How Paranoid Are You? (rev 1)

[Chaloobi]

Originally Posted by catgrrl

I'm only paranoid about the fresh stuff

Can stuff you cook anyways so I don't worry too much there.

And I just try not to think about those unwashed cretins before me when I'm at the salad bar.

Yeah, I'm just trying to parody paranoia. I'm pretty blase about the food I eat. I cook it more or less thoroughly and trust people not to kill me with negligence.

[oldmunchkin]

Originally Posted by Chaloobi

Well, if its a martini, the alcohol sanitizes. And you can always get a lime to sanitize the lip of the beer bottle.

WTF Do you know what's in that?

Uhm, yeah! I do, I was a bartender for too many years!

Originally Posted by Flixy

Here it's usually water, often with some type of special glass cleaner. Not strong at all since that would kill the beer, and it doesn't seem healthy (at all) either. But if you clean the glasses on a brush and twist it, you usually get all lipstick off.

There are about 5 different kinds, but they are incredibly strong! And yes, most places have a brush thingy too, but the glasses still have to be sterilized.

Originally Posted by catgrrl

You guys are real germophobes. O.o

You know its okay to have a little bacteria in your gut, k? A person who is never exposed to germs will fall hard when they do get some sort of illness.

My germophobic cousin is always dousing her kids with purell, multiple baths...then freaks out when they get a cold and can't shake it.

Being bacteria-free is not necessarily a good thing people!

With that said I don't buy bag lettuce (except for coleslaw mix, and I do wash it)
Always wash fruit and veggies, no matter if they've been bagged or not. You never can be too sure these days.

/hypocrisy

Yup, Munchkin is a germophobe! Yes, I realize that a bit of bacteria is actually good for a person, but I don't wanna drink outta your glass without it being washed.

[Chaloobi]

Originally Posted by oldmunchkin

Uhm, yeah! I do, I was a bartender for too many years!

Well, I meant for you to actually say what it was.

[Nessus]

Originally Posted by Chaloobi

Well, I meant for you to actually say what it was.

If you have to ask, then you don't need to know

[catgrrl]

I am enough of a germophobe to not drink after someone else (except for hubby).

And I do wash my hands ALOT. That comes from years of food service and now being in a lab. I definitely don't want to pick up a sandwich after some of the things I use daily for testing.

So I definitely have a bit of compulsory attitude about me. There are some things I jsut choose to not worry about, or I'd never eat in a restaurant for the rest of my life.

[Chaloobi]

Originally Posted by Nessus

If you have to ask, then you don't need to know

No question there. There's nothing I could possible do here that would fall into the realm of need.

Originally Posted by catgrrl

I am enough of a germophobe to not drink after someone else (except for hubby).

And I do wash my hands ALOT. That comes from years of food service and now being in a lab. I definitely don't want to pick up a sandwich after some of the things I use daily for testing.

So I definitely have a bit of compulsory attitude about me. There are some things I jsut choose to not worry about, or I'd never eat in a restaurant for the rest of my life.

I thought I heard somewhere you're about to be a new parent? Is this your first child? I know I became a lot less queezy about disgusting things as a direct result of being a new parent....

[Nessus]

Was it pee in your beer bottle and puke in your mouth, or the other way around?

That is an awesome sentence out of context

[catgrrl]

I think I am definitely a weird hypocritical balance, as in some things disgust me but others I don't blink at. I'm used to cleaning up after others, so I think once I get past diaper smell, that will be a breeze. And I'm all for my kid playing outside and getting dirty, its part of the fun of being young.
Where I work now the smells don't get to me, and there are definitely some dirty places in that building. But I try to keep my lab as clean and safe as possible, which is a task with some of my coworkers who think they can pour out acid without safety glasses on.

So I can see myself being the contradictory parent. I'll want them to go and get dirty, but then I'll want to put them in the bath as soon as we get home. THat will be the hardest part I think.

EDIT: I think I don't have the talent to pee in the beer bottle, if I had the right equipment maybe I could...

[Chaloobi]

Originally Posted by Nessus

Was it pee in your beer bottle and puke in your mouth, or the other way around?

