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There are actually more germs on your fingers than in your saliva, so you're infecting the dip moreso by dipping and flipping.
I double-dip if my wife and I are the only ones eating. Any germs we have a community property already, anyway.
I would have gone with 'Ewww... no gross and I don't eat anymore of whatever it is after I see it...' but if it's just my girlfriend and I eating something then I don't care. I don't even double dip in this situation, but I wouldn't care if she did.
"You double-dipped!"
I'm with George. It's disgusting.
Double dipping doesn't bother me nearly as much as a colleague who used to lick her fingers after every piece of cake she served at company parties. Dessert has never been so easy to resist. As for double dipping, put a spoon in the bowl and give everyone a plate and the problem usually solves itself. No one wants to be tethered to the food table.
As the great American poet Kelly Clarkson says "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
I personally know she burned that track after watching the mythbusters double dip episode.
Flip and dip! Dip a part of the chip/veggie that you haven't bitten off of... otherwise, it's a no-no... double dipping after you've eating off of a part of something is NOT OK!
eww...thats even worse. Dip the end that you have been holding with your fingers? How about people just scooping a little bit of dip onto a small plate. I'll never understand why people think a dip bowl is a community bowl.
I echo many others on this board and say that Mythbusters has already "busted" this myth! CNN needs to include a link to their findings so people aren't misled by this and can make their own conclusions.
I doubt they would do that because while MythBusters is enjoyable entertainment, it's far from scientific.
I agree with you that people shouldn't take "reality shows" like Myth Busters and Survivorman too seriously. However, it is true that a huge amount of bacteria is present in the air already. If you have a room full of people talking, coughing, laughing, AND eating from a table of food in opened containers, the chances that a double dip is going to be much of an addition to all the stuff already there isn't much. The short article said AFTER just a couple dips. What did they do, stir it all around and take samples? They ought to do a better study and supply a far larger report with some stats. In the case, it seems as if Myth Busters did the extra testing/thinking.
If I have more than one bite left of whatever it is that I'm eating, I do the dip-n-flip. Bite it in half, then flip the other half around so I dip the unbitten side.
Dip and Flip? I guess you made sure to wash your hands often? Considering the mouth isn't just the only part of you that can contaminate the bowl.
@Hm, a voice or reason. Thank you.
or you could just hold it in the middle.....flip & dip! is that a catch phrase or epilepsy?
Yeah, do you NOT wash your hands before eating? I sure do, so they're clean while I'm snacking!
Mythbusters already showed that this isn't true! With their tests, they actually found that with some dips, they already had very high bacteria counts BEFORE anyone even touched them, let alone double-dipped in them! Dr. Gupta needs to get over himself & stop putting out bogus info!
Didn't the Mythbusters bust this myth? They discovered there was already more bacteria in the dip than the human mouth.
I will put your goods in my mouth, but I won't eat any food it has touched
Don't eat the bar nuts... drunk people can be clumsy, use the bathroom a lot and don't tend to wash. Usually the bartender puts the remains at the end of the night back in a bag with the rest, theres probably a nut in there some guy's dong came in contact with days, weeks, months ago.
I really don't uderstand our society's recent horror of anything that hasn't been triple sterilized.
If all this terror of germs is justified, it is baffling that the human race has survived as long as it has.
Mythbusters already determined that double dipping does nothing to increase bacteria count, and in fact your FOOD is way more filthy than your mouth. The chips contaminated the dip way more than their mouths did!
Ok, enough about Mythbusters. Yes, they are entertaining and appear to be as thorough as they can be in what they test. But are you aware of the disclaimers they recite each episode? No? Maybe you should stop and watch that part sometime. Are you really willing to bet your health and those around you on what they tell you?
"Are you really willing to bet your health and those around you on what they tell you?"
Why, yes. Yes I am.
Many of us have survived hundreds of pre-double-dip-taboo-caused-by-Jerry-Seinfeld parties.
@Notafraidycat, but a misdirecting alarmist. I said "health." I never said you could die from it. Someone who has crumbsn@tchers at home, brings those germs in and get all double dippy it all into your queso. Now everyone has the chance to catch a cold. That's all I'm saying.
I put your hand upon my hip, when you dip I dip we dip...
yay!
