Friday Poll
 

From Blender:

7. NINE DAYS: THAT’S THE LONGEST RICHARDS HAS EVER GONE WITHOUT SLEEPING.

He finally gave up when he fell face-first onto a hi-fi. His nose broke the fall (it still bears a small scar near the bridge). “I was doing a lot of blow,” he admits, perhaps unnecessarily, “and everything was just too interesting for me to go to bed. I was quite lucid. Then I hit the speaker. I even remember the make — it was a JBL.”


"He admits, perhaps unnecessarily."

Anyway, maybe that should be my first record to try to break.

Cosmo
 

I guess now is the time to tell everybody that the DebtSlave sock is based on my life.

And chris.

And babe_of_pigs.

I'm so ashamed.

Cosmo
 

I'm confused. Did somebody sleep with Mick Jagger or what? And I thought I was your sock.

Tales from Craig's List
 

Hmm. So let me get this straight. You were on a date, got rejected, had to tcb, fell asleep, woke up - probably took and pee, DIDN'T WASH YOUR HANDS, and then woke date up kicked her to the curb. Is that about it?

Blackberry
 

What makes you think I do?

Blackberry
 

"Comes in handy during depositions."

Edited to say, I may be incorrectly thinking that depositions only take place out of town.

Alphabet Soup
 

Hate to break it to you, but all of us are dosing ourselves regularly with fecal bacteria with pretty much every human contact. The fact that Sebby's chick had a somewhat browner complexion at the end of the night doesn't profoundly increase the problem.

The Straight Dope on FCB. {Spree: Nothing obscene, but don't read this is you'd like to enjoy an oral interlude any time between now and senility without a nagging little voice in your head saying "fecal coliform bacteria!".}

Alphabet Soup
 

I would rather talk about corn with Sebby than read anything futher on this subject. and I think the board agrees that I am mainly correct on this.

Alphabet Soup
 

I'm glad you picked up on that. These guys think theirs tastes good because some chick (who was also faking it) said so.
Newsflash guys, what girls say to each other is not what we'll say to you. It's not so much that you don't like the taste or the texture, it's just that you HATE it so much. It must be that penny flavor that's so offputting.

Ashcroft Must Go!!
 

Alphabet Soup
 

Plus, Atticus seems intent on killing my crush, which I cannot help but take as a personal affront. Since he has never flirted with me he has nothing to feel guilty about, so it must be because he does not want the attention from me.

Alphabet Soup
 

I love it that you remember this shit and throw it back into people's faces.

FWIW, on the fecal coliform - another nagging thing to know is that there have been tests run on grocery carts and if I find the link, I'll post, but the quantity of fecal coliform and urine on grocery carts will put you off lunch for hours. Needless to say, I haven't used a grocery cart in years and if I need more than I can carry in a hand basket - which doesn't need to touch my hands - then I'll just wait, or make 2 trips.

And another thing...what is it with people sleeping with their dogs? Do people not remember that dogs stand in their pee, or at least walk through it - and they don't shake it off, or wipe, so that crap is still on them and then they roll around on your bedspread. Is that sanitary?

Alphabet Soup
 

Iced tea is much more distrubing than grocery carts. At least you can wash your hands after toughing a grocery cart, and given all of the meat juices and salmonella and crap there is in grocery stores, one probably should anyway. I have come across a couple studies that talk about the fecal bacteria count in brewed iced tea in restaurants. Problem is that if the machine is a breeding ground because of the warm liquids stuck in there and is virtually never sanitized.

It's something I don't like to think about.

I got my pics back from my trip to SF
 

I clearly had too much to drink that night, because I can barely remember any of it.

Nice hair, Sidd.

Alphabet Soup
 

I don't understand people who are so worried about germs. Ity strikes me as one step away from the same type of behavior in the mentally disturbed (constant scrubbing, handwashing, fear of leaving the house, etc.).

Sure, there is stuff which, when you think about it, seems a little disgusting running around. There's also some inside of you. Foie gras is a goose liver! And do you really think that your washer gets all the nasties out of your drawers and towels? My dog sleeps in the bed with me. His Slot C, like those of many other animals, evolved to prevent the problems humans have with ours when it comes to hygiene. Sure, they lick their balls and don't jiggle after they pee, but have you ever heard of someone getting sick from dog urine?

I'm all for washing my hands before I eat, but there's a reason you have an immune system.