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

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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.

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

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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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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.

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

@catsalad Those existed.

@catsalad yes. I think they were supposed to only go around once...

@emily_rugburn @alice @catsalad ahh that's also very common in soccer

or at least I hope so because I'm doing it there all the time

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@bazkie @alice its better thank wiping boogers all over your arm or shirt. i do it all the time where i live now which is sorta rural wisconsin. no one dose a double take...but this might also explain why people dont find me attractive

@emily_rugburn @alice lol true
and don't worry there's at least some people out there who are attracted to that kinda behavior 🤩

@IanAMartin @grumpy_copi @catsalad thank you for making me a bit knowledgeable on the subject. I only encountered this thing recently, a-few-months-ago'ish, and was taken aback by the prospect of drying my hands on that suspicious rolly towel.

@catsalad Seen it in a commercial building in Germany a few years ago.