When I am with close friends I will at times. I can't remember all the times we've said "here, try a bite of this or taste this." And with my boyfriend? I never think twice about it. (But I won't use his toothbrush :) However, I keep in mind not to do so when out with a group of people; it's just good manners.
Sooooo...people shouldn't double-dip, yet we insist on sticking our tongues into each other's mouths when we kiss? Hey, I'm all for that!
Maybe these folks carry small bottle of mouthwash and ask the partner to rinse before they are about to kiss. :-)
There is absolutely no mention of whether or not any of the bacteria found in the test were bad bacteria. All of our bodies are teeming with millions of beneficial bacteria, some of which we couldn't live without. There is no beneficial information at all in this article or video.
seriously, CNN? As stated below, BUSTED by mythbusters.
Regardless of Mythbusters and their methods, it is bad manners to double dip. If you're a knuckle-dragging neanderthal, then please double-dip to your heart's content. If I have witnessed you double-dipping, I will choose not to dip into that food for myself.
I'm not concerned about germs for myself. It's a matter of manners. Do YOU know how healthy the rest of the people are who are eating out of that same bowl you just double dipped into? Have some consideration for others and please dip your dipper only once (we're talking about food). Those of you who believe the "dip & turn" method is acceptable, you are still putting the microbes from your hands into other peoples' food. Enjoy your Super dipping Bowls!
Way i like to dip is to get a separate plate put somes chips on it then go to the dip and scoop a load out with my fingers and flick it onto the chips!
I like your style. Thanks for the laugh.
just gob a big chunk of whatever, put the whole thing in your mouth and start over.
nuff said.
Double-dipping is only okay if you are sharing with your significant other. Otherwise, no. In communal situations I'll dip both ends of a celery or carrot or whatever into the dip then eat it. Or, if there is a spoon or chips I'll put a big gob of dip on my plate or napkin and work that with the veggies and such.
I am 85 years old and have served and been served dips for years and years and never once even considered it to unhealhy or unsanitary. I see people eat unwashed grapes in the market, I think we all over react to some things and not to others. If my dips ever killed any one or made them sick, I did not get the memo!. I had a paranoid friend who would never open a door without using a tissue on the handle! Join the masses and eat a little dirt once in awhile. Build up your immune system! Try it, you'll like it!!!!
Yes, a voice of reason at last! I wonder how we ever got out of the stone ages.
All the host/hostess has to do is provide small paper or plastic cups for their guests to put their dip in so they have their own source rather than a communal source. I really don't want to dip my chip or vegetable in a communal source that has other peoples saliva in it.
I am immunosupresed so If I'm with a group, I politely ask them not to double-dip. I will only double dip if its just myself and/or my husband eating.
It depends on who's there. If it's close family, or my husband, etc, then whatever. Any other situation, double-dipping just isn't polite.
Depends on the person and their immune system. When you work with immune suppressed elderly patients and school children petrie dishes, you know it's best to be safe rather than sorry. I also take immune boosters from health food stores. Why should I have to come down with someone else's cold? Suit yourself.
Busted by Myth Busters as previously commented. Would there be a thousand times more bacteria if you triple dipped? If not, might as well.
A lot of these comments have given me a belief that the US is a land of prudes and hypochondriacs. I don't see anything wrong with flipping my chip over to the uneaten side and not let the eaten part touch the dip.
The English would think you were hideously rude if you stood there dipping and slurping out of a community bowl as well.
It's simple. I used to do a lot of casual entertaining using sandwich trays, vegetables with dip, etc. I used one huge spoon for the dip and made certain that people dipped it out of the bowl onto their own individuals little saucers. I would start the party ritual so there was little to no confusion over how to serve themselves. All that spoon ever touched was the edge of porcelain saucers and the dip bowl.
I know someone who not only double-dips, but brushes the salt/spice residue from the chip that said person double dipped with – over the dip or platter of dippers. When I attend a function that this person attends, I stick to the non-dippable finger foods. Yuck!
Myth Busters disproved this myth. They concluded that foods already have a certain level of bacteria and the act of double dipping adds only a few more microbes. I know that it's gross and I choose not to do it but it isn't going to kill you.
Its gross to double dip. And an even worse thing is the snack bowls on the bar. Guys go in the restroom and relieve themselves, don't wash their hands, then hit the snack bowls. Sounds yummy huh?
Dr Sanjay probably sterilized his infants glass baby bottles in the oven and replaced the bottle nipples with new ones at every feeding.
