee filters to remove just one (you know how those dastardly things stick together!), would you take the cup of coffee he just offered you and shake his hand as a nice gesture?
(By the way, you’re not “that” guy, are you?)
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February 2, 2007 at 5:37 am #2495240
Including, I suspect,…
by tonythetiger · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Understandable but too far.
[i]There are germs everywhere.[/i]
… soap dispenser outlets 🙂
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February 2, 2007 at 8:37 am #2504241
Indeed!
by inkling · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Including, I suspect,…
That is why you have to take the following steps when washing your hands:
(1) Pump the paper towel dispenser a few times to get enough out to dry your hands.
(2) Wash hands (not you sickos, a cursory splash of cold water isn’t “washing”).
(3) Dry hands with paper towel.
(4) Turn faucet off with said towel.
(5) Open door with said towel.Foolproof plan right there. Unless, of course, you take into account the fact that the warehouse the paper towel shipped from was rat infested and the guy that loaded the paper towel into the dispenser was, emptying every garbage can in the builing, washing the toilets and floors and picking his nose all before using his grubby mits to paw the paper towels.
Bottom line is, there is no escaping it.
I try to be at least a little conscientious about germs (and I ALWAYS wash my hands), but when I think back to all the things I used to do when I was in my late teens/early 20s (one-night stands, making out at bars, building houses all day…you can imagine the things we did…without washing my hands before eating lunch), I don’t know why I bother.
The best course of action is to try and not think about it because, no it’s not going to kill you, but it WILL disgust you.
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February 3, 2007 at 10:55 am #2503975
About those paper towels
by nicknielsen · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Indeed!
Warehouses won’t ship damaged goods if they detect them, the paper towels are wrapped for cleanliness, and the guy that loaded the paper towels only handled the edges.
Dry your hands with the middle. 😀
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February 5, 2007 at 6:54 pm #2496876
When I was in grade school
by tonythetiger · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Indeed!
it was all about germs this and germs that, don’t eat after someone else, wash your hands when coming in from outside, etc…. and that was fine I guess, until I saw a girl pick up a june bug from the ground and pop it into her mouth and “CRUNCH”. After seeing that, I can handle anything 🙂
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February 1, 2007 at 8:41 pm #2495344
get
by se_xis_fun · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
Get over it if they dont wash your hands it doesn’t matter. u only wash ytour hands when u pis on your self
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February 2, 2007 at 1:54 am #2495300
Waste of time Maxwell
by tony hopkinson · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to get
One of the dirtiest things you can handle is money. Someone who’s hand has just been down the back of his trousers is a newly sterilised scalpel by comparison. 😀
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February 1, 2007 at 10:16 pm #2495323
Congratulations Max, you just got KEV-ed
by drowningnotwaving · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
…it happens to the best, so they say.
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February 2, 2007 at 12:49 am #2495307
you
by sd support · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
have far too much time on your hands
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February 2, 2007 at 2:48 am #2495284
You must be. . . . .
by maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to you
…one of THOSE!
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February 2, 2007 at 2:52 am #2495281
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February 2, 2007 at 2:52 am #2495280
I might have too much time on my hands. . . . .
by maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to you
…..but what do you have on yours? Ewwwwwww
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February 2, 2007 at 4:29 am #2495262
you
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I might have too much time on my hands. . . . .
one of those who ware glasses and are obeese.Arent you?That was a bit childish considering that it made no sence like ”there is more than words comming out of your mouth and there is a funny smell in the air”,see that indicates bull shit.Try harder next time.
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February 2, 2007 at 5:06 am #2495253
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February 2, 2007 at 5:13 am #2495251
YAH
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to And you
and your a bit special yourself arent you?
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February 2, 2007 at 6:22 am #2495205
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February 2, 2007 at 6:55 am #2495185
Don’t get sucked in Mae. He’s just another one of ……………….
by sleepin’dawg · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Absolutely
those ignorant little bog trotters that have been polluting TR as of late. If it weren’t for people like Shell, I would suggest a form of quarantining all of them; at least six months, before allowing any of them to post.
All Irishmen seem to think they’re funny and they are; but not in the sense they think. It’smore in terms of being queer, or odd, rather than humerous. The pun and DE are intended.
