Thing is, I overheat quickly...
...don't know why, as I'm not overweight or somesuch. But still, whether it's a workout, a bike ride or just walking to my tram stop for work in a morning, I sweat visibly but not profusely*.

And yet, I don't smell.

Would you like to know my secret?

I bet you would.

The anticipation is killing you, I can see.

In a nutshell, it's down to the fact that I FUCKING WELL WASH! In addition, I wash my clothes after wearing them once and clean my apartment once per week. And it has to be said that the activities involved really don't put one out that much. Really, isn't it worth it for the peace-of-mind of knowing that people don't avoid you or your gaff because you/it stinks?

That said, there's the odd occasion where I'm required to lug computer equipment around/crawl under desks/do more-physycal-than-usual stuff whilst still dressed for the office, and that can sometimes have an undesired olfactory effect. For those eventualities I keep a can of deodorant in a filing cabinet drawer in my office. I've mentioned BO monsters on public transport before, and I'll be fucked if I'm going to be one of them even for a day.

People have talked about t'olden days where no-one washed and everyone was okay, but the fact is, they weren't - all manner of nasty diseases were commonplace up until the 1950's, when the powers really began to hammer home the importance of not being a minging twat. How often do people say that the likes of dysentery, typhoid and scabies are a common problem these days? Oh that's right, they dont - coincidence? Not really, no.

There's just no need for it - if I ruled the world then as well as hunting down chavs like the vermin they are and herding them into camps for orderly incineration, I'd run other re-education camps for skanky bastards like those described here. Granted, concessions can be afforded for the mentally ill, physiologically disadvantaged or those in the middle of nowhere/'not touching the facilities in this place' etc but for those that have opportunity and ability, there's just. no. excuse.

{Just realised how long this is} Okay, now THAT'S a rant - apologies - I quit smoking a few days ago ;)

* I'm told I'm lucky in this because it's good for the skin, provided I wash it off once in awhile. I am my own sauna lol. There may be some truth in this as even in my adolescence, I have rarely been plagued by spottiness. Cool.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Mon 26 Mar 2007, 13:09, Reply)