Honestly Dr. Gupta people ate communally for thousands of years why is it just now a problem?
Yes, people also grew to the old age of 30 and dropped dead.
Yes, hundreds of bacteria were found after 1 double dip. Guess what, those bacteria are common to all of us, so in fact there is no difference. Besides, we have an immune system for a reason. Furthermore, you put a lot more disgusting bacteria in your mouth from your hands than you do from double dipping.
meanwhile in Africa
what do starving children have to do with double dipping? the dip is not going to waste... everyone can just serve themselves on their plate or make it a 1 time dip
The more significant problem is not the double dipping, it is the fact you are leaving a creamy milk product out at room temperature for hours and hours.
I will double dip if I'm the only one eating from the pot.
Yeah OK, but really, what's REALLY going to happen? Humans are supposed to be exposed to each other's bacteria. It's how we strengthen our immune systems. We are such a "sterile" society – it's ridiculous. Many places in the world serve meals "family style" with everyone eating off of the same plate!
I say, unless you have a very compromised immune system, stop being a pansy about "germs."
So, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger?
yes, how do you think vaccines work? what doesn't kill you DOES in fact make you stronger. Do you understand the workings of the immune system? Or not?
Did no one see Contagion? Yuck, bar peanuts and a sickly Gwenyth Palltrow were enough to convince me; no more communal food, much less a double dip.
Uh, that wasn't a documentary, was it?
I hate this world...
In their experiment, the MythBusters used chips with regular dip and salsa. In the control test, they put the untouched dip and salsa into petri dishes, and followed with double dipped dip and salsa, and finally dip and salsa that had been put in Adam and Jamie's mouths. However, when they examined their results, they found that the dip and salsa were already loaded with microbes. For a more accurate experiment, the MythBusters were forced to sterilize all their testing materials with radiation and create a sterile environment. Examining the results, the MythBusters found that double dipping produced less microbes than putting all the dip in a person's mouth. Also, the amount of microbes present was negligible compared to the amount found in regular dip.
Yes, this was busted as a myth. It is really sad that a doctor is now touting is as truth based on some research he never looked at. Come on CNN, you can do better then trying to pass off fables as fact.
I only double-dip when eating alone. Mainly to be polite. If someone else does it I have no problems enjoying the dip. Of all the many ways people share microbes, this is just one more. The worst flu I ever had I got using someone else's phone. Double dipping is probably no worse than kissing or hugging – or shaking hands – how do you know he washed his hands after visiting the bathroom two hours ago? I have no fear of most common bacteria and I believe in the 5 second rule!
Just remember the person making the dip is getting minimum wage,expect what you give.
People are starving other places in the world but here we worry about double dipping?
Should be thankful we are eating!
Over a year ago my wife had a friend over for dinner. She is a beautiful, classy lady but when I saw her double dip a pretzel into an hors d'oeuvres it grossed me out. Like, super icky. Yuck. Mama! I want to kiss her but she just cannot stick her saliva-coated pretzel into that dip! Nuff said.
Yes, but kissing is super-sanitary, of course. I mean really, are all the germ-freaks really only willing to kiss as if they're throwing themselves off a cliff in thrall to a temporary endorphin rush? Or maybe they grin and bear it for the sake of their unfortunate partners?
I got into a fist-fight a year ago in my son's classroom, at a 3rd-grade party, over double-dipping. They had a bowl of ranch, with some carrots, celery, etc., and little plates next to it. One of the boys in the class, who was actually sick at the time, double-dipped a carrot into it and I said "Hey, hey... we don't double-dip our food like that". His hot-head dad piped up "YOU GOT A PROBLEM, YOU COME TO ME" and pushed me. He obviously wasn't aware that I was a collegiate wrestler and have been hardcore into teaching MMA the last 9 years.
Luckily, because there was a classroom of witnesses who saw him shove me and then throw the first punch, I didn't get arrested and the judge ruled that I would not be responsible for his dental bills. More importantly, I'm guessing his son learned a valuable lesson about double-dipping... as well as probably the rest of the class.
only double dip with my significant other... we "double dip" everything else right?
When people finally live a completely sterile lifestyle is when we will get killed by an unknown alien virus.
Don't leave your home. Never go to parties. Avoid other people at all costs. Always eat alone. Never share anything with anybody. Then you will be safe. And healthy. And very, very boring.
