# What I do in the shower . Don't read if you don't want to know. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795 "2000-06-18T20:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/21 "2000-06-19T06:34:03Z")
On the shoestring travellers trail through far northern India, it is not uncommon, to discover that the hotwater your guesthouse promised was available, arrives ala metal bucket of boiling water, full to the brim, delivered by a couple of laughing young boys. Now, you must devise a way of combining this, in some fashion, with the actual glacial icewater coming from the tap in the refridgerator of a tile edifice which is the bathroom. Now since you’ve been sucking in the dust of India all day long, you must find a way to bath and wash quite thoroughly and rinse your hair, both you and your SO, with this average sized bucket of steaming water. And you’d better be smart about it, as the water is loosing heat with each moment, it’s an average sized bucket and you have only a small sauce pan sized scoop, provided with said ‘hot water, yes ma’am, we have hot water’. Did I mention that there’s no lightbulb in the ‘bathroom’, and the sun is setting fast. Now, Aha, if you can figure out this chain of events and postures Iwill be truly impressed. Till then, I say Pshaw, ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/22 "2000-06-19T13:11:46Z")
So, anyone want to hear what I do in the shower?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/23 "2000-06-19T13:13:05Z")
OK, this sort of post is standard anyway, so: - deck chair; - sixpack; - Cuban cigar. Let’s go, Michi 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Mr\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/24 "2000-06-19T13:19:00Z")
[QUOTE] \*\* Step 5. Reach for the shampoo ( I have shampoo with conditioner and regular shampoo. I alternate them every other day.) [QUOTE] \*\* **Now I’m confused. You mean you’r supposeed to shower more than once a month** Is that why they make those bars of soap so big?? ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/25 "2000-06-19T13:25:07Z")
I like to take very hot, steamy showers. I have a small bathroom, so it is easy for the room to hold the steam. I am already naked by the time I walk into the bathroom. (I sleep in the nude quite often, heck, only the cats see me and they don’t care, they are naked too). So anyway…I adjust the water to the temperature of my liking, and for a while I just stand under the stream, enjoying the feeling of the droplets massaging my body. The steam rises all around me, and I take several deep, slow breaths. If I stand there too long, I might fall asleep, so after a few minutes I actually get to work lathering up my tan, curvy form with some extra rich and foamy body wash that smells of raspberries and cream. My breasts… …are you sure you want to hear about this? It is a very dull topic…😉 ---
**Author:** ![GolfWidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GolfWidow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GolfWidow)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/26 "2000-06-19T13:28:59Z")
You didn’t state how long Step 7. takes; there is a fine line between washing it, and …, well, you know. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/27 "2000-06-19T13:47:45Z")
Michi: > [@](#): > > …are you sure you want to hear about this? It is a very dull topic… Yes yes we want to hear it… dammit what do you want a hand on the bible? Ok I swear ok? Now let’s see…I believe you left off with my breasts… ::Slather Slather:::: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/28 "2000-06-19T15:50:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > get to work lathering up my tan, curvy form with some extra rich and foamy body wash that smells of raspberries and cream. My breasts… > > …are you sure you want to hear about this? It is a very dull topic…😉 > \*\* Please go on…but type slower…ya baby… ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/29 "2000-06-19T16:28:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > My breasts… > > …are you sure you want to hear about this? It is a very dull topic…😉 > \*\* Oh dear good golly please dont stop finish what started incomplete guuahhhhh… **begins to softly sob** ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/30 "2000-06-19T16:33:21Z")
> [@](#): > > The steam rises all around me, and I take several deep, slow breaths. If I stand there too long, I might fall asleep, so after a few minutes I actually get to work lathering up my tan, curvy form with some extra rich and foamy body wash that smells of raspberries and cream. My breasts… This thread definately needs a better title now!! Not that I don’t appreaciate your vivid descriptions aha, but… ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/31 "2000-06-19T16:57:21Z")
