tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319205560371412819.post6731852181468498940..comments2023-06-17T03:34:15.514-04:00Comments on the Other 35 Percent: Butt Out!Cary Silvermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18069869511368628929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319205560371412819.post-46482826549584910732008-12-11T15:02:00.000-05:002008-12-11T15:02:00.000-05:00Thanks, Tom. I agree, hence the disclaim. Howeve...Thanks, Tom. I agree, hence the disclaim. However, since you put me up to the challenge, I wasted 5 minutes of my day looking one of these up. Here it is for your viewing pleasure from the City and County of San Fran Health Code, proving not all of these are urban legends:<BR/><BR/>SEC. 694. WIPING RAGS.<BR/>(a) Materials and Cleaning Thereof. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale, soiled clothes or rags, or soiled or disused or cast-off underclothing, garments, bedding, bedclothes or parts thereof for use as wiping rags unless the same have been cleansed and sterilized by a process of boiling continuously for a period of 40 minutes in a solution containing at least five percent of caustic soda....<BR/>(b) Definition. Wiping rags within the meaning of this Section are cloths and rags used for wiping and cleaning the surfaces of machinery, machines, tools, locomotives, engines, motorcars, automobiles, cars, carriages, windows, furniture and surfaces of articles, in factories, shops, steamships and steamboats, and generally in industrial employments; and also used by mechanics and workmen for wiping from their hands and bodies soil incident to their employment....Cary Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069869511368628929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319205560371412819.post-76346772156076981912008-12-11T14:32:00.000-05:002008-12-11T14:32:00.000-05:00For future reference, any time you see a "dumb law...For future reference, any time you see a "dumb laws" list that doesn't contain citations to any statutes, codes, or ordinances, you can be 90% certain that it's made up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com