Hold this and you won't be lonely in Mom's basement any longer.
Everyone's mouth (and body) is teeming with bacteria. Heck, you have as much as 10lbs of bacteria in/on your body. This is true no matter how clean you think you are.
That said, I will only double dip with my wife. It isn't like we don't share bacteria in every other way.
Not only do I double dip, I rape the party host afterwards.
the host or hostess?
Both! That's why it's called "double" dipping.
Whichever one has the nicer butt.
hahahahaha
hahaha
Double-dipping is just rude and nasty! Have some manners people.
Good looking people have less germs
Another example of the wimpification of America.
People who double dip are clueless morons! These are the same people who wear spandex when they are 60lbs over weight, pick their nose in public, and the same nasty people that say it's no big deal. It's NASTY!!! I don't want your nasty spit on my food. My wife, no problem, someone I'm eating lunch with, NAsty!! And to all you morons saying this is no big issue, and people should be concrened about bigger problems, SHUT IT! This article is about double dipping, not world peace!!
Okay, got that off my chest.. Also, same NASTY people who bring their nasty little dogs to your house when they come over.
Amen to that!
I guess you're not a dog person. You can't be trusted.
I always French kiss my poodle,SacreBleu, before eating at a new place. Her mouth is so much cleaner than mine.
Well, aren't you the life of the party.
Ugh. I absolutely hate it when others touch my food. Don't touch it, don't taste it, and definitely don't put it back with my food after you bit it. Same goes for double dipping. Touch your own food.
So you never eat at restaurants and only prepare your own food then?
What the hell people? Can't you just enjoy life and move on? Food has been consumed through sharing for centuries, and I am yet to hear a case of someone dying because a bacteria got into their food. Seriously, I think Americans will destroy themselves in their pursuit of ultimate perfection. Your children all have asthma, auto immune diseases, and are allergic to a laundry list of normal, natural ingredients. And if you look at research, this evolution has happened just over the last 50 years. Another 50 years, and you won't even survive to be 50 due to lack of immune protection. Relax, Enjoy life. Just because you can SEE that someone double dips, it doesn't mean that there are not THOUSANDS of other occasions when so many people mess with your food unintentionally at restaurants and social occasions, and you are all well and healthy. Cheers.
PS: My favorite is the woman in one of the comments who was happy that her husband doesn't double dip. Phew, thanks Jesus he is not double dipping, just kissing you (assuming they do that in her household). You lady are already immune to his bacteria, otherwise you would have been dead by now. I love this country.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 48 million foodborne illness cases occur in the United States every year. At least 128,000 Americans are hospitalized, and 3,000 die after eating contaminated food.
"According to 2010 estimates, norovirus in the most common of the known pathogens, responsible for 5.4 million illnesses and 149 deaths each year."
Myth Busters BUSTED this one! The showed that the food already had more bacteria than double dipping contributed.
Still no need to add more
Examining the results, the MythBusters found that double dipping produced less microbes than putting all the dip in a person's mouth. Also, the amount of microbes present was negligible compared to the amount found in regular dip.
If I can I prefer to buy fruit packed in plastic bags. My friend called me "mad" and said that just because it's in plastic bags it doesn't mean no-one has touched it. To which I replied, and so? Just because one person has touched it doesn't mean EVERYONE needs to touch my food. As far as i'm concerned the less people who interfere with my food the better.
People touching fruits is nothing. Rinse them. And then what of the toxic chemical Bisphenol A in the plastic directly into contact with the fruit, fruitcake.
Think how much more pleasant life was before we could measure bacteria and worry ourselves for nothing.
Probably got more stomach upsets but didn't know what caused them
They also found lobbing cannonballs through the walls while eating chips and dip is frowned upon.
Bahahahaha! Love this. :D
I only double dip if it's a family member I'm with.
I LIKE TO DOUBLE DIP CREAMED BEAVER
If you're willing to kiss everyone on the mouth at the party who is dipping, then why not? If you wouldn't then don't do it! Anyone else think it's kinda gay for guys to double dip from the same bowl?
Good point. Dr. Gupta needs to do the same study, but test for cooties instead of germs.
Hahah! Love it!
Oh goody. I don't have to worry about cooties because I got those from this boy when I was 6...so I'm pretty sure I'm immune ; )
Best Juicers
not everything equates to sexuality in this world
Dip your dingus in the guacamole, and I'll lick it off. Yum.
