Personal hygiene

Aongus Von Bismarck

My name is URL wrote: »

Must have been some alternative 80's to the one most people in the real 80's grew up in.



I'd say it's some craic if you ever fart at work.. do you go running for the fire escape whenever a vile things like bodily functions (heavens forbid) are about to occur?

I remember the 80's. It really wasn't that bad. I don't romanticise the era. I've been perusing the 30 year papers released into the National Archives this morning. Complex times. I will say that our 80's was always a far finer place to be than those living over in the Soviet Union and the satellite states.

Please, don't be so defensive. I work in a professional environment. We expect a strong work ethic, formal dress and employees who don't stink of whatever they were doing last night. Even if that was playing computer games on the xbox network.

These aren't outrageous exceptions, URL.

Sheep Lover

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I remember the 80's. It really wasn't that bad. I don't romanticise the era. I've been perusing the 30 year papers released into the National Archives this morning. Complex times. I will say that our 80's was always a far finer place to be than those living over in the Soviet Union and the satellite states.

Please, don't be so defensive. I work in a professional environment. We expect a strong work ethic, formal dress and employees who don't stink of whatever they were doing last night. Even if that was playing computer games on the xbox network.

These aren't outrageous exceptions, URL.

Most importantly though, does your sh1t stink?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

This thread has made me pure paranoid. I got home from work and scrubbed myself practically raw in the shower, and will again in the morning. I'd be mortified to find out people thought I was smelly

Aongus Von Bismarck

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Most importantly though, does your sh1t stink?

What an inane and vacuous question.

Sheep Lover

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

What an inane and vacuous question.

If it's anything like what comes out the top end....

MissNomer

LexieOnRale wrote: »

This thread has made me pure paranoid. I got home from work and scrubbed myself practically raw in the shower, and will again in the morning. I'd be mortified to find out people thought I was smelly

If you care whether people think you're smelly, then you're probably not smelly. It's the people who insist they smell grand despite wearing the same boxers 2 days in a row and only showering twice a week who should care, but they don't.

john the one

jungleman wrote: »

Gotta shower everyday. To put it bluntly, unwashed gooch/balls do not smell pleasant to mine nostrils.

Do thine nostrils smell other men's Gooch much? Power to you if so

Aongus Von Bismarck

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I've spent the last week back in Ireland. As cutting as the recession was for many; I didn't witness too many people having to wash themselves in the local lake. The idea that people wouldn't shower themselves at least once a day is a concept that repulses me.

I grew up in the 80's. Even then we showered or bathed daily. The idea that one living in the Ireland of today would flick an auld face cloth under their pits in the morning, spray on some cheap deodorant, then head out into the world of civilised society without a care in the world for the pungent odour they emit as animals during the day; well it's one that doesn't make any sense.

You aren't really getting that fact that people don't necessarily smell if they don't shower every day. It's a myth. You can be absolutely certain that some people you work with do not shower daily. I know for a fact people some people I work with dont and almost everyone I deal with in my office wears the same shirts/t-shirt for two days and again the vast majority do not smell.

I know plenty of people who would have no problem telling me I smelled if I did (including my gf) and funnily enough nobody needs to say anything as guess what I smell fine. I think showering every single day is unnecessary and I particularly don't like showers in the morning as I like to be up and out the door to work in 5 to 10 mins hence I shower about every 2nd evening on average and shave about every three days in the evening also.

MissNomer

Westin Panicky Bullfighting wrote: »

You aren't really getting that fact that people don't necessarily smell if they don't shower every day. It's a myth. You can be absolutely certain that some people you work with do not shower daily. I know for a fact people some people I work with dont and almost everyone I deal with in my office wears the same shirts/t-shirt for two days and again the vast majority do not smell.

I know plenty of people who would have no problem telling me I smelled if I did (including my gf) and funnily enough nobody needs to say anything as guess what I smell fine. I think showering every single day is unnecessary and I particularly don't like showers in the morning as I like to be up and out the door to work in 5 to 10 mins hence I shower about every 2nd evening on average and shave about every three days in the evening also.

You have a gf? I hope you at least shower before any oral pleasuring :cool:

Jesus Wept

lot of whiney cunce in here

JaseBelleVie

i heart chewy louie wrote: »

lot of whiney cunce in here

A lot of whiffy ones too, by the sounds of things.

