Do YOU go 3 or more days between showers ???

[Coelacanth]

A power washer to remove the red clay and sweat.

Maybe a bead blaster too.

 

[Cranky]

This friend of mine mentioned this 72 hour deodorant a couple of months ago. I didn't notice the ads for it until he mentioned it and since then, it seems like other brands have been introduced.
It is great if people are aware of their stink and do something to reduce it but.....Since I have always been a curious dude that always wonders why, how, when and who, it got me wondering if others around me knew of people that used this stuff instead of just showering.



That happened in Basic Training. Fort Sill, Oklahoma 1984. There were two "country boys" that were somewhat resistant to showering. Verbal encouragement wasn't enough to sway them. A few guys dragged one of them into the showers fully clothed and stood guard at the edge, not leaving until he stripped down and cleaned up. It was barbaric but back then, the military had not adopted many of the touchy-feely policies. I don't recall if the other stinky guy got the message and started showering on the regular but I hope so for his sake.

When I got to my permanent duty station in Germany, there was this guy in our dorm that didn't shower much if at all. The other guys in that dorm room made him hole up in a corner....6 guys to a room and you could smell the bastid still. It didn't take me long to find another room.

 

[Cojohnso1]

Very rarely going 3 days with no shower. Especially recently. I'm not out in the deep sticks that just didn't have any options. And a mountain climbing expedition I'm not seeing in my future. Lol

 

[DeltaV]

Circa 1964 my brother and a handful of guys grabbed a filthy, stinky, long-haired malcontent and hauled him off to the dorm showers. They gave him a short haircut and scrubbed him with a brush and Ivory bar soap until his skin had a nice, pink glow. He left college shortly thereafter.

Note: The above "cleaning crew" repeatedly told the guy, over the course of a few days, to clean himself up or they would.


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Circa 1977 my apartment neighbors in Norfolk, Virginia told me of a fellow shipmate that reeked too much and too often. There may have been other issues too. They gave him a blanket party. He straightened up.

 

[Kern Dog]

“Blanket Party”.
I remember those.

 

[theman440]

No way Dude!

 

[Cranky]

“Blanket Party”.
I remember those.

You might be thinking about Beach Blanket Bingo.....?

 

[Kern Dog]

Blanket parties were an Army version of a Code Red as used in the Marine Corps.

 

[HEMIB]

We had a sparky Stinky Parker if he was up a ladder & his sweat dripped on you would need a shower immediately

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Blanket parties were an Army version of a Code Red as used in the Marine Corps.

Navy had them too, along with the forced shower with a stiff bristled brush....

 

[moparedtn]

I'm so hellbent on daily showers that I've gotten in trouble in hospital ICU's for getting up and trying to
make it to a shower - and a couple times, they had to drag me back out of one when I managed to begin a
shower, only to collapse.
I can have IV tubes hanging out of me and I'm getting in the damn shower.

Lookit, all this modern "convenience" crap out there makes it easy for someone like me to get old man
crabby about just how damn lazy the younger folks have gotten.
They don't even want to do their own shopping; pick it off a web site and have it delivered.
They don't even want to cook for themselves, preferring it be already prepared and brought to their door.
Mowing? Nope, get a robot for that.
Forget driving or owning a car - call an Uber instead.
Work from home. Vote online.
Anything to allow them to stay in their furries animal PJ's around the house.

Bathe? Nah, gimme some of that 3-day perfume crap; too lazy to even groom themselves.

 

[SteveSS]

With long hair it's shower, shampoo and conditioner every morning. Wthout that i look like a homeless witch. With it I look like Whistler from Blade which I'm watching right now. Blade Trinity.

 

[Kern Dog]

For awhile if I went three days, my shirt and socks stunk. I tried different shirts and socks but after another three days, they stunk too.
I need a better quality of apparel.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I'm so hellbent on daily showers that I've gotten in trouble in hospital ICU's for getting up and trying to
make it to a shower - and a couple times, they had to drag me back out of one when I managed to begin a
shower, only to collapse.
I can have IV tubes hanging out of me and I'm getting in the damn shower.

Lookit, all this modern "convenience" crap out there makes it easy for someone like me to get old man
crabby about just how damn lazy the younger folks have gotten.
They don't even want to do their own shopping; pick it off a web site and have it delivered.
They don't even want to cook for themselves, preferring it be already prepared and brought to their door.
Mowing? Nope, get a robot for that.
Forget driving or owning a car - call an Uber instead.
Work from home. Vote online.
Anything to allow them to stay in their furries animal PJ's around the house.

Bathe? Nah, gimme some of that 3-day perfume crap; too lazy to even groom themselves.

Damn I checked 3 out of 5 from that list!
I did have a work commute for 20 years that would make most cry though.

 

[Kern Dog]

I am NONE of those things.