Flushing The Toilet Can Be Deadly

[bri]

http://news.yahoo.co...-175800443.html







Saw this on Yahoo and thought I would post it for all of you that like to talk shit.







I found it strange that they say you should close the lid before flushing. Most hospitals I've been in don't have lids on their toilets. And our schools didn't either. Some are even self flushing.

 

[sth]

I've never heard that in my life. I always flush with the lid up. No way that is very common. Is it just me or does this seem overly cautious?

 

[supraman]

Interesting but every we do is unsafe nowadays.

 

[MassHavoc]

Yeah I always close the lid. It's disturbing that a lot of public restrooms don't have them, but I assume it's because they'd be just as hard to keep clean. Flushing toilets can be violent with the swirl and shoot stuff far away. My toilet at home creates quite the presure swirl and you can see the blue water (the 2000 flushes tablet, don't get any ideas) droplets on the seat, floor and such. I'm not sure it's quite deadly, but I am a little OCD about toilets spalshing anywhere when flushing. especially cause we have some towels reletively close. Mythbusters did a great one on something this I beleive. I remember them taking readings off a nearby toothbrush or something like that. I'm too lazy to look it up.

 

[LordKOTL]

Here is what I gather from some simple (Wikipedia) research. Take it as you may:



That bacteria strain is about 2.5% of the natural human gut flora.



Most humans that have those bacteria are asymptomatic and it poses no threat.



The main form of threat happens when the normal gut flora is killed through antibiotics that are misprecribed and the C. difficile colonize in the normal gut floras' place.



In other words, unless you're in a hospital or otherwise immunocompromised, the risk is small.

 

[BlackHawkPaul]

What if you miss the bowl and shit directly on your mother-in-law's toothbrush?

 

[jakobeast]

What if you miss the bowl and shit directly on your mother-in-law's toothbrush?

No that's fine.

 

[jakobeast]

You know what? Humans have had flush toilets for a hundred years give or take, and our population has done nothing but explode.



I am not worried about it.

 

[Tater]

What if you miss the bowl and shit directly on your mother-in-law's toothbrush?

LMAO

 

[MassHavoc]

What if you miss the bowl and shit directly on your mother-in-law's toothbrush?

Am I allowed to "+" you for that?

 

[BlackHawkPaul]

Am I allowed to "+" you for that?

The only thing stopping yourself is you.

 

[BigPete]

You know what? Humans have had flush toilets for a hundred years give or take, and our population has done nothing but explode.



I am not worried about it.

If that was a double entendra, then you sir are a genius!

 

[jakobeast]

If that was a double entendra, then you sir are a genius!

Wish that I could good sir. Alas, I am not that smat.

























































smart

 

[winos5]

Here is what I gather from some simple (Wikipedia) research. Take it as you may:



That bacteria strain is about 2.5% of the natural human gut flora.



Most humans that have those bacteria are asymptomatic and it poses no threat.



The main form of threat happens when the normal gut flora is killed through antibiotics that are misprecribed and the C. difficile colonize in the normal gut floras' place.



In other words, unless you're in a hospital or otherwise immunocompromised, the risk is small.

Considering that a loose estimate is that 50% of anti-biotic presciptions are unnecassary, the risk is actually greater than you think. Common antibiotics are the most frequent offenders; Zithromax, Cleocin, Doxycycline, Augmentin ect... (not in any specific order) and you don't have to be immunocompromised. It's pretty common, and not hard to identify due to its terrible odor and characteristic appearance. Any nurse that knows their shit (pun intended) could diagnose it from the hallway by smell alone. Lab confirms it.

 

[jaxhawksfan]

So this not only applies to flushing the toilet, but to your favorite porn move as well. Next time make sure he/she cleans that asshole good before you go putting your tongue on it.

 

[jaxhawksfan]

Considering that a loose estimate is that 50% of anti-biotic presciptions are unnecassary, the risk is actually greater than you think. Common antibiotics are the most frequent offenders; Zithromax, Cleocin, Doxycycline, Augmentin ect... (not in any specific order) and you don't have to be immunocompromised. It's pretty common, and not hard to identify due to its terrible odor and characteristic appearance. Any nurse that knows their shit (pun intended) could diagnose it from the hallway by smell alone. Lab confirms it.

So what DOES it smell like? I've been sick for about 30 hours with what I believe to be food poisoning. Perhaps it is a different type of poisoning since I don't put my lid down before flushing.

 

[winos5]

Hard for me to describe. Probably the worse thing I've ever smelled. It will reach out and slap you in the face, make you vomit kind of odor. A mixture of pig shit/barnyard with a healthy rotting flesh/coppery digested blood overtones perhaps? Has a very charateristic appearance as well. Sticky gobs/sheets of mucous covered orange to dark brown gelatinous goop. Once you've seen it/smelled it you won't soon forget it.

 

[bri]

So this not only applies to flushing the toilet, but to your favorite porn move as well. Next time make sure he/she cleans that asshole good before you go putting your tongue on it.

No wonder you're getting sick. You are suppose to use a dental dam if you do that kind of stuff. I believe you can even get flavored ones. Hun, that is Sue Johanson 101. Protect yourself.

 

[LordKOTL]

Considering that a loose estimate is that 50% of anti-biotic presciptions are unnecassary, the risk is actually greater than you think. Common antibiotics are the most frequent offenders; Zithromax, Cleocin, Doxycycline, Augmentin ect... (not in any specific order) and you don't have to be immunocompromised. It's pretty common, and not hard to identify due to its terrible odor and characteristic appearance. Any nurse that knows their shit (pun intended) could diagnose it from the hallway by smell alone. Lab confirms it.

Then if this was such a big deal how come the disease hasn't skyrocketed since toilets were invented?



Besdies, I don't take antibiotics unless I have a bona-fide infection...that happens maybe once a decade.

 

[winos5]

It's not the invention of the flush toilet. Its the advent of anti-microbials and subsequent over use. My educated guess is the average person or at least a subset that goes to the clinic every time they get even a minor sniffle or rash takes antibiotics far more frequently than you. They are the ones at risk.