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Animated Puppets Loyal user Lost on a Green Screen 285 Posts |
The idea of touching someones Smart Phone grosses me out. Since people use their phones everywhere; to include the toilet and I seriously doubt they ever disinfect their phones, touching one has the same appeal of touching the business end of a used toilet brush.
The reason I'm bringing it up is (other than the lack of activity in this section) I subscribe to the L&L video library. I've been going through the videos of different performers and started watching Richard Osterlind's videos. He did a neat calculator effect using someones Smart Phone. It grossed me out as (the way my mind works) I imagined the person who provided the Smart Phone sitting on the toilet playing some silly App game while having a plop. So there is Richard just tapping away with the same phone. Everybody has a thing and toilet Smart Phones are mine. So what is your I'm not a Germaphobe, but... trigger?
I still recall the day I met Beaker from the Muppets. He said to me "Meep, meep, mee mee mee Meep!", and that has made all the difference.
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
Mine is escalator handrails. I never touch them.
Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
It's no wonder magicians would prefer a talking frog.
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HeronsHorse Loyal user Scotland 207 Posts |
Just have a little squirt of alcohol nearby for before and after. Don't be scared
I agree though, phones must be minging. Alcohol gel is great! Paul
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will lane Veteran user Will likes to post so he has made 339 Posts |
About phones: I've seen people eating oily finger food (snacks, chicken strips, etc.) and without a beat in between, go to touch their phone or something else. You can see the oil accumulate on their phone in a layer, swiped back and forth on the phone. That's not so much germs as it is just nasty. Wash your hands or at the very least, wipe your hands with a napkin.
That's where I'm at. I don't like germs as much as the next person, but my thing is avoiding oils/hand sweat. I wash my hands a lot because they get kind of sweaty pretty fast. It started from two things when I was younger: avoiding playing my guitar with sweaty hands to keep the strings fresh and reduce corrosion, and keeping my hands clean to reduce acne. People accuse me of being a germaphobe, and sure I don't like germs. But I don't want to be touching some oily, nasty surface, and if I do, you bet I'm probably going to go wash my hands. There is also something else; I have a cousin with young kids and every time I've touched their kid's toys, they don't feel clean. They have this small layer of grease-like substance or something on the toys. At Thanksgiving my close family went over to their house and most of us came back with a cold, so that doesn't help. When you touch an object and it feels like that, you know something is up. I'll also use the bottom of my shirt/towel to turn a doorknob/handle if I can. Especially in bathrooms. People don't wash their hands. EDIT: Just read my post and yep I'm a germaphobe. Whatever. |
Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
I don't like cards or anything from Magicians mouth, eyes or any orafice.
I hate to see Magicians put a hat, glasses or a bow on Kids' heads. -Mary Mowder |
Animated Puppets Loyal user Lost on a Green Screen 285 Posts |
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On Jan 5, 2019, Mary Mowder wrote: How about plungers?
I still recall the day I met Beaker from the Muppets. He said to me "Meep, meep, mee mee mee Meep!", and that has made all the difference.
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
Eeeew!
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12945 Posts |
How about making them take the beginning, middle or end of a mouth coil?
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
My headphones (nice Bose ones) fell out of my backpack on a train before Christmas, but multiple checks would seem to suggest that whoever found them decided to keep them rather than turn them in to lost and found.
Who would want to wear used headphones? That's completely disgusting to me. (Of course, it also disappoints me in my fellow human beings.) |
The great Gumbini Inner circle 3062 Posts |
Always use a napkin to push down on a bottle of sanitizer.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Hold the napkin with a sterile cloth.
Folks, if you use money, there's plenty of germs. There's a point where germ caution is overkill. BTW the newer thinking about allergies (I know that's a different subject) is that it's important for babies to be exposed to potential allergens--that's how you build immunity--by controlled exposure, not avoidance. That said, no, I have no desire to pull a mouth coil out of someone's mouth.
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