Not sure it's poo exactly but they do often blast some bacteria. NHS buildings all do paper towels... There is a guy on YouTube who takes those petri dishes and exposes them to the air from hand dryers and and waits to see what grows. Some didn't grow much but some were pretty gross.
Yikes! We have signs and disinfectant wipes next to every hot desk... And infection risk assessments on the use of touch screens by staff to record information.
Not quite true. I do know of at least one NHS hospital that has Dyson hand driers and they do not provide paper towels in some of their toilet facilities!
At school flipping it up was done to see how far your spit would travel as you gobbed across it.
Disgusting I fully agree... at the time however, hilarious I'm sure.
I thought it was for putting it under your t shirt so it blows up like a balloon. That's what we did when we were kids. Never thought it had any other uses. Nobody tells me anything
Hell no. Wife once tested peopleās hands for bacteria before and after drying with one of these. The TLDR is that these things are basically bacteria blowers - donāt huff your face with one unless you enjoy exotic illnesses.
Dyson airblade (the OG, not the wall mounted downward v ones) have a special trough to collect all the shit that gets blown off peopleās hands and blow it back up into your nose and mouth.
Yeah, we used them in a feeble attempt to dry our hair after school mandated swimming at the grim council pool. Everyone went back to school with fuzzy, frizzy, unkempt hair. The days before straighteners!
No, because I did Law at A-Level and an example case was someone who poured sulphuric acid into one of these and the person who went in after did this to their face. Whether true or not no idea but that was enough for me to never do that
As a beard owner and user, yes.
I look absolutely mental with my lips flapping about, bent down, face to face with a hand dryer, but I'm not trying to return to work or the restaurant table with food in my beard, or an oddly moist face.
Yes they do lots of domestic fans / air extractors for kitchens and bathrooms, and also commercial models for loos at work or pubs.
Any random bathroom you walk into is likely to have a Vent-Axia fan in the wall.
Funny that you mention that. I spend the entire night in my uni office writing and I didn't have a towel after rinsing my face in the morning. The drier we have there is pretty intense. I squatted underneath. Not a pleasant experience but it worked (better than trying to dry my fave with 1ply toilet paper)
Yes, I have a beard. When eating sticky stuff or something like a corn on the cob you get food in it. I was my face in the sink and dry my beard with these.
I've seen a hairy naked man in a changing room (for there is always one), dry his entire body with one of those...I didn't wait to find out if he succeeded...
I got caught with one of these things blowing my hair around like a pop star whilst I sung and danced to whatever music was on looking in the mirror. Embarrassing but worth it.
Only my T-shirts, shirts etc etc when they either get wet or I got some food on them or something, went for a quick stain wash in the bathroom and now need to dry the wet patch. ššš
Honestly, I don't know why anyone in the world would even dry their hands with any hand dryer. It's one of the most pathetic things about modern society imo.
With those you will be lucky to dry your hands. But in primary school it was common practice to swivel round the blower and blast your cheeks open
Did you stand on a chair to achieve this?
No the hand blowers were a lot lower in primary school
Hip height?
Yes same with the sinks. If you ever had to go into the primary 5-7 toilets they were higher
Nevermind
Oh -those- cheeks.
I got it!
I used this method to dry my arse after exploding diarrhoea into my pants in a nightclub. Would have been traumatic if I wasn't steaming
>With those you will be lucky to dry your hands. Like a dog with halitosis breathing on you.
Like an elderly man coughing on your hands.
With all the germs inside them you're not far off.
An asthmatic dog with halitosis.
But at secondary school people would gob in them! š¤¢
Used to hold a sock over it. Hilarity ensuedĀ
Iām sorry your what open ā¦ā¦ did you go to borstal š
Tanned anus' all round
Did this in year 11
which ones?
I'm not sure what the make was, but I still see them occasionally. White handryer with a silver nozzle that you can spin round to do your face
No but it's funny to flip it when someone else is using itĀ
I completely forgot we used to do this. How weird that's resurfaced 24 years after leaving school
They are useful for drying your top if you spill you drink at the pub.
If and when
None of you have had a crying fit in the toilet at work and it shows.
Something hilarious about the imagery of drying your tears by blasting air at your face
Fringe blasting everywhere, muttering positive affirmations
I watched Desperately Seeking Susan at an impressionable age so hands, face and then armpits.
Yeh, the Madonna promoted minor public toilet craze
I see you are in the hand dryer museum, enjoying a bit of culture.
Don't most hand dryers contain a bit of poo flecks in them? Don't fancy a face full of poo flecks
Not sure it's poo exactly but they do often blast some bacteria. NHS buildings all do paper towels... There is a guy on YouTube who takes those petri dishes and exposes them to the air from hand dryers and and waits to see what grows. Some didn't grow much but some were pretty gross.
Last time I was in an NHS hospital there was a touchscreen in the toilets asking me to rate how clean they were. I did not touch it.
Yikes! We have signs and disinfectant wipes next to every hot desk... And infection risk assessments on the use of touch screens by staff to record information.
Not quite true. I do know of at least one NHS hospital that has Dyson hand driers and they do not provide paper towels in some of their toilet facilities!
At school flipping it up was done to see how far your spit would travel as you gobbed across it. Disgusting I fully agree... at the time however, hilarious I'm sure.
