ShawnDoc: And what was the source? Its not like the nozzles are something that normally comes into direct contact with human hands except for cleaning.

And everything else is a sealed system. Syrup in boxes connected to hoses. Carbonated water source connected to hoses. Push the lever, they mix together and come out the nozzle.

The ice is the only thing I could think of but am not sure if that's included in their study.

/ice bin is loaded with fecal matter since it hardly ever gets cleaned out
//same with the lemon slice in a drink

Weaver95: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you don't order fountain drinks from fast food joints.

no shiat.
that's why i carry a hip-flask to jack-in-the-box.

/well, now i do.

That which does not give me mud butt makes me stronger

No big loss. Fountain Soda tastes gross. Cans only.

NeedleGuy: /ice bin is loaded with fecal matter since it hardly ever gets cleaned out

There's a fast food version of an upper decker?

If there's anyone who is still under the impression that anything you buy from a fast food restaurant isn't most likely contaminated with something disgusting, please give me directions to your cave. Seems like a nice place to live.

whats funny is i had a dream that woke me up tonight, about fish going up my ass....no wait..thats not funny....
damn ass fish, waking me up....oh great, now im going to dream about ass soda...nope..still fish...

This reminds me of something from a year or two back that I read. Some "whiz kid" in a junior high or middle school did a test of the water at the school from the drinking fountain and the water in the toilet. He found that the water from the drinking fountain had much more bacteria in it. The media ran with the story, taking tons of quotes from the kid, portraying the drinking water as toxic and that the kids would be better off drinking toilet water. Somewhere buried in it toward the end, they had the principal's quote pointing out that there were lots of harsh cleansers in the toliet water, and perhaps that's why there was such a discrepancy.

This may be a non sequitir, but I never got sick from drinking fountain soda.

ultraholland: especially my ass pennies

I read ass penises... which I suppose is also correct.

A. The "news" page can't even bother to have a link to the study that actually works (and I am too lazy to find the correct link)


B. What's to say that this applies everywhere? Maybe they have less strict anti-fecal laws in Virginia. Their study seems small.

Bessame: A. The "news" page can't even bother to have a link to the study that actually works (and I am too lazy to find the correct link)


B. What's to say that this applies everywhere? Maybe they have less strict anti-fecal laws in Virginia. Their study seems small.
thats what your wife said..BA-BOOOM..

Hop-Frog: 48% my ass!

Oh thank god. If it contained 49% of your ass I'd want to vomit.

Yeah, I misspelled non sequitur. That's just one of those words.

As they said in microbiology, it's not the mere presence of the bacteria, it's the quantity.

There's likely a few fecal bacteria out there randomly, as long as they stay a rare few, (within the safe threshold) you're good. It's almost impossible to eliminate all fecal bacteria in public places.


That having been said... knowing how easy it is to clean stuff, the fact that there's any at all in soda machines, is astounding.

/lecture

"We got new poop, classic poop, diet poop, cherry poop and salty lemonade."

Handicapped: Yeah, I misspelled non sequitur. That's just one of those words.

Makes no sense.

I could of sworn I read about this very story in a book. Something about it usually starts off with a kid doing a science project, local media picking up the story, and suddenly it hits the national news wires. If only I could remember what book....

gorgor: APPROVES
http://tinyurl.com/yee9tnw
(copy and paste, NSFW)

It's almost like... I can read something in the pattern...

/damn you gorgor

uncletogie: Handicapped: Yeah, I misspelled non sequitur. That's just one of those words.

Makes no sense.

That's why I'm here, brother.

ShawnDoc: And what was the source? Its not like the nozzles are something that normally comes into direct contact with human hands except for cleaning.

And everything else is a sealed system. Syrup in boxes connected to hoses. Carbonated water source connected to hoses. Push the lever, they mix together and come out the nozzle.

A decade ago I worked at a place where I saw a cockroach fall from the nozzle right into the customer's cup. Don't think it was the only instance either.

Angry teen fast food employees giving the nozzles the old stinkpump?

/not that I ever did something like that
//I swears

Myth Busters did a show on this awhile back - even an unopened toothbrush had fecal bacteria on it.

No! I'm never going to eat at a fast food place again!

/sarcasm off

mmmm.....carbonated fecal bacteria...

Since when does Hollins University have microbiologists?

Occam's Chainsaw: 7of7: How does that compare to everything else in the world? I wouldn't be particularly surprised to find that at least 48% of every food, drink, dish, table, and piece of silverware has fecal coliform on it.

That.

Every square inch of every surface you've ever touched has some trace of fecal coliform, assuming you don't work in a clean room. Everywhere you ever go, something has previously died. If these facts bother you, you're not suited to life on Earth.

Came here to say this. Despite the "fecal" hysteria, coliform is present pretty much everywhere
Hell, some of them are naturally occurring inside your gut. (How do you think they get in your poop? They live happily inside you)

Bad science reporting is bad. News at 11.

For those of you wondering, yes, this is the Hollins University in Roanoke.

And I just gave up fast food..

Kittypie070: Ass fish RULE.

no..no they don't..

im still freaked out..

I will start with a TwinRix then a Tetanus and since it is my birthday a Menactra.
http://www.hillscountyhealth.org/immunizations/vaccine_fees.htm

http://www.saveourlake.org/water_quality.asp

Better to drink out of the Lake?!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony-forming_unit

I guess slathering sanitizer solution all over shiat doesn't help no more these days.

I'll still go to fast-food places, but I'll be sure to play it safe and not order more than 1 drink.

So, that's less than half, right? Just as long as I buy two drinks, one of them is clean, right?

Yeah, but that means one is also dirty. Stick with one and chances are it's clean.

HOW IS POOP GETTING ON EVERYTHING???
WHY IS POOP GETTING ON EVERYTHING???
WHO KEEPS POOPING ON EVERYTHING???