wow - 100 posts about a ... washcloth!

Oh, and I agree with you about the brushing teeth in cold water, I too have sensitive teeth. And its not the brushing part so much as the rinsing part. I could do as hetismij does, but my (bad?) habit is to rinse under running water. When travelling, I don't bring a cup for tooth brushing purposes.

One thing that I have never understood is the mandate to, "Wash your hands after you have gone to the bathroom!"

Shouldn't one wash one's hands before going to the bathroom? After all, who knows where my hands have been; touching bank notes, door knobs, banisters, shaking hands with strangers. They have to be FILTHY! On the other hand, I KNOW that my "bathroom parts" are absolutely clean and hygienic.

Just in case I meet one of you in the future, you may be assured that I DO wash my hands after a bathroom visit --- but out of politeness, not necessity.

:-)

"Shouldn't one wash one's hands before going to the bathroom?"

I wash before and after depending where I'd been before entering the bathroom. Ex. After riding public transportation.

I always take my own washcloth. On my first trip I looked around the bathroom for a washcloth and the only thing I could find that was about the right size were the towels hanging by the bidet. Needless to say I didn't use a washcloth on that trip.

Sheez guys, It's really not all that difficult. If you need a washcloth and don't have one just go to the store and buy a dish cloth or something.

wekiva, the people in the shower are using the hotel's cloth to wash the same area, they are just standing while they are doing it.

<<On a different note, I love these type of threads. They may not be about travel per se, but they give insight into how people in other places live. And isn't that one of the reasons we travel?>>


I think we're just bored and like this idle banter.

<I think we're just bored and like this idle banter.>

haha! I agree! It's so silly it's entertaining :-D

Speaking of bidets, when our daughter was young and traveled with us, she got a kick out of the bidets!

SeaUrchin

Yeah...I know...I tried telling myself that. I guess the idea that it was mainly used for that vs. just periodically used for that was too much.

I understand! I don't like to use the hotel washcloths because I can invision where it was before the last washing and on who knows who. yuck.

Besides, one time I started using one that had been used dry on a certain body part and folded and hung back on the rack without the cleaning staff being aware (I assume). Think skid mark. Too much info? lol.

<<< I don't like to use the hotel washcloths because I can invision where it was before the last washing and on who knows who >>>

And yet you use your own wash cloth and you know PRECISELY where it's being - eugh!!!

i find it hard to fathom that 113 or so posters have been able to continue a discussion on a washcloth!!

LOL!!!

I can imagine the angst for someone who is worried about where something was BEFORE it was washed.

Imagine where those SHEETS were before THEY were washed...and the towels..and the pillow cases....such pain!

nanabee, actually you made the 114th who thought it was worth posting on.

268 posters responded to a mother being outraged by the high cost of tea.

171 wanted to talk about the saddest songs ever.

I could go on.

yes neo patrick, a little ironic on my part!

> worried about where something was BEFORE it was washed.
Oh my god, did you ever think about bottle deposit (used beer bottles!), glasses and plates in restaurants and even worse seats in public busses. You sit where someone elses ass has been!

I wish I'd known about the washcloth issue before my first trip to London about 6 years ago. I ended up buying one at Selfridges for an exorbitant price (although its real nice -- it's sown on three sides and slips over your hand. It's a nice souvenier.) What I wanted to mention, though, is that I discovered Neutrogena makes a soap for men that is encased in a cloth mesh. Nothing cleans better. I don't travel without it.

Hopefully when someone is sitting on a bus they have pants on.

I don't use the washcloths over again, I toss them when traveling. Usually I don't even use them.

I doubt if someone were to stick pillow cases, towels and sheets into one of their personal crevices. Makes for an interesting image though...