Comments on: Is Anything Cleaner than a Toilet Seat? http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/ Wired World Wonderings Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bidet Reviews http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-93345 Bidet Reviews Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:49:36 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/#comment-93345 Hard to imagine how ice could get that dirty, but I guess the employees don't read those signs in the bathroom instructing them how to wash their hands. People these days are so lazy... Hard to imagine how ice could get that dirty, but I guess the employees don’t read those signs in the bathroom instructing them how to wash their hands. People these days are so lazy…

]]> By: Steve http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-58298 Steve Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:56:54 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/#comment-58298 LOL Great Post, I realize that Fast Food Ice may be dirtier than toilet water, but for some reason I would rather drink that then sit on a bare toilet seat. Must be the skid marks inside the toilet bowl. LOL Great Post, I realize that Fast Food Ice may be dirtier than toilet water, but for some reason I would rather drink that then sit on a bare toilet seat. Must be the skid marks inside the toilet bowl.

]]> By: Bunny http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-54610 Bunny Tue, 13 May 2008 23:42:58 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/#comment-54610 Wow. I guess it's true that common sense is definitely not common. Why would they perform these tests on a brand new toilet? That would be pointless. Also, most people (hopefully) clean their toilets every two weeks to a month. When I clean my toilet, I clean it with bleach. Granted, I wouldn't want to eat off of it. When is the last time you bleached your cell phone? The car steering wheel? When is the last time you took a sanitizer to your desk? I think the most important thing to keep in mind is: When is the last time you got E. coli from your cell phone? I have yet to. I think it's because my body has this function called an immune system. I think the point of these stories is just to bring to the front of people's minds that there are things dirtier than a toilet seat. It's just trivial information that you might be able to use someday on Jeopardy or to win a radio contest with. It's novel. It's interesting. Something to break the ice with at parties. Wow.

I guess it’s true that common sense is definitely not common.

Why would they perform these tests on a brand new toilet? That would be pointless.

Also, most people (hopefully) clean their toilets every two weeks to a month. When I clean my toilet, I clean it with bleach. Granted, I wouldn’t want to eat off of it. When is the last time you bleached your cell phone? The car steering wheel? When is the last time you took a sanitizer to your desk?

I think the most important thing to keep in mind is: When is the last time you got E. coli from your cell phone?

I have yet to.

I think it’s because my body has this function called an immune system.

I think the point of these stories is just to bring to the front of people’s minds that there are things dirtier than a toilet seat. It’s just trivial information that you might be able to use someday on Jeopardy or to win a radio contest with. It’s novel. It’s interesting. Something to break the ice with at parties.

]]> By: Dean http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Dean Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:59:31 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/#comment-1006 I don't take these tests too seriously. The thing I never understood about these "tests" were the variables surrounding the "cleanliness" of the toilet. Are we comparing these things to a brand new, just installed, never used toilet? Has it been peed in? Pooped in? How many times? Over how long of a timespan, since it was new, has it been used? When was it last cleaned? With what was it cleaned? How many restaurants' ice had E Coli? How many of the 10,000,000 bacteria on my desk are as potentially hazardous versus those in my toilet? It's almost a new motto for me, but I'll say it again - we live in fear. What scares me the most is that we don't stop to ask questions anymore; we just accept whatever we're told as the truth. Good ending question - if all of this other stuff is dirtier than a toilet then what's cleaner and why aren't we doing more things around our toilet if they're so clean? I don’t take these tests too seriously. The thing I never understood about these “tests” were the variables surrounding the “cleanliness” of the toilet. Are we comparing these things to a brand new, just installed, never used toilet? Has it been peed in? Pooped in? How many times? Over how long of a timespan, since it was new, has it been used? When was it last cleaned? With what was it cleaned? How many restaurants’ ice had E Coli? How many of the 10,000,000 bacteria on my desk are as potentially hazardous versus those in my toilet?

It’s almost a new motto for me, but I’ll say it again – we live in fear. What scares me the most is that we don’t stop to ask questions anymore; we just accept whatever we’re told as the truth.

Good ending question – if all of this other stuff is dirtier than a toilet then what’s cleaner and why aren’t we doing more things around our toilet if they’re so clean?

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