Ba-zing! :P

Ficheall

KomradeBishop wrote: »

For long hair (have myself) trying to stretch washes, you can get 'dry shampoo' (kind of a powder) for in-between days; it's a bit of a pain to use tbh, but works (would only use it the day after last wash though, not any longer).

I have long hair and stopped using shampoo/conditioner a year or two ago. It was a bit crap for the first couple of weeks, but now my hair is grand - not just my opinion, but also (begrudgingly) that of people of both sexes who fastidiously use a number of hair products. It smells clean - but not perfumed/scented. Humans have been growing hair for years and years before the invention of shampoo. Hair knows what it's at...

KomradeBishop

It does work for some people, but I don't think it works for everyone Not something I'd be brave enough to try in any case.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Westin Panicky Bullfighting wrote: »

You aren't really getting that fact that people don't necessarily smell if they don't shower every day. It's a myth. You can be absolutely certain that some people you work with do not shower daily. I know for a fact people some people I work with dont and almost everyone I deal with in my office wears the same shirts/t-shirt for two days and again the vast majority do not smell.

I know plenty of people who would have no problem telling me I smelled if I did (including my gf) and funnily enough nobody needs to say anything as guess what I smell fine. I think showering every single day is unnecessary and I particularly don't like showers in the morning as I like to be up and out the door to work in 5 to 10 mins hence I shower about every 2nd evening on average and shave about every three days in the evening also.

You just sound lazy man, to be honest. And the other people in your office seem slobbish too.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Westin Panicky Bullfighting wrote: »

You aren't really getting that fact that people don't necessarily smell if they don't shower every day. It's a myth. You can be absolutely certain that some people you work with do not shower daily. I know for a fact people some people I work with dont and almost everyone I deal with in my office wears the same shirts/t-shirt for two days and again the vast majority do not smell.

I know plenty of people who would have no problem telling me I smelled if I did (including my gf) and funnily enough nobody needs to say anything as guess what I smell fine. I think showering every single day is unnecessary and I particularly don't like showers in the morning as I like to be up and out the door to work in 5 to 10 mins hence I shower about every 2nd evening on average and shave about every three days in the evening also.

disgusting

Tilly

Westin Panicky Bullfighting wrote: »

You aren't really getting that fact that people don't necessarily smell if they don't shower every day. It's a myth. You can be absolutely certain that some people you work with do not shower daily. I know for a fact people some people I work with dont and almost everyone I deal with in my office wears the same shirts/t-shirt for two days and again the vast majority do not smell.

I know plenty of people who would have no problem telling me I smelled if I did (including my gf) and funnily enough nobody needs to say anything as guess what I smell fine. I think showering every single day is unnecessary and I particularly don't like showers in the morning as I like to be up and out the door to work in 5 to 10 mins hence I shower about every 2nd evening on average and shave about every three days in the evening also.

Do you change your underwear daily?

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

Tilly wrote: »

Do you change your underwear daily?

You should point out that turning them inside out does not count as a 'change.'

Tilly

Dr. Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

You should point out that turning them inside out does not count as a 'change.'

I just don't understand where his piss dribble goes? If he doesn't change them everyday then they must smell like weewee or does he dry his winky before tucking it back in? I'm all confused

Galwayguy35

I shower everyday, it's especially important to keep south of the border clean, I would have thought everyone below a certain age did but it seems not.

It's not like 50 years ago when people didn't have the facilities to keep clean or didn't know any better.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

Tilly wrote: »

I just don't understand where his piss dribble goes? If he doesn't change them everyday then they must smell like weewee or does he dry his winky before tucking it back in? I'm all confused

A very important point you make. Even if the jocks are changed, are the balls still not stale?

A question for the ages....

tomwaterford

Tilly wrote: »

I just don't understand where his piss dribble goes? If he doesn't change them everyday then they must smell like weewee or does he dry his winky before tucking it back in? I'm all confused

You've clearly never heard of the three shakes method??

Galwayguy35

tomwaterford wrote: »

You've clearly never heard of the three shakes method??

Ha I was just going to post this, 4 shakes just to be sure!

Tilly

tomwaterford wrote: »

You've clearly never heard of the three shakes method??

But but but it can't get it all out. I've seen wet marks on jocks after a wee. Do boys wipe with loo roll too? If not then they have pissy jocks.

tomwaterford

Tilly wrote: »

But but but it can't get it all out. I've seen wet marks on jocks after a wee. Do boys wipe with loo roll too? If not then they have pissy jocks.

