A Scottish couple took in an 18-year-old girl as a lodger. She asked if she could have a bath,
but the woman of the house told her they didn't have a bath, although if she wanted to,
she could use a tin bath in front of the fire.
"Monday's the best night, when my husband goes out to darts," she said.
The girl agreed to have a bath the following Monday..
After her husband had gone to the pub for his darts match, the woman
filled the bath and watched the girl get undressed. She was surprised to see that the lass
didn't have any pubic hair.. She mentioned this to her husband when he came home. He
didn't believe her, so she said:
"Next Monday, when you go to darts, leave a little early and wait in the back garden.
I'll leave a gap in the curtains so you can see for yourself."
So the following Monday, while the girl again got undressed, the wife
asked:
"Do you shave?"
"No," replied the girl. "I've just never grown any hair down there. Do you
have hair?"
"Oh, yes," said the woman, and she pulled up her nightdress and showed the
girl that she was really generously endowed in the hair department.....very
generously indeed.
The girl finished her bath and went to bed.
Later that night, when the husband came in, the wife asked him, "Did you
see it?"
"Yes," he said, "but why the hell did you have to show her yours."
"Why ever are you worried about that?" she said. "You've seen it often
enough before."
"I know," he said, "but the dart team hadn't!"
Glenelg said
04:14 PM Jun 12, 2014
i remember the old time, we had a bath in front of fire every friday night i was third in the dirty water after mum & dad back in the 50s in to & from land, still don't like water never go in sea above my boobs ? might get my hair wet .Dave
rockylizard said
07:56 PM Jun 12, 2014
Glenelg wrote:
i remember the old time, we had a bath in front of fire every friday night i was third in the dirty water after mum & dad back in the 50s in to & from land, still don't like water never go in sea above my boobs ? might get my hair wet .Dave
Gday...
Gee, so often someone posts something that brings a fond grin of memories past to the dial
We lived in QLD back in the 50s and we had no hot water service - not like the soft stuff of today. But we did have a bathroom with a proper bath - pretty posh AYE!
The ole man used to get the wood-fired copper going in the outside laundry on a Saturday morning, and when it was boiling he would fill an old kero tin (about 5 gallon) and carry it inside to the bathroom, and tip it into the bath. A bit of cold water from the tap to take the temp down a bit, and Mum and my sister (about 4 years old) would have first dibs. When they were finished the ole man would get another kero tin of hot water and carry it in and pour into the bath. His turn.
When he was finished, he would go out and get that kero tin filled again and into the bath for me brudder and me. The best part was there was no time limit on me brudder and me coz all the others had finished.
We never ever cared about whether the water was second hand or not. Saturday baths were fun ! !
And ... yeah, the only washing the hair got was a bit of the Velvet soap rubbed in and washed out in the dirty, used bath water.
AHHHHH .... them woz the daze .... kids today don't know wot they are missin'
Cheers - John
PJK said
08:33 PM Jun 12, 2014
Not only good memories in all the above, but I also believe some of the practices in that era helped expose us to germs and bugs in small amounts to build up our resistance.
No silly allergies, rashes or other soft diseases in those days.
Peter
PJK
Bryan said
10:15 PM Jun 12, 2014
PJK wrote:
Not only good memories in all the above, but I also believe some of the practices in that era helped expose us to germs and bugs in small amounts to build up our resistance.
No silly allergies, rashes or other soft diseases in those days.
Peter PJK
Very true Peter.
Gunsondeck said
11:36 AM Jun 14, 2014
rockylizard wrote:
Glenelg wrote:
i remember the old time, we had a bath in front of fire every friday night i was third in the dirty water after mum & dad back in the 50s in to & from land, still don't like water never go in sea above my boobs ? might get my hair wet .Dave
Gday...
Gee, so often someone posts something that brings a fond grin of memories past to the dial
We lived in QLD back in the 50s and we had no hot water service - not like the soft stuff of today. But we did have a bathroom with a proper bath - pretty posh AYE!
The ole man used to get the wood-fired copper going in the outside laundry on a Saturday morning, and when it was boiling he would fill an old kero tin (about 5 gallon) and carry it inside to the bathroom, and tip it into the bath. A bit of cold water from the tap to take the temp down a bit, and Mum and my sister (about 4 years old) would have first dibs. When they were finished the ole man would get another kero tin of hot water and carry it in and pour into the bath. His turn.
When he was finished, he would go out and get that kero tin filled again and into the bath for me brudder and me. The best part was there was no time limit on me brudder and me coz all the others had finished.
We never ever cared about whether the water was second hand or not. Saturday baths were fun ! !
And ... yeah, the only washing the hair got was a bit of the Velvet soap rubbed in and washed out in the dirty, used bath water.
AHHHHH .... them woz the daze .... kids today don't know wot they are missin'
Gday...
Gee, so often someone posts something that brings a fond grin of memories past to the dial
We lived in QLD back in the 50s and we had no hot water service - not like the soft stuff of today. But we did have a bathroom with a proper bath - pretty posh AYE!
The ole man used to get the wood-fired copper going in the outside laundry on a Saturday morning, and when it was boiling he would fill an old kero tin (about 5 gallon) and carry it inside to the bathroom, and tip it into the bath. A bit of cold water from the tap to take the temp down a bit, and Mum and my sister (about 4 years old) would have first dibs. When they were finished the ole man would get another kero tin of hot water and carry it in and pour into the bath. His turn.
When he was finished, he would go out and get that kero tin filled again and into the bath for me brudder and me. The best part was there was no time limit on me brudder and me
coz all the others had finished.
We never ever cared about whether the water was second hand or not. Saturday baths were fun ! !
And ... yeah, the only washing the hair got was a bit of the Velvet soap rubbed in and washed out in the dirty, used bath water.
AHHHHH .... them woz the daze .... kids today don't know wot they are missin'
Cheers - John
No silly allergies, rashes or other soft diseases in those days.
Peter
PJK
Very true Peter.
You had HOT water??... luxury!!
G.