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  • Chris Van Tulleken finds out how little cleaning you can get away with! Share your own household tips and tricks in the comments below.
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Komentáře • 134

  • @TheMathMog93
    @TheMathMog93 Před 8 lety +30

    Big fan of this host! Brilliant guy with those casual jokes, while putting the facts on the table.

  • @W0Ndr3y
    @W0Ndr3y Před 8 lety +4

    This guy is gold! Seriously, great voice, nice presentation, funny as hell! Please give him a show.

  • @jareddavies1699
    @jareddavies1699 Před 8 lety +65

    Please tell me I'm not the only one that doesn't clean their toilet ONCE A DAMN DAY?!

    • @mooxim
      @mooxim Před 8 lety +11

      You're not. I thought that sounded ridiculous too.

    • @MrBobor1
      @MrBobor1 Před 8 lety +2

      +Jared Davies (Jarhead Based God) Cleaning? A toilet? Oh shi-...

    • @MauroTamm
      @MauroTamm Před 8 lety

      +Jared Davies (Jarhead Based God)
      But then a gain i got the toilet cleaner thing installed - with those anti bacterial soap or gel stuff inside. so it pretty much flushes it over each time you use the toilet.

    • @Hazelcake
      @Hazelcake Před 8 lety +1

      I'm at the point of the video and don't know whether I should bother with the rest cause this guy clearly doesn't understand "most people"

    • @m8e
      @m8e Před 8 lety +1

      People don't understand british humor.

  • @mooxim
    @mooxim Před 8 lety +28

    I'd watch more of this guy.

  • @chadatchison145
    @chadatchison145 Před 8 lety +10

    He told everybody to troll everyone, love it! lol :) .....IT'S A FREE-FOR-ALL!!!!

  • @aidangillett5396
    @aidangillett5396 Před 8 lety +2

    It amazes me how many people actually seem to put so much effort into staying 'clean'. Ironically some of the cleanest people also get sick the most often. It's akin to wanting to 'save your muscle cells' so you dont use them and they just disappear. Your immune system NEEDS to be exposed, ideally you'd want it exposed to as much bacteria and viruses as it could handle without being detrimental to your health to keep it as strong as possible

  • @SALSN
    @SALSN Před 8 lety +28

    When my kitchen cloth gets a little gross I sometimes just microwave it to kill off any bugs.

    • @SALSN
      @SALSN Před 8 lety

      I didn't say it was a golden solution, it might actually be a little gross, but still better than wiping something with a cloth with a live colony of bacteria ;-)

    • @p7j5
      @p7j5 Před 8 lety

      +Simon Als Nielsen If you buy organic food, it's also a great way to prevent dry grains like rice from being infected with mites and stuff - 30s at max power will do the job.

    • @SALSN
      @SALSN Před 8 lety

      Patrice Jaeck inside the package to improve shelf life?
      Do you have any data on that? Because I've been wondering how much power you actually need to make sure everything is dead.

    • @p7j5
      @p7j5 Před 8 lety

      +Simon Als Nielsen I mostly buy grain 'by weight' with no dedicaced packaging, but it would work as well with packaged food.
      I put the grain 1 kg at a time in a plastic bucket, microwave it for 30s with the rotating tray active and then pour it into a clean glass jar with a sealing cap (I reuse apple juice glass bottles that have a quite large sealing cap).
      The grain gets out of the oven at ~35-40°C as you can barely feel it being warm with the back of your hand. I've kept one jar of millet (extremely parasited grain) for four years now for experimenting purpose and there's no sign of parasites at all - so i guess it's a pretty effective technique =)
      My microwave outputs 800 W at full power and i suspect that anything living gets toasted in the first few seconds, but i'd say that one full turn of the rotating tray is the minimum amount of time you have to apply microwaves to it.

    • @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589
      @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589 Před 5 lety

      Or boil it in salted water works pretty well.

  • @UtaShirokage
    @UtaShirokage Před 8 lety +28

    Hmm, I think I should stop using my cat to clean the dishes then.

    • @Will140f
      @Will140f Před 8 lety +6

      are you using the anus specifically? if not, you should be fine

  • @mrfrog8502
    @mrfrog8502 Před 8 lety +1

    I can't have enough of this presenter, very entertaining!

  • @MrPoetje10
    @MrPoetje10 Před 8 lety +33

    Where's the keyboard. Haven't cleaned this damned thing in a century!

