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by Oxyfreshness on January 4th, 2007
Soap is actual something that is used to get underneath things that stick to your skin and make it stick to the soap itself. So, yes soap is dirty. But we use it because when you introduce water to it it prefers water to your skin and moves of your skin with the water.
by gerrik on January 8th, 2007
a bar of soap harbours millions of bacteria, especially when shared for handwashing
by Aelfward on January 4th, 2007
Dirty? Which kind of soap? There are lots, you know...
by Tinkabelle on January 8th, 2007
I hear that some people wash with only a bar of soap- which is beyond weird to me- and in any event that they do, I'm sure that the soap is holding onto the dirt from their bodies, so that makes me think that soap is liable to get dirty. And if this is, in fact, true and people actually do this, then I believe any soaps' campaign officially sucks because its SOAP. If soap isn't clean, yet I'm "cleaning" myself with it, then just WHAT is going on here??
by Universe Of Life on January 8th, 2007
Most soap when made is derived from dead animals. Use the natural stuff.
by Firebrand on January 8th, 2007
Yes just think of the soap residue on a bath when people stay in it a long time YUCK, I hate baths but if I take one I have to shower off with fresh water afterwards to remove any soap residue from my body
by RedScareX on January 5th, 2007
Soap nearest to the toilet can acually get some of the toilet jerms as sick as that is.
by munchkin_kids_downunder on January 4th, 2007
yes, bars of soak sitting around can have germs, funny enough.
by Anonymous on December 30th, 2008
Well, I actually have a fear or bar soap. I believe it is one of the most dirtiest things on earth. I use liquid soap. It creates a seeable softness on your skin and it's not sticky and gets stuck under your nails and it doesn't slip. Br soap is disgusting and I don't see how people use that stuff.
by chonklawrd on January 9th, 2007
Soap can get dirty. It doesn't repel dirt or germs--it just makes water wetter (by breaking surface tension), so that it can do its job as the "universal solvent" even better.
by SmartDude on December 31st, 2008
Soap, a bar of soap, is self cleaning. Ofcourse, it all depends on where you store it or keep it!
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I kinda don't really get it. Have mercy on me.
by Tinkabelle on January 8th, 2007
Dunno, that last little bit lost me too. But I have a theory that Oxy's answer might be related to the fact that, if water had a lower surface tension it would be the perfect cleanser. It is possible that soap lowers that surface tension somewhat, allowing water to clean the soap and whatever sticks to it off your body.
by Aelfward on January 8th, 2007
see, now, THAT makes sense, lol
by Tinkabelle on January 8th, 2007
Thank you! <taking a bow> I wasn't sure it would.
by Aelfward on January 8th, 2007
very cool observation
by anglrckx on January 9th, 2007