How did people survive without modern plumbing?

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The discussion centers around a broken water line affecting a user, humorously referred to as "Pengwuino," who expresses frustration over the lack of water. Participants suggest various coping strategies, including using handiwipes, visiting neighbors, or utilizing campus gym showers. There are light-hearted comments about the situation being a potential "blessing in disguise," and playful banter about the user's hygiene habits and living conditions. Some users share personal anecdotes about similar experiences, while others joke about unconventional bathing methods. The conversation also touches on the absurdity of the situation, with references to historical bathing practices and humorous suggestions for dealing with the water issue. Overall, the thread combines humor with practical advice amidst a backdrop of camaraderie and light teasing.
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I'm mad. Penguins need water and our water line broke! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I can't even handle 1 hour of this crap, how did people live without showering daily a hundred years ago and in france
 
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Use Handiwipes. :biggrin:

Or go visit your neighbors. :biggrin:


Ask yourself, what would tribdog do?


Now, if I was thirty years younger, and in your spot, I would call up some of the girls I know, and ask if I could use their shower. o:)
 
Astronuc said:
Ask yourself, what would tribdog do?

Laugh at me.
 
After the line gets fixed, run your faucets a bit, you'll probably have dirt and small pebbles in the line. I've had water lines cut before.
 
Astronuc said:
Now, if I was thirty years younger, and in your spot, I would call up some of the girls I know, and ask if I could use their shower. o:)
You ever tried braking your own water line just to have a plausible excuse? You know Pengwuino, this could be a blessing in disguise, plus a lesson for the future. :wink:
 
Seriously, what did you do to piss off your bird gods?!? Everyday I get on PF and read about you having another problem O____OI would move out of California if I were you...
 
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moose said:
Seriously, what did you do to piss off your bird gods?!? Everyday I get on PF and read about you having another problem O____O
It's just a matter of perception. As I said, this could be a blessing in disguise, so long as he doesn't moan and groan about it. I've never heard a penguin groaning or moaning, so I don't think he'll have to worry about anything.
 
Dawguard said:
It's just a matter of perception. As I said, this could be a blessing in disguise, so long as he doesn't moan and groan about it. I've never heard a penguin groaning or moaning, so I don't think he'll have to worry about anything.


But isn't moaning and groaning a good sign usually?
 
I don't see what the big fuss is about. It's not like he actually bathed himself anyways :confused:. We have all seen that sty he calls his bedroom.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
I don't see what the big fuss is about. It's not like he actually bathed himself anyways :confused:.


Which would explain the constant rotting fish smell.
 
  • #11
Trust me, that's not the reason for that smell, if you know what I mean. :wink:
 
  • #12
franznietzsche said:
But isn't moaning and groaning a good sign usually?
Not when there's a penguin and a lack of water involved. Get your mind out of the gutter!

Wait, that was a stupid thing to say, it's impossible to do that here in GD.
 
  • #13
Pengwuino said:
Laugh at me.
Please allow me to elaborate -

What would tribdog do if he were in your situation? :rolleyes:

Is it your water line, i.e. after the water meter, or are you an a well? Evo's right about flushing the line, and if your on a well, you may need to chlorinate (shock) it. I had a friend who got a contaminated well because the drilling company used water from a ditch (near cattle pastures) to get started! :rolleyes:

If it was me, I just go to the local hardware store and buy new pipe/tube and install it myself. Just a few hours.
 
  • #14
Laugh at me.

Its good to laugh at yourself once in a while. Maybe Tribdog was not so wrong. :rolleyes: :bugeye: :eek:
 
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If I were a penguin in your situation I might go stand out in some public place with a sign saying "Will work for shower."

If anyone takes you up on it, it's almost guarranteed they won't want you working around their place before you shower, and will tell you to do that first. When you're finished just slither out the bathroom window and waddle home.
 
