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What disgusting thing do you do?

655 replies

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 25/03/2025 16:20

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

OP posts:
anonymous98 · 28/03/2025 22:58

Lulu49 · 27/03/2025 20:11

I take tea/coffee into the toilet with me

Not quite as bad but I love a shower coffee

mathanxiety · 29/03/2025 00:45

PointsSouth · 25/03/2025 17:54

There are just as many germs on the taps and the door handle. So when you come out of the stall, you turn on the tap, which leaves some germs and picks up some too. You wash the germs off your hands, then turn off the tap, getting more germs on your hands. Then you open the door, getting more germs on the handle, and picking some up as well. Then you go to the kitchen and turn on the tap to fill the kettle.

We're surrounded by germs. Good hygiene can reduce risk, but it can't stop you coming in contact with germs. And in shared loos, there's nothing you can do to avoid them, short of a hazmat suit.

Edited

Do you not have motion sensor taps?
Use a tissue to handle the door, or use the pinky finger of your left hand to open the door.

Would you consider using hand sanitiser instead of spreading all the E. coli or whatever else you have on your hands?
Your immunocompromised colleagues would thank you, I'm sure.

PalmTreeAngel · 29/03/2025 10:09

UndermyShoeJoe · 26/03/2025 21:05

We listen and we don’t judge

Oh, but we secretly do 😂

UndermyShoeJoe · 29/03/2025 10:12

PalmTreeAngel · 29/03/2025 10:09

Oh, but we secretly do 😂

My face gives me away in real. I could not play poker 🤣

PalmTreeAngel · 29/03/2025 10:16

UndermyShoeJoe · 29/03/2025 10:12

My face gives me away in real. I could not play poker 🤣

Me either. My friends always laugh at the expressions I pull 🤣

The13thFairy · 29/03/2025 13:47

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.

You touch your willy!

GG1986 · 29/03/2025 14:41

Freshflower · 26/03/2025 23:04

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

Haha yes that is satisfying 😄

Itiswhysofew · 29/03/2025 14:49

Notashamed13 · 28/03/2025 21:54

I have a constantly sweaty arse so stick a scrunched up piece of kitchen roll "between my crack" every single day 🙆

Oh, what a pain in the proverbial. Feel for ya😊

Newname71 · 29/03/2025 15:11

UndermyShoeJoe · 29/03/2025 10:12

My face gives me away in real. I could not play poker 🤣

They say this about me at work and suggested this….

What disgusting thing do you do?
Miracle1116 · 29/03/2025 18:31

Did anyone mention pimple popping, black dots as well, all nasty things to squize out, from anyone :-) also ingrown hair

LakieLady · 29/03/2025 18:47

BunnyOnTheOnion · 25/03/2025 18:39

(Discretely) wee outdoors if I'm caught short. Sometimes I just suddenly have to go... I'm often with walkers / cyclists / runners etc who accept a nature wee is part of life if you're out and about for hours... but I know MN thinks this is horrific!!

I really enjoy an alfresco pee when out on a long walk.

Slightly less now that an arthritic knee makes it hard for me to squat, but it's still nice to feel fresh air around my nethers.

JohnTheRevelator · 29/03/2025 18:56

catin8oot5 · 25/03/2025 16:40

When I’m tidying up I kind of treat myself like a human bin if I find a crisp on the sofa or something.

my mum dusts the telly with her fluffy cat.

Seriously?! 😂

LakieLady · 29/03/2025 19:01

UndermyShoeJoe · 25/03/2025 20:59

Quite a few on council estates locally where built like this. Bath and sink in one room and toilet in another. When people have slowly purchased the houses they have knocked the wall though.

MIL's council house is like this. It really bothers me for some reason. I find myself wishing she had a handle on the bog door rather than a round knob, so that I could open it with my elbow rather than touching it with unwashed hands.

I've no idea why it bothers me so much, as I'm a complete slattern in most respects.

LakieLady · 29/03/2025 19:30

Pippyls67 · 26/03/2025 20:51

Letting the dog clean the meat pan after a roast. It goes in a really hot dishwasher after. - Is that so bad?
I occasionally bite my toe nails too. Embarrassed to admit it but I’m betting loads of people do?????

