Splash!

Nasty things that have splashed on my forehead this week:

  • Toilet water from the automatic flushing toilets at Wal-Mart. I was helping Sawyer when the toilet suddenly flushed and splashed my forehead. Now, had it gone in my mouth, I would have just drowned myself right then and there in the toilet.

  • Raw chicken juice. In almost the same exact spot as the public toilet water.

You don't need photos, right? Just use your imagination. And the toilet water was as bad as you can imagine. Three showers later (and countless face washings) and I think I'm just about clean now.

Comments

nikki said…
LOL!
1:30 PM EDT
Marty said…
I can't STAND those Walmart toilets! Why can't they get the sensors right on the things? They flush an average of three times when I go in there, usually one of them hits my bum, thereby grossing me out the rest of the day until I can get a shower. And it always reflushes an already "clean" toilet. There has to be a way to adjust. So gross!!
1:45 PM EDT
Cindy Is Crafty said…
OH MY! That is so funny I pit my beverage on my monitor!
6:11 PM EDT
Annie said…
Oh my,eeeeewww! That was funny though.

: )
8:52 PM EDT
Autum said…
You have such a way of making me laugh and gag a little at the same time (when you aren't making me itch).
9:01 PM EDT
jessica said…
I get the utility of the automatic flush, but they are so annoying! My kids are so afraid of them too since they always flush when they are sitting down.
2:51 AM EDT
Diane said…
Man oh man. That is too funny. Bathroom incidents are always much funnier AFTER the fact :)
9:46 PM EDT
FinnyKnits said…
Yeah. Toilet water in my mouth?

I'd just go into the light. Like, just cease living.

Ugh.

I need to go wash my face now.
4:22 PM EDT
Mandy said…
Oh blah, gross! I totally understand! Of course it's awful while it happens, then you look back and laugh about how ridiculous it is.
1:42 AM EDT
nikko said…
Ew, ew, ew... Reminds me of the time one of my kiddos splashed their hands in a public toilet. I gagged the rest of the day. Ew!
8:48 PM EDT
hooli said…
If it makes you feel any better, my 4 year old licked the toilet in a public restroom at the Denver zoo about 2 years ago and lived to tell. Didn't even get Legionnaire's or anything.
Gross. Hang in there.
9:44 PM EDT
Amanda Jean said…
ewwwwwwwwwwwww.

one time i was in the dentist chair, my mouth open and he was talking WITHOUT a mask on. and he accidently spit in my mouth. how nasty is that?!?!?!?!? i still shudder thinking about it.
11:57 AM EDT
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