"...transmission by fomites (inanimate objects that can transmit infectious material) such as doorknobs and toilet seats is theoretically possible but unlikely."

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/An+introduction+to+the+herpes+viruses-a0153049357

Quite a tale, regardless.

The herps lurve da Hoo.

Most people have been exposed to oral herpes and get occasional outbreaks ("cold sores" on the lip). Genital herpes is the same way - it smolders and all is normal between intermittent outbreaks.

I suppose it's possible that lip herpes on the bottle of yoo-hoo could then be transmitted to the cock stuck in said bottle. But it's a bit of a stretch. It's much more likely that the guy simply caught genital herpes from some skank and just wants to blame his roomate for yet another indignity.

shudder.

What?

In the average american population 1 in 4 people have genital herpes. By the time they are over 50, prolly 80% of them have it. It's common, its transmitted by touching skin. This guy could have gotten it from someone he slept with who had no symptoms or didn't even know they had the virus, like most people. Or it could have been dormant in his system for quite some time and he finally had an outbreak worth noticing. Herpes is in most cases is just obnoxious, but not dangerous by any means. Most people have will already have it if they are sexually active on a regular basis. It's a socially stigmatized disease, we have a name for it when it's on the mouth. "cold sores" but when it affect the genitals it all of a sudden becomes a dirty thing.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=duck+butter

@24: Oh my god, the mental image is astounding.

Regardless, dude, I think you need to find a new roommate. But thanks for a truly memorable I Anonymous.

Anyway, this isn't the best I, Anonymous ever but it is the best since "I Saw a Murder."

"A prior infection with oral HSV-1 lowers the risk of acquiring genital HSV-1 even further. Studies show that genital HSV-1 infections almost always occur in people who have no prior infection with HSV of either type (Corey, Annals of Internal Medicine, 1983).

In the absence of prior oral infection, however, HSV-1 spreads easily to the genital area, usually through oral sex. In some countries, such as Japan and parts of Great Britain, genital HSV-1 is as common as genital HSV- 2, or more common.

Prevalence rates of genital HSV-1 differ based on the practice of oral sex and on the percentage of people who are HSV-1 positive from childhood," explains Anna Wald, MD researcher at the University of Washington at Seattle."