# Guess how many public diaper-changing tables are used for snorting blow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883 "2011-12-20T20:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/1 "2011-12-20T20:58:22Z")
A recent test of 100 public baby diaper-changing tables in UK restrooms has revealed that a large number of them tested positive for cocaine residue. What do you think the percentage was? 20? 30? 50? Higher? Did you guess 92? Yes… \*\*92 \*\*out of 100 baby changing tables tested positive for cocaine. Wow. [Story here.](http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9586575-baby-changing-stations-convenient-for-swapping-diapers-or-doing-a-line) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/2 "2011-12-20T21:07:16Z")
I’m kind of amused that their take-away idea is “wipe down the changing table before changing your baby because, omgz, cocaine!” Because mine was, “whoa, I wonder how many E. coli infections those coke users get.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/3 "2011-12-20T21:16:29Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Because mine was, “whoa, I wonder how many E. coli infections those coke users get.” 😃 [It doesn’t matter which tables they use.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564223) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/4 "2011-12-20T22:14:01Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I’m kind of amused that their take-away idea is “wipe down the changing table before changing your baby because, omgz, cocaine!” > > Because mine was, “whoa, I wonder how many E. coli infections those coke users get.” 😃 Mine was "Wow, cokeheads in the UK get started early! “Oh isn’t it cute! Junior just snorted his first line!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/5 "2011-12-20T22:30:33Z")
Well, would the question have been as surprising if it were thus: **"How many public restrooms in the U.K. tested positive for traces of cocaine?"** I don’t think it’s such a surprise that people are using cocaine in the restroom–they can’t really do it on the street corner. The baby table is just the most convenient surface in the restroom. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/6 "2011-12-20T23:03:25Z")
Or maybe 92 is the percent of babies actually doing coke. Nobody ever suspects the babies… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/7 "2011-12-20T23:11:48Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Or maybe 92 is the percent of babies actually doing coke. Nobody ever suspects the babies… Except for **Der Trihs** apparently… ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/8 "2011-12-21T00:00:44Z")
Really? are you sure? well there was the time I was at Ford Field for a long time at a marching band competitioin. I pulled open the baby changing station to hold my coat, while I washed and primped, and spoke kindly to the kids using the automatic handtoweler. I had time to kill fer GS! and all of sudden two staffers strolled in, kinda gave me the eye - WTH? It was the use of the baby changing station i bet…who knew wash your hands again! Don’t those snorters know there are baby butts on that surface? ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/9 "2011-12-21T00:33:10Z")
I think once you’re snorting coke off a baby changing table, healthy living has ceased to be your top concern. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/10 "2011-12-21T01:30:25Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > I think once you’re snorting coke off a baby changing table, healthy living has ceased to be your top concern. (two cokeheads burst into a bathroom, frantically looking around with a bag of dope in their hands…) Cokehead A: “Hey, go pull that baby-changing station down, we can just use that to do this shit.” Cokehead B: “Ok. Wait, you know, those aren’t the most sterile surfaces. And I don’t know about you but _my_ body is a temple.” “So go wet down some toilet paper first…” ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/11 "2011-12-21T01:38:56Z")
I’m surprised it wasn’t 100 percent. Everybody knows how many bills test for drugs, or is that an urban legend? Must go ask my border patrol friends… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/12 "2011-12-21T03:24:00Z")
To me, this suggests that British babies poop cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/13 "2011-12-21T04:19:15Z")
This suggests that cocaine, which can be detected in minute quantities, will be found on any surface tested. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/14 "2011-12-21T05:38:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > This suggests that cocaine, which can be detected in minute quantities, will be found on any surface tested. Yes, that’s what I meant. 92% of bathrooms will test positive, whether they have baby-changing tables or not. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/15 "2011-12-21T07:48:17Z")
Maybe this was where the rumors about vodka soaked tampons started? ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/16 "2011-12-21T21:27:35Z")
People today, I swear… If you can’t go through the trouble of rolling up hundred dollar bills and doing it off a hooker’s backside like an ADULT, then you shouldn’t be doing coke at all! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/17 "2011-12-21T22:08:37Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > People today, I swear… > > If you can’t go through the trouble of rolling up hundred dollar bills and doing it off a hooker’s backside like an ADULT, then you shouldn’t be doing coke at all! Actually, I tried that, but when the hooker got on the changing table, it broke. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/18 "2011-12-21T23:35:58Z")
I must confess that I’m surprised the British are such party animals. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/19 "2011-12-21T23:39:59Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > To me, this suggests that British babies poop cocaine. If such was the case, I would not be in the slightest bit surprised if the dopeheads started eating it. They would literally be shit-faced in more ways than one. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-how-many-public-diaper-changing-tables-are-used-for-snorting-blow/606883/20 "2011-12-22T00:24:23Z")
I must admit I’m shocked! I didn’t think we called them diapers.