Posts with tag dirty

By now, most of you have seen the video/read the article/received the email on how nasty the bottoms of our purses are. If this is news to you, just take a moment to think about all the places you set your handbag -- floors, chairs, etc. And then, chances are, you set it on the kitchen counter, on the table, and you certainly touch the bottom with your hands, right?

As it turns out, there's more than just a little dirt there -- everything from e-coli and salmonella to fecal contamination and vomit has been found on random handbags. Lifestyle does play a role, with nightclub frequenters and those with children having the dirtiest bags (doesn't that make you wonder what's on Nicole Richie's purse?).

I have always thought great things about the city of New Orleans. What's not to love about the birthplace of jazz? I also loved "Interview With a Vampire." Granted, I've never been there, but that's because it looks too hot and sticky, and not in a good way. Plus, my wife won't let me go to Mardi Gras.

That said, the weather apparently makes for a thriving t-shirt market and the guys at Dirty Coast are printing a pretty strong impression upon it. Their shirts convey a sense of history, humor, and politics that will be instantly recognizable to the locals and a great conversation starter for those of us that aren't (some research may be required). They make every shirt to order on American Apparel and use only lead-free ink, which is nice, but I still wouldn't eat them.

Well, maybe the donut one.

Do you have dirty little kids? I do. Don't get me wrong, they bathe at least twice a week, but somehow they keep getting covered in dirt and grime and whatever else carrier monkeys find it fashionable to wallow in.

That's why it is so important to ensure proper hand washing. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, twenty seconds of vigorous hand washing is vital to helping kids stay healthy. See, I told you it was important.

Leave it to the good folks at Airborne to come up with a novel way of encouraging kids to spend the correct amount of time scrubbing their hands, or tentacles as the case may be.

They have introduced a new product called SquidSoap, a "liquid-soap dispenser with a specially designed pump that stamps a child's hand with vegetable dye. It takes about 20 seconds of thorough hand washing to remove the ink mark, leaving the child with clean hands."

It eliminates germs and guesswork. How's that for more bang for your four bucks?