Yeah, and you just think that’s his finger.
That’s what I was thinking reading this thread.
What others have called a pouf, I call a shower scrubbie. I use them if I’m using shower gel. When I use soap, I just work up a good lather with the soap in my hands and wash the various parts of the body with my hands. I only use washcloths if especially in need. I do not share my soap with anyone. I used to use washcloths when I used the family soap bar, but no more, as the parents use a nonallergenic soap that dries out my skin terribly.
Hi-hijack: I hadn’t thought of it in years, but our huge college theater had a vomitorium in front of the stage leading to a large storeroom underneath. Good for exits, entrances, and getting large scenery in and out. We used to call it the “vom” or the “puke.”
I have been turning this phrase over in my head for the last day trying to figure out what it means to me. I could hear it, a high-pitched, mocking voice… I could see a big black man. But I could not, for the life of me, figure it out.
Until I saw the pouf in my shower and realized it was from one of the funnier commercials I’ve seen.
I was taught not to use a washcloth on the face at all.
[QUOTE=smartini]
Puffs, loofahs, exfoliating cloths, brushes, a foot scrubber that sticks to the bottom of the shower, pumice. I’ve even got a rubber ducky in there.
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perks up A foot scrubber that sticks to the bottom of the shower? Where do I get it? What does it look like? Is it actually scrubby? I want one.
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[QUOTE=smartini]
Puffs, loofahs, exfoliating cloths, brushes, a foot scrubber that sticks to the bottom of the shower, pumice. I’ve even got a rubber ducky in there.
**Sattua, ** I got mine at a Linens & Things. It looks like a foot. A big green foot I keep stuck on the tile wall when I am not using it. It has suction cups on the back like a tub mat. It has about quarter to half inch soft rubber bristles all over it and feels great on your foot and keeps them soft. Just stand there and rub one foot all over it and then the other. I do it while I am washing my hair. I love it.
[QUOTE=Guinastasia]
Actually, that sounds like a great way to get a staff infection!
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Minor nitpick, Guin-a staff infection would afflict your cow-orkers, but if you wish to bathe with them, that’s cool by me. Improves office morale and all that. 
If you’re referring to staph infections, they are indeed serious.
As for me-the less I have to wash, the better. Washcloths are for guests, and those visits to the can that ain’t gettin’ it done with paper. For showers, soap and go-top to bottom. Rinse the soap-leaving klingon pubes is crass. 
I love the scrubby gloves. Put the gloves on scrub everything, leave the soap to the child . I still say it is soap though! How clean should soap be?
minor nitpick- Does she actually work in the barn or is it a field job?
Yeah, get real, folks
What the hell is the big deal with all of this scrubbing and concern over germs, etc.
Just what the hell are you guys getting into? Me, my daily showering needs are just for me to get rid of any oil that would have built up on my body over the previous day and also possibly sweat (not usually a problem though). Any contact with soap immediately cuts right through the oil and makes my skin clean. That’s all it takes.
Hmmm. So how thick is the crust behind your ears?
[QUOTE=danceswithcats]
[QUOTE=Guinastasia]
Actually, that sounds like a great way to get a staff infection!
:smack:
BTW, what about loofahs-don’t you have to worry about bacteria or mold breeding in the little nooks and crannies?
I say no to loufahs (sp?), sponges, etc. Anything that stays in the shower wouldn’t be clean, IMO. A washcloth would be okay if you used a newly laundered one each time. My routine: shampoo for the hair, a non-soap cleaner for the face, bar soap for the underarms and, if dirty, my body. For private parts, I use bodywash – separate application front and back with a good handwashing between and after.
Maybe you put them in the microwave for a bit? I have seen this recommended for sponges, but it’s just a WAG as to whether it would work in this case.
I really like using a washcloth but won’t bore you with the exact details.
Here’s what I want to tell you: when you go to Europe if you like to use a washcloth take one with you. In England I had to buy one at a store becuase they aren’t provided, at least not a bed and breakfast. In France (different trip–forgot to take one with me–stupid) I couldn’t find one. I bought something at a grocery store but it wasn’t terrycloth and I didn’t like it. When I tried to get one at the hotel desk she thought I wanted to go to a laundromat. In France we got one towel each and a bathmat.
If I use a pouf for some reason, I usually chuck it in the laundry when I’m done. I’ve seen them get spots of mildew after a short time. I also nuke my sponges to zap the germs, but I’m pretty perfectionistic about my sponges, so as soon as they start looking the slightest bit raggedy, I toss them.
Replace the word “pouf” with loofah.
As a boy, I just use it to rinse my skin really well - having the nozzle an inch from you gets the soap off quite well. Girls, however, use them to masturbate.
Me too, because they’re too irritating. BTW, pHisoderm rocks.