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Wiping cock on hand towel...

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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?

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knittedbreast · 14/09/2011 12:13

haha! mrsbunty- i love that ! :) distressed willies being blown around violently, thatl keep me going all day... :)

Restrainedrabbit · 14/09/2011 12:13

I'm more Shock at the goose, they are mean bastards and I wouldn't want one of those near my nether regions! THe potential injuries could be eye watering Confused

Empjusa · 14/09/2011 12:14

"singing "I'm a little fanny teapot""

TangerineQueen · 14/09/2011 12:16

We are utterly disgusting in our house then. If there are no guests we just have bath towels hanging in the bathroom, used interchangeably by me and DH for body drying after a shower, hair turbans and for drying hands. We are always clean when we come out of the shower and equally would be happy to directly touch naked bodies so indirectly must be okay too! Towels are washed regularly.

Overnight guests are provided with their own towels to do as they wish with.

I guess daytime guests just have to brave it though. Maybe I'll think about putting a hand towel in there ...

CeliaFate · 14/09/2011 12:24

TangerineQueen read this,
"We have between two and ten million bacteria between the fingertip and elbow and the number of germs on the fingertips doubles after going to the toilet. However, up to half of all men and a quarter of women still don't wash their hands after spending a penny. Germs can stay alive for up to three hours and there could be as many hiding under your ring as there are people in Europe. A 1mm hair follicle can be home to 50,000 germs. Keep germs at bay by washing and drying hands thoroughly, especially after going to the toilet, before preparing food and after handling raw food. Use warm water and rub vigorously for 15 seconds, making sure you wash both sides, between each finger and around and under nails. Damp hands spread 1,000 times more germs than dry hands because bacteria love wet, warm places. However, using a dirty wet towel can make matters worse. Bacteria on a hand towel can multiply from one to three million in four hours."

BellaneyMimphus · 14/09/2011 12:26

And yet we are still here!
Plainly, having bajillions of germs around is just fine.

ColdSancerre · 14/09/2011 12:27

My DP always washes after a wee too. I have found it odd but never queried why. He's from Surrey going back many generations so I doubt it's cultural as far as he's concerned. Unless it's a custom in Surrey?

ColdSancerre · 14/09/2011 12:28

By the time you're counting germs in millions having one million or 3 million doesn't make a great deal of difference surely?

LDNmummy · 14/09/2011 12:30

Tyler they are certainly not just for bottom washing, they are actually multi purpose (so yes, you could wash your feet in it I suppose). They are primarily for the use of genitalia, perineum, and anus but they have historically been used for other parts of the body as per users needs.

Insomnia11 · 14/09/2011 12:34

Can't imagine DH doing this seeing as he would have to traverse the bathroom to do this rather than use the loo roll, which is funnily enough, next to the loo.

knittedbreast · 14/09/2011 12:34

bidets are wonderful after birth, when all the blood makes you feel yucky, and the warm water helps with stitches.

bigTillyMint · 14/09/2011 12:37

I can't get the image of DH wiping his cock on a towel out of my head nowAngry

YUK! Yet it's OK for us to do it after a shower/bath.....

I'm with you TangerineQueen, though I do put a clean hand towel out when guests are here (God knows what it gets used for!)

LDNmummy · 14/09/2011 12:39

Just for a bit of humour

Fill Up The Lota!

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LDNmummy · 14/09/2011 12:40

A normal towel would be fair enough, its just the fact that it is the hand towel IMO. Guests will use that FGS!

Well of course his bits would be clean, but it still isn't nice.

TangerineQueen · 14/09/2011 12:41

I live a kind of polar life. I work in a hospital where I use alcohol gel on my hands and stethoscope before and after I talk to any patient. Properly wash my hands at regular intervals and before and after any examination/procedure. Wash my work clothes at high temperatures after one wear etc. These are the rules and they are important. They are tree for a reason, I would never consider not sticking to them.

But at home I don't want such a clinical environment, I do believe in the hygiene hypothesis. Obviously there's a line between pig sty and operating theatre which is optimum. I don't think my house is filthy but I don't want it sterile. We are as yet unaffected by our disgusting lifestyle.

kerrymumbles · 14/09/2011 12:42

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squeakytoy · 14/09/2011 12:43

My husband is from Surrey, and I have never seen him sloshing his cock about in the basin... Confused.... thank god!

TangerineQueen · 14/09/2011 12:43

As a child my mother's bidet was the perfect swimming pool for my Barbie. It had a little fountain and everything!

Caron1968 · 14/09/2011 12:45

"Germs can stay alive for up to three hours and there could be as many hiding under your ring"

Made me spit coffee all over my keyboard. :o

squeakytoy · 14/09/2011 12:50

If you wash your hands in a public loo, then push the door open, or use a stair bannister or lift button right afterwards, there is every chance that the person before you didnt wash their hands, so you have picked up the germs anyway.

I do wash my hands, but I also dont expect to be in a sterile environment. We do need germs and bacteria to build up our immunity.

GiantUnderCrackers · 14/09/2011 12:54

UGH & UEW!

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Graciescotland · 14/09/2011 12:54

lmao **

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TangerineQueen · 14/09/2011 12:58

I think I will go for that hand towel. Most of our guests are folk who are
are like family anyway and pop in all the time so I hadn't really thought about it before! Clearly an error on my part. Thanks MN. Everything else is staying the same though!

Fun fact that has always amazed me: there are more bacteria in a healthy human colon than there are cells in your body. Amazing, no? I still remember from a lecture in 1st year!

Insomnia11 · 14/09/2011 12:58

Yet it's OK for us to do it after a shower/bath.....

Of course it is, our bits are clean then!

BelfastBloke · 14/09/2011 13:02

Well Insomnia, surely this bloke's cock is clean after he's washed it in the basin? What's the difference?