Edited

When I had my dogs I used to let them lick the dirty plates.

I didn't have a dishwasher when I got my first dog. He was so efficient at plate licking he was nicknamed "Prewash".

And they all slept on my bed. I sometimes have friends' dogs to stay, and they sleep on my bed, too. The visiting whippet is the best bed dog, although on cold nights she tries to sneak under the duvet with me.

I draw the line at that.

LeaderBee · 29/03/2025 19:47

The13thFairy · 29/03/2025 13:47

You touch your willy!

I do wash it you know, i don't run a cheese making business!

PointsSouth · 29/03/2025 23:30

mathanxiety · 29/03/2025 00:45

Do you not have motion sensor taps?
Use a tissue to handle the door, or use the pinky finger of your left hand to open the door.

Would you consider using hand sanitiser instead of spreading all the E. coli or whatever else you have on your hands?
Your immunocompromised colleagues would thank you, I'm sure.

You misunderstand. I wasn’t suggesting that all that stuff - turning on taps, opening doors, handling kettles - was in any way a problem for me personally. Good God, of course not.

Obviously the domestic staff do that sort of thing.

Wimin123 · 30/03/2025 07:56

BunnyOnTheOnion · 25/03/2025 18:39

(Discretely) wee outdoors if I'm caught short. Sometimes I just suddenly have to go... I'm often with walkers / cyclists / runners etc who accept a nature wee is part of life if you're out and about for hours... but I know MN thinks this is horrific!!

Love a wild wee 😂 when needed. MN should be more bothered about the lack of public loos…

Wimin123 · 30/03/2025 07:59

Wingingit247 · 26/03/2025 18:41

I was disappointed in the misandry too, it’s supposed to be a light hearted thread, would be nice to just have that without people people getting into man-bashing 🤷🏼‍♀️

Was a bit fierce..probably hormonal 😉

LindaMo2 · 30/03/2025 08:58

How do you reach your toenails …😱

Daftypants · 30/03/2025 09:22

ThatsNotMyTeen · 25/03/2025 18:17

Sometimes I dust the bedside table, bathroom shelves etc with clothes im about to put in the wash. Socks, leggings etc

I do that sometimes too , if I spot it’s dusty and I’m picking up my socks to pop them in the wash 😂 I have nice non smelly feet

Daftypants · 30/03/2025 09:31

NDornotND · 25/03/2025 19:05

I have occasionally dried the rim of mugs that have been draining on the draining board, so mostly dry other than a bit of damp around the rim, on my boobs (covered in bra and t-shirt) - they're just the right shape and you can do two mugs at a time before putting them back in the cupboard...Anyone fancy a brew? ☕😁

done that 🤣

Hihosilver123 · 30/03/2025 09:32

Bananalanacake · 25/03/2025 18:17

Use the same towel for over a week before it gets a wash, I'm clean when I dry myself with it then I hang it up to dry.

Over a week is nothing! I use mine for ages. As you say, I’m clean when I use it.

Hihosilver123 · 30/03/2025 09:34

BobbyBiscuits · 25/03/2025 18:25

I love the idea of blowing ones nose on washing before it goes in. I need to time it right as I only ever have a runny nose when there's no tissue within a three mile radius. For some awful reason!

The thing I do is bite and chew and pick my lip and inside my mouth. It's so gross and means I'm obviously never able to have lip fillers.
I like to pull the skin off and like to taste the blood.
Gross I know. I think others do it but I don't know anyone who admits to it. It's like biting nails.
I think I have ADHD so that might be partly why?

I do this too. I think it’s quite common.

Hihosilver123 · 30/03/2025 09:43

Floogal · 25/03/2025 19:22

Pick my nose and ears
Farting
Masturbating
Farting while masturbating
Wearing same knickers for more than one day
(Worst of all) Sometimes I get skid marks in my knickers

All fairly normal in my opinion!

Hihosilver123 · 30/03/2025 09:48

SparklyHedgehog · 25/03/2025 19:59

If I can't find a hand towel after I've washed my hands, I often dry them on the cat

Brilliant!

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