  • @acey9982
    @acey9982 Před 8 lety +47

    1:40
    I'm not seeing any boxers there mate, going commando are we? :p

    • @VinceDonkovWorks
      @VinceDonkovWorks Před 8 lety +2

      +Alec Harvey LOL

    • @diavo009
      @diavo009 Před 8 lety

      or he's still wearing these, coz he's a pushy and has to hide is tiny dong.

    • @Will140f
      @Will140f Před 8 lety +8

      paying a bit too much attention to a pantsless man there, pal...

    • @acey9982
      @acey9982 Před 8 lety +2

      Molly Ringwald Shhhhhhhhhh

    • @diavo009
      @diavo009 Před 8 lety +2

      +Molly Ringwald you know nothing

  • @TheBigThing23
    @TheBigThing23 Před 8 lety +9

    Ahaha, the ending was glorious.

  • @Rumplefrumple
    @Rumplefrumple Před 8 lety +1

    the trick with dish cloths is to wash them in the sink once you are done with the dishes and then pour some soap on them squish the soap through the cloth and then wring it out while leaving it soapy.

  • @The1Helleri
    @The1Helleri Před 8 lety +2

    I am wondering how the bathroom sink (which from what I have seen are mostly porcelain like most toilets) compares to the kitchen sink (most of which that I have seen are stainless steel).

  • @hanyoukimura
    @hanyoukimura Před 8 lety

    This guy is hilarious, the last few lines I almost spit out my drink!
    I would have loved to see him swab a keyboard though.

  • @agentm31
    @agentm31 Před 8 lety +1

    When he was chopping, I lost it

  • @BakedPotatoFiend
    @BakedPotatoFiend Před 8 lety +1

    I got pretty nervous as he was chopping up that apple

  • @djrmonix
    @djrmonix Před 8 lety +1

    What about belts/belt buckles? i always wondered about this.as you.never really wash them and you do them up after taking a dump/wiping your arse before washing your hands?

  • @Miklathesamurai
    @Miklathesamurai Před 8 lety +2

    2:07 man, as a cook I tell ya. You're gonna hurt yourself real bad with that!

  • @dhawthorne1634
    @dhawthorne1634 Před 8 lety +2

    'Cover myself in sanitizer and go running into the street'
    You mean like that episode of Invader ZIM?

  • @helloworld0911
    @helloworld0911 Před 8 lety +3

    And that's why I chop my food on my toilet seat.

  • @ashleighgordon5832
    @ashleighgordon5832 Před 5 lety

    warm, damp and moist. The worst way to describe a pocket

  • @kittythegachatuber193
    @kittythegachatuber193 Před 4 lety +1

    Do a dares video on Operation Ouch with Dr.Xand

  • @thany3
    @thany3 Před 8 lety +4

    So anything you clean with the dish cloth, you're just making it dirtier.

  • @l.f4344
    @l.f4344 Před 2 lety

    سلام خیلی مفید بود تشکر از شما آقای دکتر

  • @teatoxic8563
    @teatoxic8563 Před 8 lety

    This guy is awesome!

  • @bulman07
    @bulman07 Před 8 lety +2

    Good one, Brit Lab, but can someone fix the intro volume?

  • @lucindariis-johannessen7834

    Hi dr chris these Brit lab are amazing because I have had a toe nail ampertared and it is slightly infected and if I get in with my applacation form for ouch awards please could you have a look since you deal with infections and tell me how I can stop it from getting red

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT Před 8 lety

    I was going to say how smooth and suave this host is... then he talked about his cat -.-

  • @ruudiluca
    @ruudiluca Před 8 lety +1

    What about the flushing handle on a toilet?

  • @BANDER4541
    @BANDER4541 Před 8 lety

    more of this guy

  • @ajtronic
    @ajtronic Před 8 lety

    LOL omg the ending was awesome

  • @lucindariis-johannessen7834

    Hi Dr chris you could teach me how to look after my health since I get lots of chest infections and asthma problems you could change my life around and salt out my infections I have had since child hood

  • @Averie69
    @Averie69 Před 8 lety

    My wife calls it laziness.... i call it efficiency. :) hahaha

  • @martinseelig585
    @martinseelig585 Před 8 lety

    neat and quick way to desinfect you dischrag:
    put it, while damp, into your mikrowave, on full power for one or two minutes
    this boils the water in the dishrag and kills all bacteria.

  • @cassiewhite3623
    @cassiewhite3623 Před 5 lety +1

    That guy has a name his name is Dr Chris

  • @megarman1
    @megarman1 Před 8 lety

    Trolling, love it.

