What are those called?

Do they still exist?

How horrifyingly unhygienic were they?

8/16/2012 2:33:23 PM

ewww, I refuse to use those

8/16/2012 2:35:38 PM

i still run across one every few years in a rural gas station bathroon or something.

they didn't recycle the towel, the used portion wasn't used again. the towl is washed after it's all used and started over again.

8/16/2012 2:36:25 PM

number i've seen: lots

number i've touched: zero

to me, it's the same as using "that rag hanging on the stove handle" everyone typically has. it drops on the floor, has been used a million times, but everyone still uses after washing up. pretty wasteful, but i reach for a paper towel if i want to make sure my hands are clean.

8/16/2012 2:36:47 PM

http://www.darmanco.com/

8/16/2012 2:38:03 PM

YES!

8/16/2012 2:39:20 PM

yeah, i don't use hand towels in my kitchen very often. i go through lots of paper towels because the idea of a hand towel being used so many times grosses me out. but i do buy the select-a-size paper towels so i can at least not waste a lot of paper towels

8/16/2012 2:39:21 PM

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"has been used a million times,"

if you pull on it, the portion that you pull out of the front hasn't been used and is clean. the portion that goes in the back is dirty. after all the clean portion has pulled out, the owner theoretically cleans it and stuffs it all back in the front. so theoretically, you're always using clean, unused cloth towel.

8/16/2012 2:47:49 PM

how the fuck did any of you ever make it out of the house without your fucking tampon in?

8/16/2012 2:52:07 PM

we have those here at work. we have a company that comes and replaces them once a week. they just take the towel roll and replace it with a clean one.

It's pretty sanitary actually assuming they use proper laundering. think about how many hands have touched that paper towel dispenser handle.

ibt we have touch-less dispensers.

8/16/2012 2:52:34 PM

I use my shirt. my shirt is clean

8/16/2012 3:09:14 PM

touchless dispensers blow donkey

8/16/2012 3:10:39 PM

^^

8/16/2012 3:14:17 PM

Not a touchless donkey blow dryer.

8/16/2012 3:14:41 PM

ALL THE HERPES, NONE OF THE FUN

COMING SOON: TOILET PAPER CLOTH LOOPS

8/16/2012 3:46:24 PM

Quote :

"number i've seen: lots number i've touched: zero"

8/16/2012 4:01:18 PM

I have never seen one of these

8/16/2012 4:11:21 PM

i used to think that the towel just ran continuously through a loop and got wrung out in the machine to make it dry again.

now that i have experience with it, i realize how ridiculous that was

Quote :

"Here is a chart from the study that ranks the impacts of the seven hand drying methods. The higher the number, the greater the impact."

not completely sure of what the numbers are. "the greater the impact"

idk, fwiw

[Edited on August 16, 2012 at 4:15 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/16/2012 4:12:15 PM

8/16/2012 4:25:36 PM

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"how the fuck did any of you ever make it out of the house without your fucking tampon in? "

seriously. but after seeing how many dudes on this board are so into style and fashion, it's not all that surprising. bunch of pussies. when i was a kid, there used to be one in my grandad's machine shop. i used it all the time, alongside a bunch of dirty, greasy mechanics. i think that some people still don't understand how it works, even though it's been explained a few times in this thread. you're not using a dirty towel. it's clean (if you pull it enough and make sure you're not touching a part that's already been used)

[Edited on August 16, 2012 at 4:35 PM. Reason : ]

8/16/2012 4:34:41 PM

Reading this thread makes me realize why america is full of pussies with bullshit ”diseases” and ”allergies”.

8/16/2012 7:09:51 PM

I love these


I first saw them when I went to Dublin in 2010...they were everywhere. I've seen them a couple places here in NC since

8/16/2012 7:11:36 PM

I wipe my ass with them.

8/16/2012 7:38:08 PM

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"it's clean (if you pull it enough and make sure you're not touching a part that's already been used)"

I'm going to use this line on the gf sometime soon.

8/16/2012 8:12:53 PM

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"but after seeing how many dudes on this board are so into style and fashion, it's not all that surprising. bunch of pussies."

I really hope the busted face means you are kidding or trolling. I don't understand why being a guy and caring, to an extent, about how things look has to be mutually exclusive. It's really only an opinion I have run across in the South too it seems like (especially in SC where I live currently).

8/16/2012 8:30:09 PM

^^oh christ

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

8/16/2012 8:32:21 PM

^^^ I will use that line as well.

8/16/2012 8:35:53 PM

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"I love these -pic- I first saw them when I went to Dublin in 2010...they were everywhere. I've seen them a couple places here in NC since"

I hate those - the water and other junk settles in that little groove at the bottom of the dryer and you have to be super careful or you end up just dunking your fingertips into that mess

8/16/2012 8:38:48 PM

I have never in my life heard of this.

8/16/2012 8:46:28 PM

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"to me, it's the same as using "that rag hanging on the stove handle" everyone typically has. it drops on the floor, has been used a million times, but everyone still uses after washing up. pretty wasteful, but i reach for a paper towel if i want to make sure my hands are clean."

Meh...I put three hooks on the wall behind my sink. Counter scrubdown rag, dish wiping towel, hand wiping towel. They get washed every week when I do laundry. Seems like a good system. The rag on the stove handle is nothing but a pot holder for me.

[Edited on August 17, 2012 at 9:42 AM. Reason : l]

8/17/2012 9:40:48 AM

8/17/2012 9:44:08 AM

Good idea to separate out that frivolous double ply paper onto separate rolls.

8/17/2012 10:03:44 AM

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"it's clean (if you pull it enough and make sure you're not touching a part that's already been used)"

when does the person before you kindly pull their wet part down so you can touch nice, unspoiled dry towel? fucking never

8/17/2012 10:14:17 AM

There was this show one time called "Extreme Cheapskates" and one of the families on the show used washcloths as toilet paper.

They put the soiled washcloths in a basket next the toilet. The mom would then bleach them weekly and put them back out to be used. There were some that still had poop stains on them

[Edited on August 17, 2012 at 10:49 AM. Reason : f]

8/17/2012 10:49:27 AM

given the subject matter, this is a relatively successful thread

8/17/2012 10:50:33 AM

^^^^well, just like with a regular paper towl dispenser, you should go ahead and pull the towel or press the lever before you wash your hands, so when you're done washing your hands, you just touch the towel or the cloth and don't touch anything that was touched by the person before you.

[Edited on August 17, 2012 at 10:56 AM. Reason : ]

8/17/2012 10:56:24 AM

but if everyone washes their hands first...

you're like that first girl to "hover" over a clean toilet

don't ask me why I know about that

8/17/2012 11:04:35 AM

Good point. Except a lot of people don't wash their hands very thoroughly....so while you may be the first to touch it without washing...you won't be the first to touch it and get germs all over it.

8/17/2012 11:45:21 AM