Archive through July 10, 2003
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Archive through July 10, 2003
Chance | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:37 pm     It's always refreshing to see adults wash their hands after taking a leak. When Jun picks her nose and wipes it on her pants, I hope they reprimand her severely and take away her gold star. ,---from Woodpecker Very funny Wood. I really laughed alot. |
Wendo | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:42 pm     Hm, I can honestly say that I ALWAYS wash my hands after using the restroom. It's just something I do. (edited to add: If that means missing a minute or two of the beginning of BB, so be it.) Additionally, I do not pick my nose. (Ew. And, also, one shouldn't be shoving fingers up their nose, it's just not supposed to fit there.) Hygiene may not be important to some people, but it is for most. |
Bb234finalist | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:46 pm     Well, I'd have to say someone who is grossed out and offended by people who don't have perfect hygiene shouldn't sign up to live in a house with 12 people they don't know. Period. Now, let's keep in mind, these are the same people who pulled slime out of Alison's bikini bottom. |
Eliz87 | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:48 pm     Not to lead this conversation down the "gross aisle" or anything, but Wendo are you serious? You NEVER pick your nose?? Okay, as a compulsive nose-picker I am shocked and amazed. Alright, j/k about being a compulsive, but that really is pretty amazing. On this hygiene thing, I don't know...Some people don't shower every single day -- that's just the way it is. A day without showering will not make one smell unless they have had some heavy activity or something. The only ill effect would be that the person just wouldn't feel as refreshed that day. Just out of consideration for other people, you should wash your hands after using the bathroom. I mean, if it's just you at home, it's probably not a huge deal as long as you wash them before you eat something, but when you are living with someone else (not to mention 11 other people), you really should be considerate of your germs. But other than that, is it really that big of a deal? It's GROSS, certainly, but I don't think that Jun picking her nose and wiping it on her pants would be a major health concern for the other HG's. |
Woodpecke® | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:49 pm     I must write this down. Wendo, 33 year old female from Chicago, does NOT pick her nose. Ever. Helpful hint: Fingers don't fit comfortably in the nostrils. I love this board.  |
Bbfan05 | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:56 pm     Where's Lori when you need her?? |
Woodpecke® | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:58 pm     Lori is smoking on the patio, Gerry is picking his feet. |
Wendo | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:01 pm     Eliz, no, I do not pick my nose with my fingers. I use a kleenex to blow my nose. And, I use a kleenex to clean my nose. But, I do not pick my nose with my fingers. Ick. Maybe that's compulsive, I dunno, but that's just me. It's an ick factor for me. Woodpecker, LOL! |
Fabnsab | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:04 pm     There's a difference between bad habits, i.e. picking ones nose, and bad hygiene, like not washing your hands after going to the bathroom. I couldn't live with hygenically challenged people but would be fine with nose pickers. My husband has desensitized me to any and all gross habits! I would get kicked out the first week for telling people to shut their mouths while eating. My 12 yr old niece is visiting for 3 weeks and has already vowed not to eat with me because I nag about that darn mouth open while chewing. BLAH! I swear I'm not a neat freak or anything- it's just the table manners thing- it kills me! |
Woodpecke® | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:06 pm     When I'm sure nobody is watching, I'll cram a Q-Tip in there and swab the sides. Since I'm tall, I'd hate a shorter person to get an eyeful of nuggets. A good impression is very important. |
Eliz87 | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:08 pm     LOL Fabnsab. I think it's one of my husband's goals in life to desensitize me to all sorts of gross things. Although this really isn't gross, when he's eating something he BANGS ON HIS PLATE WITH HIS FORK OR SPOON THEN SCRAPES THE FOOD UNTIL IT IS ALL GONE -- especially with ice cream. Oooooh, that just gets my goat, every time. I guess bad manners bug me more than bad hygiene. We have a son, and another on the way, and I need to try to break him of this before the kids start imitating him. |
Eliz87 | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:10 pm     Okay, does anyone else think that Chiara would really enjoy this conversation? I say that because I'm remembering how she would run to get people to show them her bowel movements. I mean, what do you classify THAT behavior as? Not bad hygiene but certainly bad manners, insanity, what?? |
Woodpecke® | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:15 pm     When you drop something unexpectedly unusual in your toilet bowl, isn't it normal to share your creation with friends and family?  |
Wendo | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:26 pm     I would argue that picking ones nose with bare fingers is bad hygiene, not a bad habit. Especially after learning from my sister, the scientis, what the substance in your nose consists of. (Another ick and a shiver! LOL!) Different strokes for different folks I guess... |
Cliotheleo | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:35 pm     Scott is starting to make me wonder about that hat. That's just not normal/healthy/whatever to wear that cap ALL the time. ............ He does take it off in the shower, right? |
Corriecat | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 05:50 am     Quote:Gerry is picking his feet.
