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Interesting things to know about the towel

How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut.  No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut).  Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori,  salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...

Self Appraisal

Self Appraisal

A  little boy went to a telephone booth which was at the cash counter of a  store and dialed a number. The store-owner observed and listened to the  conversation:

Boy                : “Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?

Woman         : (at the other end of the phone line) “I  already have someone to cut my lawn.”

Boy                : “Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price  than the person who cuts your lawn now.”

Woman         : I’m very satisfied with the person who is  presently cutting my lawn.

Boy                : “Lady, I’ll even sweep the floor  and the stairs of your house for free.

Woman          : No, thank you.

With a smile on his face, the little  boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all this,  walked over to the boy.

Store Owner   : “Son… I like  your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a  job.”

Boy                   : “No thanks,

Store Owner   :  But you were really pleading for one.

Boy                   :  No Sir, I was just  checking my performance at the job I already have. I am the one who is  working for that lady I was talking to!”

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