Do you use a washcloth when you take a shower?
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:49 AM
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Do you use a washcloth when you take a shower?
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:50 AM
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1. I recently started using a loofah
Not sure where I got the idea...just sort of popped into my head one day. :evilgrin:
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:50 AM
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2. Just on my ears and neck area....
....I never see anyone use one at the gym. Are they relics of the past, you think?
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:52 AM
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Personally, I don't see the point in them. But to each his/her own.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:49 AM
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30. My father--who is 85--always uses one, which makes me think
they were much more common in days gone by!
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:13 AM
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...bring a camera into the shower area of your gym and take pictures of each persons method. Then post those pictures here. That wouldn't be crossing any lines would it?
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:51 AM
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:51 AM
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And I still use bar soap too, not "body wash"
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:51 AM
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That's when I bathe, of course.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:54 AM
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13. I hope we're not using the same falafel.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:51 AM
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Loofah. That bastard! :grr:
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:52 AM
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9. no and I think they are kind of disgusting
but I have learned over the years that many a hairy guy feels they need them and if that's what they feel they need for their hygiene ritual then that's fine. I just hate seeing a gross, soggy washcloth ANYWHERE. They need to use a fresh one every time.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:54 AM
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14. I use a fresh one every time
Same thing with the cloth I use to wash the dishes--clean one every time.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:01 AM
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16. oooooh I ER ..................................
my dish towels are about every three days - is that bad do you think? Lots of germs or something?
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Wed Jan-05-05 12:12 PM
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34. I do that too. I go through a lot of kitchen washcloths and towels
that way, but there's nothing grosser than a smelly, baceteria-laden dishcloth. I wash all the dishcloths in bleach too.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:52 AM
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i've aLso discovered the greatness, that is having someone eLse bathe you. here i've been aLL this time, bathing myseLf Like a sucker.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:53 AM
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12. what, exactly, IS a washcloth? nt
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:03 AM
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17. it's like an itty bitty towel
like around 6" X 6" square, commonly used in the showers. In England when I was a kid and we didn't have indoor plumbing at grandmas she would give me a rough rubdown with a steaming hand towel.
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Wed Jan-05-05 12:45 PM
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just like the cats :evilgrin:
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:56 AM
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15. I only use a washcloth...
...when I shower at someone else's house. I started using a loofah and body wash a few years ago - it seems to be faster. Obviously, using someone else's loofah is crossing a boundary, so washcloths do the trick at hotels or a friend/family's house.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:03 AM
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:04 AM
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19. Depends on how feisty the cats are
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:14 AM
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I have VERY rough hands. For my back, there's the brush on a stick thing...(No, NOT my "backside", my BACK!)
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:27 AM
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22. You NEED to use a washcloth, sponge, loofah or poof of some kind.
Why? To exfoliate the dead skin from your bod. Not getting rid of the dead skin is one of the main reasons for back acne!
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:37 AM
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especially if one has sensitive skin.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:45 AM
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29. Well, you're not supposed to scrub yourself THAT hard with it.
And yes, gentle exfoliation is good every single day.
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Wed Jan-05-05 12:56 PM
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i do just fine with my hand and some liquid soap - clean as a whistle!
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:28 AM
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i thought that was the reason for patchouli...
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:29 AM
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What's with all these personal questions, anyway? ;-)
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:32 AM
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26. Naw, I lick myself clean.
Wait, I thought this was another cat thread . . .
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:36 AM
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it is the common concensus that white people don't use washcloths! i have no use for them myself. they get stinky and my hand and soap get me just as clean. for exfoliating though, a nylon pouf works great.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:56 AM
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32. That's what I was going to say
As a white male, I typically don't use a washcloth. However, I will grab my wife's body-wash scrubby thingy and give myself the once- (or twice-) over. And it's true what you say about white people not using washcloths. It must be a quirky cultural thing...
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Wed Jan-05-05 12:57 PM
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41. it didn't always used to be this way
i grew up with washcloths, but when i was on my own, i use my hand.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:51 AM
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31. Sometimes I Use A Back Brush... Sometimes I Use A Squishie...
... but only if I'm using a liquid body wash. Otherwise it's just soap-to-skin.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:57 AM
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33. I use one of those poofy things
but of course, I am a poofy thing so
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Wed Jan-05-05 12:18 PM
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35. I love the poofy thing...tee heee tee heee (girly giggle)
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Wed Jan-05-05 12:32 PM
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36. No, but I did when I was a kid.
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