At home, do you wash your hands with bar soap or liquid hand soap?

Q: What personal standards are "the norm" and how "normal" (or monotonously alike) are we?? Do you use additional utensils (i.e. a spoon) when eating pasta, or does a fork suffice? Do you follow standard rules of table etiquette when at home? Do you use fabric softener in your laundry? Do you allow your kids to eat off the floor? How long is your average shower? When bathing, do you have a preference of loofah or wash cloth? How often do you opt to wash your hair? Comb or brush it? What do you feel is a personal quirk of yours that makes you unique? @ OLIVIA: Didn't have enough characters to leave this in the "Asker's comment" box, but couldn't help disclosing. Just as an FYI, the spoon helps to prevent sauce splatters and slurping by allowing a "cup" for twirling long noodles around the fork rather than chasing them around the plate. :)

A: 1. Bar soap in the bathroom, liquid in the kitchen. I used to use liquid in the bathroom too but then it ran out and I had a bar on hand, so I guess it varies. 2. Just a fork. In restaurants when they bring a spoon as well, I'm not sure what it's for. 3. My meals are usually too informal to demand etiquette rules. If I was hosting a party, then I would, and if I were at someone else's party, I would. But I do put my elbows on the table in formal situations because it seems to me that everyone does nowadays. 4. Nope, just detergent. 5. 10-15 minutes. 6. Loofah. Washcloths take too long to dry and start to smell moldly if you don't wash them after each use. 7. I wash (shampoo) my hair everyday; I condition it daily. I do deep conditioning treatments every two weeks or when my hair feels dry. I brush my hair when I get out of the shower, and I sometimes comb it during the day to smooth it. 8. I can laugh for a minute or more at a time when something really amuses me. I don't try to, but if I find something funny I will laugh for a very long time. And I guess sort of odd stuff amuses me, just little idiosyncrasies. My sense of humor is identical to cartoonist Roz Chast's (The New Yorker has them). Oh, and I don't have kids, but if I did I wouldn't let them eat off the floor.

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