Dr. Gupta, I am sick and tired of your fear-mongering. Everything – EVERYTHING! – is horriblebadawful and we're all going to diiiiiiieeeee if we do it. Puh. LEEZ. Give me a break.
That said, at a party with a food line, it's considered good behavior to scoop some dip onto a plate and get out of the way so someone else can get at the dip, and not just stand there like a pig at a trough, but that doesn't stop some slobs, either...
I never double dip, I flip!
So you're putting in germs from your fingers. I hope you wash your hands well after you wipe your a. s. s.
I would hope everyone would wash their hands before touching food..
I usually put some dip on my plate. SInce I am the only one eating from my plate (hopefully), I can double dip. Generally I don't do dip most of the time, so it doesn't matter to me.
If I am eating it myself, sometimes if I put a one time serving on my plate. If I eat with others I do not and I get grossed out when they double dip. I have a friend who double dips all the time at events at a group to which I belong. I try to get to the food before she does, otherwise I know I'm eating her spit. Gross!
I always double dip the honey pot!
Really Sanjay, antacid has more to do with bacteria? Try stress and crappy food. An acid stomach has nothing to do with food borne illness... surgeons... GEEZUS!
The fact is that hyper-cleanliness does just as much damage to us as filth. It's called the hygiene hypothesis, and relates the increases in autoimmune disorders to the lack of exposure to antigens when people are young.
If at all possible, I tend to avoid antibacterial hand soaps...
We should be more concerned about the dips ingredients. Thousands of years of Human immune system evolution can take care of the bacteria, but not the trans fats, and other chemicals and on and on and on..........
I don't want spit to be part of the ingredients either
I only double dip when nobody else is in the room. Oh wait.......You're talking about chips, aren't you? Never mind.
Haha .. :D
It's the 11th Commandment
"Thou shalt never double dip"
I double dip because it strengthens my immune system. More times I get sick now, the less times I will get sick when I am old because I already have all the Ab's! Ever heard of the hygiene hypothesis?!
How does double dipping strengthen YOUR immune system? All you're doing is disrespecting the rights of other people to not eat your spit.
A person is probably most infectious before they've started displaying any symptoms.
Oh my, you are not doing your immune system some favor! The cold or flu that you catch now will not be the same virus that you will catch a year or years from now! They evolve too quickly. You'll just keep catching different colds and flus or goodness knows what else over and over again.
Honestly..I see the most horrifying things posted here, but the robocensor refuses my post for common, unoffensive words. I'll try again. My dis gusting mother-in-law monster double dips. I once let her taste my entree at a restaurant because she was eying it so covetously. She li cked the spoon after tasting and dug it back in the food for more. I handed the entire thing over to her.
Mythbusters busted this.
Double dipping adds bacteria because people have a lot of bacteria in their mouths. And most of it is good bacteria, the kind that helps digest food and fights off infection and all that. Just because it's bacteria doesn't mean it's bad. I don't double dip because I know other people are squeamish and I'll respect that, but unless the double dipper is sick, you'll be just fine.
According to that theory it should be ok if a waiter spits in your food. Actually he is helping you out and should get an extra tip.
I fail to see how spitting in someone's food is identical to double-dipping... Not sure about everyone else but I don't wrap my lips around my food and then dip again. That would look and BE just weird. Next time you see someone eating chips and dip, watch how they put it in their mouth. They're more than likely breaking off the chip with their teeth, which unless they have a tendency to drool a lot (I guess some people do?), their teeth won't have much at all to deposit back on the rest of the chip.
Also, double-dipping is an honest mistake for some people who aren't thinking about the social ramifications. Spitting in someones' food? Um... Honest mistake? No.
Ok. I brought an extreme example to prove a point. Either way someone elses spit ends up in your food. Not nice at all. Never double dip!
My disgusting mother-in-law monster double dips. I once let her taste my dish at a restaurant because she was eying it so covetously.. She licked the spoon after tasting and stuck it back in the food for more. I handed the entire thing over to her.
Manners and common sense, people. Please.
At home, I have my own private bowl and I don't mind dipping after my spouse (he rarely double dips, though); when I'm out (family or friends) I won't dip the edge I just bit but occasionally I will rotate the dipping object to an untouched side. Sampling things in stores, I use the usually provided spoon, but if I see someone double dipping i won't try the sample. Generally, though, I prefer to have my own dish of dip.
