Don't double dip this Superbowl

[mzkhadir]

msnbc

Eww! Double dipping just gross, study confirms

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous ?Seinfeld? episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross.

?That?s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip!? George Costanza was admonished on the show after he dipped a chip twice at a wake. That?s not too far off, said Clemson University professor Paul L. Dawson.

Last year the food microbiologist?s undergraduate students examined the effects of double dipping using volunteers, wheat crackers and several sample dips. They found that three to six double dips transferred about 10,000 bacteria from an eater?s mouth to the remaining dip sample.


?I was very surprised by the results,? Dawson said in a telephone interview Thursday. ?I thought there would be very minimal transfer. I didn?t think we would be able to detect it.?

The professor said the students? research didn?t get into the risk behind such a bacteria transfer, but they got the idea

 

[aplefka]

I never double dip when it's a party. Now I wonder if it's a pretty common practice. I just figured it was an unspoken rule.

I will however double dip if I've made my own dip and there are only one or two other people around. I'll tell them though.

 

[Canai]

If people I know will double dip are coming over, I provide plates and a spoon so they can give themselves a serving of dip and double dip all they want.

 

[Pepsi90919]

bacteria are everywhere

 

[Doodoo]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
bacteria are everywhere

Yep...it everyone is so fearful of bacteria...better not kiss your gf...

then again..double dipping would be like kissing everyone in the room. but if their all hot chicks...who cares!!!

 

[sonambulo]

If you had made this a joke thread instead...it could have been pretty decent.

 

[warmodder]

I double dip all the time, no one has died (yet), I fail to see the problem. There are alot of gross things in this world--seeking additional dip for your chip is not one of them.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
bacteria are everywhere

Germs by Weird Al

Sometimes I really want to be alone
But that's one state I'm never in
Because I know that I've got millions upon millions
Of tiny, one-celled organisms living on my skin

(Germs) I rub and scrub until my flesh is raw and bleeding
(Germs) But they just come right back again
(Germs) I can't even see'em,
But I know they're up to something
Hey, don't touch that - you don't know where it's been!

They're all over me
They're inside of me
Can't get'em offa me
I'm covered with... microscopic bacteria
What do they want from me
What'll they do to me?
There's no escape for me
I'm crawling with... microscopic bacteria

Now if I ever dare to go to sleep
That's when they start their sneak attack
In the morning I wake up in utter horror
To find my teeth are covered with bacterial plaque

(Germs) Can't get those parasitic creatures off my face
(Germs) And there's more comin' every day
(Germs) I never said that they could camp out on my body
I wish they'd pack their tiny little bags and move away

They're all over me
They're inside of me
Can't get'em offa me
I'm covered with... microscopic bacteria
What do they want from me
What'll they do to me?
There's no escape for me
I'm crawling with... microscopic bacteria

They're creepin' around my shorts
They're under the bathroom sink
They're ridin' inside my car
They're swimmin' in every drink
They're hidin' between my toes
They're lurkin' in every kiss
I got'em way up my nose
In every orifice
I'm gonna show them who's boss
I'm gonna get even yet
Just gimme some Lysol spray
Just hand me a moist towelette
Don't tell me I'm paranoid
I know that they're after me
Look under the microscope
See??

They're all over me
They're inside of me
Can't get'em offa me
I'm covered with... microscopic bacteria
What do they want from me
What'll they do to me?
There's no escape for me
I'm crawling with... microscopic bacteria

They're all over me
I can feel'em all over me
Over every part of me
Microscopic bacteria
I know they're watching me
They're always watching me
They're coming after me
Microscopic bacteria
Won't somebody help
Please sombody help me
You've got to believe me
They're out to get me
They wanna control me
They wanna destroy me
They're tryin' to kill me
It kind of upsets me

:laugh:

 

[Nitemare]

screw that, I'm triple dipping, man...

 

[SampSon]

I dip as many times as I want at my house.
My immune system is strong, bring the fucking noise.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Screw that. Why do people care if you double dip? Its an insignificant amount of bacteria. I couldn't care less.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: aplefka
I never double dip when it's a party. Now I wonder if it's a pretty common practice. I just figured it was an unspoken rule.

I will however double dip if I've made my own dip and there are only one or two other people around. I'll tell them though.

It is an unspoken rule. Lots of people are just foul and inconsiderate, though.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
Screw that. Why do people care if you double dip? Its an insignificant amount of bacteria. I couldn't care less.

"From now on, just dip the chip once and end it!"/[/i]

 

[paulney]

Double dip always sounds like a sexual innuendo to me.

 

[ChaoZ]

I dip it once, bite, and dip it again. That's how I dip.

 

[CallMeJoe]

If you read the full story, their methodology was flawed. They inserted the bitten chips in the dip for 3 seconds at a time. This extended the opportunity for bacterial transfer to the dip, and exaggerated the resultant bacterial count. I'm not defending double dipping, just pointing out a problem with this particular study.

 

[ktehmok]

Not double-dipping weakens the immune system of everyone on the planet. And I will have no part in it!

Eat my germs! And my guacamole. Then we'll build the super race, immune to all bacteria!

Um yeah. Whatever. If you're gonna get sick & die offa chip cooties, the world is better off without you in the first place.

 

[Jeff7]

Damn you, eplebnista, now you've gone and made me play that song.


If you bite the chip carefully, the portion remaining in your hand should remain untouched by your lips or teeth.

Originally posted by: paulney
Double dip always sounds like a sexual innuendo to me.

That's only because you only need to "dip" twice before you're finished.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I guess if I was a germophobe I'd give a shit about this...but I'm not. If my chip isn't sufficiently covered during the first dip, I will re-dip.

 

[Aquila76]

I always teabag my dip. I call it my 'secret zesty flavoring technique' when guests swoon over it's tangy kick.

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: paulney
Double dip always sounds like a sexual innuendo to me.

Hit the stink then the pink.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: paulney
Double dip always sounds like a sexual innuendo to me.

Hit the stink then the pink.

I certainly hope you wash up in between.

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: paulney
Double dip always sounds like a sexual innuendo to me.

Hit the stink then the pink.

I certainly hope you wash up in between.

Without the sink.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: paulney
Double dip always sounds like a sexual innuendo to me.

Hit the stink then the pink.

I certainly hope you wash up in between.

Washing your hands after you go to the bathroom kinda loses some meaning after the first time you perform oral sex.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

you have a lot more than bacteria to worry about if you're too inefficient to be able to get a good dip and finish it off in one bite