Is it wrong to wash your hands in the water fountain?
353089
No, it's not wrong. The water isn't recycled so nobody will be drinking it.
480469
For most muslim countries, only cleaning with water is sacred.  They must present themselves at least 5 times a day for worship and any form of uncleanliness is taboo.  Wiping clean with toilet paper is not clean enough.\n\nUnless the nation is very into the environmental friendliness policy.  Imagine how many trees they save!
882291
To a certain extent you can wash your gloves, but it's better if you manually wash them in order to protect the grip. Don't use strong products.
635196
This is a good question.\n\nFirst, bacteria exist in and on your body.  When they are where they are supposed to be there is no problem.  There is bacteria in your urine (Serratia marcesens and Pseudomonas auriginosa) and they are supposed to be there to break down the urine.  These bacteria can survive the harshest climates and are very difficult to treat.  Also, the bacteria on your package is Staphylcoccus aurieus.  This bacteria has given many doctors the hardest time ever especially when it gets out of control.\n\nSecond, studies have proved that bacteria are sprayed everywhere when you pee and flush.  So these bacteria get on your hands definitely, but also on the handle of the toilet and the sink, and the door knob.  So not only do you have the chance of getting your bugs on you, but the gross guy who just drained the main vein before you.\n\nThird, it is a statistical impossibility to remove all of the bacteria with washing in the shower or at the sink.  Because over time with heat and moisture the bacteria multiply.  So, even though you washed in the morning, by noon you would not be able to prove that you even took a shower because the numbers would have replenished themselves.\n\nSo wash your hands.
522674
It would be considered rude.  The most polite way to do it would be to use sanitizer on your own hands after shaking hands with others.
431610
putting you hand in boiling water
219867
Yes.  A little drink is perfectly harmless (unless it's during a red tide or it's polluted).\n\nIt's only a serious problem when you are unable to drink anything else (like in a liferaft without fresh water).  The high salt content wouldn't quench your thirst for long and would just increase the salt in your body (further dehydrating you) and make you sick.
1067124
Actually it is the soap in combination with the warm water with the friction that makes you clean.  At least that is what they taught me at work in our little class on how to wash your hands.
1055603
No, it is not recommended. I am not going to explain here what is a period and how come the blood comes out (broken blood vessels), which means that there is a possibility that you can get blood infection from infected water. The same comes to bath and pregnancy: you can get infection into your inner genitals and end up with fetus infected, etc. Showers, showers, showers, ladies..
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Your hands can become dry and flaky from all the water and soap, so they can get white and/or red spots. If you can stand to have something on your hands between washings, try Corn Husker's lotion or Neutrogena Hand Treatment- those items work well on hands that are often in water. Plus, try to gently distract yourself with another activity when you get the urge to wash.
617344
That is a male thing, I for one certainly don't do it cause it's disgusting. If we want or need to pee, then we should use the toilet which is what it was designed for, not the bath or shower! Yes, you're right, it is nasty.
577808
The water in rivers might be unsanitary.
704255
Yes, it is considered rude. Gentlemen do not &c.\n\nWhat you need to do is buy some of those little towels -- bigger than a flannel, but not nearly a bath towel. These are often seen near sinks in middle-class houses, often as a coy, but only, indication that the resident is aware of things like 'servicing.'\n\nIn N America they are referred to as 'hand towels.' This is a Bowlderisation of 'hand j** towel' (just as 'j**' may be seen as a Bowlderisation of 'job'). In the homes of the upper and lower classes, they are used to tidy up one's chap -- and one's bird, should it be necessary.\n\nMoistening and heating the towel is unnecessary. At times it is a kindness, but its propriety went out the window when airlines, in a nod to their 'mile clubs' (you know -- perks available to travellers), took over the racket.\n\nSigned,\nYr Obdt Srvnt
675095
nope... i don't think so. it's for sanitary purposes. Unless you're doing something else there aside from urinating or checking the mirror or washing your hands...
1157593
NEWater is really safe, according to http://www.pub.gov.sg/NEWater_files/newater_quality/index.html\nit's as good/clean as (or even better) than the current PUB water.\n\nIn short, I have no problem with drinking it, it's just like other watercycle, filter it, "sanitize it", kill all bacteria blah blah blah and it's guaranteed safe. We can't really check if the lab's result is true, so just trust them. I don't care about its source too (we shouldn't think it came from *dirty* source), come on, water from your toilet flows to river, then sea, then vaporized, then rain, then resevoir and end up in your bottle again.\n\nBe cool, drink it.
1060525
I don't usually make generalizations either but the two white people at my work place ALSO forget to wash their hands.  The entire staff at our school knows it and everyone's disgusted by it.  Since we work with children it only makes things worse.  But really, besides those two, I don't know.  \n\nThe reality is that most people don't to wash their hands as often as they should.  Most kids don't wash their hands as often as they should either.  That's why we have flu and cold outbreaks at school.  \n\nIf you're really grossed out by it. get some Purell or Germ X and use it between hand washings.
159352
I don't think there would be any harm in it whatsoever as it is a matter of the heart...if you did it for the wrong reasons the first time or without its true meaning at heart this will be your first time anyways as the first time was just a bath.