Well, she did say the woman was *really, really really *big.
And, that can cause a problem that is gross, but real, I’m sure.
I can’t imagine that some people who are really huge can wipe properly after defecating.
I have seen people so large, with huuuge mid-sections and then these stubby little arms. No way they can get back there and under all that wide ass to really get the job done, man. No way.
There are tools and solutions for these situations. I don’t know how well they work (I am able to reach wherever I need to), but they are out there: http://www.amplestuff.com/ample-sponges.aspx http://www.amplestuff.com/porta-bidet.aspx
Hmm, okay one vote for “she was the most qualified”. Still though, that can’t be the case for EVERYONE. Methinks people shower and look their best for interviews, like the prom of the real world.
Yes, Korean people have a distinct smell. I don’t think it is a matter of not bathing, because I happen to know that my Korean friends bathe regularly. I think it’s yesterday’s garlic and kimchi secreted through the pores.
And according to Koreans, white people smell like sour milk.
I don’t shower every day, but I do wear clean underwear, clothes, etc., and I use deodorant. Too much bathing can dry out your skin and hair, and if they’re both dry to begin with, you’re adding insult to injury bathing/showering every day.
However, one of my longtime exes was one of these seldom-bathe types. He didn’t smell in his natural state – he always wore clean clothes, used deodorant, etc. He never exerted himself to break into a sweat, so his reasoning was “if I did, I’d shower, but if I don’t, then I don’t have to.” I was never able to get a straight answer out of him, but I always thought it was out of pure laziness more than anything else.
Extreme case, but up until… maybe 15 years ago, most of the cigarrettes sold in Spain were made from the same tobacco used for cigars, not from Virginia-style. I’ve actually used the trick of lighting one up in a public location abroad as a way to attract every Spaniard, Dutch and an occasional Frenchman or two within half a mile (it worked, the year was 1988 and the location a mall in New Hampshire; in 1985 in Ireland it happened all the time to the kids in my group who smoked).
lindsaybluth, there’s an increasing amount of job types for which having an interview in person is unusual. I’ve been working as a consultant in IT/corporate organization for over ten years and in that time I’ve had one interview in person (and it was already a bad sign, as I had to explain that no, I could not “come over this afternoon”, since I was more than 300 miles away and it was already past noon).
Mmm I see. I guess I’m thinking of people’s first job after college, where there are usually (but not always) in person interviews. I never thought that once you’ve been working in a particular field there’s less of a need for one (though it makes perfect sense). I guess that lets more “stinky” people through the cracks!
Heh! Makes me think of that movie, Demolition Man, with Stallone and Snipes, and the scene about the 3-seashell method that replaced toilet paper. And we still don’t know how THAT one was supposed to work…
Back in my college days a girlfriend of mine stopped washing her long hair although continued to bathe/shower daily. It looked lank for about a month but amazingly enough after that it looked really normal. She said she had read that hair can become self cleaning after a while, and I have to admit that the results on her were really okay. No smell and quite soft and shiny ( after about a month or so). I don’t know how long she kept this up . Strange
Yep.
Interesting. I couldn’t say, either way. But I do remember being in a bar one night and a couple women were checking me out. One leaned in and sniffed my hair and said to the other one, “At least this one washes his hair before going out.” (Yeah, I know, it makes me sound like a piece of meat but, hey, that’s what I was there for.)
I don’t know if that meant that unwashed hair usually smells bad, or if she was remarking on the fresh washed smell, but I suspect the first one. Why smell someone’s hair in the first place if you weren’t expecting something bad?
And trust me, guys, if you haven’t showered since this morning and you’re on the prowl tonight, women notice. They may put up with it anyway, or not say anything to you about it, but they sure say something about it to other people later on.
Hey, sounds like a marketing slogan in there somewhere…
Use [Brand] Anti-Perspirant; it works even when your anti-depressant doesn’t!
ok.i did not read everyones responses…but all it IS, is pure laziness…in order to shower or bathe it takes effort and a little elbow grease…these bums would have to get off there couch or bed and s.t.o.p the xbox in order to take the time to get clean. period.
There’s a joke about your username in there somewhere…
So. An actual rag on a stick. God have mercy on our chunky souls.
Ah washes mahself with a rag onna stick. Baby, get momma’s pryin’ bar!
Unwashed hair smells unwashed to me. Washed hair smells nice and fresh.
I don’t shower, I only take a bath and I only ever take a bath every 4 weeks and it doesn’t cause me any problems despite me not using anti-perspirants either! 
I have only bathed in this way and not showered for the past 6 years.
Ditto, it is a giant pain in the ass.
I let uh social convention convince me to go without a water heater(only pussies need hot water!), I wasn’t bathing much because it was just torture. Even in the tropics because the water is coming from a cold tank, it just is too much of an ordeal and I just gave up and started using a 5 gallon bucket with a boiled pot of water. Yes my wife will bravely and with hesitation bath in 50-60 degree water SHUDDER.
Well, yeah, isn’t that something most people already knew, without having to read a chapter? It seems common sense that before indoor plumbing/water heating, bathing would be difficult.