Personal HygieneThere comes a point at which your hygiene becomes less your problem and more everyone else's:
My old school nurse never seemed to wash - instead she wrapped herself in crepe bandages from the first aid kits. The smell was beyond pungent. If you got ill at school, it was better to suffer than try and explain symptoms whilst only breathing out.
When she was eventually 'let go',they had to strip the wallpaper in her office to get rid of the lingering odour.
How scuzzy have you got? Or, failing that, how bad have people you know got?
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chthonic, Thu 22 Mar 2007, 12:40)
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Military Field TripsAs a former US Marine I have several hygiene stories...despite being a very clean guy, once you are deployed into the field, be it a real deployment or an FTX (Field Training Exercise) you dont always have showers available.
The American Southeast Coast. August. Swamp. Marines. Damp. Leeches.
No matter how tightly you blouse your trousers in your boots and cinch your belt, the leeches will find their way to your tackle. And they are NOT fun to remove.
Add to this that swamp mud packs a stink wallop as nasty as any August dog dookie.
The showers I would take upon return from the field were marathons.
The only benefit? When you are a Platoon Leader and you are in the same crap with your Marines, everyone smells the same and you dont really notice it...for the most part.
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Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Thu 22 Mar 2007, 21:34,
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