That is possibly the most rank thing I've ever read....:L

Don't think it has ever happened to me....im all paranoid now

Penny Tration

Tilly wrote: »

I'm picturing a chick with a comb over

:pac: Not even close! I'm naturally very fair, so things like tying it up in a pony make me look bald.

Tilly

tomwaterford wrote: »

That is possibly the most rank thing I've ever read....:L

Don't think it has ever happened to me....im all paranoid now

Sorry weewee jocks :eek:

Btw I'm NEVER going down on a bloke again for fear he's one of the great unwashed in this thread!

kfallon

Lovely shower this morn, what better way to start the day

tomwaterford

Tilly wrote: »

Sorry weewee jocks :eek:

Btw I'm NEVER going down on a bloke again for fear he's one of the great unwashed in this thread!

Same as...except with girls obviously

Though if it's any consolation...there's no way that this thread is representative of the real world.

I was genuinely surprised by amount of people who argued against showering everyday....imagine if they lived with me and up to four showers a day in hot weather

Highflyer13

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Ha I was just going to post this, 4 shakes just to be sure!

5 shakes and its a **** ye dirty buggers:pac:

Tilly

tomwaterford wrote: »

Same as...except with girls obviously

Though if it's any consolation...there's no way that this thread is representative of the real world.

I was genuinely surprised by amount of people who argued against showering everyday....imagine if they lived with me and up to four showers a day in hot weather

We should banish them all to one smelly island seeing as they have no sense of smell either.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Can you imagine living with someone who didn't wash every single day? My Oh doesn't even get a kiss goodbye if he hasn't brushed his teeth before I leave in the morning. Are the great unwashed perpetually single or maybe they team up and live in filth together.

kfallon

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Can you imagine living with someone who didn't wash every single day? My Oh doesn't even get a kiss goodbye if he hasn't brushed his teeth before I leave in the morning. Are the great unwashed perpetually single or maybe they team up and live in filth together.

People who don't brush their teeth in the morn should be locked up!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

kfallon wrote: »

People who don't brush their teeth in the morn should be locked up!

He does brush his teeth in the morning but sometimes not before I leave the house

Mena

Did I land on boards.fr?

Have a shower you manky sods. Once a day is a minimum but after reading this some of ye need a twice daily scrubbing to re-enter civilisation.

Highflyer13

I have to have a wash every morning. I wouldn't feel right for the day if I didn't. Also working and attending meetings every day I'd be paranoid as fcuk. The bang of BO off this thread. Nothing worse than sitting close to someone who stinks and they are completely oblivious to that fact.

Tilly

And the not showering after the gym and not changing bed clothes is simply stomach churning!!!

kfallon

I'm tempted to walk round the office today and ask everyone if they had a shower this morn, if the answer is 'no' they get a clatter!!!

Tbh not even sure how people shower at night before bed to save time in the morn! But at least it's something I suppose!

Highflyer13

Westin Panicky Bullfighting wrote: »

You aren't really getting that fact that people don't necessarily smell if they don't shower every day. It's a myth. You can be absolutely certain that some people you work with do not shower daily. I know for a fact people some people I work with dont and almost everyone I deal with in my office wears the same shirts/t-shirt for two days and again the vast majority do not smell.

I know plenty of people who would have no problem telling me I smelled if I did (including my gf) and funnily enough nobody needs to say anything as guess what I smell fine. I think showering every single day is unnecessary and I particularly don't like showers in the morning as I like to be up and out the door to work in 5 to 10 mins hence I shower about every 2nd evening on average and shave about every three days in the evening also.

Your office must smell like s**t.

Lia_lia

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Can you imagine living with someone who didn't wash every single day? My Oh doesn't even get a kiss goodbye if he hasn't brushed his teeth before I leave in the morning. Are the great unwashed perpetually single or maybe they team up and live in filth together.

My OH doesn't brush his teeth every morning because it "makes him feel sick". And he doesn't shower everyday. I was actually reading out posts from this thread to him last night as a hint hint

Oh the other hand I'm a bit obsessed with personal hygiene...won't leave the house unless I have had a shower and I brush my teeth about 4 times per day.

cloud493

Maybe some people don't smell if they don't shower every day, but I 100% do, I reek, if I don't shower every single day. It took me a long day to grasp that deodorant and aftershave doesn't remove a smell, just cloaks it.

kfallon

Lia_lia wrote: »

My OH doesn't brush his teeth every morning because it "makes him feel sick". And he doesn't shower everyday. I was actually reading out posts from this thread to him last night as a hint hint

Oh the other hand I'm a bit obsessed with personal hygiene...won't leave the house unless I have had a shower and I brush my teeth about 4 times per day.

