http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-18136 I KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM WITH C++ | Cyde Weys Musings Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:31:54 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/#comment-18136 [...] I called my home during my senior year at University of Maryland, College Park. That means no more housemates setting their socks on fire in the microwave (no, really). It also means no more contact with my former West African roommate who believes that [...] [...] I called my home during my senior year at University of Maryland, College Park. That means no more housemates setting their socks on fire in the microwave (no, really). It also means no more contact with my former West African roommate who believes that [...]

]]> http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-9269 Cyde Weys Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:23:58 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/#comment-9269 I can possibly imagine wanting to disinfect something like a sponge, which regularly touches food and the plates that you eat off of. But I just don't see what the point of disinfecting socks is. They're already washed every time between uses, which should take care of any problems. Ignoring that, feet just aren't infection vectors, unless you have lots of open sores. Yeah, you could get sick from using a bad sponge on a plate and then eating off of it, thus ingesting harmful bacteria, but what are going to happen with socks?! I can possibly imagine wanting to disinfect something like a sponge, which regularly touches food and the plates that you eat off of. But I just don’t see what the point of disinfecting socks is. They’re already washed every time between uses, which should take care of any problems. Ignoring that, feet just aren’t infection vectors, unless you have lots of open sores. Yeah, you could get sick from using a bad sponge on a plate and then eating off of it, thus ingesting harmful bacteria, but what are going to happen with socks?!

]]> http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-9261 Darmok Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:10:47 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/07/microwaving-socks/#comment-9261 One wonders what he did to his socks that he thought they required disinfecting... One wonders what he did to his socks that he thought they required disinfecting…

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