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Thursday, March 17, 2005

Watch out for those mints!
I was talking with my friends Leslie and Chris today about the mint bowls you find at restaurants near the register. Leslie said that she never takes anything unwrapped because she heard that the number one substance found on said mints is urine. To imitate Dari: Ewww! And don't forget that this would stretch to those community candy bowls in the office, so don't go near the M&M's unless you want special "seasoning". Gross!

I'm thinking this extends to wrapped candy in a bowl, right? Because if the "seasoning" is getting around unwrapped candy, it's gotta be rampant in the wrapped candy as well. Which you pick up. And unwrap. And touch again to put the candy in your mouth. !!!

I decided to look this up, and the trusty old Snopes website (the urban legends site) has an entry on it. It turns out that the urine content isn't necessarily so, and another article I found from an Indiana news station ran tests on mint bowls and didn't turn up any harmful bacteria. It doesn't matter that much to me; as a crazy germaphobe, I stay clear anyway of the community bowls. Ick!

Snopes: Urine Good Hands
WNDU.com: Restaurant freebies: What you really get

posted by sheryl | 1:01 AM |

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