[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)
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February 2, 2007 at 6:59 am #2495180
Dawg, check out a few posts down
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Absolutely
He was complaining that I’d been racist. And that I’d [b]removed the rely to button[/b].
Classic! 😀
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February 2, 2007 at 7:04 am #2495174
I know, Dawg
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Absolutely
I just can’t help myself. 🙂
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February 2, 2007 at 7:48 am #2495148
to sleep bollocks
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Absolutely
msg removed by moderator
Message was edited by: moderator
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February 2, 2007 at 5:35 am #2495242
Mae, don’t feed them
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to And you
We seem to have a plague of puerile scrotes at the moment. They are attracted by seeing their own cretinous little ramblings in print but much more so by getting some of the attention that is so obviously missing in their sad lives.
I suppose that if you’re completely worthless and everybody ignores you then getting REAL people to acknowledge you, even if they are just annoyed at you, is something to be treasured.
They’ve taken a break from trashing bus shelters and public toilets and have come over here.
Pity them. There might – just – be a human being in there.
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February 2, 2007 at 6:38 am #2495193
Racist against
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to racist
the under privaleged.big boy.You could at least leave a post a reply button to the question ass wipe
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February 2, 2007 at 6:49 am #2495189
Yeah, Neil, what’s wrong with you??
by dmambo · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to racist
First you post some sort of libel somewhere at some time for some reason somehow (please post a link so I can find it!), then you REMOVE the post a reply button!?!
You have some friggin’ nerve, or something.
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February 2, 2007 at 8:26 am #2504247
When we’ve got such a STUPID troll as you
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to racist
It is very hard not to feed you so we can get some more gems. We have Fridays, too.
I see you’ve finally sussed out “what I did with the button”. Thanks for the comment as it is now the marker for the most stupid post.
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February 2, 2007 at 8:35 am #2504242
Neil It must be hard
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to racist
being english neil.With 800 years of murder and bloodshed behind you.I see it carries on in the genes.I cant wait to get the north back.Such a corrupt government as well.Kill any iraq citizens lately.Of course you did,you pay tax , dont you
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February 2, 2007 at 8:40 am #2504239
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February 2, 2007 at 9:07 am #2504230
yah
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to racist
Just like you think im irish
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February 2, 2007 at 9:25 am #2504224
You just don’t know anything, do you?
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to racist
I haven’t said where I think you are from although I guess it’s a better place when you’re not there. I’ve not said anything for or against the Irish and I neither know nor care if you’re from there.
You’re a bit like a dog turd. What we all do with dog turds is we walk around them. We sometimes tread in them and get a bit annoyed but we wipe it off our shoe on the grass and move on.
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February 2, 2007 at 9:30 am #2504223
Yes
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to racist
Funny.I would’nt lower yourself to the scale of dog turd.Your not that bad.But if you want me to wipe my shoes i will.
dog turd
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February 2, 2007 at 5:54 am #2495225
I know you’re right
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Mae, don’t feed them
I guess that means I have to smack Palmetto.
I’m sure there IS a human in there, and I would love to have some pity..I just don’t. 🙂
How are you today? It’s Friday and it’s pay day, and the cold I’ve been trying to get is already going away..
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February 2, 2007 at 5:59 am #2495220
Now I’VE got to slap Palmetto!
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I know you’re right
I’ve just broken my own rule and answered it. I guess that I’ll give ANYONE the benefit of the doubt no matter how much of a worthless shitfer they appear to be.
I’m just too nice. 🙂
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February 2, 2007 at 6:24 am #2495204
Mae, Neil, be sure to wash up afterward
by dmambo · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I know you’re right
We don’t know where Palmetto’s been.
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February 2, 2007 at 6:26 am #2495202
Good advice
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I know you’re right
Although, I’m not too worried about cyber slaps. I don’t think I can catch anything from that.
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February 2, 2007 at 7:00 am #2495179
Smack him hard
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I know you’re right
To be honest i dont give a shit either to be honest, i just wanted to catch someone who was full of it.Its a beatiful day here and yes momma it is friday
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February 2, 2007 at 5:42 am #2495236
Talk about issues and guilt
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to you
Max brings up some very good points (that I think about regularly) and the only thing you raise your head out of your hole is to be insulting? You clearly have added nothing, so one must wonder about your own excess of time?
