Toenails

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Alright, this is a serious question.

Various studies have shown that ones' fingernails have far more bacteria than ones' toenails, yet many of us bite our fingernails on a daily basis. If you could bite your toenails, would you?

[Scary_Tiger]

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Alright, this is a serious question.

Various studies have shown that ones' fingernails have far more bacteria than ones' toenails, yet many of us bite our fingernails on a daily basis. If you could bite your toenails, would you?

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I don't bite my fingernails. And no.

[A S U]

WTF

[bluef0x]

How is this a serious question?

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Don't you ever need to cut your toenails, only to find there is not a clipper in your house?

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Don't you ever need to cut your toenails, only to find there is not a clipper in your house?

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Sure, then I look harder or go out and buy a pair... it has never crossed my mind to curl up in a ball and begin to tear my toes off with my teeth.

[Skoob]

Of course your hands have more bacteria. You touch all sorts of nasty things all day long.

There's a cure for that though. It's called soap and water. Try it.

[jba]

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Various studies have shown that ones' fingernails have far more bacteria than ones' toenails

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you know I hear stuff like this all the time, common variations are:

"A person's mouth has X times the bacteria as a person's mouth"

"The kitchen faucet has X times the bacteria as your toilet bowl"

I think these are dubious at best. Are these studies just counting the # of bacteria organisms, regardless of the specific types? Our systems are much better equipped to kick back the bacteria that are commonly found in our fingernails than ones found in our shoes.

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Various studies have shown that ones' fingernails have far more bacteria than ones' toenails

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you know I hear stuff like this all the time, common variations are:

"A person's mouth has X times the bacteria as a person's mouth"

"The kitchen faucet has X times the bacteria as your toilet bowl"

I think these are dubious at best. Are these studies just counting the # of bacteria organisms, regardless of the specific types? Our systems are much better equipped to kick back the bacteria that are commonly found in our fingernails than ones found in our shoes.

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I actually did a crude experiment on this last year, the types were the same, but there was more quantity on the fingernails. Just sayin' yo.