We Should Only Be Showering Once a Week  – It is terrible for the environment and our bank balances:

Story By Michael Harthorne, Newser Staff
Posted Mar 9, 2016 6:14 PM CST
Updated Mar 13, 2016 6:33 AM CDT

Those are words of wisdom from some stinky guy name Donnachadh McCarthy, a writing for the Guardian that thinks there something wrong in our modern society (most probably himself) because, according to him, most people have a bad habit of showering every day.

Notice the absence of people around him. 

He says he only bathed once a week when he was a kid and doesn’t remember smelling, blaming “falsely imposed cultural norms” for our all-too-frequent showers.

When I was in Okinawa, they transported their human waste in what they called Benjo Ditches, where the waste ran directly under the sidewalks that were covered with planks. For the first week I was on The Rock, the smell was horrible and then I got used to it and didn’t smell it anymore.

The same thing applies to Stinky  McCarthy. He has stunk so long that he doesn’t smell himself anymore.

Can you even imagine an Italian construction worker that ran an 90 pound air hammer for 8 hours, who eats hot peppers for breakfast, 6 capicola sandwiches for lunch – 2 pound of spaggs, meats ball, neck bones, sausage and pigs feet for dinner not showering every day? I am sweating sitting here just thinking about that.

Peppy La Pew says he’s now down to one shower a week and a daily sink-wash that includes my underarms and privates. The only real beneficiaries of over-frequent baths and showers are the companies that make and market soaps and shampoos. Peppy La Pew  points to the water waste, electricity use, and carbon emissions perpetrated by daily showers as proof. The daily bath or shower…is terrible for the environment and our bank balances.

Peppy claims soap removes oils and necessary bacteria, causing dermatitis, and can make babies’ skin more sensitive. McCarthy hasn’t washed his hair in two decades—which he says damages the hair and scalp.

I would be willing to bet that Donnachadh  (figures) has a desk in an isolated corner of the office all by himself and a very limited social life. Although he may a few friends. You know birds of a feather stink together.

It takes all kinds to make this planet keep spinning and I am sure there is a place – a very small place for people like  Donnachadh. Certainly down wind from the crowds.