Hand Washing Tunes
Please suggest
a 20 second tune,
to wash your hands by,
other than Happy Birthday.
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The Internationale? The whole of it is too long, but how about a few lines? Weevily Wheat, maybe just the chorus? One small warning from a person who worked in medical labs for a long time: it is definitely possible to overdo hand washing and remove the lipids from one's skin, thereby reducing its ability to keep germs out, while irritating the skin. Second warning: "antibacterial" soap contains completely unnecessary chemicals which can cause contact dermatitis. And many "soaps" are not made of soap, but rather synthetic detergents (often combined with hand lotion). Cheap skate note: commercial soaps contain quite a bit of water--that's why they are in waterproof wrappings. Remove the wrappings, dry them out well and they will last a lot longer. (Ever notice how that last scrap of a bar of soap lasts, and lasts, and lasts?) Kirk's Castille Soap dries out more readily than Ivory.
ReplyDeleteAntibacterial is bad for the water supply too.
DeleteThanks for the tips!
Sadly, I know neither song.
I follow up hand washing with Gold Bond hand lotion. It is not greasy and it soaks into your skin quickly.
DeleteI sent three songs by e-mail, listener. In general, some sort of folk song that we learned when we were young would seem promising. Hand washing would then become learning or cultural acquisition rather than just a chore.
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ReplyDeleteI have *always* used Happy Birthday! I don't sing it out loud, but a nurse told me to sing it twice and that would do the job.
ReplyDeleteI’ve used it too, but am getting tired of singing it over and over and over.
Delete"Happy Birthday to you, you belong in a zoo. With lions and tigers and monkeys like you."
Delete😂👍
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Left a couple notes on the last thread.
ReplyDeleteIn response to the question at the top of the thread: Try this.
My bologna has a first name... - Click
LOL!
DeleteI’m trying to think of some classics that won’t also run through my head when I’m *not* hand washing! 😂
Or consider this song. The chorus starts at 48 seconds in. I'm having a hard time determining the length of the chorus, but if you have to go through it twice, well, that's no bad thing. :)
DeleteYou Ain't Been Doin' Nothin' If You Ain't Been Called A Red - Click
The complete lyric is printed in the second comment on the video's page, but here's the lyric for the chorus:
DeleteWell you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a red
if you've marched or agitated, you're bound to hear it said
so you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a red
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DeleteNow that has real promise!
Can't say as I had heard the Oscar Meyer song before, but I noticed that the narrator pronounced bologna "b'lohna" rather than "baloney."
DeleteDecades ago, when I was a youth group leader in an Episcopal Church, I learned a few Christian rock tunes. There is one tune I wouldn’t entirely recommend for it’s eschatological theology, but the lyrics are well written and the tune itself is awesome. Somehow that tune (slow and a bit eerie!) came back to me while I was hand washing this week. The first four lines take about 20 seconds to sing.
ReplyDelete“There’s a step that we all take alone
An appointment we have with the great unknown
Like a vapor this life is just waiting to pass
Like the flowers that fade, like the withering grass...”
~ from Grave Robber by Petra
It makes me laugh every time!
Dark humour, and a solid reminder not to skimp on the hand washing. Ha!
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ReplyDeleteThinking of songs, how about a portion of Joe Hill's "We Will Sing One Song?" Checking...checking...checking...Nope, a pretty song but no part that will work for a child. [Click]
ReplyDeleteWere you under the impression that the song needed to be child friendly? I was seeking tunes for personal use.
DeleteOh, then there need be no restrictions! Rather than becoming bored, you could use the opportunity to memorize a raft of "new" songs. To mention but one, "Babylon is Fallen" is a dandy! Performance and lyrics available upon request.
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Sounds to me like a sign from God, it does.
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ReplyDeleteI'm growing increasingly uneasy about going in for my PT evaluation on Monday and then for the PT itself probably twice a week (that's how frequent it was last time) for twelve weeks after that.
ReplyDeleteMind you, I've been looking forward to the PT itself. It will be great to get out of the house and have different people to talk to. I've been to this facility before. The PT gym is large, bright and airy. The head PT is a woman I worked with a number of years ago when she was with the Visiting Nurse. Donno if the younger people I worked with before are still there, but Carolyn at least will be a familiar face and I always liked her.
But with this virus spreading the way it is, I'm nervous, not just for myself but even more so for Dad. We'll have to consult tomorrow.
As indeed you should. Maybe you should call PT and ask what precautions they are taking. Naomi and I are planning to go to a theater on Monday morning (figuring there will be few other people there) to see the new Pixar movie [Onward]. But I am beginning to get a little anxious.
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listener--re Bernie's town hall tonight: please give info re where so I can look it up on YouTube.
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Was it in Flint, perchance?
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DeleteThanks, Alan.
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