As for what Max may or may not WEAR, first, why would it matter, and second, how would you determine it from his posting, not to mention his weight?
Is there a gay, blind, fat man locked in your closet, just waiting to get out?
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February 2, 2007 at 6:02 am #2495219
Answer to your question
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Talk about issues and guilt
Yes, i am blind , fat and gay.How ever did you know , but anyway,i knew it.Your probably one too
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February 2, 2007 at 6:02 am #2495216
Did you call?
by neilb@uk · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Talk about issues and guilt
OK, one out of three isn’t bad. And if the diet works…
I find myself occasionally fantasising about one or two peers’ choice of clothes but I must admit that Max was never high on my list. Brrrr! That would worry me!
Neil 🙂
And before you ask, you neither!
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February 2, 2007 at 6:24 am #2495203
Neil
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Did you call?
I would not presume that I am on your fantasy list..however, if you need something to think about. Black clothes from head to toe and dark red lipstick. Even after 12 years I can stop my husband in his tracks. 🙂
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February 2, 2007 at 6:22 am #2495206
Oops, jd’s on the prowl again!
by dmambo · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Talk about issues and guilt
Looking for a kindred spirit there, pal?
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February 2, 2007 at 7:33 am #2495157
Areyou trying to
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Oops, jd’s on the prowl again!
make an offer? :0
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February 2, 2007 at 7:58 am #2504263
I was dumb to post that
by dmambo · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Areyou trying to
Now you’re racist against the dumb like Neil. I’m starting to feel like a second-class citizen around here.
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February 2, 2007 at 8:14 am #2504255
I wanted to post a reply
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Areyou trying to
to Mambo’s post, but he didn’t provide the ‘reply to post’ button. What a dumba$$.
Anyway..Mambo, there are probably groups you can join. You know, be with your own kind. You can still lead a productive life. You can make macaroni pictures and you can use glue and glitter and scissors (but only the kind with rounded edges). Just don’t hurt yourself by worrying about this too much. We all have our strengths and weaknesses.
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February 2, 2007 at 8:44 am #2504236
But I don’t WANT to move to Ireland!!!
by dmambo · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Areyou trying to
(Sorry, shell) 😉
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February 2, 2007 at 8:50 am #2504235
Ha!
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Areyou trying to
Very good response for someone with limited abilities. 🙂
Ditto on the ‘no offense to Shell’
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February 2, 2007 at 9:10 am #2504228
Dbimbo
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Areyou trying to
Please dont move to ireland.We have enough foreigners here all ready.You comming to find your roots , just like all you tossers
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February 2, 2007 at 5:21 am #2495246
Haven’t you heard
by tonythetiger · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
that exposure to small amounts of bacteria is actually good for your immune system? 🙂
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February 2, 2007 at 5:46 am #2495233
Yes, I have heard that
by maxwell edison · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Haven’t you heard
But regardless, something else I don’t do is frolic in any of the local waste water facilities, oftentimes known as water parks!
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February 2, 2007 at 5:42 am #2495237
I have two word for you
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
Howard Hughes
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February 2, 2007 at 5:47 am #2495229
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February 2, 2007 at 7:04 am #2495176
Langballse@ you might find this informative.
by sleepin’dawg · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I have two word for you
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February 2, 2007 at 7:38 am #2495153
I dont
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Langballse@ you might find this informative.
click on links from people like you.They tend to contain a virus
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February 3, 2007 at 9:56 am #2503992
As they say,”It takes one to know one.” or are you too dense to get that.
by sleepin’dawg · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I dont
Well you do serve one useful purpose around here; you’ve achieved a consensus amongst the regulars, that you’re nothing but a nasty, ignorant, little ill-mannered turd.
It’s not often consensus is achieved around here but you are the exception that proves the rule; condoms are not a fail-safe method of birth control. I would think this is especially true in Ireland where until recently, they were not regularly available and the ones that were had to be constantly reused. Those conditions makes your existence almost understandable, if not excusable, even if you are a [b[i][u]]intolerably stupid[/u] little git[/i][/b]. The best part of you probably never got loose; pity that. Your mother probably had to nurse you upsidedown, because she couldn’t stand the sight of you.
