HANDKERCHIEFS

What in the world were the inventors of the handkerchief thinking?  Taking a piece of cloth to wipe your nose and then stuffing it in your pocket to save for a later date is just plain disgusting! Thank you Kleenex for creating the facial tissue that we can dispose of once we use it.
The yuck factor of a handkerchief has hit an all time high here in Flu Central. I have always loved my tissues.  Never leave home without them. Husband, on the other hand, is a handkerchief man. For all the years we were married his mother gave him a new box of handkerchiefs EVERY Christmas. Figuring 4 to 6 hankies in a box that amounts to about one hundred and eighty handkerchiefs filling Ger's sock, underwear and tee shirt drawers. He usually doesn't have much use for the nasty little things because Ger is one of those people who NEVER gets sick. And when he does get sick it is usually just for a day or two. But now that the Flu Bug has caught us he is taking full advantage of all 180 hankies. They are littering the floor next to his recliner like dandruff on his shirt. They are NASTY ! The thought of picking them up and washing them is beyond my gag reflex. I cannot go near them without dressing in a full Hazmat suit. And the idea of washing them in with my clothes . . .  UGH !  But since we have 180 of the little snot rags we can just throw those soggy rags out and use a new one.