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Posted on 04/21/2022 5:06:20 AM PDT by blam
Germans won’t go for that. The French, on the other hand....
I’ve been on the U-Bahn in the summertime. Many Germans have already embraced this ethos.
Finally !
Justification to wear a mask …
RE: “Germans Told To Take Fewer Showers As Energy Costs Bite
By God, my Dad (8th Air Force, WW2) was right! He always referred to Germans as, “Those stinking Germans”.
I heard that this is another thing Hollyweird celebs have adopted.
Whoever has the soap/bodywash concession in Germany just got screwed. Just imagine ripe BO combined with Wurst, Sauerkraut, and Beer sweat not being “washed off.”
Gives whole new meaning to social distancing.
“You’ve had a long journey. Please, step into the showers...”
Germany’s policy circa 1940.
Up until the 1950s....this ‘short-wash’ thing was a normal thing for German households. Then hot-water heaters came out and bathing a couple times a week became the norm.
I will say that prior to this whole Ukraine/Russia thing...there were German health-experts saying a full-up bath every single night was absolutely not necessary.
On personal saunas? There just aren’t that many Germans around with their own sauna. I bet it’s only like one house out of a three-hundred with this feature.
Its coming to America....turn AC up to 80, in the winter turn thermostat down to 55, wear a sweater, 30 second showers, long gas lines, beans, rice and small amounts of meat, wheelbarrels of cash for purchases, and finally no guns for you.
A long time ago I worked at a company that had 90% of its sales in Europe. For one week, two people from Italy came to visit our site. When they got within ten feet, the stink was like a physical blow. We simply could not be in the same room with them. My boss called their boss on the first day and demanded that they immediately go back to their hotel and shower.
Maybe combat showers? Rinse, shut water off, lather, rinse, shut water off again. Done.
For a Euro that means every two weeks.
Yep. I lived in Germany for 2 years, the last people that should be told not to shower is Germans.
Wanna bet? My ex-wife's German parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles never showered daily. "Sink baths" were their every-other-day regimen.
So glad I don't have to smell them anymore. (or her for that matter.)
Stink a la French.
Don’t bet on it. While stationed in Germany in 1997, I had a German electrician in for a a week re-wiring the place. He had a stink on him that made grown men gag. I had to open all the windows to air the place out during the winter, and the smell stayed in the office for two weeks after. It was horrible!
Maybe don’t go full speed ahead with “green” energy.
Europe has screwed themselves. France is the smartest of the bunch.
Highest percentage of nuclear power in the world.
I know they are decommissioning some, but are building 6 more.
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