Michi: what? WHAT?? **WHAT???** _ **WHAAAAT???** _. Last time you spoke, you left your breasts hanging… (Is it just me or is it getting steamy in here?) ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/32 "2000-06-19T17:45:53Z")
[QUOTE] \*\* [QUOTE] \*\* Step 5. Reach for the shampoo ( I have shampoo with conditioner and regular shampoo. I alternate them every other day.) > [@](#): > > \*\* > > **Now I’m confused. You mean you’re supposed to shower more than once a month?** > > Is that why they make those bars of soap so big?? > > \*\* So, _now_ the truth comes out! Is that what you’re doing over there these days? Hmmmmmm… I guess I can quit worrying about you picking up some other woman over there, can’t I? 😉 Who would _ **want** _ you unshowered?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/33 "2000-06-19T18:22:25Z")
Not that I am terribly interested Michi, but in the interest of comparing Aha’s method to your own, could you please continue. Otherwise we will just have to imagine your routine and it may not truly capture the actual routine you use. This could result in inaccurate reporting of the differences later. Posting pictures might also help in the scientific review of the situation (Michi that is not Aha, we already have enough of a mental picture from his post). Anything for the advancement of science. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![\_oo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/e9a140/32.png) [@\_oo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_oo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/34 "2000-06-19T19:14:46Z")
Anyone else take longer than an hour in the shower? Pisses my family off cos we have a poor water system in our house. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/35 "2000-06-19T19:14:58Z")
Yeah Michi, keep going - but if you have a hairy butt crack, we don’t want to know about that! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/36 "2000-06-19T20:02:42Z")
Michi - One picture is worth a thousand words… **NOT YOU AHA!** I said Michi… ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/37 "2000-06-19T20:15:01Z")
Hey, try soaping up and rinsing out your privates when you’re female. They’re a bit more difficult to reach–you can’t just shove them under the shower stream like the fellers can. I have to arch my back and spread cheeks to let the water rinse by rushing forward, then turn around and spread other things, letting the water rush backward, to make sure the ladies are completely rinsed. It only takes a time or two of not being completely soap-free–and feeling the resulting _burning_–to make sure rinsing is a thorough process. Just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/38 "2000-06-19T21:31:56Z")
After slathering her left breast, Michi moves to the right, giving the nipples just a tweak in passing… Well?!! That’s what _I’d_ do! Michi darling, unless you really want this to get ugly, you need to finish what you started…or do I have to break out the cinnamon oil? Hmmmmmmmmm? ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/39 "2000-06-20T08:22:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I like to take very hot, steamy showers. I have a small bathroom, so it is easy for the room to hold the steam. I am already naked by the time I walk into the bathroom. (I sleep in the nude quite often, heck, only the cats see me and they don’t care, they are naked too). So anyway…I adjust the water to the temperature of my liking, and for a while I just stand under the stream, enjoying the feeling of the droplets massaging my body. The steam rises all around me, and I take several deep, slow breaths. If I stand there too long, I might fall asleep, so after a few minutes I actually get to work lathering up my tan, curvy form with some extra rich and foamy body wash that smells of raspberries and cream. My breasts… > > …are you sure you want to hear about this? It is a very dull topic…😉 > \*\* Hey! I happen to have the Penthouse in which that letter is published! You left out the part about being from a small midwestern college, and in the real letter, the cats DO care. You also forgot the part about your “roommate who really isn’t your sister, despite what everyone thinks” and the part about how you were still sore from the previous night… ---
**Author:** ![StompyGodzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@StompyGodzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StompyGodzilla)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795/40 "2000-06-20T09:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Step 14. Blow dry my hair and style it just so. ( add two light squirts of aquanet hair spray all day hold.) > \*\* You use hairspray? What a girl. 😉 Stompy (likes her men ruffled) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-do-in-the-shower-dont-read-if-you-dont-want-to-know/22795.md?page=3)