The "Our Father" (Lords Prayer), Happy Birthday 2x...what else?

There are two things that have been good about this coronavirus pandemic.

First, I learned I was not washing my hands long enough. I never thought about how long to wash, just wet my hands, applied soap, rubbed them together, then rinsed. Never thought about timing it.

Then I sang Happy Birthday twice while doing it, because I was told that you needed to wash for 20 seconds, which was the time needed to sing that--twice.

Wow. A lot longer than I was used to washing my hands. So now I wash my hands longer.

Second, a friend told me that the "Our Father" took about 20 seconds. Well, nobody wants to hear me sing (and possibly, to recite the Lords Prayer either, but I keep it low), so that's what I've been doing. I timed it, and it's a little less than 20 seconds, but I wash my hands for that long, then rinse and when I rinse, I'm still washing, so I'm good with that.

What are you doing to make sure you are washing your hands long enough? Any tricks?

I do Happy Birthday twice. It's weird when someone walks in to a men's restroom and sees me singing to myself, but I figure they know what's up and are probably doing it themselves.

Now I feel like I'm Dr. Benton on ER getting ready to go into surgery, the length of time I wash my hands. But in truth it just seems long because it's longer than the too-short amount I was washing them before.

I count to 25

https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...thday-10-songs


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I guess b/c I've been doing this with my 3 year old. I found myself singing the ABCs the other day. I stopped after I caught myself singing this out loud in our work rest room. Thankfully no one was in there.

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Thanks for all the suggestions. I took a look at the song list, but that's probably not for me. I'm more of a Happy Birthday, ABCs kinda singer.

I'm thinking of more recitation kinda things, too.

Preamble to the Constitution is in the ballpark as well. Going to try that. It always brings a chuckle to my mind because I think of The Andy Griffith Show and Barney trying to recite it. So I have happy memories associated with it. It's a tad short, but longer than the Pledge of Allegiance, which I also tried.

On! On! UofK works!

I'll let you decide between it and the Our Falther.

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On! On! UofK works!

I'll let you decide between it and the Our Falther.

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I will rotate them during the week. Saturday will be mostly On, on, UofK! Sunday, Our Father. Good mix!

I do the Preamble but I do it Scholastic Rock style.

I use sanitizers at work and keep a bottle of it in my car. No shaking hands, etc. So far, so good.