That is an awesome sentence out of context

One of the most infamous stories is when my son barfed a hot dog into my beer at a barbeque without my knowing - until it was too late. I have lots of diarhea stories and urine too. Lots of mundane day to day stuff that I don't find shocking anymore but the uninitiated might have trouble with.

Originally Posted by catgrrl

I think I am definitely a weird hypocritical balance, as in some things disgust me but others I don't blink at. I'm used to cleaning up after others, so I think once I get past diaper smell, that will be a breeze.

I'm an expert and breathing through the mouth. It really works - I use it for all sorts of situations now, like the disgusting fat man in the office bathroom who had bean burritos the night before.

So I can see myself being the contradictory parent. I'll want them to go and get dirty, but then I'll want to put them in the bath as soon as we get home. THat will be the hardest part I think.

That's not an issue. Wait 'til your little one starts picking their nose and eating it. Then wanting to put their hands on your face, or they hand you a cracker to eat, or want to kiss you.

[GGT]

Germs and bodily fluids and smelly things are part of parenthood.


Back to the paranoia......would you consider a home security system paranoid or just good sense?

[coinich]

Depending on the neighborhood, good sense. If you feel its not worth the cost, fine.

[GGT]

Originally Posted by coinich

Depending on the neighborhood, good sense. If you feel its not worth the cost, fine.

I was talking to a friend about areas with bars on first floor windows (which includes s****ier areas of NYC as well as slums of LA)

We had a stint of creepy break-ins while people were home, the professional thieves who stake out daily routines and use back door/front door tag teams. In the nicer areas with full security motion and video systems.....







oops, s**** is filtered. How about ritzier.....

[Chaloobi]

Originally Posted by GGT

Germs and bodily fluids and smelly things are part of parenthood.


Back to the paranoia......would you consider a home security system paranoid or just good sense?

I don't have a home security system but I've considered it. You don't need one until you need one, and then its too late. So if the cost isn't too much, why not?

[[T]Baxter]

I have had a home security system for 23 years. Wouldn't go with out it. Don't care about my stuff, just my little dogs. When I lived in Calgary, there was 2 different instances where the family pets were killed. One home they put the two little yorkies in the freezer. One died. In another someone threw their dog against the wall and killed it.

If someone hurt my dogs, and I caught them, I'd gut them like a chicken...

Baby: Yes, She is Pink here. Also been Orange, Blue, and soon to be Banana Yellow...

Originally Posted by oldmunchkin

Yup, Munchkin is a germophobe! Yes, I realize that a bit of bacteria is actually good for a person, but I don't wanna drink outta your glass without it being washed.

I gotta Rectal Thermometer you don't wanna put under your tongue by mistake. It tastes awful...

[Chaloobi]

Originally Posted by [T]Baxter

I have had a home security system for 23 years. Wouldn't go with out it. Don't care about my stuff, just my little dogs. When I lived in Calgary, there was 2 different instances where the family pets were killed. One home they put the two little yorkies in the freezer. One died. In another someone threw their dog against the wall and killed it.

If someone hurt my dogs, and I caught them, I'd gut them like a chicken...

Baby: Yes, She is Pink here. Also been Orange, Blue, and soon to be Banana Yellow...

I gotta Rectal Thermometer you don't wanna put under your tongue by mistake. It tastes awful...

That's as odd as Timmy's fur coats.

[Crowheart]

Originally Posted by catgrrl

EDIT: I think I don't have the talent to pee in the beer bottle, if I had the right equipment maybe I could...

Funnels..

Or the Great Equalizer, as they are known on the co-ed peeing in bottles circuit.

[[T]Baxter]

Originally Posted by Chaloobi

That's as odd as Timmy's fur coats.

Cool... Since my real name is Tim...

[GGT]

Originally Posted by Chaloobi

I don't have a home security system but I've considered it. You don't need one until you need one, and then its too late. So if the cost isn't too much, why not?

Then you think they act as a deterrant? I'm not convinced they're any better than good lighting and locks. They may even give a false sense of safety/security.

My neighbors have systems wired to a "response team", but a false alarm went off once and by the time cops arrived, it was 30 over mins later.....