OK, not to get gross here, but...a friend of my who works at CDCP (center for disease control and prevention) always points out to me that the convention of washing hands AFTER urination is backward.

She explains that urine is sterile and that your privates, covered by clothes all day are relatively germ free and clean. Your hands, however, are constantly exposed to filth, germs and other nastiness through normal daily activity, and particularly from shaking hands with others.

So it makes far more sense, she claims, to wash your hands BEFORE urinating (and, presumably, touching your privates), rather than after. She claims this is more important for women than men, but that it makes more sense for everyone than washing your hands after its too late...

It may seem gross and silly, but as we all know, no one is exposed to more germs than frquent fliers, so whatever we can do to control the spread of disease, well, that's or ff duty!!

And I won't even ask for a tip for that piece of advice! (Although if this doesn't qualify me for the next emmit/nancy/roberto OMNI award, then nothing will)!!!