  • @HerrGesetz
    @HerrGesetz Před 8 lety +1

    Excellent ! The brits are making this sort of gold,, and the yanks make "'reality tv"! There isn't a producer in the whole of the US capable of this sort of informative, intelligent funny content.

  • @ryklatortuga4146
    @ryklatortuga4146 Před 8 lety +1

    ... So I get the Dog to lick the plates clean - no need for a infested dishcloth. Trip to the Hospital Avoided! Thanks Brit Lab.

  • @5thDragonDreamCaster
    @5thDragonDreamCaster Před 8 lety

    Joke's on you, I don't have a cell phone, ha ha ha, h-, oh uh crap.

  • @whichwasher2007
    @whichwasher2007 Před 7 lety

    ahem, mabey you should swab the washing machine door seal based on the 'smell' theory, since 1 study found 43% of washing machines had E-coli going round, mabey we should change on how we wash, not when we wash. iv'e come across a few machines in my life that stick worse than a sewer, and i have a poor sense of smell. meanwhile my own smell like brand new machines with a hint of surf.

  • @krabkit
    @krabkit Před 8 lety

    do people not clean dishes with bleach? how does a dish cloth harbor so much if it gets bleached several times a week if not nearly daily?

    • @YukisNation
      @YukisNation Před 8 lety +1

      I've never heard of anyone cleaning dishes with bleach. Dish soap, yes. Bleach, no. Not unless it was a cutting board used for meat.

  • @Crus0e
    @Crus0e Před 8 lety

    The cat's anus joke made me subscribe.

  • @csydney1683
    @csydney1683 Před 3 lety

    The whole time I was mesmerized by his facial muscle movement.

  • @ThadySenior
    @ThadySenior Před 8 lety

    I don't think most people bleach their toilet daily?

  • @melanphilia
    @melanphilia Před 8 lety

    I clean my phone with medical alcohol, or perfume (which has alcohol too) every now and then

  • @gingerelvis
    @gingerelvis Před 8 lety +2

    Who the hell bleaches their shitter everyday!?

  • @alfredenewman2366
    @alfredenewman2366 Před 8 lety +7

    Who is also watching this on the toilet?

  • @iLLixer
    @iLLixer Před 8 lety

    Define Eskimo... Also not a lot of words for snow

  • @aarons5259
    @aarons5259 Před 8 lety

    wow Im watching this while on the toilet

  • @anubis2814
    @anubis2814 Před 8 lety +1

    So,,, Guessing a lot of brits don't wash their cutting boards that often? I tend to wash mine everything I've dirtied it.

    • @Krokonil
      @Krokonil Před 8 lety

      +anubis2814 And also have not heard of the wondrous invention called dish washing machine?!?

    • @MauroTamm
      @MauroTamm Před 8 lety

      +anubis2814 I wash it every time iv finished using it Oo feels like a natural thing to do. Plus avoid wood - which tends to soak and suck in all the juices.

    • @tisFrancesfault
      @tisFrancesfault Před 8 lety

      the problem is people use it for meats wash it, then veg or vice versa, this still causes contamination. you should avoid using something after its just been washed.

    • @dropmelon
      @dropmelon Před 8 lety

      +anubis2814 Maybe it's because people don't bleach their cutting boards?

  • @VinceDonkovWorks
    @VinceDonkovWorks Před 8 lety

    Great

  • @mikevlek
    @mikevlek Před 8 lety +1

    The dirtiest thing in my house is my mind

  • @astronautsadventures7245

    i could of sworn your mom was the dirtiest thing in the house lol

  • @conorbenstead9185
    @conorbenstead9185 Před 8 lety

    My internet history

  • @grahampcharles
    @grahampcharles Před 5 lety

    2:53 the caption reads “200,000 More Bacteria” - the “times” is missing.

  • @boyananakiev4896
    @boyananakiev4896 Před 8 lety

    This was funny!

  • @Prairielander
    @Prairielander Před 8 lety +4

    My girlfriend is the dirtiest thing in my house. ;) Oh behave!

  • @imspidermannomore
    @imspidermannomore Před 8 lety

    either this guy goes commando or he just craps into his underpants

  • @A_Fish_Up_Mountains
    @A_Fish_Up_Mountains Před 8 lety

    Is this Chris or Xander?

