Posted on 04/21/2022 5:06:20 AM PDT by blam
This goes on b/c the Germans are rule followers extrordinaire.
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I have Germans in my family. They do not need to be told not to shower.
Back in 1990 I went Zurich from Boston on Swiss Air, economy class. A pair of older German speaking people sat down in the seat right next to me before departing Boston. The lady stank like she had not showered in a week. It was mid July. She pulled out a bottle of perfume and sprayed herself, thankfully.
Later on in the same trip we were in Innsbruck Austria. We took a bus up to the Stubai glacier to go skiing. The guy in front of us on the bus smelled so bad my wife thought she was going to throw up.
Even when we stayed in Zurich, a worldwide center for banking and international commerce, the hotel room did NOT have a shower. It had a tub with a hand held shower nozzle.
Bathing regularly in Europe at least back then(1990) was not that popular.
BIG difference between 15C air and 15C water.
Back in 1982-83 one of my college buddies had a roommate in the dorm from Denmark. Lars was a great guy, but only showered about once every couple weeks, if that. After the first semester, Lars went back to Copenhagen. There was no saving of the mattress that Lars had slept on. It stank so bad, it went in the dumpster.
During the break we helped my buddy even move the dresser that Lars had kept his clothes in to another dorm room. His stench had permeated the wood/particleboard of the dresser. WE then sprayed down his closet with a couple cans of Lysol.
A lot of upper-middle class households have them.
There are namely prefabricated ones you can buy and set up in your basement in about an hour.
Yes, these are dry saunas I'm talking about.
Regards,
Lived in several different homes in Germany in 80s. None of them had showers, only tubs. One landlady was thinking of installing a shower because “Americans seemed to like to shower every day.” She thought this was unnecessary but wanted her properties to be attractive to Americans because she could charge them more for rent.
Translation: Hey, Germans, adapt to having the same hygiene habits as your new rapefugees.
Well, mebbe this is what Germany has come to; emulating froggies.
They are quite similar, both had ego-maniacal leaders too stupid to know that you don’t invade Russia — especially if it is so primitive it doesn’t have decent roads.
Exactly.
All I got to say is, punish your local leaders.
Severely.
It should not end well for them.
So… Just shower every other month, instead of their usual once a month scrubbing? German’s and European’s in general are typically unbathed and unkempt. Dirty buggers.
According to Adler, Germans can save energy and keep themselves clean enough by washing just four areas of the body, bottom, armpits, feet, and groin.
Ich bin ein DeferCleaner
Germans told to take fewer showers and take one with a friend her mother will understand.
Why not just ask them to take short showers. In 2 minutes one can generally wash their pits, groin and hair, letting the rest of the body get rinsed.
“You can withstand 15 degrees [Celsius] in winter in a sweater. “ WOW...thats 59F....kinda cold without heat.
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