when you go for a pee …

[david bennett 8Participant @davidbennett8]

When you go for a pee, when should you wash your hands? Before/ after/ both/ neither?

dave8

Edited By david bennett 8 on 13/07/2023 12:24:35

Edited By david bennett 8 on 13/07/2023 12:25:38

[david bennett 8Participant @davidbennett8]

hygeine

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

I remember it being said that:

Men with clean ####s wash their hands before

Men with dirty ####s wash their hands after

MichaelG.

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

If you've been chopping chillies both

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by david bennett 8 on 13/07/2023 12:23:57:

When you go for a pee, when should you wash your hands? Before/ after/ both/ neither?

dave8

Edited By david bennett 8 on 13/07/2023 12:24:35

Edited By david bennett 8 on 13/07/2023 12:25:38

You missed out 'during'

Ian P (no pun intended!)

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Seriously though, as befits this august forum (!) …. beforehand if your hands are contaminated with mineral oil, solvents and the like.

Cancer of the scrotum used to be quite a common industrial disease, though mainly from the habit of carrying oily rags in dirty overall pockets.

I gather that same habit was once found the cause of an unusually high incidence of cervical cancer in one of the American industrial cities – the link was the husbands' poor personal hygiene back home after work in a filthy factory.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

It used to be said that the difference between a Doctor and an Engineer was that one washed their hands after going to the toiulet, the other before!

Howard

[Chris Pearson 1Participant @chrispearson1]

I am with Nigel G. If my hands are dirty, before, largely because I want my trousers to stay reasonably clean.

Afterwards is a well-engrained habit. You are not going to catch anything from your own willy, but if it is somebody else's WC, you don't know how clean the handle is. (Rather like supermarket trollies!)

[Stuart BridgerParticipant @stuartbridger82290]

When I started my apprenticeship in 1980, it was very much impressed on us to wash hands before. The message reinforced by some very graphic photos of the potential consquences of not doing so.

[NealebParticipant @nealeb]

Back in my student apprentice days, the safety briefing before we were allowed in the mechanical workshop included the instruction to wash before and after. After, obviously, but also before because "oil can cause cancer of the scrotum. You know what cancer of the scrotum means? Bits drop off!" Might not have been accurate but certainly memorable.

Caught on as a catch phrase among us apprentices. Whatever someone was doing, "Wouldn't do that if I were you." "Why not?" "Bits drop off!"

[Chris MateParticipant @chrismate31303]

I would say before and after, and the other thing is should you get rid of top layer of clothes, easy with overall, in case some nasty little chip(s) made its way to your hands before.

[Mike HurleyParticipant @mikehurley60381]

My understanding is (may be wrong of course ! ) That toilet seats & handles don't normally provide a good surface for germs to remain active for long due to their (normally ) high sheen.

I wonder if the same can be said of touchscreens considering how many staff in shops & cafes etc use their phones regularly (including when ON the toilet) and I doubt if they wash their hands in-between texting and serving?

A point to ponder I think

Enjoy your next café bacon sarnie.

[Chris Pearson 1Participant @chrispearson1]

I might add, "before" after playing billiards: you wouldn't want to get chalk on the wrong cue.

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

They used to say that when tested bowls of bar peanuts also contained urine

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

I insist the Groom of the Close Stool wear gloves. It's vital I don't catch anything nasty off a mere aristocrat…

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

Did Anyone here try to scrub black water proof or marine grease off of sensitive parts?

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Great care should be taken to keep such an important part in good working order. Clean hands should be a requirement before handling and after the task is completed washing hands is important. Particularly with urinals a bit of splash and small droplets can be produced so after the purple headed warrior is put safely away wash hands. Take care with turning on the taps in an unfamiliar washroom as some are not throttled and splashed trousers can be rather embarrassing.
Mike

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 13/07/2023 17:52:28:

I insist the Groom of the Close Stool wear gloves. It's vital I don't catch anything nasty off a mere aristocrat…

A friend broke both his wrists falling off a motorbike, I imagine his dear wife had this task. Fortunately he was off work until his wrists healed.

Mike

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Splashed trousers?

Cure is to always wear black or navy blue so splashes don't show as well as on light coloured trousers.

If while at the urinal you cannot see what you're holding in your filthy hand, then you have a big problem – either one is too small or the other (beer gut) is too big!

[Kiwi BlokeParticipant @kiwibloke62605]

Is it a coincidence that, as I write, the adjacent post – from Margaret – is titled 'Safety Gloves'?

[david bennett 8Participant @davidbennett8]

Thanks for your comments. They are in line with my own thinking. I asked because many years ago I was freelancing a dirty job at an industrial warehouse. Going to the loo was definitely a two wash job. But I got many a dodgy look from people (office workers) who came in as ifinished the pre-loo wash, then went to the urinal. On one occasion I walked into the loo with a fork lift driver I knew. Foolishly I explained my behaviour with the old quip "I wouldn't touch yours with hands like this, let alone mine" I then had to explain that it was not an offer.

dave8

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Once went on a day-trip with some friends to London, by coach.

We didn't do anything unusual or go anywhere obviously grubby, but I was shocked when I washed my hands later at the colour of the water running off them.

They were nearly as bad as as after a day at the club track. In fact steam-oil and coal dust would have been more hygienic in the pathogen stakes, though eating one's snap with engineering grime on your mitts is not best practice either.

The culprit? No more than lots of door-fittings, handrails and such like in public buildings and The Underground, plus airborne dust.

'

That trip, and those track experiences, would have been about half a century ago now, and I seem to be still here.

I should add the club now has not only a far better track, but also the proper facilities, "downstairs cloakroom" and all, it had lacked for decades!

[derek hall 1Participant @derekhall1]

I worked for Anglian Water for many years in the lumpy water side of things (aka sewage treatment), and you always washed hands before going to the toilet.

Mind you if you did get your hands covered in black sludge, no matter how hard you scrubbed and washed your hands you could not get rid of the smell for ages. This meant eating your sandwiches at lunch time made things challenging! The only cure was to use aftershave on your hands to disguise the pong before eating your grub!

[VicParticipant @vic]

I attended a government training course many years ago and one of the safety videos was about not handling your parts without washing your hands first. Some of the pictures of the consequences of Not doing this were quite unpleasant!

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

Perhaps Neil would consider a competition for best design for members ..

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