meghan.levins wrote:Ever watched a bartender make your drink? A cook make your food? Eaten at a church potluck or touched the tongs at a buffet and then popped a biscuit in your mouth right after? You could go mad contemplating all the ways germs can get in your mouth.
Robin Garr wrote:meghan.levins wrote:Ever watched a bartender make your drink? A cook make your food? Eaten at a church potluck or touched the tongs at a buffet and then popped a biscuit in your mouth right after? You could go mad contemplating all the ways germs can get in your mouth.
Right ... that way lies insanity. Just remember, that which does not kill us makes us strong. And the Board of Health's inspection system gives us an edge.
Gary Z wrote:First of all... lol
Secondly... I agree with the whatever doesn’t kill you statement. I’m rarely sick and I have always attributed that to biting my nails and years of drinking out of gross dive bar glassware.
Robin Garr wrote:Yeah, after dipping my fries in an open vat of mayo in a rosticeria on the wrong side of Cuzco, Peru, and (barely) living to tell the tale, and another time ordering a glass of delicious fresh orange juice on the beach after hiking in Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica and then, after I finished, seeing the guy rinse the communal glass in a bucket of much-used cold dishwater under his table, I figure nothing that Louisville can offer is going to hurt me that much.
Adriel Gray wrote:Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. The word is derived from Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus, who so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses, aiming to develop immunity.
(taken from wikipedia)
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