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By: The Examined Life » Blog Archive » The History of Bathing

The Examined Life » Blog Archive » The History of Bathing — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:38:57 +0000

[...] readers of The Examined Life know about my deep and abiding interest in the sanitary habits of Americans. It has now come to my attention that a useful addition to the corpus of [...]

By: Selective Amnesia » Designing efficient water channelling systems

Selective Amnesia » Designing efficient water channelling systems — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:20:58 +0000

[...] Further pleasure – bathtubs. Unlike the infidels, the bathtubs, the taps rather, don’t have to be a puzzle. There’s no determining left, right, the angle and degree of turn, the discrete or continuous nature of the water flow. [...]

By: The Examined Life » Blog Archive » These Americans are crazy - Part I. This blog goes to the toilet.

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:57:28 +0000

[...] I am sorry that I have to report that there has been no change in the deplorable state of America’s showers since I reported the problem more than a year back. It has been a daily ordeal for me to get into the shower, direct the water towards the bathtub, start the hot and cold taps, adjust both so that the water is neither scalding hot nor freezing cold and then direct the stream towards the shower. No man ought to be subject to such indignity, especially before he has had his coffee. These days, while sitting on my throne, I am struck by the same thoughts that must have occurred to many Indians – why do the Americans use toilet paper instead of washing their bums? Most explanations I’ve heard are unsatisfactory. I am afraid that this question has been insufficiently researched because funding for such topics is hard to come by. Nonetheless, I am confident that the answer has to do with the lack of warm water to wash your bum with. [...]

By: Yazad

Yazad — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Use the bathtub — fill it in and soak luxuriantly!

And welcome back.

By: JK

JK — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Are you still in SFO Bay Area ? If so mail me.

By: Nilu

Nilu — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You see, they did not design it with a typical Desi in mind who uses a soap (i.e. bar) – but a dude who uses Body Wash….which does not require stopping the water(well, atleast I don’t).

So I suggest you switch to the liquid and also quit being the despicable Desi who uses soap!

By: Ravikiran

Ravikiran — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Why do they give me soap then?

By: Nilu

Nilu — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Who ‘gave’ that you ??

By: Nilu

Nilu — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

err….Can I blame my key board for the typo?

Anyways, if it is a Hotel – I suggest you sue them on the grounds of reckless endagerment/intent to bodily harm.

By: MadMan

MadMan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ah, a usability problem. I love these. Send it in to http://www.thisisbroken.com