May 13, 2007 22:30
backstory:
i always wash my hands. #1 #2 #whatever. i wash them with soap. suds. lather. towel. i don't understand how people don't. i don't understand how some people's bathrooms don't have soap. i don't understand when i've HAD housemates with their own sink and dispenser whose soap never seems to be anything but completely full.
to me, it's like brushing my teeth: not optional.
the point:
you know how when you go to the dentist and they put the pink test to indicate your brushing technique for neglected areas? well today i shocked myself with brown testing 1-2-3:
1. garden with bare hands and a hand shovel for several hours.
2. wash you hands the way you normally do with soap.
3. examine hands to see where you've failed.
i was shocked to find a rigorous 30-second lather just doesn't cut it. so forgive me if i have leathery hands, refuse to shake yours or open a door with a handkerchief; from now on, i'm doing it Great Expectations Mr. Jaggers style.