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Could you give up washing?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/02/give-up-washing-showering ^ | November 4 2010 | Kira Cochrane

Posted on 11/04/2010 1:11:38 PM PDT by Wile E Coyote Genius

A growing number of people are cutting down on daily showering and hair-washing. So could you join the extreme soap-dodgers? If you are reading this article over breakfast, the chances are you have recently stepped into the shower, lathered up your hair and torso, rinsed off, towelled and blow-dried, before dousing your armpits with deodorant, and wafting on a fog of perfume or aftershave.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bath; disgusting; soap; sourcetitlenoturl; washing
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To: Sherman Logan
Thereafter the discomfort pretty much goes away and you don’t really notice your own smell or that of those with you.

You can smell a homeless person before you see them. Did you see any animal life after 5 days without a shower? The only way caveman was a successful hunter is through brains and teamwork. They must have encircled their prey that ran in terror towards the center from our smell. Our signature rattlesnake rattler is our smell. For bears though, king of the forest, our smell may be attractant. There is evidence we ate a lot of bear.

Most human traits evolve in tribal warfare. Unlike all other animals where fight or flee is over in seconds, we need well lubricated armpits to work weapons in battle for hours at a time. An unwanted side effect is the smell, but this turned out to be an advantage for team hunting.

81 posted on 11/05/2010 4:00:02 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Reeses
Most human traits evolve in tribal warfare.

Agreed. We are all descended from the perpetrators of genocide.

we need well lubricated armpits to work weapons in battle for hours at a time.

Disagree. Tribal combat never consists of hours of stand up toe to toe fighting. It is raids and ambushes, remarkably like how you describe animal fighting.

At the very earliest, ranked infantry fighting didn't come in till agriculture forced people to defend particular territory. And in the sense you are using the term, probably not till the Greeks invented hoplite shock infantry warfare.

82 posted on 11/05/2010 4:09:05 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (You shall know the truth, and it shall piss you off)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Actually I tend to use the word bathe even when I personally shower. I need to be more detailed in my posting!!


83 posted on 11/05/2010 5:45:15 AM PDT by ontap
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To: goat granny

I’m well aware of the use of a wash pan and picture. We also did not bathe everyday because it was just to much trouble heating the water and such. We also did not heat new water for each child...being the youngest the water was getting pretty thick by the time it got to my turn!!


84 posted on 11/05/2010 5:48:41 AM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

picture = pitcher


85 posted on 11/05/2010 5:49:13 AM PDT by ontap
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To: TSgt; Vendome

86 posted on 11/05/2010 5:59:21 AM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: swarthyguy
And then indulge in a late night winter shower for no reason at all!

Make sure that you drain the hot-water tank.

87 posted on 11/05/2010 6:05:55 AM PDT by The Theophilus
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To: Wile E Coyote Genius; SunkenCiv
"In a bid to reduce his carbon footprint to the absolute minimum, environmentalist Donnachadh McCarthy, 51, limits his showers to about twice a week."

And coincidentally, his friends now limit their visits to about twice a week.

88 posted on 11/05/2010 6:31:09 AM PDT by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I almost never bathe. I take daily showers, twice when I get sweaty exercising or muddy gardening.


89 posted on 11/05/2010 6:42:11 AM PDT by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: bboop
Don’t these folks remember studying the Water Cycle in 4th grade? The rain comes down, it goes into the ocean, it sinks into the soil, the sun warms it up, it evaporates and makes clouds, and then it RAINS.

Exactly! These idiots seem to think that water just disappears. It is IMPOSSIBLE to run out of water.

90 posted on 11/05/2010 6:48:36 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Melinda in TN

You are using the water as a medical treatment. That’s different from the question in the article.


91 posted on 11/05/2010 7:20:51 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
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To: Sherman Logan
Tribal combat never consists of hours of stand up toe to toe fighting. It is raids and ambushes, remarkably like how you describe animal fighting.

