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Would you appreciate a used terdbook as a casual gift?


Don't know of anyone who'd truly appreciate it but it'd be basically impossible to know about unless you did a test/asked etc. The Seinfeld episode on the subject is funny but quite dramatized.

The point being we all interact with fecal matter way more than anyone would like to know - even just by smelling.

It's been a topic for climbing gyms [1] and have heard the same for hand shakes but no link provided

[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/study-finds-fecal-veneer-on-gy...


Do you accept change in cash? Have you ever used your phone while on the toilet? Do you keep your toothbrush unsealed in the same room as your toilet?




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