Posted on 04/06/2020 9:12:45 AM PDT by dynachrome
All this when experts agree that rinsing yourself with water is infinitely more sanitary and environmentally sound. Dr. H. Randolph Bailey, a colorectal surgeon at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, recommended bidets or toilet attachments, such as the Washlet or Tushy.
A lot of people who come to see me have fairly significant irritation of their bottoms, he said. Most of the time it has to do with overzealous cleaning wiping too vigorously with toilet paper or using wipes, which often contain harsh fragrances and chemicals.
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Is It Time for Americans to Embrace the Bidet? Moreover, he said, youre just never going to get as clean as rinsing with water. Cleanliness matters, since you can get seriously ill from diseases transmitted via feces. Cholera, hepatitis, and E. coli and urinary tract infections are prime examples. Recent studies have found coronavirus in feces, as well.
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Just as an aside... did Dr Bailey dream of being a colorectal surgeon when he was a child?! I mean, God bless him but...
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of course he did... as a child he doodled rectums in the margins of his papers... polyps grew like mushrooms across the pages, and instead of kisses...colostomies were drawn during art class....
Out in the shop bathroom I have a bucket of corn cobs sitting there for a joke. Seemed like the right thing to do when I shucked the corn. No one has ever tried it to my knowledge.
God gave us ten fingers/thumbs. “Use them wisely and they will serve you forever”. /sarc
It’s Spring. “Captain, there be leaves”.
“In space, nobody cares how you smell”. “Here on earth, WIPE!”
My mom used a scrub board in the bathtub. She had us five kids, and she was always scrubbing cloth diapers and hanging them outside after scrubbing them clean. Then my dad was able to buy a washing machine, complete with roller mechanism on top to squeegee out the water. Still had to hang wet stuff on a clothesline outside.
People are spoiled now.
You’re a bad man!
Haha. I’d sent the escalator one to my sisters a few days ago. They dien’t think it was funny. I’ll have to buy them a sense of humor, I guess.
Do you have a bucket of water close to the cobs? My grandpa taught us to dip the cobs for a short soak before using.
In certain cities with escalators leading to filthy subway systems, i.e. NYC & San Fran, they might actually do this.
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