Edno67 | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:19 pm     Now i understand some things have to be done in order to be clean and proper around people,,,,but somethings are a bit excessive Mar just put his toothbrush in the microwave in order to kill bacteria I've never seen anything like this person in all of my life,,how can he survive in the real world let alone this house. I don't understand why he isn't the real life bubble boy |
Bbrules4ever | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:22 pm     Alot of People with HIV/AIDS have to be very careful of germs.........i know marcellus is HIV- but he himself has said as a gay man he is germ phobic. |
Maris | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:23 pm     Marcellas is HIV?????? where the heck did that come from. |
Kailas | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:24 pm     Another thought on cleanliness...On tonight's show Danielle was shown again with her feet on the kitchen counter, dancing. Don't we recall that she was the first one to make an issue about Gerry's hygiene? And tonight he said he wanted her to win. |
Crossfire | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:24 pm     Eewwwie, now he has exploded bacteria bodies all over his toothbrush. (I wish he could read that, probably keep him up all night) |
Bbrules4ever | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:25 pm     HIV negative |
Ricki55 | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:25 pm     Maris-he is HIV- not HIV+ |
Dagny | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:26 pm     I am sure that was a typo.. ISN'T HIV... |
Jimmer | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:26 pm     How do you know (not that I really care, it's just that people sometimes make a lot of assumptions)? |
Curlyq | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:31 pm     Well, I've never heard of doing that to your toothbrush, but that is what they suggest we do with our kitchen sponges and dishrags to kill germs. I guess if it works for that it would work for toothbrushes. I can't say I blame him. I usually just douse mine with alcohol every so often and then throw it away after several months. When I think about the fact that it's used to scrub out bacteria-laden decaying food from my teeth and gums, it makes me want to be a little more careful about keeping it as clean as possible between brushings. |
Silversamba | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:34 pm     Marc is not normal in this regard. I am not a doctor or play one on TV, but I think Marc has OCD. No one should be that obsessed by germs. |
Sadiesmom | Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 10:46 pm     I am something of a slob and I throw my tooth brush away every month. I wash and air dry it after every use. This goes with washing your hands before touching food and Cleaning food with a microwaved nail brush (never used on nails). |
Sia | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 12:02 am     You might be concerned about your toothbrushes, too, if you'll look up the term "aerosolization." I pour boiling water over our toothbrushes periodically--especially if one of us is sick with the flu or a cold. I replace the brushes as soon as we get well. We also change our toothbrushes every two months. Love those battery-operated spinning brushes! I keep two dish-brushes by the kitchen sink--one is always in the dishwasher--and sanitize one or both of them every time the dishwasher is run. If you don't do it, they get really nasty. Sponges are cheap enough to just throw away. My grandmother views my generation as very wasteful, and perhaps she's right, but I save money in other ways. (Maybe I have OCD?) |
Abbynormal | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 12:44 am     One thing most people don't know or forget is that when you flush the toilet without the lid down, germs in it can travel up to 20 feet!! So for your toothbrush to be considered sanitary each time you use it, you would need to either keep it covered somehow or in a cup of Listerine or something. Gross, huh? |
Bob2112 | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 12:48 am     . |
Bob2112 | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 12:49 am     "Sponges are cheap enough to just throw away."
Sia, Hey! |
Sia | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 01:25 am     Oh, Bob, I didn't mean YOU!!! Never in a million years would I do that to you! You're a gem; your posts always make me smile!! |
Costacat | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 05:39 am     There was a huge discussion about this a few weeks back. We don't KNOW whether Marcellas is just a germophobe. The fact that he's gay does not necessarily have anything to do with his obsession with cleanliness. |
Chiparock | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 05:56 am     Costacat, early on Marc called HIMSELF a germophobe. |
Twiggyish | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 06:07 am     The man is obsessive and being in that house has probably made it worse. It bothers me to see an assumption about HIV. That is a serious issue and it is none of our business. This is how rumors get started! |
Chiparock | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 06:12 am     At first I misread the first post about HIV. Upon rereading BBrules4ever, I saw that the actual statement is: "i know marcellus is HIV- ...." The hyphen following HIV means "negative." |
Earthmother | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 06:14 am     If you notice Marc complains often about his stomach hurting, or not feeling well. I am of the school that says there are good bacteria and bad bacteria. Killing all germs you destroy the good bacteria which you need for digestion among other things. I know some people who are germaphobes and they tend to not be as healthy as those of us who are cautious but not overly so. |
Twiggyish | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 06:41 am     Chip, I see the negative. But, it wasn't at first evident. In my opinion, it isn't needed in the discussion about Marc's obsession with cleanliness. Just my thought on it. (I'm being cranky today) |
Jane_Bond | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 06:54 am     I don't think that Marc is OCD. I think he is just a fetishist. He fetishizes personal hygeniene, his body, his clothing, the colour of his teeth, a garden gnome... I don't think it is nescessarily related to his sexuality but, at the same time, it is common in the gay community to festishize certain behaviours (like "queening") and lifestyles (drag). |
Earthmother | Friday, August 30, 2002 - 06:58 am     Twiggyish, you are not being cranky. Many do not read all the posts and therefore see only a few words and then others run with it. It has become the norm this year and I think you were correct in stopping something early before it becomes a bashfest about hgs or among posters. |