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writemind--ACK! I'm dying here, thanks for sharing that little
tidbit!!!
posted by
Julia.
on July 6, 2004 at 10:58 AM
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There are 32 million bacteria on every square inch of a human's body.....
so, eating from a total stranger's sandwich just gives me the 'skeevies'.
posted by
writemind
on July 6, 2004 at 10:24 AM
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Oh, and btw, a dollar, big spender??
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 9:20 PM
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Kay-Ren, ROFL, I actually had NO IDEA what he was talking about
when he made that comment. Oh, so funny now...
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 9:19 PM
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Quirky you need to watch Monk. mentioned it lower in your comments. It's a great show on USA on Fridays here. I'll bet you you a dollar that you'd love it. I would not eat after a stranger unless I was starving.
posted by
Kay-Ren
on July 5, 2004 at 9:06 PM
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wodsmith, shoot me an email when you post that!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 5:36 PM
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E-shock, you'll have to teach me how to do the toilet-foot-flush.
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 5:34 PM
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ksurah, so a germ phobia could actually save my life one day??
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 5:33 PM
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tremacc, another kindred spirit!! Actually, Ariala is going to invent
a door that can be opened by stepping on a button. It can't happen soon enough!!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 5:32 PM
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Tanoo, I'm ROFL from your comment. Glad to see how you really feel!!
posted by
Julia.
on July 5, 2004 at 5:31 PM
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IRS at my table
No one likes having someone else eat off their plate or the germs associated with it. But here is another idea .Isn't the tax collector eating off your plate? Are you grossed out and appalled at this?
posted by
ThomasFranklin
on July 4, 2004 at 11:26 PM
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Monk would love it here at Blogit!
posted by
HarveyG
on July 4, 2004 at 7:30 PM
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Hell No!!
Some people are just plain gross, man. What if that homeless guy had licked the inside of the sandwich before hand? Or wiped certain parts of his body with it? What if he added some hair or nose pickings to it for flavor? Homeless people (and regular citizens of this world) do weird things. Ya never know. I put nothing past anyone.
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 4, 2004 at 3:25 PM
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Very interesting question....
I am very much inclined to say no, except that I do it every Sunday at church with that communion cup. Although it's wiped, I always think "not enough" since the cloth is not turned over often enough in my opinion. I must admit (shameful thing to have these thoughts in church) that if I am behind someone who I know has awful teeth, the wine is going to miss me that time. Good food for a Blog Quirky...I might just write it. Thanks! 
But seriously, that lady must be a few cards short of a full deck!
posted by
word.smith
on July 4, 2004 at 12:06 PM
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lol tremacc
my daughter replicated me in the foot flushing, it was funny; she is 4 on Friday.
posted by
EccentricShock
on July 4, 2004 at 10:46 AM
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I cringed
as my daughter took the little boy's drink that he offered her from his cup. We talked.
posted by
EccentricShock
on July 4, 2004 at 10:43 AM
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You've heard of Typhoid Mary....
yep, I think you have a right to have some amount of germ-phobia. It's good for you.
posted by
ksurah
on July 4, 2004 at 10:08 AM
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Okay, that was gross--- I don't think I could ever do that, but don't go by me. I use tissue paper to open the doors of public bathroom stalls and flush their toilets with my feet...
posted by
Tremac
on July 4, 2004 at 10:01 AM
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Erm no youre not alone... who the hell wit ha right mind would take a bite from a strangers sandwhich... God knows what you could catch... Im not phobic about it, just have my eyes open and think with my head this instance and not with what my stomach is saying...
posted by
Tanoolicious
on July 4, 2004 at 7:15 AM
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I hate germs...I can share with my kids but beyond that, it's a no go.
posted by
Original_Influence
on July 3, 2004 at 9:25 PM
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EWWWWWW,
posted by
Original_Influence
on July 3, 2004 at 9:25 PM
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FirstFig, LOL, the sandwich did look good, but not THAT good!
But come to think of it, I remember a time when a bunch of us ordered every dessert on the menu and then just ate bites from all of them. I was okay with that. Maybe it was because it was cheesecake and chocolate pie and...