Tell him that his morning breath makes you 'feel sick'!

Tilly

Lia_lia wrote: »

My OH doesn't brush his teeth every morning because it "makes him feel sick". And he doesn't shower everyday. I was actually reading out posts from this thread to him last night as a hint hint

Oh the other hand I'm a bit obsessed with personal hygiene...won't leave the house unless I have had a shower and I brush my teeth about 4 times per day.

There is NO excuse for not brushing your teeth. You're bf is disgusting and how you kiss someone like that is beyond me.

OldNotWIse

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Nobody thinks they're this. But people do vary in how much they sweat. All those non-smelly people you know - how do you know they shower every day?

Well, it's like another poster said: there are people who smell and people who don't. There are people who wash everyday and there are people who don't... If I was a betting woman, I know where I'd put my money

Chloris

I wouldn't religiously shower every morning. Some days are less exertive than others and I couldn't be bothered washing myself when I'm clean. I'll just give my face and hands a quick scrub. I don't think it's unhygienic, nobody has ever said anything about my levels of cleanliness. My boyfriend of a decade never has any complaints either, and he has a similar lax attitude to mine. I never notice that he's 'dirty', unless we're sweating for a good reason

OldNotWIse

Shrap wrote: »

At the point your shower doesn't break your heart by being a lukewarm trickle in a house with solid fuel central heating. ie. the bathroom is freezing in the mornings so minimal stripping off is the only way to go. Strip off tops, wash top half, put tops back on. Strip off bottoms, do similar. Stick feet under hot tap for a scrub.



Well....goodness. The same way they were used for ever?! Thoroughly lather area to be washed with soap (unless not using soap on sensitive skin parts). Rinse repeatedly with wet wash cloth. Nobody has to be germ free, just un-smelly. Being germ free is dangerous for your health and too much washing (particularly of hair) strips your hair of the natural oils and increases the need for washing it as it gets oily more quickly.

The same clothes?

Nanazolie

GarIT wrote: »

Were not designed to shower at all.

Personally it would be every 2 days maybe 3 over the weekend.

And humans weren't designed to live in houses or drive cars, use computers and mobile phones, eat sweet foods, etc....

I know what it's like to live with a guy like you, and by the time you can smell your own BO, others have suffocated. Most people who don't wash (because you can wash without a shower, use a rag and some soap, it does the job) don't even change their underwear between showers. I can locate the dirty jocks before I even see them.
Lack of respect for others, that comes from a lack of self respect. Don't be surprised when a girl pretends to have a massive headache, she is probably thinking of how long she can stop breathing

Shrap

OldNotWIse wrote: »

The same clothes?

Jaysus. No, different underclothes. It's not weird you know, washing at the sink. Usually am in my pj's when washing, then go to change in bedroom where it's warmer. Enough info for you now? Or are you imagining a dirty crusty still?

The Moldy Gowl

Shrap wrote: »

Jaysus. No, different underclothes. It's not weird you know, washing at the sink.

This isn't the 1920s.

Why not just jump under the shower?? Less hassle surely?

Shrap

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

This isn't the 1920s.

Why not just jump under the shower?? Less hassle surely?

Please see post 159 and 217 for details. I'd jump in a shower if I had a decent one. I live in an area of rural Ireland that only got piped water in the last 40 years and only got connected to the ESB grid in the 60's. My house has minimal plumbing, although I've upgraded the range (still paying it off) to make sure the kids aren't frozen and that there is in fact hot water in the mornings (even if the rads aren't on at that hour).

Strange that you can't imagine people living this way!

OldNotWIse

Shrap wrote: »

Jaysus. No, different underclothes. It's not weird you know, washing at the sink. Usually am in my pj's when washing, then go to change in bedroom where it's warmer. Enough info for you now? Or are you imagining a dirty crusty still?

Like I already told you, I wasn't referring to you. I believe the last time I told you this, you replied "sigh" - not really sure what that means. Believe what you will! I can't help you in this regard

Thanks for the information - terrible when you actually have to discuss things on a discussion board I know!