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Combining keyboards and festival toilets, the two dirtiest things known to mankind, only seems logical. This could have spawned new lifeforms.

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I read shopping cart handles were filthier than toilet seats or keyboards. A study in 2011 discovered that fecal bacteria was on 72% of all shopping carts: http://blogs.webmd.com/breaking-news/2011/03/fecal-bacteria-...

I recon the percentage for toothbrushes is higher, because proximity. Nothing wrong with giving your immune system a bit of a workout.

that is why its great to toss them into the dish washer to keep them clean.

The ex-boss of a friend of mine used to clean the toilet brush in the office dish washer.

You haven't been on a festival toilet then.

Many stores in the US offer wipes near the front of the store to wipe down the cart handles. I'd recommend using them, especially since so many people carry around raw chicken / meat products that leak.

Don't forget doorknobs, the dirtiest thing unknown to mankind.

Lots are made of copper which would dispel that entirely.

For the curious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_co...

I think you mean brass. Edit: maybe not as the other commenter pointed out.

Brass or silver would do the job too.

Silver doorknobs would have a nasty problem of vanishing all the time.

Copper would too, just check out the wiring in any empty house in a county with meth problems.

Inevitably we arrive at the next iteration of the iLoo: make both the keyboard [1] and the toilet [2] out of copper.

[1] http://www.copperkeyboard.com/

[2] http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1575479-...

Might as well make the exterior copper as well, like a steampunk tardis.

s/ar/ur/g

I like how utterly homemade the mouse looks.

The copper mouse is not pretty but it kills harmful bacteria 24/7. http://www.copperkeyboard.com

That was my first thought too.

But maybe you could cover it with some kind of disposable plastic wrap? Every person would just throw the old cover away and new one would be automatically in it's place.

Edit: There's a condom joke in here somewhere....

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