Posted on 01/23/2025 12:26:26 PM PST by Red Badger
I recently saw some YouTube clip about the marriage of George IV to Caroline of Brunswick. Apparently Caroline did not believe in bathing or in cleaning her underwear and her smell was reportedly so appalling that wedding guests were nauseated - this at a time when few people bathed regularly and bad smells were common.
Washcloth cat spit bath once a month, whether I need it or not.
This is why French perfume is so ....................strong..............😁
I have often thought if you had to hand pump the water you bathed in you would get the perfect amount of bathing.
Dirty Dick.....
Nah.....too easy 😁
We don’t bathe in California because no water comes out of our faucets!
You gain a protective shell of filth and stink that keeps others away.
IDK. Here in the south we will sometimes shower twice in the same day.
I was behind this guy at the grocery store the other day. I couldn’t tell about his girlfriend/mother who paid for everything because he was in the way.
Boy, did he stink!
Shower in the morning. Shower before bed. Can’t sleep without it.
As an Infantry guy that at one point in Iraq, didn’t shower for over 30 days in June weather...I can attest that nothing happens other than you clothes get stiff, riddled with salt, and everyone smells like ammonia.
Other than that...you can smell someone who HAS taken a shower or shaved, if the wind is favorable, from a 50 yards away.
“ Boy, did he stink!”
Just like people today wearing cat turd hair, aka dread locks.
Aristotle discussed the concept of moderation primarily in his work Nicomachean Ethics, where he introduced the idea of the “Golden Mean.” According to Aristotle:
Virtue as a Mean: Aristotle posited that virtue lies between two extremes, which he referred to as vices. These extremes are excess on one side and deficiency on the other. For example, courage is the mean between rashness (excess) and cowardice (deficiency).
I remember that in Vietnam soldiers were cautioned to NOT wear colognes or use scented soaps as the Viet Cong could smell you from a mile away!..............
I spent most of my life in South Florida. Two showers a day, especially in summer, were not unheard of.
Moved to New Mexico almost 20 years ago. I was shocked to hear that people around here often only shower twice a week.
Some people in Europe still only bathe once a week on Saturday night....................
TWICE A DAY? ain’t nobody got time for that!
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