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  • Homeownertobe
    Homeownertobe Posts: 1,023 Forumite
    pigpen wrote: »
    IMO.. yes they have.. sharing a fork is the most repugnant thing I have heard on this site.. I don't frequent the arms ;)


    I think you will find that those with infection often have bleeding gums, mouth sores.. blood seeps from these oozing sores and contamination can occur .. but feel free to try it out and see... be my guest!


    from www.aids.gov

    HIV is not transmitted via saliva - that is a fact. Your ignorance and scaremongering is disgusting.
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    missbiggles1 wrote: »
    I bet if we did a poll it would be a tiny number (and I've both been to university and lived abroad).

    ETA
    Although I did go and stay in Germany with a schoolfriend when she was based there for a while.

    The only person I see from abroad is my cousin from the USA and her husband, and they don't turn up unexpectedly.....we arrange a holiday with another cousin and husband from Norfolk and the six of us spend a week together.

    (Actually the cousins, five years ago, were more strangers I ate with. They are not strangers now though!)
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  • missbiggles1
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    Pollycat wrote: »
    Eating my dinner tonight is going to be a revelation. :rotfl:

    I'm pretty sure I put more than the tip of the tines in my mouth but I'll have to check.

    And check what my OH does.

    I'm getting ready for him saying 'Oi! What are you looking at?' :rotfl:

    And people-watching at my local Wetherspoons (we just drink there, rarely eat) on steak night, curry night and fish friday is going to be fun. :D

    We all need a hobby!:rotfl:
  • Georgiegirl256
    Georgiegirl256 Posts: 7,005 Forumite
    pigpen wrote: »
    Some of the posters would probably itch the dogs belly with their fork and carry on eating!!

    That just made me :rotfl: Reminded of the kind of things I've seen people doing on that Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners programme!
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 35,940 Forumite
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    missbiggles1 wrote: »
    We all need a hobby!:rotfl:
    I shall lay the blame firmly at your door if I get a fat lip for staring at random diners. :p
  • pigpen
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    Georgiegirl256 wrote: »
    That just made me :rotfl: Reminded of the kind of things I've seen people doing on that Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners programme!


    I saw their van yesterday I almost wet myself with excitement.. They were speeding though so I didn't have time to get a pic! I want to steal those cleaners.. I LOVE them all!
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  • Person_one
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    pigpen wrote: »
    Sore in the mouth or bleeding gum.. typical problem with HIV...

    So there is still hysteria, fear and ignorance around HIV sadly. I had hoped that was mostly behind us in this country.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-us/how-hiv-became-a-treatabl_b_8698438.html
  • Georgiegirl256
    Georgiegirl256 Posts: 7,005 Forumite
    pigpen wrote: »
    I saw their van yesterday I almost wet myself with excitement.. They were speeding though so I didn't have time to get a pic! I want to steal those cleaners.. I LOVE them all!

    Nothing motivates me more to do housework than that programme! :p
  • Person_one
    Person_one Posts: 28,884 Forumite
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    Georgiegirl256 wrote: »
    Nothing motivates me more to do housework than that programme! :p

    I have the opposite response, I see how much worse it could be and relax. :o
  • onlyroz
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    missbiggles1 wrote: »
    I bet if we did a poll it would be a tiny number (and I've both been to university and lived abroad).

    ETA
    Although I did go and stay in Germany with a schoolfriend when she was based there for a while.
    Who cares where the s0dding visitor is from - but if they're staying with you it would be entirely normal to bring them along to a function with your friends and family, and to them your visitor would be a stranger.
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