My parents always taught me to wash my hands with soap and water after I have in any way touched the currency bills and coins. As a little child when I enquired the reason behind her teachings she said that currencies pass through many hands and are home to many germs so it was useful that we wash our hands clean before touching food or mouth. That sounded justified and I followed it.
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I cautiously passed on my parents teachings to my son and he too follows that. When he questioned me the reason, I gave him the same explanation that my parents had forced upon
me, but recently while reading a page online I stumbled upon this piece of news that said that smugglers had hidden currency notes in their anus. Yuck right? I had the same feeling. I don't remember how many times I must have unknowingly put my hands inside my mouth after touching notes and coins ( I have a severe uncontrollable nail biting habit). It makes me feel sick imagining that I must have put the hands that touched someone's anuses 😫.
The news made me realise how elastic our rectum muscles are. Yes, the three men stocked foreign currency worth almost 2.6 crore INR in their rectum. The news also made me realise how much work pressure these custom officials have. They have to be so attentive. I mean how can you ever imagine that someone has stocked money in their anus? The fliers were offloaded and we're handed over to customs officials.
Did the news make some good to my nail biting habit ? Hell no, I still bite it. I have been doing so ever since I had teeth may be, so I don't think anyone's anus is going to stop me from biting my nails. But, I would want all you parents to tell your kids about how bad and dirty currency notes could be. 😐😐😐