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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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PrettayGood · 26/03/2025 23:23

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 26/03/2025 14:35

Me too - and I think cloth hankies are revolting! OK if it's going straight in the wash but not folder up and into a pocket.

My uncle always said "what do posh people put in their pocket but poor people put in the bin?" - answer is "their snot".

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I am absolutely nauseated by handkerchiefs. My brother in law still uses one. He has no problem with doing a gigantic trumpet parp into his gigantic handkerchief, in company, which he then puts back into his pocket.

There’s so much about this that’s disgusting, I don’t know where to start.

Spooky2000 · 26/03/2025 23:12

One thing that turns my guts is people who eat 'hand food' on public transport...I see them touch the seats, handles, bells etc and then hold a burger or sausage roll in their hands and it makes me feel ill...for this reason, I have anti-bac gel on me at all times to rub on my hands if I can't get to a bathroom to wash before eating😆

cloudbusting123 · 26/03/2025 23:08

i had a friend who’s family didn’t use toilet roll and they each had a sponge to wipe their bums. 1’s and 2’s both included.

AWafferthinmint · 26/03/2025 23:07

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 25/03/2025 16:32

Not disgusting but weird

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

😂 but why??!!

Freshflower · 26/03/2025 23:04

GG1986 · 25/03/2025 21:52

Pick my nose!

Best bogeys are the ones that you can feel flapping about and when you get it you can feel it stringing out from up far ...nothing beats getting a big fat slimy one

Freshflower · 26/03/2025 23:01

WeylandYutani · 25/03/2025 23:05

My boyfriend loves his own earwax too.
I often catch him having a little probe with a finger then a sniff.
One time a cotton bud snapped and got stuck in his ear. Yes I know it is bad to stick them in your ear!
Anyway, he asked me to help get it out and then asked if he could have the bud so he could give it a good old sniff.

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Lol never knew earwax had a smell

Notashamed13 · 26/03/2025 22:48

@coldcallerbaiter Hey! I'm not just a vag hair puller..... I'm also a bum spot picker! 🤣🤣 how do the eyelashes taste? 😂 best thread ever!

Boreded · 26/03/2025 22:40

coldcallerbaiter · 26/03/2025 22:37

Whilst I brush my teeth, I clean the bathroom worktop and sink with yesterdays knickers that are on my bedroom floor in the morning.

I hope you turn them inside out and put them back on afterwards…no need to waste a perfectly good pair

coldcallerbaiter · 26/03/2025 22:40

To the vag hair puller - Mmm, good idea but No that would hurt.

I pick the clumps out of my mascara in the evening in front of the TV. Sometimes an eyelash comes out with it and I eat it, idk why.

Boreded · 26/03/2025 22:39

PoopingAllTheWay · 25/03/2025 16:38

So a shared work bathroom and you didnt wash your hands after a wee?

So you flushed the chain and touched the lock on a shared bathroom ?

Thats rank!!!

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Yeah it’s people like this that make me take a paper towel to open doors. I do the same with serviettes at a buffet to hold the tongs…yuck

coldcallerbaiter · 26/03/2025 22:37

Whilst I brush my teeth, I clean the bathroom worktop and sink with yesterdays knickers that are on my bedroom floor in the morning.

Notashamed13 · 26/03/2025 22:36

Don't ever eat salad over my house..........all this tissue on hands nonsense lol......the aibu is "what disgusting thing do you do?"...... not how repulsed can you be by the disgusting things people do! 😂

Spodemultiuser · 26/03/2025 22:36

PointsSouth · 26/03/2025 22:31

Someone keep her talking. I’ll step outside and make the call…

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I do that @Fluffyblackcat7

So you’ll need two straight jackets @PointsSouth

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Washingupdone · 26/03/2025 22:35

MibsXX · 26/03/2025 22:27

Because years ago folks were NOT watching endless germ killing product adverts and getting paranoid

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When I was young, the toilet was outside and no hand basin. Things got better when we had an inside one but still no handbasin. Only when I was older and bought a new home we had two toilets and a bathroom. Now it’s all en suites.

PointsSouth · 26/03/2025 22:31

Fluffyblackcat7 · 26/03/2025 18:32

Yes, you are touching germ ridden items right up until you wash your hands. Then, you turn off the tap using a paper towel or tissue, keeping your hands clean.

Personally, after washing my hands, I also use my shoulder to push open the main toilet door to avoid touching it with my freshly washed hands or use my sleeve to cover my hand if I need to pull the door open. Is that just me?

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Someone keep her talking. I’ll step outside and make the call…

MibsXX · 26/03/2025 22:27

Question285 · 25/03/2025 21:04

I’ve seen a few older houses like that when we were house hunting. But I don’t understand the logic behind it. Great to have a separate toilet, but why no basin? If it’s just about cost, why not put the only basin in the same room as the toilet?

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Because years ago folks were NOT watching endless germ killing product adverts and getting paranoid

MibsXX · 26/03/2025 21:54

TortolaParadise · 25/03/2025 17:31

This, ladies and gentlemen, is why they say you shouldn’t trust other people’s hygiene standards. There are people like this walking amongst us.

Yes, and they serve us food; do our hair; look after our medical needs; shake our hands and loads more. Ooooh I'm starting to feel dizzy!

Not justifying any of the above BUT if we all got too paranoid about possible germs, we'd be in very dire straits healthwise, just sayin ( although I try very hard NOT to think about such things! :-) )

Notashamed13 · 26/03/2025 21:51

That's not my worst disgusting thing but I'm afraid of being judged 😂😂

Xmasxrackers · 26/03/2025 21:50

Notashamed13 · 26/03/2025 21:48

Yesss baby 😆

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So glad I’m not alone 😂😂

Notashamed13 · 26/03/2025 21:48

Xmasxrackers · 26/03/2025 21:46

No but I love popping the little ingrown hairs after I’ve shaved!

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Yesss baby 😆

Xmasxrackers · 26/03/2025 21:46

Notashamed13 · 26/03/2025 21:44

Anybody pluck their vag pubes out with their fingers when bored alone watching Tv? 🤔

No but I love popping the little ingrown hairs after I’ve shaved!

Notashamed13 · 26/03/2025 21:44

Anybody pluck their vag pubes out with their fingers when bored alone watching Tv? 🤔

JustSawJohnny · 26/03/2025 21:27

LeaderBee · 25/03/2025 16:41

As a bloke I find it quite weird how people get bent out of shape about this, i touch my willy to aim the stream, I don't piss all over my hands and then walk out the bathroom.

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But you touch the flush, which others have touched after wiping their shitty arse!! AND the door lock!

Plus your dick sits alongside your sweaty balls!

Grosssssseee!!!

JustSawJohnny · 26/03/2025 21:25

PoopingAllTheWay · 25/03/2025 16:38

So a shared work bathroom and you didnt wash your hands after a wee?

So you flushed the chain and touched the lock on a shared bathroom ?

Thats rank!!!

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Hard agree! Just VILE!

How could anyone wipe their fange, touch the flusher, touch the loo door lock and not think it's time for a hand wash?!!

Just eeeeewwwwww!!!

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 26/03/2025 21:19

canyouseemyhousefromhere · 26/03/2025 21:08

I still do that & I’m 60! 😂

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😄 I want to be... forever young 🥰

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