For my part I’m enjoying the diversion of gratuitously insulting you but sad to say I’m probably wasting my time because most of this is probably over your head; you know, that’s the big lump that keeps your ears apart. :^0
[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)
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February 2, 2007 at 5:47 am #2495230
don’t shake my hand
by mr_nice_guy · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
man i agree with you. just give me a hug. but please make sure ur clean too. lol. too much people take health and hygene for granted. they don’t know that they are shortening their lives that way, or shortening mine as a matter of fact. good observation Max.
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February 3, 2007 at 11:31 am #2503956
As I said above…………….
by sleepin’dawg · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Your gay arent you
Just another bog trotting ignorant little fleigler as if you weren’t already sufficiently handicapped, or to be PC, challenged. :^0
[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)
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February 2, 2007 at 5:57 am #2495221
My favorite joke after washing my hands
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
you make a point of not drying all the way.
I then come out to my boys, wipe my wet hand on their neck or cheek and say “Don’t you just hate it when there isn’t any toilet paper!” :0
They KNOW what I did, but you can’t help but get a “EEEWWWWWW!” feeling, just thinking about it! :^0
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February 2, 2007 at 6:17 am #2495210
A pat on the shoulder?
by dmambo · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
Maybe we can start a tradition of giving each other a light pat on the shoulder. Then you’d be touching, for the most part, a clothed area. At least it’s not an area that touches restroom surfaces or other restroom “things”
I heard a NY state health worker in a radio interview a couple of days ago state that the single most effective disease prevention technique known is hand washing.
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February 2, 2007 at 8:28 am #2504246
You
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to A pat on the shoulder?
like to give boys a pat on the shoulder do you?
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February 2, 2007 at 9:17 am #2504225
Lads
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
In fairness , after all your talk (bullshite) , you have great respect for your friends post.
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February 2, 2007 at 9:31 am #2504222
Thanks for the entertainment today
by langballse · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
I’ll talk to you monday
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February 2, 2007 at 9:38 am #2504220
Don’t borrow their cell phones
by dr dij · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
supposedly 40% of people use cellphones while ‘on the can’.
This from some guy blogging about it who noticed people coming out of stalls at airport, cellphone in hand. And heard them talking in stalls.
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February 2, 2007 at 12:33 pm #2504176
It’s the end of civilization (See the movie)
by Mark W. Kaelin · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
I posted an educational film on just this sort of thing in the Geekend blog:
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February 2, 2007 at 2:57 pm #2504131
I had just explained that to one of my sisters.
by stress junkie · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to It’s the end of civilization (See the movie)
I was talking to one of my sisters about this very subject a couple of weeks ago. The subject came up because of the episode of the Rosanne show where Rosanne pretended to be a man and use a men’s public rest room. She started talking to someone who was using the urinal adjacent to the one where she was standing. My sister didn’t understand how egregious a breach of etiquette was depicted by that scene. I tried to explain it but I don’t believe that she really understood the visceral revulsion that most men experience if faced with a talking bathroom user.
In business many managers use this etiquette to establish their dominance by violating these rules. They will deliberately start a conversation with someone who works for them while they are both in the bathroom. They may even walk up to and start to use a urinal adjacent to the one that is in use by the subordinate employee!! The subordinate employee is faced with either ignoring the manager and facing those consequences or humiliating himself by participating in the conversation, thereby establishing his submission to the bathroom talking manager.
I have been so bold as to tell some conversational bathroom users that I strongly adhere to the no talking bathroom rule. This is most easily done without consequences if the rogue talker is perceived by yourself to be a peer. That, in fact, may be helpful in establishing your relationship with others if you are in a public place. You just tell the bathroom talker to shut the h–l up. At that point they know that you are not impressed or intimidated by them. This tactic can sometimes lead to a knife fight but usually the other person either keeps talking or shuts up.
That little movie may be useful in keeping the peace in men’s rooms. I hope that a lot of people will watch it and learn how to behave in public bathrooms. 😀
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February 2, 2007 at 4:03 pm #2504111
Oh dear god..
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I had just explained that to one of my sisters.
Is this true??? you guys actually use bathrooms to establish dominance??
At best? We woman won’t defecate if another woman is in the bathroom.
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February 2, 2007 at 4:21 pm #2504104
Yes it’s true.
by stress junkie · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Oh dear god..
You learn something every day. 😀
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February 2, 2007 at 5:27 pm #2504089
I made it
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yes it’s true.
to my fourth decade and had no idea.