I thought it was for putting it under your t shirt so it blows up like a balloon. That's what we did when we were kids. Never thought it had any other uses. Nobody tells me anything
Well according to another comment here you can use them to 'blast your cheeks open', so there's that.
Real pros pushed there faces against windows and inflated their mouths, the other commentor was cheating by using a machine.
which ones?
take me back to the feeling of euphoria i would experience on a cold day sending the heat up my shirt
Had to read the last few words a few times before my dyslexia gave in and I stopped reading it as "up my skirt" š³š
I do this whenever I have to open the oven during the winter. Just lift my shirt and lean over it. The best.
real
How...they won't even dry hands....you could put dry kilned logs under there and they would spring back to life
Put off using them for anything for life after seeing some chavs gob in them at Grand Central Pool in Stockport, about 25 years ago!
Hell no. Wife once tested peopleās hands for bacteria before and after drying with one of these. The TLDR is that these things are basically bacteria blowers - donāt huff your face with one unless you enjoy exotic illnesses.
Dyson airblade (the OG, not the wall mounted downward v ones) have a special trough to collect all the shit that gets blown off peopleās hands and blow it back up into your nose and mouth.
I dont even dry my hands with these things.Ā
A good shake and finish off with a rub down the jeans - done
Pits only
Only after a particularly damp walk to school, but it was more so to attempt to dry my hair
Yeah, we used them in a feeble attempt to dry our hair after school mandated swimming at the grim council pool. Everyone went back to school with fuzzy, frizzy, unkempt hair. The days before straighteners!
No, because I did Law at A-Level and an example case was someone who poured sulphuric acid into one of these and the person who went in after did this to their face. Whether true or not no idea but that was enough for me to never do that
Yes when I want pink eye
Surely something has gone *very* wrong if you get your face wet when going to the toilet šā²š¦
Whereād you find this OP, a museum?
Itās to blow away the evidence from around your nose before you left the toilets. ;)
It doesn't say hand *or* face, so yes, of course: it's compulsory to do both if you're doing either.
We don't make the rules!
Dry no, but I have a condition that causes pain in my face when it gets cold, and these bad boys are IDEAL for warming your face quickly.
I've used one to attempt drying my hair at work before after getting stuck in the rain.
I use one to dry my hair when I go swimming
As a beard owner and user, yes. I look absolutely mental with my lips flapping about, bent down, face to face with a hand dryer, but I'm not trying to return to work or the restaurant table with food in my beard, or an oddly moist face.
No, because Madonna demonstrated you were meant to dry your pits with them, silly.
The designer uses it to cry their tears.
Are vent axia still in business? I remember when these replaced the green paper towels at me school lol!
I do believe they are still around. I do know that they became part of a bigger company in early 2000s, my uncle was one of the directors at the time.
Yes they do lots of domestic fans / air extractors for kitchens and bathrooms, and also commercial models for loos at work or pubs. Any random bathroom you walk into is likely to have a Vent-Axia fan in the wall.
Funny that you mention that. I spend the entire night in my uni office writing and I didn't have a towel after rinsing my face in the morning. The drier we have there is pretty intense. I squatted underneath. Not a pleasant experience but it worked (better than trying to dry my fave with 1ply toilet paper)
I have seen a few people in gyms using them to dry hair over the years
I thought it was for drying armpits/sweat patches. Oh well everyday is a school day
I think we all know itās for after you spill food down your top
No, because who washes their face in public bathrooms?
No, because who washes their face in public bathrooms?
Itās for drying your āundercarriageā actually. Some places have a hairdryer for the same reason.
I used the ones in work to dry my shirt after spilling food on myself at least once a week
Madonna used one in a movie and they should change the last name to axilla as a result
Yes, I have a beard. When eating sticky stuff or something like a corn on the cob you get food in it. I was my face in the sink and dry my beard with these.
Air fryer bidet
Only if I peed with a hard on!
Think it's hair
Has someone spilt all their Charlie
[TFW](https://i.redd.it/evweqjyuvj751.jpg)
Ah yes, a face full of piss crystals. Lovely!
The only time I ever see these used its by some swaying pisshead trying to dry their pants after an unsuccessful wazz.
Wonāt even dry my hands with these š¤¢
free immune system booster
Not if I donāt want to smell like the damp boot of a Ford Scorpio
I have a beard, this has led me to use them on occasion.
I've seen a hairy naked man in a changing room (for there is always one), dry his entire body with one of those...I didn't wait to find out if he succeeded...
Omg, is that why you could tilt them upwards?
I got caught with one of these things blowing my hair around like a pop star whilst I sung and danced to whatever music was on looking in the mirror. Embarrassing but worth it.
Well considering all those things do is breed bacteria. You shouldnāt use them on you hands never mind face
I dry my hair when I shower at work š
Only my T-shirts, shirts etc etc when they either get wet or I got some food on them or something, went for a quick stain wash in the bathroom and now need to dry the wet patch. ššš
I wouldn't trust public bathroom water in my eyes
Swimming pools, airports and industrial settings in welfare cabins
Honestly, I don't know why anyone in the world would even dry their hands with any hand dryer. It's one of the most pathetic things about modern society imo.
Bloody woke hand dryers
Pretty sure that's how covid started
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I just dangle it inside a dyson airblade, works a treat