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What disgusting thing do you do?

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eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 25/03/2025 16:20

I blow my nose on the washing before it goes in the machine... rather than find a tissue!

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RamsestheDamned · 26/03/2025 01:04

ThatAgileLimeCat · 25/03/2025 18:36

Pick skin
Have been known to eat it
Sniff.my cats paws for comfort. Dread to think where they've been.
Pick my nose and ears

I sniff my cats to smell that they smell like mine
I wouldn’t sniff their paws. They’ve stood on them, in the litter tray sometimes standing on wee or poo. Why would you sniff paws when the head and neck etc easily provide the comfort smell?! I have seven. I like to do a little paw hold now and again which they don’t mind, but I wash my hand afterwards!

sweetgingercat · 26/03/2025 00:54

I once shared a house with a bloke who, I discovered one night, blew his nose on the tea towel he was using to do the drying up. It was revolting. When I complained he brushed me off, irritated.

After that I washed everything before I used it and kept my tea towels in my bedroom.

Jaehee · 26/03/2025 00:52

WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 23:59

Mine has a very earthy smell. I can only relate it to petrichor.

Mine smells bitter and slightly poisonous, like some sort of Victorian tincture. I’ve always wondered if this is unusual or if other people’s smells the same.

FeministUnderTheCatriarchy · 26/03/2025 00:20

NebulousWhistler · 25/03/2025 23:51

I have a willy glove, to avoid getting willy hands on the tube, when I have to hang onto the handrail if there are no seats available during rush hour.
Doesn’t matter if it’s December or August, as soon as I get onto the tube, my willy glove comes out, the pair is always in my bag. (Right hand willy glove)

This is brilliant 😁

Woman after my own heart!

MrsSkylerWhite · 26/03/2025 00:15

BatshitIsTheOnlyExplanation
Why is your bum sore after walking? Am I missing something?

I haven’t exercised for age, having been very fit, and slender, a couple of years ago.

Have recently restarted, but bigger than I was before. Probably tmi, but it’s been hot and sweaty here the past few days and my cheeks have rubbed together. Feels like nappy rash!
Bought an anti-chafing stick today so shouldn’t be an issue going forward!

VickyEadieofThigh · 26/03/2025 00:12

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 25/03/2025 16:32

Not disgusting but weird

I sometimes climb the stairs on all 4s when dd isn't home 🤭

I still do that - I've done it all my life. I'm 66!

BatshitIsTheOnlyExplanation · 26/03/2025 00:11

MrsSkylerWhite · 25/03/2025 23:41

Sometimes wee in the bath as I’m letting the plug out. Especially when I’ve had a long walk the day before and my bum’s a bit sore. Stings like hell when wee gets on it 😁

Why is your bum sore after walking? Am I missing something?

MonkeyRum · 26/03/2025 00:10

I have been suffering from piles for a little while now. Nothing awful but sometimes they are SO itchy, and if the time is right I take myself away and have a scratch. Oh my fucking lord, it’s almost orgasmic. So much so I have t actually done too much about getting rid of them.

bye.

FullOfLemons · 26/03/2025 00:10

I love farting under the duvet.

Just love it. 😊

Thatcat · 26/03/2025 00:01

Spodemultiuser · 25/03/2025 18:41

Too many people and not enough toilets in my house.
I simply can’t wait ages for my kids to get out of the bathroom
So I have my very own posh sheewee

Its a Spode jug
I do love a bit of Spode.

Image of similar …it’s the one on the left. Lovely snug fit 😆😆

would you believe I’ve even name changed…..oh the utter shame 🥴

Edited

This is so fuckin funny 🤣
Bravo to you.

WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 23:59

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 25/03/2025 23:38

Does your earwax smell? Mine doesn't.

Mine has a very earthy smell. I can only relate it to petrichor.

Disturbia81 · 25/03/2025 23:55

Pick nose and eat it
scratch private and sniff my hand
get ear wax out with my nails
fart and enjoy the smell

ah that feels better 😂

Thatcat · 25/03/2025 23:54

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 25/03/2025 18:21

Just talking to a friend... she brushes her teeth in the shower. Not disgusting but weird rinsing with warm shower water no?

No, I only rinse teeth with warm water… that wasn’t meant to be my disgusting confession…

NebulousWhistler · 25/03/2025 23:51

FeministUnderTheCatriarchy · 25/03/2025 17:33

Men baffle me.

If it is reasonable for me not to want to touch your bare willy, it is also reasonable for me not to want to touch your hand after it had just been around said willy.

Yes, you may not have urinated on it, but you still have willy hands.

I have a willy glove, to avoid getting willy hands on the tube, when I have to hang onto the handrail if there are no seats available during rush hour.
Doesn’t matter if it’s December or August, as soon as I get onto the tube, my willy glove comes out, the pair is always in my bag. (Right hand willy glove)

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 25/03/2025 23:49

Blondebrownorred · 25/03/2025 18:17

Why though? God this thread makes me feel sick.

I remember Sinead O'Connor once did this during a TV interview. The interviewer said "Did you just eat the dry skin off your feet?" And she said "yeah." I think she gave a reason, but I can't remember what it was

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 25/03/2025 23:42

I think I'm going to be sick.

MrsSkylerWhite · 25/03/2025 23:41

Sometimes wee in the bath as I’m letting the plug out. Especially when I’ve had a long walk the day before and my bum’s a bit sore. Stings like hell when wee gets on it 😁

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 25/03/2025 23:40

On a train once out of the corner of my eye I spied a man using some kind of contraption to have a good root about up his nostrils. I couldn't see what the contraption was as I didn't dare look too closely. The woman sat opposite him looked as though she was going to faint with disgust, but she still kept sneaking glances at him, though.

WeylandYutani · 25/03/2025 23:39

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 25/03/2025 23:38

Does your earwax smell? Mine doesn't.

I have never actually sniffed it. Tasted it yes. Very tangy. Not to my taste.

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 25/03/2025 23:38

WeylandYutani · 25/03/2025 23:12

Believe me, I am glad to know someone else does this too.
He left it for about 2 days before telling me about it. Probably for maximum wax and smell.

Does your earwax smell? Mine doesn't.

sammyjoanne · 25/03/2025 23:38

I used to smoke but gave that up in 2014. Im at that 'age' and my skin gets very dry now. And I rub the dry skin off my arms and elbows when I should really moisturise.

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 25/03/2025 23:36

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 25/03/2025 16:32

Not disgusting but weird

I sometimes climb the stairs on all 4s when dd isn't home 🤭

Two legs bad. Four legs good.

Perx · 25/03/2025 23:30

I like to keep the nails on my little fingers longer than the rest, then get them right down my ears to scoop out ear wax. Then I scoop my hoard out of one nail with the other nail so I can see how large / dark / sticky it is. I do it on my drive home from work. Never on the way in. I should keep my eyes on the road. Off to bed now, going on all fours up the stairs.

ilovesushi · 25/03/2025 23:21

DaleyDerDrache · 25/03/2025 16:36

Bite my nails. Including toenails.

I am envious of your flexibility and sharp teeth!

WeylandYutani · 25/03/2025 23:16

Avatartar · 25/03/2025 23:14

“my mum dusts the telly with her fluffy cat” my favourite on here, poor cat.
my dog licks my feet

I used to have a fluffy cat and I did use her to dust the TV too 😂
This was before microfibre cloths were a huge thing.