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Wiping cock on hand towel...

272 replies

Graciescotland · 14/09/2011 10:02

Title says it all really. DS is fascinated by watching DH pee so he follows him off to the bathroom and the door was left open. I walked by to see DH drying his penis on the hand towel. Apparently it's what he always does, news to me though.

This is rank, right? Or is it a universal thing?

OP posts:
Skippyboo · 14/09/2011 11:38

BelfastBloke, you're disgusting.

Noses and feet are bad enough...

Bleurgh!

MrsBuntysStrangeCuldeSac · 14/09/2011 11:39

I am NEVER going to use a hand towel again.

SnapesMistress · 14/09/2011 11:40

How do you pour water over your bumhome after a poo? Do you have to hang upside down? Seriously thinking about logistics of bumhole washing

BellaneyMimphus · 14/09/2011 11:40

But would there be different germs on a hand towel even if it wasn't used for penile drying?
Aren't they all roughly the same germs, on hands, noses etc?

knittedbreast · 14/09/2011 11:41

no more complicated or time consuming than washing your hands, it dousnt take long.

im not having you on, i just wash after using the toilet, all my family does it. no partners have ever mentioned it, in fact my dp now always washes aswell, and not from me telling him.
its not that washing morning and night isnt enough, thats for a seperate reason, due to sweat etc..
at home the kettle/pot thing is next to the toilet, obv i wouldnt take that into work.

i dont understand why you wouldnt, especially after a poo. if you got poo on your hand i suppose you would wash it? so why just wipe after the toilet? its still there you just cant see it etc...

Theala · 14/09/2011 11:42

Clean body parts are clean body parts. What is the freakin' problem with which clean body part gets wiped where?

pengymum · 14/09/2011 11:44

Water bottles with sports cap are quite handy for this actually! Can point and shoot, so to speak. Also discreet and don't leak in your bag!

Wipe with loo paper after washing to dry. Wash hands dry with towel at home or loo roll/paper towel elsewhere.
Grin

Can't say I fancy using hand towels in anyone else's house now though, after this revelation. Confused

LDNmummy · 14/09/2011 11:44

I totally object to using the hand towel to dry, but I completely agree with washing your bits after doing your business.

I also agree with KnittedBreast about another culture not getting that they don't do that in Britain.

It is so much cleaner and nicer to wash yourself instead of just wiping. My house will have a Bidet fitted as it is also normal on pretty much all sides of my family (mixed heritage household) to wash after going to the bathroom.

The difference is, in houses with a Bidet for instance, you have a separate box of tissues or hand towel to dry yourself with after use. Then you don't use the actual hand towel, which is not good IMO.

SeniorWrangler · 14/09/2011 11:44

He should leave the poultry outside.

Seriously, there was a great thing on QI about how the neck of a goose is the best possible thing to wipe your arse on, according to some 18th century poet. You should get him one of those. Grin

SweetGrapes · 14/09/2011 11:46

No no knitted , your mother didn't lie to you... I'm from India and we all do this too BUT there we have the squating toilets with a bucket of water and a mug just next to us. So, it's just a mater of sloshing a bit of water when done. And there's no flush so mugs of water are going down anyway.

But I don't do it here. Just use the tissue. Isn't that what bidets are for? Or are they actually for washing your feet. Couldn't decide if they were urinals or for washing feet when I saw them first!! Grin

SeniorWrangler · 14/09/2011 11:47

Twas actually Rabelais.
From Wikipedia:

"The 16th century French satirical writer François Rabelais, in Chapter XIII of Book 1 of his novel-sequence Gargantua and Pantagruel, has his character Gargantua investigate a great number of ways of cleansing oneself after defecating. Gargantua dismisses the use of paper as ineffective, rhyming that: "Who his foul tail with paper wipes, Shall at his ballocks leave some chips." (Sir Thomas Urquhart's 1653 English translation). He concludes that "the neck of a goose, that is well downed" provides an optimum cleansing medium."

knittedbreast · 14/09/2011 11:48

seems im not that odd then :)

bidets are for bottom cleaning too. although i do always think foot spa when i see them!

BelfastBloke · 14/09/2011 11:49

I always use the neck of a goose if there isn't a hand towel.

pengymum · 14/09/2011 11:49

Methinks the goose would object somewhat...

pengymum · 14/09/2011 11:53

knitted - you aren't odd
We are washers too. Or should I say Wash'n'wipers.
My brother would never use the loos at school as there was no way of washing!
Just wiping is not enough. Unless you have the moist wipes, but even then, I like to wash.

ZacharyQuack · 14/09/2011 12:01

I'm intrigued by the logistics of cock-washing.

How would a short bloke wash his cock in the sink? Would he need one of those toddler step-stools?

What about public toliets? Are blokes lining up at the sinks having a wash? What if there's no paper towels, just one of those hot air dryers? I suppose a Dyson Blade drier would be just the right height.

heleninahandcart · 14/09/2011 12:03

Of course some women wash after. What do you think a bidet is for?

AbsDuWolef · 14/09/2011 12:06
Shock

particularly at the Dyson blade comment.

ReadRideABikeSwim · 14/09/2011 12:09

I think it's fine if washed . Better that than nasty drips shaken on loo and floor then drizzling into pants

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 14/09/2011 12:09

How do those who wash after wee/poo feel about the use of wetwipes as an alternative? Also, where do you get the little teapot fanny-washers please?

knittedbreast · 14/09/2011 12:11

if you needed too, but wet wipes dont disintegrate and you cant flush them. just find a little tea pot you like and use that?

anyone converted to washing now then? :)

tyler80 · 14/09/2011 12:11

Bidets are for bottom washing not fanjo washing. I can see that someone might choose to wash their fanjo when a bidet is available but carrying little cups of water about is something else.

Bidets are for bottom washing not fanjo washing. I can see that someone might choose to wash their fanjo when a bidet is available but carrying little cups of water about is something else.

MrsBuntysStrangeCuldeSac · 14/09/2011 12:11
WhereTheWildThingsWere · 14/09/2011 12:12

Roffle @ the image of a cock being dangled into a Dyson Blade Grin

BarmyBiscuit · 14/09/2011 12:13

My DH shakes as I have seen him loads of times. I taught my 3 year old to shake as well. Also, I hate to see men pee sitting down. It doesn't look right. I'm probably in the minority though.