26% of Brits have shit on their hands.

KINGOFSHORTS · Oct 15, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19834975

For some reason they do not wash after using the bathroom.

peilthetraveler · Oct 15, 2012

This is really something I do not get. Why don't people wash their hands? I'm a total freak about washing my hands. I will also actually wash my hands BEFORE I go to the bathroom too. And heaven forbid if I end up in a bathroom that only has those electric hand dryers and no paper towels. I cant open the door to get out because I know I would be touching the same handle as 1000s of others that DIDNT wash their hands. In those cases I have to get toilet paper or those paper seat covers. Once I found myself in a bathroom without toilet paper and without those paper seat covers and no paper towels. Luckily I only had to wait about 5 minutes before someone else came in that time, but I easily could've been in there for half an hour.

wjk · Oct 16, 2012

Quote from peilthetraveler:

And heaven forbid if I end up in a bathroom that only has those electric hand dryers and no paper towels. I cant open the door to get out because I know I would be touching the same handle as 1000s of others that DIDNT wash their hands.

Nothing an ultra-thin film of anti-bacterial soap on your hands and a napkin in your back pocket won't take care of.

Oh, did I mention...don't touch your eyes if your hands are dirty.

377OHMS · Oct 16, 2012

Quote from peilthetraveler:

This is really something I do not get. Why don't people wash their hands? I'm a total freak about washing my hands. I will also actually wash my hands BEFORE I go to the bathroom too. And heaven forbid if I end up in a bathroom that only has those electric hand dryers and no paper towels. I cant open the door to get out because I know I would be touching the same handle as 1000s of others that DIDNT wash their hands. In those cases I have to get toilet paper or those paper seat covers. Once I found myself in a bathroom without toilet paper and without those paper seat covers and no paper towels. Luckily I only had to wait about 5 minutes before someone else came in that time, but I easily could've been in there for half an hour.

"I wash my hands *before* I touch my dick!"

Don King

377OHMS · Oct 16, 2012

Quote from peilthetraveler:

This is really something I do not get. Why don't people wash their hands? I'm a total freak about washing my hands. I will also actually wash my hands BEFORE I go to the bathroom too. And heaven forbid if I end up in a bathroom that only has those electric hand dryers and no paper towels. I cant open the door to get out because I know I would be touching the same handle as 1000s of others that DIDNT wash their hands. In those cases I have to get toilet paper or those paper seat covers. Once I found myself in a bathroom without toilet paper and without those paper seat covers and no paper towels. Luckily I only had to wait about 5 minutes before someone else came in that time, but I easily could've been in there for half an hour.

I use my elbow to open the bathroom door to exit.

peilthetraveler · Oct 16, 2012

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I use my elbow to open the bathroom door to exit.

If its a push door, I use my foot...if its a pull, I dont know how I would use my elbow to exit.

L-Kabong · Oct 16, 2012

Okay, lets round it down to 25%. Here's a simple probability puzzle for my ET bros:

1) What is the chance in Britain that any random handshake consists of both parties having shit on their hands (prior to the handshaking)?

2) What percentage of handshakes on any given day in Britain are shit free(neither party has shit on his/her hands)?

noob_trad3r · Oct 16, 2012

Quote from L-Kabong:

Okay, lets round it down to 25%. Here's a simple probability puzzle for my ET bros:

1) What is the chance in Britain that any random handshake consists of both parties having shit on their hands (prior to the handshaking)?

2) What percentage of handshakes on any given day in Britain are shit free(neither party has shit on his/her hands)?

Sounds like an Optiver test question.

JamesL · Oct 16, 2012

Surprise, surprise...French don't bathe much either:

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/16...ch-reputation-for-personal-hygiene/?hpt=hp_t3

Lucrum · Oct 16, 2012

My last employer opened a plant in England years ago. I heard stories from the guys interviewing job candidates. Apparently bathing everyday isn't normal there. How much "holiday" the received was typically more important to them than their earnings.