Q. Mummy Mummy, can I lick the bowl out?
A. No, pull the chain like everybody else.
We are bombarded with advertisements for toilet cleaning products. Well, I’m all in favour of a clean loo. But there’s a theme running through that I find curious. They all make claims about killing germs. So what’s that all about then? Clean yes, but does your loo really need to be germ free? You’re not really going to lick the bowl out are you?
ummm…no!
maybe the dog though ha!
I wondered why she had bad breath!
now you know! LOL
ok, ew.
I have a theory: One of our “First World” problems is our obsession with living in a sterile environment so that we can avoid all those germs and bacteria that seek to make us sick. The outcome of this obsession, I believe, is that we’re sicker than ever! Our immune systems aren’t stimulated because everything is all clean. God help us if we actually come in contact with a virus or germ that we have never encountered before. My mom used to cook stew and leave it sitting on the stove overnight and would heat it up again the next day for supper! Or left potatoe salad on the counter. Or we used the same towels, or …. or…..or We all lived to tell the stories.
I think there’s good evidence that our sterile world is responsible for the rise of asthma, hay fever, and the like. Thanks for your feedback.
All the advertising just serves for the companies to make more money from us!
Well, yes but usually by offering us things we want. Did they create a want in us for germ-free loos?
I believe they did. The same goes for hand sanitizers. And in the process the good bacteria are being killed as well.
In the US the loo needs to be spotless. We eat a lot here and you never know when you’re going to have to carry your pizza to the toilet! Personally as a pseudoanthroplogist I assume we evolved with our asses sitting on a shit-load of germs- pun intended!
Are germ-free and spotless the same? Inside a toilet is one area in my house I am unlikely to ever touch. I think you’re right about our evolutonary “partners”. Will we evolve into organisms that require a sterile environment if we carry on bleaching willy-nilly?
Studies (at least in Europe but I’m sure the States don’t differ that much) showed that there are more germs and bacterias found on computer keyboards, touch-pads or kitchen sponges than on a toilet-seat.
Hi Sonja,
Yes, I think I’d heard that somewhere. I can understand folk wanting absolute cleanliness on the toilet seat that you come into contact with but no-one touches the inside of the bowl, do they? Even I don’t dangle that low!
Thanks for your feedback.
Rob.
I think one of the reasons why so many people get sick so often is because they try to do away with all the germs and their bodies don’t have the opportunity to build up immunity throughout life. I used to eat dirt and play in all sorts of things that parents don’t allow their children to do now, and my only health problems are those related to age. I’ve been to the doctor maybe ten times in the past forty years and it’s not like I’m one of those stubborn guys who doesn’t go to the doctor. With today’s generation, though, I guess parents have to keep those iPads, iPods, and Game Boy joysticks nice and clean, germ free! lol
I agree Russel. I hear tell that many of the alergies we suffer from are caused by confused defence mechanisms that haven’t seen enough muck.