I saw Scott picking his feet on the feeds the first night. Yesterday a couple of the women were complaining that they didn't have bleach to clean the WC and needed to ask for better cleaning supplies once they got a chance to speak to BB. |
Costacat | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 06:40 am     Costacat decides that there is no way she can top the "scrubbing a toilet with someone else's toothbrush" and so graciously admits defeat in the game of tag... Woodpecker...? ACK!!!! OMG, how could we EVER forget THAT one? |
Cinder | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 07:32 am     I just rewatched last nights show. Do you think there might be a sink in the toilet area. There was some sort of cabinet behind them (when the 3 were in there) that could have a sink. |
Sherbabe | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 11:05 am     Woodpecker, you should be a stand-up comic. You made me laugh out loud. (AT WORK) |
Redstar | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 11:33 am     Woodpecker, do you remember the old Steve Martin story (from his book Cruel Shoes) called The Bohemians? It told the story of a boring middle class family as if everything they did was an artistic creation. At one point Martin writes about how the children would create works of art but then tempermentally flush them away...  |
Earthmother | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 02:04 pm     OMG not this conversation again!! I don't think I can stand another year of The Clean and the Restless!! |
Landi | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:29 pm     after 15 years of marriage, i am finally used to my husband's family... their thing is to talk about the grossest stuff they possibly can while you are eating. i've heard about barf, farting, fish guts, a dog eating a rat and all sorts of fun <NOT!> stuff... the houseguest should have this family come in as the "x" factor! |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:32 pm     You come sit by me, Earthmother - I have low-carb toast crumbs in my butter. |
Kappy | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 04:16 pm     Nathan also wore a hat in last night's show. But he's a golden god and therefore I will be pretending I didn't see it. Allison on the other hand . . . From the live feeds: Alison has not flossed her teeth in 6 years, but she has never had a cavity. That's right ~ those babies might drop out of her poorly cared for gums but they are going to be beautiful when they do! She can make a necklace out of them! |
Angelsluv | Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 08:36 pm     The Bohemians By Steve Martin Were they artists? Were they outcasts from society? Were they all of these. They were The Bohemians. These bohemians, Mr. and Mrs.Clarence Williams, and their seven children, Biff, Tina, Sparky, Louise, Tuffy, Mickey, and Biff Number Two, lived in a notorious artists' colony and planned community. Naturally, the bohemians' existence thrived on creativity. Early in the morning, Mrs.Williams would rise and create breakfast. Then, Mr.Williams, inspired by his wife's limitless energy, would rush off to a special room and create tiny hairs in the sink. The children would create things, too. But being temperamental artists, they would often flush them away, without a second thought. But the bohemians' creativity didn't stop there. Mr.Williams would rush downtown and create reams and reams of papers with numbers on them and send them out to other bohemians who would create special checks to send to him with figures like $7.27 written on them. At home, the children would be creating unusual music, using only their voices to combine in avant-garde, atonal melodies. Yes, these were the bohemians. A seething hot-bed of rebellion-the artists, the creators of all things that lie between good and bad. |
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