And, hence, why I try to refrain from eating anything with my hands. They just come in contact with far too much, and now - gak! - parts of me that I thought might be safe for being, well, much cleaner at most points of the day than my hands have become are actually bacteriologically dangerous!
Well, I'm glad I wash my hands 95% of the restroom exit time, and will increase it to 100% forthwith.
Cause, yeah, there's popcorn and french fries and stuff that goes straight from hand-to-mouth. Eeeks.
Heheh, I have a rather obsessive friend who leaves what we call "French Fry Handles." He simply will not eat anything he has touched ... and so takes a bite from a french fry, and discards the piece that he has handled.
Hmmm, now he's starting to look not quite as crazy to me. (But only if he doesn't wash his hands after he pees ... which I seriously doubt)
And, of course, there's the good old human immune system - which, in most people, is quite robust.