  • #16
Here, Penguin..

http://www.cvs.com/Assets/images_product_large/072367.jpg

just be careful with it.
Warning
AVOID SPRAYING IN EYES AND EXCESSIVE INHALATION. CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. FLAMMABLE: DO NOT PUNCTURE OR INCINERATE CONTAINER. DO NOT USE WHEN SMOKING OR IN PRESENCE OF FIRE, OPEN FLAME, SPARKS OR HEAT. DO NOT PLACE IN HOT WATER OR NEAR RADIATORS, STOVES OR OTHER SOURCES OF HEAT. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. USE ONLY AS DIRECTED. DO NOT USE ON BROKEN SKIN. DISCONTINUE USE IF RASH OR IRRITATION DEVELOPS. INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING THE CONTENTS CAN BE HARMFUL OR FATAL.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
Trust me, that's not the reason for that smell, if you know what I mean. :wink:


 
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Math Is Hard said:
Here, Penguin..

http://www.cvs.com/Assets/images_product_large/072367.jpg

just be careful with it.
I'm surprised it doesn't say "don't use while asleep", my hairdryer has that warning. :bugeye:
 
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Evo said:
I'm surprised it doesn't say "don't use while asleep", my hairdryer has that warning. :bugeye:
I guess the hairdryer people have heard of Ambien.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I guess the hairdryer people have heard of Ambien.
I need to post the article on people eating in their sleep while on Ambien, it's hysterical.
 
  • #21
Evo said:
I need to post the article on people eating in their sleep while on Ambien, it's hysterical.
I do that even without Ambien. It's horrible. :frown:
 
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Evo said:
I need to post the article on people eating in their sleep while on Ambien, it's hysterical.
I think the worst would be sex while asleep. That's the absolute last thing I'd want to miss by sleeping through it.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I do that even without Ambien. It's horrible. :frown:
How do you know it isn't your cat getting into the fridge?
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I think the worst would be sex while asleep. That's the absolute last thing I'd want to miss by sleeping through it.
Oh yeah, that's the other thing mentioned, people sleeping through sex.
 
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I can only lever press while sleeping...or that's what I call it when I repeatedly hit the snooze bar on the alarm clock for a 2 hour span without waking enough to realize my alarm has been going off for 2 hours and I'm still in bed.

Pengwuino, just a few hours? How often do you take showers anyway? You're in college, go to the campus gym and use the shower there. When I was in college, they broke a water line leading to our dorm. That's what most everyone there did, just headed to the gym shower (except me...I was already working in a lab and had access to the shower in the animal facilities, which was much cleaner than the gym shower, and no line! :biggrin:)

Not that Astronuc's idea is bad either. :wink: Quite ingenious actually.
 
  • #26
Wash yourself with sand.
 
  • #27
cyrusabdollahi said:
Wash yourself with sand.
:smile:

Or just find a bird bath. :rolleyes:
 
  • #28
The Ancient Greeks used to bathe in olive oil IIRC. They would coat themselves with it and then scrape it off.
 
  • #29
Math Is Hard said:
The Ancient Greeks used to bathe in olive oil IIRC. They would coat themselves with it and then scrape it off.
Of course, it requires a helper to do the scraping, for which I'd refer Pengwuino back to Astronuc's suggestion again. :wink:
 
  • #30
Why do my threads all turn into a collection of anti-penguin insults and propoganda.
 
  • #31
Pengwuino said:
Why do my threads all turn into a collection of anti-penguin insults and propoganda.
Sorry, you're going to need to start posting pictures of bloody head wounds if you want to get sympathy tonight...Russ' wound has us busy fussing over him. Besides, you haven't showered yet, so we don't really want to be around you that much right now. :-p
 
  • #32
What? Sand can be used to exfoliate. :confused:
 
  • #33
The last post in this thread was over a year ago(other than mine of course). How did it get up on the top of the page? (It was near the top before I posted:rolleyes:)

EDIT: I guess someone could have deleted their post. I should have thought about that question a little more.
 
  • #34
It was a spammer. I just deleted the post.
 
  • #35
Math Is Hard said:
It was a spammer. I just deleted the post.

icic...well...Keep up the good work MIH!:approve:
 

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