# Dry your sponges!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-your-sponges/835744>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 19, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-your-sponges/835744 "2019-06-19T15:20:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-your-sponges/835744/21 "2019-06-22T02:34:19Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> I’m not a petri dish. I think I can stand coming into contact with normal household bacteria without serious consequences, and the more often I do so, the stronger my immune system is. (Anecdote alert) We don’t do any of those things in our house, except to usually allow the sponge to air dry. Otherwise we don’t disinfect anything much in the kitchen. And we don’t get sick. So as far as I’m concerned you can save your :eek:s for global warming or something equally serious.

Agreed!

Use sponge. Set on rack to dry when not in use. When it starts to smell, throw it out.

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