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by Rob Peters | July 11, 2008 at 09:58 am
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Have you ever smelled a Russian? Probably not, according to a piece in today's Pravda. More than a third of Russians take a daily shower or bath, putting them in third spot on a list of the world's cleanliest nations. Americans finished first for taking an average two showers a day, according to the piece.
My favourite quote: "A person who neither takes a shower, nor changes his or her underwear for two days is considered an outcast in the USA." I suppose that's true.
Russian citizens take the third place in the world among clean and neat nations, following the Hindus and the Americans.
The majority of Russians (35 percent) take a shower or a bath on a daily basis. Eleven percent of Russian citizens take a shower twice a day. Residents of Europe turned down their medieval habit of washing themselves twice in a lifetime. However, they still prefer not to take a shower too often. The Britons and the Germans usually wash themselves twice a week.
Ecologists say that a habit of daily showers and baths may lead to an ecological disaster, since the planet runs out of its fresh water reserves very quickly.
Experts say that modern-day nations develop a passion for cleanliness because they do not know the price of fresh water. Such a passion in Russia may indeed result in an ecological disaster. The majority of apartment buildings in Russia do not have hot and cold water counters – people pay a fixed price for water, no mater how much water they use. One should keep in mind the fact that a regular shower requires about 50 liters of water, whereas a bath needs 120 liters. Such a habit looks insane against the background of a serious shortage of fresh water in the world. Unlike Europeans, Russians do not even try to economize water.
An average American takes a shower twice a day – this is a holy ritual in the States. A person who neither takes a shower, nor changes his or her underwear for two days is considered an outcast in the USA.
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at 15:05 on July 11th, 2008
Rob Peters, I like this story. It's good stuff. Many a time on the way to work, in the summer, I have seen Russian men bathing in the Moscow River outside the Kremlin. Of course the Moscow River is one of the only rivers where if someone walks across it , it is not deemed a miracle. All in all of course Russians are clean people, they have the same amenities as anyone else. Their PNE is Gorky Park, what is better, is that you can walk around and drink beer and smoke a cigarette in Gorky. Where as BCs PNE, well ........