Germans won’t go for that. The French, on the other hand....
Finally !
Justification to wear a mask …
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.
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!
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.