Troy McNaughtonTemptation makes us all feel dirty...
May 18th 2006 20:33
Or do we want a café with a neutral smell that neither entices nor coerces us to eat? Sisi reckons she goes to cafes FOR the smell of coffee… Or maybe I’m twisting her words and she’s a victim of peer pressure…
At any rate, do we want the carrot dangling in front of us, looking and smelling pretty but not to be eaten, or would we rather pretend the carrot didn’t exist?
Maybe it works on a less animalistic level when we choose whether we find success encouraging/inspiring or resulting in jealousy and feelings of inferiority.
Or whether we want to watch Rom-Coms while we’re single – is it nice to know it’s out there or would we rather pretend it isn’t and stop thinking about it?
How bloody flawed is the human condition!!????!!!
This existentialist stuff is too hard, let us turn to more important yet simpler matters:
The question that has been plaguing me this week gave rise to a drunken mini-poll in the microcosm of the Brooklyn Hotel on Friday night (hello and welcome if this sounds familiar!). I need to know – and I have more of an interest than most as I will explain:
DO YOU SHOWER FROM THE FRONT OR THE BACK?
(this is not code, it’s not that complicated, I just mean do you face the water or back the water?)
Because it turns out I’m a freak. Or a guy. But I could list various references who will attest that I am not, in fact, a guy.
Ok it’s only pub science and preliminary polls, and you wouldn’t believe what Google is giving me as research on the subject… well you might – use your imaginations. But at any rate, at this stage, anecdotal evidence appears to suggest a clear gender distinction – ask around, I’m not making this up – the reasons for which are a little unclear.
For example, if guys are avoiding direct flow onto their “more sensitive areas,” surely women should have similar sensitivity elsewhere.
If you have a really hot shower, surely the steam eventually gets too much to be breathing in directly… ok maybe that’s a crap explanation.
But at the very least, the skin on your back is thicker (apart from your hands and feet it’s the thickest on your body) and can withstand more heat, allowing the rest of your body to benefit from the general temperature rise without being subjected to the hot water directly. Although Miss O says she has her showers so hot her skin goes pink, yet she’s happy to scald herself from the front. Then again, she’s white as a lily so maybe she just means a step up from luke warm.
If you have any ideas for explanations, please let me know. I’m feeling a bit alienated from my sex... a little bit freakish... a little bit X-men.
Oh, and here's some unrelated silliness. This song will never sound the same again - it almost makes you grateful we have war to give rise to such genius, a la Soundtrack to War, a documentary by George Gittoes about soldiers in Iraq and the music they create and listen to.
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?" - Scott Adams
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Comment by Cibbuano
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I shower from the side, so that the water hits my back... I only turn around to rinse off the soap and shampoo...
Women showering from the front - that's kind of hot...
Comment by amy
Cibby this theory says you're a hermaphrodite!
Or maybe just really vain - I wonder whether mirror positions have some effect...
(not surprisingly there are many more pictures on Google Image of women showering than men =/ )
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Comment by amy
Helpful in setting up my support group for people who shower in the "wrong" way - it's just so weird that there's a gender pattern and most people have never even CONSIDERED showering any other way!
Comment by Sisi
I shower both ways...from the front when I'm washing/conditioning my hair cos I don't want the water to wash all the shampoo/conditioner out before I've finished working it into a lather, and from the back when I need to rinse out the shampoo/conditioner...and for body washing, I shower both ways randomly...in fact I'm practically doing 360s as I shower!
Comment by amy
And I'm not accepting the "little of column A, little of column B" answer - where do you spend the majority of your time? Or are you a hermaphrodite like Cibby? ;-P
(if you're on a rotating platform that keeps a steady speed then you are exempted from choosing!)
Comment by Sisi
BAHAH I have no rotating platform...I do my own spinning around...I honestly don't spend the majority of my time on one side...I just can't keep still for long enough!
Comment by amy
In addition, perhaps you might like to consider ADHD medication for shower time =P
Comment by Sisi
And I don't know how to take pills so no meds for me unfortunately
Comment by amy
Shani might have something to say on whether or not chai latte is worth drinking... See this conversation.
It divides the nation!
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