How often do you take a bath or shower?

PH01 · 09-01-2003 1:30pm #1

Gaz · 09-01-2003 1:41pm

what an odd thing to ask

Daily .... if it means that much to you.

Bard · 09-01-2003 1:42pm

Originally posted by Darth Homer
what an odd thing to ask

Agreed!!!

Daily here too. Twice some days.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 09-01-2003 1:45pm

i usually showever every day, if I have college or something, and i wash my hair every 2.3 days.

sometimes though if I'm on holiday from college, and I'm just going to be lazing around the house online or reading, I wont shower for a few days, don't see the point... *I* don't care how I smelll

Beruthiel · 09-01-2003 1:55pm

daily ya weirdo
do you have some sort of water fetish we should know about??

JohnK · 09-01-2003 1:55pm

Originally posted by Mordeth
sometimes though if I'm on holiday from college, and I'm just going to be lazing around the house online or reading, I wont shower for a few days, don't see the point... *I* don't care how I smelll

Same as me. Usually daily but sometimes not.

Beruthiel · 09-01-2003 2:03pm

Originally posted by Mordeth
sometimes though if I'm on holiday from college, and I'm just going to be lazing around the house online or reading, I wont shower for a few days, don't see the point... *I* don't care how I smelll

yuk! so the rule is NEVER to go round to Mordies gaf after he's been in for a few days, otherwise one could find themselves stuck to his sofa

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 09-01-2003 2:06pm

nah, the sofa seems to soak it all up pretty well

I *do* wear clothes like

^CwAzY^ · 09-01-2003 2:06pm

Every morning I guess..

hedgetrimmer · 09-01-2003 2:14pm

in the interest of sharing information...

every day...

twice if i am going out that evening

oeNeo · 09-01-2003 2:19pm

gach lá

PH01 · 09-01-2003 5:47pm

Originally posted by Bard
Agreed!!!

Daily here too. Twice some days.

I know. It's not like I like asking this question. It's not something I would ask anyone to their faces, except of a good friend and I would ask them out of concern.

What prompt this query was when I went to pay for petrol yesterday. The young fella (late teens early twenties I reckon) behind the counter stank the place out (not naming the particular Texaco station on the old airport road). I couldn't get out of there fast enough after paying - it was really unpleasant.
This place also has a sandwich counter, but would you buy your lunch from this guy? I also noticed while I was in the shop that he was reading the jobs page from the Evening Herald - he must be wondering why he keeps losing his job and not being able to find another?

A friend of mine smelt like that for a while in college. He said he heard from someone that if you don't wash for a couple of weeks, or months, your body and hair will clean itself! Well he tried it for 6 weeks - and we were sharing a bed-sit at the time - and of course it didn't work! He looked dirty and smelt like death.

So if you're someone who only washes once a month, have some consideration for others and wash regularly.

Gordon · 09-01-2003 5:50pm

That not washing your body thing is true apparently but you'll need to not wash for about 2 or 3 months believe it or not! The smell apparently gets so boke-inducingly bad (until the self cleaning point) people generally don't get that far.

Some people have genuine problems that make BO happen - gland problems, constipation... But a lot of people don't actually know they have it so you would be doing them a favour by telling them "YOU STINK!"

/me double checks underarm smell and does the obligatory Mr. Bean fish gulp to check for my breath...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 09-01-2003 5:51pm

afaik the hair will clean itself after a while, not sure how long though

your body and sweat however.. won't

you really should have kicked his ass

thedrowner · 09-01-2003 5:57pm

i work with a guy who had dreads and doesnt/cant wash his hair, and its not so bad. yeah some people do have a stinky smell of sweat that never seems to go away. i dont think id be able to say anything to these people though.

Runfree · 09-01-2003 5:58pm

Daily for me as I workout most days and get all sweaty. Sumtimes I miss a day but have a shower in the morning and usually I have a workout in the evening so one in the evening aswell

Enygma · 09-01-2003 6:42pm

Twice most days actually, once in the morning and once after swim/surf/workout/before meeting the bird (to get extra clean

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Typedef · 09-01-2003 7:37pm

Everyday.... but more frequently if I can get away with it.

Jeez, tell me there aren't people out there who shower < once per day.

I can't believe I even dignified this thread with a response.
/shame on me

Acidflash · 09-01-2003 8:52pm

daily, can't go out anywhere without showering.

Seraphina · 09-01-2003 9:44pm

daily, sometimes more...
does anyone not in fairness?

Chowmein · 10-01-2003 1:26am

Once a day, tho rarely more.

Sposs · 10-01-2003 1:28pm

When the Binmen tell me i stink!

Thanx 4 The Fish · 10-01-2003 1:46pm

Once a day, or whenever I need to, depends on the circumstances, if I am on holiday in a hot climate it could be anywhere between 3 & 6 times a day.

Cabaal · 13-01-2003 2:09pm

daily for me,
if I did'ent, I'd feel like crap for the rest of the day
just look I gota bed,
Mainly it wakes me up, whihc is always good

Yavvy · 13-01-2003 2:22pm

I try to shower everyday..but im very lazy and I dont shower till im leaving the house. So if I dont go out on a weekend day then no shower for me.

but In fairness even my farts smell like roses.

but I am concerened that im a but Queer cause I wont have bath unless I have my favourite music on and one of those musle rexaling "bath bombs"...bit of a girl arent I !!!

AND BESIDES.....LYNX can cover up a day or two of non showering !

Beëlzebooze · 13-01-2003 2:35pm

never have understood that lynx business......why wash off all yer manly muskiness...just so you can spray it on again?????

JohnK · 13-01-2003 3:01pm

On a slightly related note, I just saw this on Yahoo! News

City Bans Smelly People From Buses

Yavvy · 13-01-2003 3:13pm

ah you see... its like when people decorate their house and
paint on an exposed wall look.

Its only an illusion ...the Lynx stuff is usually more acceptable than a day of arm pit festering sweat

Kalina · 13-01-2003 3:22pm

Once a day, sometimes twice if I've been doing something strenuous like horse-riding or a lot of cycling.

po0k · 13-01-2003 6:16pm

again, once a day.
If i have a busy day or two (being out on the tear/at peoples' houses etc.) I might not get a chance of a shower for maybe a day and a half/2 days.
I hate taht though, feeling all stink.
Usually try and clean myself up somehow.

Another question:

Do you wear the same T-shirt next to your skin for several days in a row?

Lads: boxers?

I've heard some people do.

Makaveli · 13-01-2003 10:48pm

Every day.

There's one guy I work with that has old man smell. He wears the same clothes everyday and it's quite nasty.

As for t-shirts and boxers well I change them everyday, sometimes more than once a day.

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