The trait of well lubricated armpits under stress from other humans is likely related to combat somehow, directly or indirectly. Agriculture is too new an invention to account for such a well developed trait different than other animals. Tribal warfare has been with us much longer than agriculture. A primitive surprise attack massacre of a competing tribe would take many hours preparation and execution. If not in actual fighting, the tribes with superior weapon manipulation endurance were selected somehow.

92 posted on 11/05/2010 7:47:58 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Reeses

Fair enough.

My comment was strictly about the notion of primitive combat lasting for hours on end. There is little or no evidence this was ever the case.

Running down and massacring the fleeing losers might consume quite a bit of time, but the actual combat was more likely measured in minutes instead of hours.


93 posted on 11/05/2010 7:51:20 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (You shall know the truth, and it shall piss you off)
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To: NEMDF

You sound somewhat like me. I am a neat freak. Can’t stand smears on stuff—constantly cleaning and purging stuff out of the house. I’ve been told my house when it is messy is still a lot cleaner than most people’s ‘clean’ house. My husband both likes and loathes it at the same time. We’re trying to sell our house now, and our realtor is amazed at how clean it is compared to some of the places he has listed.

I also have 4 kids, including one 3 year old Tasmanian Devil, so that makes life a lot more difficult when you like clean as much as I do. I have learned to relax somewhat on what constitutes clean (especially in the kids’ rooms).

If you ever watch the TV show ‘Hoarders’ on A&E, it makes you want to go clean even more, LOL.


94 posted on 11/05/2010 7:57:45 AM PDT by Hoosier Catholic Momma (Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
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To: B4Ranch

I don’t normally take a morning bath on weekends when I don’t get up at 4:30am or if I’m on vacation. If I have time to stretch and start my day moving slowly until I can move I don’t feel the need for a hot soak to get me going. I know all that soaking isn’t good for the skin but as far as water goes we have a well that is in an underground lake and we have plenty of excellent water so I don’t feel guilty about wasting water.

I don’t like to take meds and if a morning hot soak helps then I figure that’s better than popping a lot of pills. Once I’m moving I’m good the rest of the day as long as I don’t sit too long.

I’m looking forward to retirement and when I do I’ll be down to a more normal once a day bath.


95 posted on 11/05/2010 8:08:55 AM PDT by Melinda in TN
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To: Sherman Logan
My comment was strictly about the notion of primitive combat lasting for hours on end. There is little or no evidence this was ever the case.

In the case of two equals, where neither side succeeded in surprise or had a significant technological advantage like a sharp sword, hand to hand combat till death could take hours. It's possible the lubrication is more for swift sudden speed than hours endurance, but the advantage of extended repetitive tool manipulation action seems more likely. Equal killing equal takes much more time than a hunter killing prey.

96 posted on 11/05/2010 8:17:53 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: ontap

LOL about the thick water....been there done that...these yung uns today don’t know how easy they got it...plus, they are so clean, they never get a change to build up immunity to dirt and what lives in it.....:O)


97 posted on 11/05/2010 12:49:49 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Melinda in TN

Freepers love you even if your weird, or maybe because your weird, not sure which it is so dont change....Ever watch the show Monk....bet he’s worse than you....:O)


98 posted on 11/05/2010 12:55:01 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Sherman Logan
must be similar mechanism to going on a strict fast....after the 3rd day you don't get hungry any more and its hard when you finally go off the fast to put food in your stomach again....takes a couple of days to work up to steak..
99 posted on 11/05/2010 1:01:23 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny
Freepers love you even if your weird, or maybe because your weird, not sure which it is so dont change

LOL, I don't know. I've been called some pretty nasty names by some Freepers. I've learned to expect it and ignore it. I think we're all a little weird about something. :-) I get mad at myself over the numbers thing. I bake cookies and candies at Christmas to give to co-workers. When I bag them I count as I bag them. If I can only get 11 cookies in a bag I take one out or get a bigger bag. LOL

100 posted on 11/05/2010 1:06:19 PM PDT by Melinda in TN
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