Oh, no! Melissa!

And I was just going to rinse out my bidet with hot water - twice

Marilyn, when you come, you're going to have to float around the house like Kal. LOL!

She sits on a towel in her robe and flip flops and rinses everything out with hot water, flushes three times with the lid down and what difference does it make, she is still in the asylum where they only have internet access once a week~

All this talk about funk, and then there's a thread on defunked parks.

To be funked or defunked, that.. is the discusting question, that we're discusseding.

It's a mad, mad, mad and somewhat infectious world.

Never mind all of these worries about bedspreads or toilet seats. The most important thing you can do to prevent infectious diseases is to wash your hands frequently. A tried and true method.

willtravel, do you have to take the rubber gloves off before washing your hands?

Yikes. Maybe I just didn't get enough sleep last night, but why all the petty nastiness here lately?

Gee, I don't do any of the things that dizkris or annabel do, and think some of them excessive or (like Melissa pointed out) ineffective, but I don't see the need to speculate on their personal lives or make fun of them.

I don't have a problem with anyone disagreeing, but some of you are starting to sound like bullies.

OK, now I guess you can start attacking me! Gee, she doesn't have any sense of humor...wow, I bet she didn't have any coffee this morning...

Karen,
That was exactly my point yesterday when I said that a few people on this forum were being just plain mean. Scarlett in particular, I'm surprised--this doesn't sound like you. Don't tell me that all that Florida sun is changing you!

karens, I am sorry you see it as petty nastiness, a friend and I were saying how finally there is some humour back on the boards.
Try to see it as just a goofy thread and nothing personal..and I will join you in that second/third cup of coffee

LOL, Tess,
Funny that you should mention Florida..usually one is fussed at for sounding like a New Yorker..

I must agree with Scarlett - this thread has been making me chuckle all weekend. I don't think anybody is being nasty, although some of Annabel's posts are a bit icky to read.

I apologize if some of my posts came across as "mean".

As with Scarlett, I was attempting to inject some humor in what - you must admit - is a pretty extraordinary situation.

We are surrounded by germs of all kinds and to be freaked out by some but not by others is, well, pretty unusual.

Have a great day, germy or not!

WHAT? Petty nastiness and misunderstandings on the Fodor's board?

Next thing you know there will be gambling at Rick's.

Would a clean-freak have a problem going to GERMany?

Marilyn, You're such a classy dame I bet you keep one pinky out while slurping away in the bidet.

This has to be the funniest thread in a long time! It just doesn't stop! My motto is is always "Go for it, this isn't a practice life" but having read all these wonderful posts, I can see now that I could go either way!!!!!!

Thanks for the humor......check in at Baltimore tommorrow night - I'll be thinking of ass germs!!!! LOL

Kal, I'm so classy I keep TWO pinkys out!

"...My motto is is always "Go for it, this isn't a practice life"...I can see now that I could go either way!!!!!!"

Reply: is that you, Ann Heche, hiding behind Lily's logon name?


"...I'll be thinking of ass germs!!!!"

Reply: now connect this thread with the "why is the air on airplanes making me sick" thread. Good thing we can't actually see what's in the air we breathe.

Sorry Ted! LOL! It's just me Lily, when I say go both ways I meant being a germ freak or not. I am happily married to a wonderful guy that I don't mind sharing germs with!!!

Goodness, how utterly weird! Jeeeez, all weekend!!! Find something to do!

TedTurner: Now that you have brought up the subject of the air on airplanes, maybe we should also connect this with the "inflight odors" thread on the Other Topics forum. One of these days, when someone starts a "disasters when traveling with your pet" thread, I have a pretty good story about what one of mine did on a plane a few years ago.

Diazkris and Annabel,

I think that this topic has been beaten to death, but here is my take anyway.

If you are squeamish and don't like the thought of someone else's body fluids or other "stuff" in hotels etc. and you work at "protecting" yourself from it - that all fine and good, I have no problem with that.
But please be aware of some basic facts about bacteria.
There are so many different types of bacteria on this planet that microbiologists have not even begun to identify all of them. And here's the good news - most of them are not pathogenic - that is - they do NOT cause disease in humans. So even if they are present on a bedspread, they are harmless.
And another thing, the bacteria that ARE pathogenic thrive in conditions specific to the human body - moist, warm (body temp = 98F), and access to living cells. In the absence of same, eg - a cold hard dry surface, they will quickly die. And that's why most bacterial diseases are spread human to human, and not bedspread to human, or bathtub to human.
Bacteria are of course single cell organisms and living. Viruses are not bacteria, and as a matter of fact are in the "grey area" between "living" and "not living" (a RNA or DNA core with a protein coat), and their epidemiological vectors vary from those of bacteria.
Fungus is quite another life form, they have evolved techniques to survive extreme conditions (spores etc.) and are probably the microorganisms that cause rashes in hot tubs (also cause athlete's foot).
So although it is safe to take wide-ranging all-embracing (no pun intended) precautions, it is wiser to take the appropriate ones for specific circumstances. Hotels in the US and most western countries are not teeming with dangerous diseases, so relax a little !!

I come to forums to read about things and hope to learn a few things, which I'm sure I would.

Thanks to this post I'm made aware of how dirty hotel rooms can be. I think I'll bring some anti-bacterial lotions and a Lysol cleaner with me when I travel. Better to be safe than sorry. I'm sure nothing in the hotel bathroom would kill you but you might just contract some diseases.

diazkris asked for opinions. Annabel shared what she does. I don't see why strangers need to ridicule other people's habits and why she brought out such viciousness in stranger. We all do what we do.

I agree with the suggestion to "relax". Spelling corrections? Please. Sometimes people type fast before they leave, keyboard problems, or just plain oversight.