1AS

In our world, concern over this hygiene issue is pointless. Half our produce comes from 3rd world countries where they use sewage-contaminated water to wash the stuff. Over 90% of the chicken in the supermarket has Campylobacter, and you have at least a 12% chance of picking up staph aureus by shaking hands with anybody.

Then you come to the real nitty gritty- oral sex. What exactly is getting into the oral cavity? Or to your wife's chagrin, do you avoid that? To protect your wife, do you refuse that?

If you're that worried, lock yourself into a stainless steel room, and rinse yourself with alcohol hourly. It won't help anything, but it will make you feel better. The human body works best when continually challenged. By the way, I will bet you $100 that your blood test will reveal you've already had Herpes I, and it's alive in your body. That's true for 80% of American adults. If you've ever had sex, you've been exposed to every virus your partner was ever exposed to. Calm down, and enjoy life. (Yes, I'm an Infectious Disease specialist). AS

OCBen

Alright, AS, pass the bong, will ya!

FlyingLow

Call me a puss but I hate it when waiters/waitresses/flight attendants serve you your drink by gripping the rim of the glass. I'm surprised I've made it this far!

discoganya

"Don't be a wussy! Have some germs & build some immunity".

There are about a 100 trillion bacteria in the human body (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria_in_the_human_body), a few billion more won't matter. I never drink purified water (tap water is the best) and never use antibacterial soap (regular soap works just fine).

SilverSteel

Ok, I'll never leave the house again. Would you go to a bar and share you glass with everyone there? I bet you wouldn't whether you're a disease specialist or not, but you probably are. Your body has many mechanisms to fight off germs, viruses and bacteria. Introducing them into your stomach and by passing your hands, nasal cavity and your mouth, isn't helping. Will I relax, probably not. I won't be sharing tea anymore with the rest of the restaurant. Will I lock myself in a room, only with a few dozen women. Otherwise, I'll use common sense to protect myself.

OCBen

You mean when you were underage you and your buddies never got someone to buy you a quart of, say, Colt 45 and then shared it by taking a swig and passing the bottle around? You'd get your *** kicked in my gang of buddies if you asked for a cup. .... And you never took a hit off a joint as it was passed around?

And if a hottie - a total stranger - came up to you and proceeded to plant a wet one on you, would you push her away and ask to see her medical record first (assuming you were available and you really wanted her bad)? Of course not, you'd tongue her back just like any full blooded American male.

All kidding aside, I agree with FlyingLow and don't like it when servers grab my glass by the rim. But if they should accidently happen to touch the rim with the pitcher as they're pouring iced tea, that wouldn't bother me in the least, and I'm a borderline hypochondriac.

SilverSteel

I think as I get older my fear of germs is increasing. Check back with me in twenty years and I'll probably be living in a bubble, or worse, wearing a mask and a white glove.

OCBen

If so, hopefully you don't develop an interest in little boys.

Vancouver83LTD

no they proved that mno matter where it still gets bacteria on it.

1AS

Silver,
My only point is that we are sharing germs all the time. If you travel on a plane, the air is recirculated among 250 people for hours. If someone sneezes 4 rows in front of you, you have to inhale it. Ther is no germacidal treatment of the air on a plane.
If you touch the bar, or table, or phone, there is an invisible veneer of bacteria on it, which are now transferred to your hands. The average male touches his face/nose at least every 15 minutes, so you are transferring those without thinking about it. You're focused on the iced tea pitcher, without thinking of everything else going on- like the ice, the ice maker, the arms on your chair, the handle on the door. We deal with this all day, every day. The iced tea pitcher is .ooooo1% of the problem.
Think about the foodhandler who made the tea, made your salad, poached your shrimp, or placed your silverware on the table. You'll go nuts if you try to perfect it all, and your body doesn't need you to. AS

OCBen

Great, that's all he needed to hear to order his plastic bubble and go Howard Hughes on us.

1AS

If we could get a 1.8 mile track in that bubble, I guess that would be okay. I'm pretty sure the exhaust tips of your 997 are sterile, as is the muffler and exhaust manifold. Beyond that, everything's a risk.
Ben, are you done with that time-consuming project you referenced some time ago? AS

Vancouver83LTD

hmmmm

SilverSteel

I just cleaned my keyboard! I'm not as paranoid as I may seem. My son vomited in my mouth a couple of years ago while I was doing sit-ups on the floor and my wife was standing over me trying to get him to sleep. Oh, it got in my eyes and nose too. Nothing compared to my daughter asking me to kiss her boo-boo, which I did kindly. To find out she meant, daddy poo-poo. Oh well. I just hate seeing obvious health violations with my food or drink. By the way, is that house for sale??

Chaos

Over age 40 NEVER trust that it is just a fart !