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Skriven 2011-05-24 08:05:53 av Lee Lofaso (1:323/120.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Gary Perkins
Ärende: Generalizations
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Hello Gary,

>>During the dark ages it was thought that bathing spread desease. Thus,
>>everybody stank. Reportedly, the only one who didn't stink was Marie
>>Antoinette. She took baths daily, in spite of the above mentioned belief.
>>She also had a chamber toilet, which flushed, while everyone else in
>>King Louis XVI's palace, used chamber pots or a hole in the ground in the
>>hall. Meanwhile, Parisians used the street or a pot that they threw into
>>the street.

GP>That's a myth; people liked bathing in the dark ages, but unfortunately
GP>many of the commoners couldn't afford the amount of wood it took to
GP>heat hot water. Thus, they rarely were able to bathe near as much as
GP>the wealthy and the lor and royalty, who could afford to keep the
GP>firewood coming.

GP>Probably where we got phrases like "the filthy stinking peasants".

Most of the world today lives in filth.  Even those who take a bath
literally stink.  There are roughly 7 billion people on the face of this
planet, most of whom live in what we call the third world.  Unlike in
developed countries such as the USA, France, Italy, etc., there are no
modern sewerage systems where the vast majority of the population lives.
As such, it is not just a question of garbage disposal.  If one is to
take a bath, one is most likely to use a bucket filled with water,
taking that bucket of water and dumping it over his/her head.  Usually
outside, so as not the get the inside (flooring) of the hut wet.  For
those who could not afford to build a stall outside their hut, well,
there was always a nearby stream, lake, or the ocean.  No bucket
necessary.

--Lee

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