I’m down with a cold now, and doing my assignments. So while I was watery-eyed and blowing my nose, my housemate admonished me for being such a tree killer. Instead, he said, I should use a handkerchief. Now, blowing snot on a piece of cloth and putting it back into your pocket is a very gross thing to me. But I was thinking, what other gross things you can do with a handkerchief?
I found a site that lists the uses of a handkerchief, and here is my list, ordered by grossness levels, when putting it back in your pocket:
- Anything from mopping up a non-sticky, non-icky non-floor surface – as long as it doesn’t stick to the hanky
- Tears
- Chloroform (when using it to kidnap other people)
- Own sweat
- Saliva (possible sources could be because the hanky has been used as a gag – hey, read the site yourself!)
- Own blood
- Food and drinks (from mopping up)
- Other people’s food and drinks (from mopping up)
- Any food and drinks mopped up from the floor
- Anything else from the floor
- Other people’s blood
- Other people’s sweat
- Own snot
- Other people’s snot
- Anyone’s semen or vaginal secretions
For me, I’ll stick to using tissue paper.
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Interesting post. You have obviously done the research on this. It can be hard to find decent information about this in my experience. i will bookmark this site and check it out again in the future. thanks