atw: Re: OT: English is such a marvelous language

Okay, so yes, I believe a healthy dose of dirt can be healthy too. 
Many times I have been camping and climbing in the great outdoors and
come back in to society and found myself an extraordinary amount of
space; even in crowded trains and rooms and shops and stuff... I always
wondered why my aunt in Melbourne tended to throw buckets of water at me
when I arrived from Arapiles. I had been thinking she was being
childish. Perhaps there was another reason. 
 
Seriously. I have found that odour is the worst impediment to good human
relations. 
 
But I have lived for upwards of two weeks without proper washing. I have
found the most critical aspects of cleanliness is hands and face before
eating. And the colder it is the worse the belly bugs are, I never quite
have grasped that one! As a scientist I can only guess it has to do with
the need to be hardier (the bugs). But let me tell you, it is the simple
things in life that are often the best, like a decent wash and clean dry
clothes to get back into. Even in glacier melt water. Especially warm
clothes in that case. After careful inspection that all sundry
appendages have no frostbite. Or inadvertently fallen off.
 
One thing I have found about living in the sometimes squalid conditions
of base camps for weeks is that once the city smells are out of the
system and you are living on pretty rudimentary camp foods (but hearty)
and you are not so much around city life, the body odour tends to
change, it becomes less intense; either that is because you are noticing
it less or the smells are ameliorated by the loss of the source.
 
Interesting.
 
From he in eau d' cologne.
Warren Lewington.

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And then, never overlook the possibility that it might be what it is <G>
Many many moons ago, I had, for a brief time, a BF who believed that a
certain level of dirt and grime were "healthy" and that you did not ever
need to wash your bath towels, as you used them on a freshly cleaned
body and that could not possibly get the towel dirty or in need of
cleaning. It seemed that my "tender" nose alone was able to detect the
reeking aroma that arose from the grubby towels (true story - Iswear -
he was actually a pretty bright guy, otherwise)
MNMary

At 04:46 AM 1/24/2006, you wrote:



Hi All

I love the way the english language can give a very different slant to
what was intended.

Here is an extract from the online newsletter for the Australian Open:

"Official Player Towel

Don't miss your chance to own an authentic Australian Open towel used
by all of the players at the Australian Open!"

Wouldn't it be awfully grubby!

-Melanie
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