How often do you shower or take a bath?

How often do you shower or take a bath?

Poll: How often do you shower or take a bath?

Total Members Polled: 874

Twice or more a day: 11%
Once a day: 69%
Every other day: 12%
Twice a week: 3%
Once a week: 1%
Couple of times a month: 0%
once a month: 0%
Christmas and bank holidays: 1%
Day before your birthday: 0%
never bother: 2%
Author
Discussion

buzzer

Original Poster:

3,559 posts

247 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Prompted by a discussion yesterday about one of our old colleagues who used to take a bath once a month when he visited his parents….

He lived in a bed sit, without access to a shower or bath…. It was only towards the end of the month when he would really start to whiff…

So how often do you bathe?


Jasandjules

70,505 posts

236 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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OMG really? Once a month? I bet he used up more deodorant than France..

At least once a day for me.

Don

28,377 posts

291 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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In my youth I once lived in a place that was being done up and had no shower or bath for a few months. The rent was indescribably cheap!

I used to stand in a plastic basin of warm water put down on the floor where the bath was going to be and wash top to toe, plenty of soap. Fresh basin of water to wash my hair.

Daily, of course...

So I went two months without a shower or a bath and never whiffed once. You can do it if you REALLY have to!

Edited by Don on Friday 20th March 08:18

Mekon

2,493 posts

223 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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I suspect that if you worked like the French, you would only need a bath once a month and a splash of cologne.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

212 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Why is the once a month option green?!

scratchchin


SGirl

7,922 posts

268 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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hornetrider said:
Why is the once a month option green?!

scratchchin
Because you use less water and detergent and hence it's a greener lifestyle? hehe

phumy

5,743 posts

244 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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hornetrider said:
Why is the once a month option green?!

scratchchin
Thats the colour he turns to and the slight green hue you can see emanating from the neck and sleeve holes of his shirt, after a couple of weeks vomit

XJSJohn

16,035 posts

226 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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have a shower probably 3 or 4 times a day, but then you do tend to have betty swollocks when its always mid 30's celcius and 90% humidity!!


phumy

5,743 posts

244 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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XJSJohn said:
have a shower probably 3 or 4 times a day, but then you do tend to have betty swollocks when its always mid 30's celcius and 90% humidity!!
What 30 degC and 90% humdidity around your swollocks?

You need to vent them off a bit more mate, let 'em swing more of'en. wink

Vipers

33,119 posts

235 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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XJSJohn said:
have a shower probably 3 or 4 times a day, but then you do tend to have betty swollocks when its always mid 30's celcius and 90% humidity!!
Singapore! what a wonderfull part of the globe, and having been there, (cant remember what time of the year), were just about damp all day with the humidity......

Back to the post, bath maybe 3 or 4 times a year, shower daily, only takes 3 mins, much less water wastage.

smile

Fetchez la vache

5,646 posts

221 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Just part of the routine of getting up and ready for work, surely? Otherwise you just feel skaggy... but maybe thats the point - if you don't have a shower every day, then after a while your body gets used to it, and your body gets back to its natural rythmn with natural body oils etc... but once a month is taking the michael.

And XJSJohn - not suprised. Singapore was the only place I've been where you could feel the sweat rolling down your back 2 seconds after leaving an air conditioned building. Bloody horrible.

XJSJohn

16,035 posts

226 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Vipers said:
XJSJohn said:
have a shower probably 3 or 4 times a day, but then you do tend to have betty swollocks when its always mid 30's celcius and 90% humidity!!
Singapore! what a wonderfull part of the globe, and having been there, (cant remember what time of the year), were just about damp all day with the humidity......
That will be just about any time of year ... hehe

Phumy, Singapore has very strict laws about how free i am alowed to let my swollocks go (unless I am in Geylang, Joo Chiat or Four Floors and then they can be basically off the leash!!!!;) )


GreatGranny

9,347 posts

233 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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I cycle to work every day so have a shower when I arrive.

It would probably be less if I had to use my own water!

randomman

2,215 posts

196 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Normally once a day. Although it has been left out on occasion...

Cara Van Man

29,977 posts

258 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Shower first thing in the morning at home.

Do sport most days at work, so shower then also.

I'd hate for anyone to smell me and think "poo, he's a bit whiffy".

parakitaMol.

11,876 posts

258 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Someone has this mentioned earlier.... but we are now utterly conditioned to believe that we need to continually scrub ourselves raw, strip our bodies of all their natural oils and protection, apply artifical scents and then apply moisturiser to replace what we've just scrubbed off.

Crazy.

crofty1984

16,244 posts

211 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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GreatGranny said:
I cycle to work every day so have a shower when I arrive.

It would probably be less if I had to use my own water!
What? Urine?

Mr MoJo

4,698 posts

223 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Once a day usually, shower, first thing in the morning. Twice if I go to the Gym or if I'm going out for the evening.

Coco H

4,237 posts

244 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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parakitaMol. said:
Someone has this mentioned earlier.... but we are now utterly conditioned to believe that we need to continually scrub ourselves raw, strip our bodies of all their natural oils and protection, apply artifical scents and then apply moisturiser to replace what we've just scrubbed off.

Crazy.
+1

Cara Van Man

29,977 posts

258 months

Friday 20th March 2009
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Coco H said:
parakitaMol. said:
Someone has this mentioned earlier.... but we are now utterly conditioned to believe that we need to continually scrub ourselves raw, strip our bodies of all their natural oils and protection, apply artifical scents and then apply moisturiser to replace what we've just scrubbed off.

Crazy.
+1
That's two stinky buggers who've outed themselves smile