Personal HygieneThere comes a point at which your hygiene becomes less your problem and more everyone else's:
My old school nurse never seemed to wash - instead she wrapped herself in crepe bandages from the first aid kits. The smell was beyond pungent. If you got ill at school, it was better to suffer than try and explain symptoms whilst only breathing out.
When she was eventually 'let go',they had to strip the wallpaper in her office to get rid of the lingering odour.
How scuzzy have you got? Or, failing that, how bad have people you know got?
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chthonic, Thu 22 Mar 2007, 12:40)
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olde daysI wonder if anyone has given any thought to the way it was a couple of hundred years ago:
1) No toothbrushes or toothpaste.
2) No soap, and bathing was considered dangerous for health.
3) A diet rich in red meat and beer or wine.
4) No shampoo, washing detergent, deoderant etc.
That meant EVERYONE had bad breath, evil farts, reeking body odour, greasy hair, mossy teeth, dirty hands, filthy clothes. Imagine oral sex! Imagine being in a busy train carriage! Thank God times have changed ...
Except in France, of course.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2007, 9:31, Reply)
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