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  Re: What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
 
(...) Actually, urine is sterile. Still not a good idea to ingest it, but not for any bacterial issue. -Evil "full-of-useless-info" Wayne (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
 
(...) There certainly IS such a point, sometimes... The gloves are there to protect you from what you are about to touch rather than to protect what you are about to touch from you. That's not the case in this particular example, I suspect, and I (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
 
(...) Heh. I've calmed down some since yesterday, so maybe I should cry "hyperbole" as my defense and leave it at that... (...) Well, on that I agree completely. I see it as connected to the swifferization of the culture and its antibacterial (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
 
(...) Dude, you guys are creeping me out. Are you all serious? Man, I'd much, much prefer to have a human touching my food than some rubber-gloved freak. I've held off on posting until now because I can't find my words. This isn't about germs and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
 
(...) I once saw a friend (a microbiologist) pick up his ice cream sandwich from where he'd dropped it in the dirt, and he ate it without pause or brushing it off. When a few of us expressed our disgust, he noted that "the dirtiest thing we eat (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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