# My first bath in half a year..
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 14, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009 "2001-01-14T17:17:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/1 "2001-01-14T17:17:12Z")
So after half a year I decided it was time for a bath.
I went upstairs, put the hot water and the radio on.
After a little while the hot water was gone and only ice cold water came from the tap.
Damn the fucking boiler!
So I leave the bathroom in my underwear and head for the kitchen to boil some water.
Mom joins in and we bitch about the boiler together, now and then walking off to the bathroom to
throw a pot of boiling water into the bathtub.
I am happy to state that the bathtube remained warm for at least 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
I doubt that I ll ever be dumb enough to have a bath again. EVER. In my life.
PS: I take a shower everyday… 😃
dodgy
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### Author:  [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/2 "2001-01-14T17:24:28Z")
If not for that last line, oh man, you would’ve been in for it, and I’d be laughing myself into convulsions at the end of it all!
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### Author:  [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/3 "2001-01-14T18:10:57Z")
The trick is to have enough hot/warm water to fill your whole bathtub.
My condolences.
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### Author:  [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/4 "2001-01-14T18:44:24Z")
**and** to top it up with hot water again when it starts to get cold…
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### Author:  [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/5 "2001-01-14T18:59:07Z")
I tried… ☹ sniffl… but the water takes damn long to boil…
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### Author:  [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/6 "2001-01-14T19:00:20Z")
Yeah, baths aren’t that great, but I don’t have a problem with hot water. My bathtub is just yucky. I tend to shed a lot when showering, and since I’m in charge of cleaning our bathroom (my brother and I have our own bathroom)…well, let’s just say that it’s grungy most of the time. :^)
Hope your boiler gets back to working, Dodgy! A hot bath can be lovely for about 5 minutes or so before it starts getting chilly…
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### Author:  [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/7 "2001-01-14T19:17:43Z")
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> So I leave the bathroom in my underwear and head for the kitchen to boil some water.
Do you have any idea what you’re doing to us???
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### Author:  [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/8 "2001-01-14T19:20:26Z")
lol nenno
ugly grandma underwear. Okay now?
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### Author:  [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/9 "2001-01-14T19:22:30Z")
I was really scared by this thread title Dodgy… scare me like that again… I rather liked it…
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### Author:  [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2001, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-bath-in-half-a-year/50009/10 "2001-01-15T09:06:59Z")
Links?
Pictures?