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, 06 Jan 2009 01:57:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Steve http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/09/21/is-anything-cleaner-than-a-toilet-seat/#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-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-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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