  • @ankh428
    @ankh428 Před 8 lety

    Thanks for taking away my desire to live

  • @AlbertSantisteve-Davies
    @AlbertSantisteve-Davies Před 5 měsíci

    can you talk about family dr xand

  • @henrymach
    @henrymach Před 8 lety

    Please improve the sound. This one is muffled

  • @lucindariis-johannessen7834

    Hi there I have asthma and need help

  • @EnderCrypt
    @EnderCrypt Před 8 lety

    4:17
    xD

  • @petemacarthur
    @petemacarthur Před 8 lety

    Watching this on the bog.

  • @werdwerdus
    @werdwerdus Před 8 lety

    the bottom of your shoes! take them off when coming inside

  • @ImeldaFagin
    @ImeldaFagin Před 11 měsíci

    I chew on my dishcloth because I need more probiotics

  • @rollstuhlmeister
    @rollstuhlmeister Před 8 lety

    My mother used to wipe my mouth with the dishcloth. I feel sick.

  • @wazzal7
    @wazzal7 Před 8 lety

    U of A! I graduated from there :)

  • @senesful
    @senesful Před 7 lety

    i think the dirtiest thing in my house are probably my shoes

  • @javianbrown8627
    @javianbrown8627 Před 7 lety

    I actually clean my phone every now and then, but I keep money in my pocket and my phone goes there too.

  • @fatcat2939
    @fatcat2939 Před 8 lety

    I knew a midwife, who let her toddler children grub around with most of the stuff around her house.
    Makes sense now.

  • @xinic5
    @xinic5 Před 8 lety

    "If it smells clean it"....
    If I went by that my bed sheets would never change, which I actually do go by that..... But my cat has a habit of throwing up hairballs on my bed, making me have to clean my sheets more frequently.

  • @HieronymusHeim
    @HieronymusHeim Před 8 lety

    pouring bleach once a day down the toilet? why :)

  • @Seegalgalguntijak
    @Seegalgalguntijak Před 8 lety

    I've stopped cleaning my apartment years ago. It's just a never ending story, you are never really finished, so why not just live it down and move on?

  • @daveheys2699
    @daveheys2699 Před 8 lety

    Face Germs!!!

  • @dannyleung2796
    @dannyleung2796 Před 6 lety

    The dirtiest things in the house are the can opener and fridge door handles. No one cares to clean them.

  • @AlbertSantisteve-Davies
    @AlbertSantisteve-Davies Před 6 měsíci

    WHO IS THE OLDER TWIN

  • @ungaiindayo7579
    @ungaiindayo7579 Před 8 lety

    hes so handsome

  • @amethysticecream5697
    @amethysticecream5697 Před 8 lety

    TBH your toilet isn't actualy that dirty

  • @Lukaszram
    @Lukaszram Před 8 lety

    bleach in toilet once a day?! more like once per week / month when im at uni xD

  • @ChaosPod
    @ChaosPod Před 8 lety

    Wait, we're meant to bleach our toilets everyday? We'll be lucky if we do it every 2 weeks. :P

  • @lucindariis-johannessen7834

    I have to clean my bathroom

  • @lineikatabs
    @lineikatabs Před 8 lety

    Sense of smell, eh? Hm... well, my coke habit destroyed that. Any other tips?

  • @jpolt1317
    @jpolt1317 Před 8 lety

    Has anyone said you look like a sexy Wallace?
    - from Wallace and Gromit

  • @nicosmind3
    @nicosmind3 Před 8 lety

    Ummm. I was my dish clothes

  • @peterclark8248
    @peterclark8248 Před 4 lety

    Prefer Xand.

  • @HDH3CZ
    @HDH3CZ Před 8 lety

    Tasty

  • @Wifibee
    @Wifibee Před 8 lety

    I cook all the time, i've taken a habit of turning on the steam cleaner and deep clean my cutting board with it, scraping it with a knife. Beats a 30 seconds dip in lukewarm soapy water, that's for sure.

  • @meloche1syndrome
    @meloche1syndrome Před 8 lety

    Here's a concept britlab.
    Turn the gain up on your recording equipment or stop mumbling all of your words.
    All your vids are hard to hear.

  • @kd1s
    @kd1s Před 8 lety

    And I just sterilized my phone. Thanks! And I don't carry cash.

  • @werdwerdus
    @werdwerdus Před 8 lety

    cannot hear this guy he's whispering and the video levels are very low!

  • @andrewtstead
    @andrewtstead Před 8 lety

    first

  • @MrZoff
    @MrZoff Před 8 lety

    first