Contemplating Bacteria

Let's say you want to wipe down your toilet seat. I hope you don’t run to the kitchen, get your kitchen sponge, run back to the bathroom and use the sponge to clean the seat.

Let’s also say you want to clean your telephone. I hope you don’t use the kitchen sponge for that either.

But whatever you do, don't ever use the sponge to wipe your mouth. Why?

· Your mouth has about 2.5 billion bacteria in it.

· The average used kitchen sponge, on the other hand, has 7.2 billion bacteria on it (that’s nearly three times as much as your mouth).

· Your telephone has 25,000 bacteria per square inch. That’s still a lot, but it’s a lot less than 7.2 billion.

· Your toilet seat has only 49 bacteria per square inch. And that’s a whole lot cleaner than the telephone.

I kid you not.

Hmmm … applying some logic to that kind of information, it would seem it’s quite safe for you to kiss your toilet seat. No?