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Post #255345

Author
Obi Jeewhyen
Parent topic
The personal hygiene thread
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Date created
7-Nov-2006, 4:00 PM
Brushing after every meal sounds like a really good idea, but I think most Americans don't want to carry a toothbrush around and don't want to do that kind of (to us) personal grooming in a public restroom.

How do Brazilians (men in particular) deal with carrying a toothbrush around? Especially a post-brushing, wet toothbrush? I can barely deal with carrying my cellphone. I don't know where I'd keep a toothbrush on my person!



On another hygene front (or rather, back) ... I wish Americans would take up the European (and perhaps other areas) practice of using the bidet. I have seen shocked horror at the unhygienic American practice of mere paper to clean up after doing one's business by those who use the far more cleansing bidet.



Last bit: Does anyone buy into the stereotype that sci-fi fans are, as a group, less hygienic than "regular" folks? Bathe less often? Brush their hair once a month, that kind of thing?