13-08-2003 10:48									#1
	How often do other people in other cultures bathe? Full PM-box? Change here!

I was curious about this.

In the US, it is customary to bathe at least once a day... rarely do most people fail on this, and many bathe more frequently. I personally bathe once a day, almost without fail (i failed today tho). i like showers, and i usually take them in under 15 minutes. i would take them faster but im usually tired when i shower and i often blank out and stare into space and dont realize it.

I remember reading that in Japan they usually take 3 baths a day. I personally find that kind of excessive compulsive.

My mother told me when she lived in Europe in the '70s (in germany, tho travled around), that many women in Germany didnt shave and it was common pratice to take only one bath a week.

Were these things true or are they still true?

How often do people in your region bathe? how often do YOU bathe and how long does it take ya?

	13-08-2003 11:01									#2
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I live in a desert with drought problems. One shower a week for fifteen minutes. Uses one seventh as much water as a daily shower.

	13-08-2003 11:03									#3
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whoah

time to break out the frankensence

where you at?

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	13-08-2003 11:08									#4
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damn... how could people not shower once a day or twice a day in the summer? europeans are truly barbarians

	13-08-2003 11:13									#5
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Ted: I've been using Sawfish for two years now. Unless Blackbox has better viewport handling and a scriping language (sawfish understands elisp) I probably won't switch.

	13-08-2003 11:14									#6
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oh well if you like scripting your fine then

i just like blackbox because it's so simple and light

	13-08-2003 11:16									#7
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The Pretty much standard once a day (Bath 15-20 mins), apart from the rare days when I have nothing to do, and I dont end up leaving the house.

An Evening bath can occasionally be good, but that is more for enjoyment rather than hygeine purposes.

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i have no idea why you two are talking about marlins and the little box that tell people about the last moments of a crashed airplane.

	13-08-2003 11:17									#9
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and do people shower or bathe? aint bathing disgusting? sitting in your filth...

	13-08-2003 11:21									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer i have no idea why you two are talking about marlins and the little box that tell people about the last moments of a crashed airplane.

dude he is from the desert so is obviously Al Queda and out to destroy us

	13-08-2003 11:24									#11
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AS - I can see how Showering would be more clean, however, When you live in a cool climate and are an office worker, you dont have too much 'filfth' to bath in, and it's insignificant at the temperature i have a bath.

	13-08-2003 11:25									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Worthingtons The Pretty much standard once a day (Bath 15-20 mins), apart from the rare days when I have nothing to do, and I dont end up leaving the house. An Evening bath can occasionally be good, but that is more for enjoyment rather than hygeine purposes.

15-20 minutes??!? holy crap.

	13-08-2003 11:26									#13
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Just rinse down after your bath, same thing.
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I always take showers, I think I used my bath once or twice in four years.

	13-08-2003 11:28									#14
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i have not taken a single bath in twelve years...

	13-08-2003 11:31									#15
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i dont think ive taken a bath since i was 3, but i have nothing against them. showers are just more convenient

	13-08-2003 11:34									#16
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Wow, AS, you beat my record for dirtiness. Up till two years ago, I didn't bathe at all.

	13-08-2003 11:34									#17
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Kramerman:

i doubt that... a 4 or 5 year old is too young to be taking a shower... you would've slipped and banged your head on the faucet.

	13-08-2003 11:38									#18
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nah, i vividly remember my brother and i taking showers together at that age... but i do take that back... i did take a ubble bath when i was like 6

	13-08-2003 11:40									#19
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That's what faucets are there for AS.
If that was actually a problem, a faucet would be a hole in the wall, maybe with a small spout.

	13-08-2003 11:52									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Kramerman nah, i vividly remember my brother and i taking showers together at that age...

What?! American barbarians!

I usually did and do take a bath once a week. Except in India. Trust me, not bathing at all in India is better than bathing in the water they give.

	13-08-2003 12:00									#21
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Tass, they were 4.

	13-08-2003 12:02									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar What?! American barbarians! I usually did and do take a bath once a week. Except in India. Trust me, not bathing at all in India is better than bathing in the water they give.

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

	13-08-2003 12:19									#23
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Tass, you really need to get over this puritin (sp?) complex mate...

Didn't you take showers with your mom or dad as an infant??

	13-08-2003 19:14									#24
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I never bathe.



















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

	13-08-2003 19:19									#25
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I usually shower every morning. There are some weekend days where I just don't bother though.

	13-08-2003 19:30									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Kramerman My mother told me when she lived in Europe in the '70s (in germany, tho travled around), that many women in Germany didnt shave and it was common pratice to take only one bath a week.

Once per week? That often? Horrible!

	13-08-2003 19:33									#27
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A more accurate question would be 'when do people in other cultures bathe/take shower'.

I remember having behave barbarian to frenchies by taking my shower the morning and not the evening.
In France they seem to bath/take shower the evening: 'don't make the sheets dirty with your day sweat', while in Belgium we bathe/take shower the morning: 'don't make you clothes dirty with your night sweat'.

Usually home, I take a shower every morning.
When it's hot or when I am in warmer countries I may take a shower before getting dressed and a bath (if available, otherwise, second shower) before going to bed.

	13-08-2003 19:36									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer i have not taken a single bath in twelve years...

Yay! Sig line!

	13-08-2003 19:42									#29
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I bathe every second day (before I go to sleep) and I am said to bathe very often
If it is very hot I often also take a shower in the days between.

Donīt know how often other people here in Germany bathe.

After all there is also a certain awareness about how much water gets wasted with every bath, which is why many people here often just shower instead of taking a bath (uses much less water)

So I can be considered to be some kind of ecological sinner in my country

	13-08-2003 20:03									#30
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Only if a shower uses less than half the water of a bath.