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 8:06 PM
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I long for the days when my friends and I would order a few dishes and set them in the middle of the table; forks clinking as they went for the same piece of pasta or end of a cheese cake. This issue has been the topic of conversation at a couple of recent dinners. Would I take a bite off of a stranger's sandwich, probably not, I would ask for him to tear off a piece. All I can say is that must have been one hell of a sandwich. But, if I was starving, I would eat a bug to survive.
posted by
First_Fig
on July 3, 2004 at 7:33 PM
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Scriber, dirty servants serve a purpose too you know...
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 6:09 PM
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Quirky, sure, but the servants got to be clean.
posted by
scriber
on July 3, 2004 at 6:07 PM
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Subpenny, LOL. Good thing they didn't ask me!!
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 5:55 PM
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I have a "Don't Ask, Don't Offer" policy for any strangers hovering around
my food. That's what 911 is for.
There's a good Candid Camera skit though. Guy stands by the flavored coffees at the 7-11's.. "Do you mind if I have a sip of that? I just can't decide".
posted by
Subpenny1
on July 3, 2004 at 5:50 PM
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It's in the works...thanks!
posted by
Ariala
on July 3, 2004 at 5:36 PM
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Ariala, QUIRKLY!!! hehehe. But seriously, that idea is a goldmine,
you really ought to get a patent. Unless we are the only germ-phobics in the world who would appreciate it (which I seriously doubt).
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 5:34 PM
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Quirkly, it takes a clean freak like me to think of it LOL Maybe I can
make millions with this idea!
posted by
Ariala
on July 3, 2004 at 5:26 PM
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Scriber, no I'm not that bad...but I wouldn't mind having some
servants to wait on the Quirkster, LOL!!
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 5:23 PM
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Ariala, that is a FABULOUS idea for an invention!! I wonder
why no one has invented that? It can't be that hard!
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 5:22 PM
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Quirky, You're no Howard Hughes, who would not even let the sevants into
the same room to deliver dinner; passed it through a door trap like in prison. He did't want to be exposed to people's germsn.
posted by
scriber
on July 3, 2004 at 5:20 PM
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lol, yep, there needs to be something that you can step on in bathrooms
that open the doors for you. This way after you've washed your hands you don't have to worry about getting them dirty and contaminated on the door knobs!
posted by
Ariala
on July 3, 2004 at 5:12 PM
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Ariala, OMFG, the doors, don't get me started on the doors.
Sometimes in public restrooms I have to open them with a towel after washing my hands. And when I saw an expose on germs on the shopping cart handles...now I carry those little handiwipes, thank you very much.
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 5:09 PM
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Hey, there's nothing more gross than watching people drink from the same
milk cartoon. GROSS! Milk, bacteria, germs...thick goo...eww! I'm so with you on this. Of course I'm the type of person who uses shoulders to open doors and feet to push them open. I don't like door knobs and wash my hands a lot. Yet, I love French kissing with someone with nice breath.
posted by
Ariala
on July 3, 2004 at 5:01 PM
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Scribes, you're probably right. But the key word is slight, I think.
I mean, if it was really bad I wouldn't be able to drink from the bottle even after wiping it off!
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 5:01 PM
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Quirky, you have a slight germ phobia. It develops in some people; kids
usually don't have the same feeling.
posted by
scriber
on July 3, 2004 at 4:56 PM
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Scriber, well yeah, girlfriends/boyfriends I suppose would be okay, I mean
if you're swapping spit with them already what's a bite of sandwich. But the bottle thing, I just couldn't do it, no matter who it was!! Is that a germ phobia do you think??
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 4:51 PM
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Quirky, I do not eat from a sandwich or offer a bite to strangers,
girlfriend, sure, like that. If i drink from a bottle I pour it in my mouth without touching; but there are people I woldn't do even that. Depends on the person.
posted by
scriber
on July 3, 2004 at 4:39 PM
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MiaElla, Ugg, Ack, Gag, HELP, now I'm fainting from reading
your comment!! Oh, no way could I do that either.
posted by
Julia.
on July 3, 2004 at 4:07 PM
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I can't even do communion at chruch
Because it's one shared spoon dipped in a chalice filled with wine and bread...and everyone receives communion from it. I can't even watch. So I'm right there with you with the germ phobia.
posted by
MiaElla
on July 3, 2004 at 4:03 PM
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