Once again, I am reminded that I am truly and profoundly thankful that I am female.
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February 2, 2007 at 7:24 pm #2504070
I’m truly glad I’m a man …
by stress junkie · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I made it
… whenever I see a beautiful woman.
I’ll tell you one thing. It’s worth ANYTHING to NOT be on the receiving end of a romantic encounter. I’m a giver at heart, and other places. I don’t want to receive. Never. Ever.
So I’m very glad that I’m a man. 😀
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February 2, 2007 at 4:54 pm #2504096
at best?
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Oh dear god..
yet one more clear example of the male dominance in the world. If you can clear the room, you are a god! 😀
It is also fun when you have an especially successful session in the single bathrooms, to CLOSE THE DOOR AND TURN OFF THE FAN. This leaves a little something for the next to use that room. If your within distance to hear the chokes, it can truly be the highlight of your day! :^0
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February 3, 2007 at 1:06 pm #2503939
Oh come on Mae!
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Sad
like you didn’t laugh at the fart scene in “Rocket Man”? The boys and I were in tears during that show!
In the old daze of going to the arcade, it used to be a pain when someone was playing on your favorite game. The solution was to stand next to them and fart. They would lose concentration and “game over”! B-)
It is the simple things in life that bring such joy! 😀
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February 3, 2007 at 1:13 pm #2503937
Nope.
by maecuff · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Oh come on Mae!
Never caught on to the whole flatulence humor. Once again, this is another reason why you’re such simple creatures..
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February 3, 2007 at 11:08 am #2503965
I’ve never cleared a room
by nicknielsen · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to at best?
But I have emptied a car. 😀
And once I got the dog blamed. :^0
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February 3, 2007 at 1:03 pm #2503940
BAD DOG!
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’ve never cleared a room
Oh yeah, the dog is a ready-made scape-goat!
Although in my situation, the dog is just as bad. She usually is at my feet when I am at home, but when she starts, I send her upstairs where the boys are playing video games. Then she can spend some “quality time” with them!
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February 3, 2007 at 10:42 am #2503979
Even worse
by nicknielsen · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Don’t shake my hand
One day I was walking out of the men’s room ([b]after[/b] washing my hands) and reaching for the door. The guy behind me asked, “Do you know how many p3nises have touched that handle?”
My immediate response was, “Directly or by proxy?”
I’ve taken to opening the door with the paper towels after my hands are dry…
Edit: runaway formatting
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February 3, 2007 at 1:42 pm #2503933
every time
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Even worse
everytime I leave the bathroom, I do that. It is a pain when they only have the air dryers, so you have to go to a stall and get some tissue to grab the door with.
Think about that then next time your wife/GF wants to give you a kiss AFTER a BJ….. :0
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February 5, 2007 at 5:26 am #2495069
oh, i see how it is now
by shellbot · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to every time
your happy to have her do the deed, yet you won’t kiss her after..
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February 5, 2007 at 7:43 am #2495017
Being the hopeless romantic
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to oh, i see how it is now
I like to kiss her neck and shoulders, or maybe take a nap. ]:)
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February 5, 2007 at 7:57 am #2495005
ya..right
by shellbot · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Being the hopeless romantic
I’m betting on the “take a nap” option ]:)
holy mother of ronald mcdonald i’m in a fierce b1tchy mood, and there’s not a thing on TR thats amusing. On the upside..40 mins and its quitting time (que Flintstones music..Yabba dabba do)
I’m stuck doing statistics..how being a dba makes me the first choice to do this i don’t know..maybe cause i know how to use a computer..she even wants pie charts for a presentation..not my thing, haven’t a clue..
*gggrrrrr* I’m going to sulk now…
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February 6, 2007 at 1:33 am #2496812
bah
by shellbot · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Statistics are fun :^0
theres a 98.4 chance i am going to require being checked into a mental hospital when i’m done them..
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February 6, 2007 at 4:04 am #2496768
Thats ok
by steffi28 · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Statistics are fun :^0
Mental hospitals are the most fun 😀
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The problem is
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Statistics are fun :^0
when your sane enough to know that your insane!
Kind of like it goes full circle.
Of course, to get a list of the nicest “rest homes” to visit, you would have to check in with Col. Talk about someone with inside connections! B-)
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