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Comment on Will NutriFeron save you from the bird flu? by melissa

melissa — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:03:37 +0000

I just wanted to clarify from the original comment…that the member fee is 19.95 for a lifetime not for a year.

Comment on In the name of all that is stinky… by Thomas Mendip

Thomas Mendip — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:52:25 +0000

As an adult male who was forced to swim nude in junior high and high school, along with millions of others in my age group, listening to teen aged girls whine about showering after gym elicits a curious response. I want to tell her to can it, how would she react to being forced to be naked for an hour in a swimming pool with 50 other girls? On the other hand, I also sympathize; she may not be in a swimming pool, but she’s no less nude, and no less humiliated than was I. Add the matter of compulsion, and there is a certain similarity.
But you must also inject the matter of necessity. There was no real need for us boys to have been forced to swim nude; it was merely an affectation of the times that it was acceptable to compel boys to swim nude whether they wanted to or not.
On the other hand, after strenuous physical activity, showering becomes a necessity. I remember reading at another web site a posting by a female p. e. teacher concerning mandatory post gym showers. She had exempted her girls from that requirement. Until other teachers began complaining that her students smelled like dead goats. She began requiring the showers; the girls at first complained, then became used to it. The parents, some of which complained, were convinced when she explained to them them rudiments of body odor and what skin infections that result from poor hygiene.

Comment on Strong Enough for a Man, But Made for the Carpool by Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:29:34 +0000

My daughter just started her freshman year of high school this year, and her school has a very strict rule about the students showering after all of their gym classes and team practices that take place at the school. It’s an all girls private school, so from what I’ve heard they tell parents that complain about the mandatory showers that their daughter will be showering, or else looking for a new school. I’m grateful that my daughter doesn’t have any embarrassment over it, I’m so happy with her school that I would have just had to tell her to get over it because she’s not switching schools. I don’t see what the big deal is about it anyway? I always thought that most schools required post gym showers to this day until I read differently on your blog. I know all the schools in my district required showers in gym when I was in school.

Comment on Tom Cruise Kills Oprah by Eleanore Kotaki

Eleanore Kotaki — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:54:55 +0000

I really like watching Tom Cruise’s movies. I think that he is a very professional, talented actor.

Comment on In the name of all that is stinky… by Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:35:30 +0000

I remember showers were required in the early to late 70′s, I started taking showers in 4th grade, but by the time got to 10 grade it was no big deal. The teacher was there to check off your name to make sure you took your shower. I heard the practice ended around 1987 or so. At least at our school district.