How often do other people in other cultures bathe? - Page 2

Alex · August 13, 2003, 11:19

I shower every day, and when it is too hot I shower at least twice a day. In my country we have to do it every day, otherwise social life becomes unbearable.

I usually shower before I go to bed, I like a clean sleep.

FrustratedPoet · August 13, 2003, 11:22

I shower once a day (twice if I do a lot of exercise and get sweaty). Very rarely ever take baths.

KrazyHorse · August 13, 2003, 13:02

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Originally posted by MrFun
I shower every night before I go to bed though, and this saves me time in the morning.

If I shower at night then when I wake up I'm already greasy and disgusting.

If I don't have a shower in the morning then I don't feel human.

MrFun · August 13, 2003, 13:17

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Originally posted by KrazyHorse

If I shower at night then when I wake up I'm already greasy and disgusting.

If I don't have a shower in the morning then I don't feel human.

To each his own -- I am not a good wake-up person, so in the morning, it's a blessing that I save time by having taken a shower the night before so I'm not running around with my head chopped off.

KrazyHorse · August 13, 2003, 13:27

I don't wake up easy either. I have to station my alarm across the room because if I put it close to the bed then it'll get turned off without me even being conscious.

My girlfriend calls my waking-up personality "Mr. Grumpy"

She once woke me up, and I told her to "**** off" repeatedly (I have no recollection of this).
Another time she called me up at 10 on a saturday (with her friend on conference) and asked if I wanted to do anything that day. I apparently moaned "no" repeatedly into the phone before hanging up.

When I was younger I was known to throw things at my mother when she got me up for school.

Imran Siddiqui · August 13, 2003, 13:37

It's because I'm not a good wake-up person that I NEED a shower in the morning... so that I am able to wake up. Nothing does that better than water in your face.

MrFun · August 13, 2003, 13:40

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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
It's because I'm not a good wake-up person that I NEED a shower in the morning... so that I am able to wake up. Nothing does that better than water in your face.

Well, by the time I start having my breakfast, I'm all pumped up and ready to go -- it's just the matter of crawling out of bed for me.

Oerdin · August 13, 2003, 13:43

I shower each day when I get up so I can be clean and fresh as a face each day. If I'm going out on a date or clubbing with my friends then I'll take a second shower before I go out. First impressions are lasting impressions so you don't want to be a stinky poo when you finally are talking to the girl of your dreams.

When I was in the Army we'd go out into the field for up to two weeks and you couldn't shower or bath at all during that time. Still, I always brought a packet of baby wipes with me so I could at least freshen up a bit each day and I had a change of clothes in case I had to give a briefing to someone important.

MrFun · August 13, 2003, 13:44

Oh, on Friday night, or Saturday night when I go out, I shower before I go out -- not immediately before I go to bed.

KrazyHorse · August 13, 2003, 13:46

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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
It's because I'm not a good wake-up person that I NEED a shower in the morning... so that I am able to wake up. Nothing does that better than water in your face.

Exactly. The though of nice, hot water on my face is all that drags my sorry ass out of bed most mornings.

Ben Kenobi · August 13, 2003, 14:35

If I have the time, I'll have a bath, in the evening. Very warm and comfortable, and I'll usually take a comic so that I can read.

Otherwise, I'll just shower in the morning.

Az · August 13, 2003, 15:17

bathing here is unheard of. WAY too much water spent. Shower is the way to go.

once a day.

KrazyHorse · August 13, 2003, 15:22

We've got some ridiculous percentage of the world's fresh water, so wasting water doesn't matter.

Victor Galis · August 13, 2003, 15:22

During college, I spend about 1 hour per day taking showers. Generally this means 1-2 showers. Yes, this is horribly wasteful, but I like having nice warm water running down over me. Gives me time to think and relax.

Al B. Sure! · August 13, 2003, 15:38

i think Victor Galis does something else than think and relax in that hour-long shower...

Kramerman · August 13, 2003, 15:42

Az · August 13, 2003, 16:21

Why the care why take a shower? Why must it be strictly in the morning or in the evening?

Al B. Sure! · August 13, 2003, 16:25

i actually never take showers in the morning or evening... all of mine are in the afternoon...

Az · August 13, 2003, 16:29

ugh. actually, that's the least likely time for me. I only do so when a feel I MUST take one.

Nubclear · August 13, 2003, 16:30

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Originally posted by Kramerman

oh, and you i presume never bathed with a sibling??

You resume correctly.

KrazyHorse · August 13, 2003, 16:35

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Originally posted by Albert Speer
i actually never take showers in the morning or evening... all of mine are in the afternoon...

Most people are at work or school in the afternoons.

Bereta_Eder · August 13, 2003, 16:36

I know that central western Europeans were filthy bastards that didn't even know what the words "take a bath" meant. Western western and western Northern Europeans were barbarians by that time so even more stench.

The Byzantines were better due to their proximity to the very advanced with matters of hygiene Arabs. After the Crusades and their contact with the Arabs central western Europeans started to develop a modest relationship with water.

Az · August 13, 2003, 16:36

Because you didn't have one?

Tassadar is a prude.....

Oerdin · August 13, 2003, 17:29

Medieval Europeans thought you could catch diseases if you bathed so many of them refused to bath at all.

Dr Strangelove · August 13, 2003, 17:47

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Originally posted by paiktis22
I know that central western Europeans were filthy bastards that didn't even know what the words "take a bath" meant. Western western and western Northern Europeans were barbarians by that time so even more stench.

The Byzantines were better due to their proximity to the very advanced with matters of hygiene Arabs. After the Crusades and their contact with the Arabs central western Europeans started to develop a modest relationship with water.

The Byzantines were the surviving heirs of the Romans, who invented the hot bath and the bath house. I rather imagine that the concept of frequent bathing spread from the Byzantines or Romans to the Arabs and not the other way around.

MrFun · August 13, 2003, 18:44

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Originally posted by Azazel

Why the care why take a shower? Why must it be strictly in the morning or in the evening?

I refuse to give up my constitional right to take a shower at the time that I prefer.

Bereta_Eder · August 13, 2003, 18:52

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove

The Byzantines were the surviving heirs of the Romans, who invented the hot bath and the bath house. I rather imagine that the concept of frequent bathing spread from the Byzantines or Romans to the Arabs and not the other way around.

Maybe, maybe.

Sprayber · August 13, 2003, 18:57

Shower every morning after my run. In and out in about 10 minutes.

I usually shower at night before going to sleep. Sometimes I'm too damned tired.

I'm really gonna miss showers if and when I go to the desert.

mindseye · August 13, 2003, 19:47

In China, it depends a lot on your economic status. In Shanghai, there are still some who don't have interior plumbing, and have to wash up at public sinks on the sidewalk. Now, most people have showers, though.

Shanghainese typically take a shower daily - usually at night, before going to bed. When it's really hot (it can cross 38C/100F in the summer, with high humidity) many people take two showers a day.

Kitschum · August 13, 2003, 20:36

No bathing, bur shower once a day or when I need it (like after the beach or running). Last time I was in a tub must have been 10 years ago as a kid.