We’ve all heard it, all year — wash your hands for 20 seconds. And if you don’t know how long 20 seconds is, just sing “Happy Birthday” twice.
That’s all well and good, and no one is disputing the importance of hand-washing to keep ourselves and the people we live and work with healthy.
But let’s face it — “Happy Birthday” kind of sucks. It’s also very easy to change up the speed in your mind and sing it too fast. So let’s find some alternatives.
Here are some verses and/or choruses that Neal Augenstein and I came up with that are 20 seconds long that you haven’t been singing to yourself for months.
We recognize, however, that we’re a couple of old white guys, and our picks reflect that. So we’re looking for more — and more diverse — selections.