I take a few tablespoons, place it on or in something and double,triple dip away and go home with the same bugs I came in with:)
👎 I guess these double dippers are the same ones that ask people what they do for a living in the 1st sentence , or better yet how much do you make, how much was your house or rent . They also ask non whites where they're from. As if only whites are American . No class ❕ And no I don't want your rotten mouth germs on my food.
Heh... way to generalize.
That practice of asking what you "do" on first meeting is a bugaboo of mine, too. It's code for are you important enough to bother with and should I be threatened by you. It's rude. Few people understand the art of conversation these days. Parties often end up as "get the guest.". I agree: no class.
OR.... it's code for I know absolutely nothing about you and need a starting place to try to find some common ground to have a conversation. It seems more like you are insecure about what you do for a living and feel like people judge you based on that.
Hey do you touch things or breath or shake hands or hug or kiss or use the bathroom or use a soap dispenser or dry your hands or to be continued... Its the morons like you who over generalize for one and are hyper sensitive that ruin it for us all. Life is a risk no matter what. Double dipping is the least of your concerns. If it concerns you more you must not know the chaos of the world we live in.
EXACTLY!
C'mon in,the Guacamole is fine...maybe it will get rid of that hairy mole right between your eyes.
How does an article about double dipping turn into a racist rant against whites?
I'm white... and I ask EVERYONE where they're from, white or non-white... It's one of those general questions I always ask like... what do you do... But if it bothers you, I guess I could only ask white people where they are from, but I don't really feel like trying to remember who I'm supposed to treat how. It's too much trouble not to treat everybody the same.
You're doing exactly what you're accusing other of doing! "I guess those "double dipper types" are racist whites.... I can tell you that George Costanza is NOT a racist, but he double dips. I saw that on a documentary called Seinfeld. He proved he wasn't a racist in a different episode. So much for your theory – bigot!
50-100 times more bacteria in the dip...that means there was originally some bacteria in the dip regardless of double-dipping.
We need to know a lot more about this. They said that happened after just a few dips. What happened? Did they stir it all up before they took samples? Do you think bacteria could duplicate so fast that it would change the entire bowl of dip in – how many minutes? See what I mean? Some big holes in this.
Only if it's just me and my husband. If there's company involved, or I'm the company, I'll either break up a large chip if it's a large one or choose smaller chips.
I double dip all the time and make sure I sneeze and slobber all over the dish too. I often put my hands in the dish too after using the bathroom and not washing my hands.
Who needs cheeps, I use my Fingers.
I'm with you. We don't have to use no stinking cheeps!
I dip and bite, then rotate and dip again. So it's multiple dipping but multiple surfaces
That's what I do too =)
I do that occasionally, usually with over-large vegetable pieces. But I prefer to use a spoon to get more dip for the veg. I try to never dip the side/edge i just bit from.
I dip different parts of the chip or veggie or whatever it is I'm dipping.
Even when I'm eating by myself I tend to flip the chip/cracker/vegetable over to the unbitten side when I go in for a second time. When I'm in public or with extended family I put enough on the item I'm eating so I don't have to go back.
You dip the way you want to dip, and I'll dip the way I want to dip!
Only after my spouse!
The Mythbusters already did it! It even included the Seinfeld reference.
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/db/food/double-dipping-is-germ-warfare.html
It's stories like these by CNN that make me want to post the pic of the guy running late for the train leaving the station, with the captions, "Everyone else" (pointed at the train) and "You" (pointed at the guy running and waving his arms).
"The truth is that most dips — store-bought or homemade — already contain bacteria. Double-dipping adds only a few more microbes than the multitude swimming in your salsa to begin with."
Didn't Mythbusters already bust this one?
They sure did – what was sad they couldn't even do the test on regular food since the chips and dip left out in the open air already had more germs then any one person could imagine. After seeing that episode – double dipping is the least of my concerns. BUSTED!
Thank the lord some people with sense are posting here. If double dipping is a persons biggest concern they need help mentally.
This so-called CNN "doctor" should probably stick with more likely ways that people transmit disease...
Especially if the dips are at the sort of parties I am always at. Everyone ends up making out with everyone anyway.
Oh nooo!! LOL!! really?! The science behind double dipping!!