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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

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  • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

    Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

    George BG This user is from outside of this forum
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    George B
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    #25

    @catsalad

    I remember having those in my elementary school. Never saw them anywhere else

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    • jbaggsJ jbaggs

      @Jes I can see there being issues with it not being sanitized correctly.

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      #26
      @jbaggs I don't see a problem with it in a home setting. it would definitely be more sanitary than a towel over a loop IMO
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      • jbaggsJ jbaggs

        @Jes I can see there being issues with it not being sanitized correctly.

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        #27
        @jbaggs and I have to be real, if it wasn't sanitized correctly, then most hotels would also be unsanitary tbf
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        • แอท-ทริดA แอท-ทริด

          @catsalad i used them on the washington state ferries as a child

          แอท-ทริดA This user is from outside of this forum
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          แอท-ทริด
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          #28

          @catsalad when you yank on the cloth it dispenses like 50cm of fresh towel, nbd

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          • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

            Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

            Tekniquelly correctT This user is from outside of this forum
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            Tekniquelly correct
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            #29

            @catsalad Oh, the ones that were always already damp when you went to use them?

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            • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

              Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

              Piers BeckleyP This user is from outside of this forum
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              @catsalad I always quite liked them?

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              • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                DatalineS This user is from outside of this forum
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                #31

                @catsalad Unfortunately they are real.

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                • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                  Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                  DHeadshot's AltD This user is from outside of this forum
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                  #32

                  @catsalad
                  Some went from a spool to a roller and then got washed, so were OK, but I was at a campsite once with two ordinary towels stitched together around a couple of towel racks...

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                  • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                    Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                    The Mighty GitT This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #33

                    @catsalad og doomscrolling

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                    • jbaggsJ jbaggs

                      @catsalad It's a treadmill for bacteria! (They don't actually loop.)

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PMjjlaiZIg

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                      #34

                      @jbaggs
                      Not usually, but the DIY ones are a different story...
                      @catsalad

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                      • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                        Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

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                        @catsalad I HAVE SEEN ONE sorry for caps. I was at the banquet for my neighbor's firstborn in Chinatown and the restroom, which was of course in the basement, had the cloth loop hand towel thing. It looked exactly like the one with the paper towel roll inside, but it had this cursed loop of white terrycloth with a blue stripe in the center.

                        *edit: I forget if it had a lever to advance or if you were supposed to pull the towel

                        I declined to use this thing

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                        • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                          Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

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                          @catsalad folx got really worked up when I'd blow my nose on them 🙄

                          Like, they go through the magic box, it's fiiine...

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                            @catsalad folx got really worked up when I'd blow my nose on them 🙄

                            Like, they go through the magic box, it's fiiine...

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                            @alice they wouldn't put them there if you weren't meant to use them

                            @catsalad

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                              @catsalad folx got really worked up when I'd blow my nose on them 🙄

                              Like, they go through the magic box, it's fiiine...

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                              sonja
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                              #38

                              @alice @catsalad this is why i do a farmers blow out in the parking lot

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                              • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                                Nick 'The Viking'N This user is from outside of this forum
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                                Nick 'The Viking'
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                                @catsalad

                                Several folk here have said they weren't a looping towel.

                                Some of them.

                                As a child and teenager, I specifically remember them as being damp already. So yes, nasty.

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                                • sonjaE sonja

                                  @alice @catsalad this is why i do a farmers blow out in the parking lot

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                                  @emily_rugburn that's gotta be a truck-stop euphemism... 😳

                                  @catsalad

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                                  • 🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴  (🌈🦄)A 🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)

                                    @emily_rugburn that's gotta be a truck-stop euphemism... 😳

                                    @catsalad

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                                    @alice @catsalad noooooo i lived in iowa! you plug up one side of your nose and blow out the other! 🤣 works every time!

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                                    • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                      Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                                      RealGene ☣️R This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @catsalad
                                      Last saw one in a London tube station about 48 years ago. Had seen them in the movies, so knew what it was, but it was horrifying.

                                      On the other hand, when I was about 10, went with a neighbor to Haymarket in Boston, he got some oysters off of a cart, and wiped his hand on a little towel that was *nailed* to the cart.

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                                      • sonjaE sonja

                                        @alice @catsalad noooooo i lived in iowa! you plug up one side of your nose and blow out the other! 🤣 works every time!

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                                        @emily_rugburn @alice @catsalad telling you about my snot rockets from a corn cob

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                                        • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                          Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                                          MrGrumpyMonkeyM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @catsalad Those existed.

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