Bowls of food

Urine is sterile and most people don't piss on themselves anyway-not the one I know anyway.

I don't have a problem w/ it Bix......as long as they're not doing it topless!

Cardamom......not sure about that, depends on how inebriated they are.

Ceylont......no, they most certainly do not make overseas trips, but then again 90% of the world doesn't.

If I'm in a situation where I can make a hygienic choice, I will. I don't typically eat from shared bowls or communal bags of potato chips (this is college afterall... bowls are actually considered quite posh!)... but sometimes there isn't really an option. I went on an all-day barbecue in the middle of nowhere on the border of France and Italy... and before we got back in our cars to drive home we all took turns peeing behind a big rock. On the way home, we passed cart beside the road where a local farmer was selling fresh gorgonzola dolce... we couldn't resist and ended up eating it all with our bare hands right out of the package. Yes, with our just-peed-behind-a-rock hands. And it haunts me to this day, so that should give you some idea of how highly I regard clean hands when eating.

If you're going to serve toffee popcorn or something, why not have a big serving bowl with a spoon so that guests can ladle the popcorn into their own personal Dixie cups?

#24, girls taking turns peeing on hands behind rock.............

Hmmmm......what about Gummi Bears from a communal bowl? I've seen that before. Would that be a "no go"? They're kind of moist so may harbor bacteria......but I love 'em too much, plus you wash 'em down w/ enough vodka and it kills the germs.

That's key, you must drink massive amounts of booze for medicinal purposes.

Either that, or slosh vodka on your hands after peeing.

I thought the "Research" about urine-tainted peanuts was an urban myth?

I try not to eat too many nibbles because of the fat and salt content, not for hygiene reasons.

And I often double dip, but I turn the chip round for the second dip so the bit that my mouth has touched doesn't go in the dip.

Places my mouth has been I've nought to worry.

It's not just the urine you need worry about, i can't bare to look at M&M's anymore!

lol @ 27. That said, a short trip on the Metro today may make me reconsider. This is Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., so lots of families are visiting from out of town. I ran into a family group of 3 adult women, 2 adult men and one young girl. I could not understand their dialect of Spanish, but I am guessing at least some of them were from the Dominican Republic. One adult woman notes the snot on the little girl's upper lip and uses her finger to remove it. She then pokes her fingers into the little girl's nostrils. After doing this, she proceeds to poke her fingers into her own nostrils. One of the men then does the same, poking his fingers into his own nostrils. There are no tissues or handkerchiefs employed in any of this. I sure as heck don't want these people dipping their fingers into the snacks at my local bar!