Topic: Episode #284

[Puppet_Master]

I have never done a smell test before

nor have I asked any girls I've been with if they douche.

I thought most girls use it to smell better

why'd you think that if that's not how it's marketed nor something anyone has ever told you? (do you just think vinegar smells good?)

what's your theory on coffee enemas? a woman thinks her boyfriend will prefer the smell of coffee?

I'm not sure why I thought that.  Just one of those things you "know" without knowing how you know.  Now I'm skeptical of that bit of knowledge.  I'll have to do some research.  I thought it would cause some chemical reaction that reduced the smell.

[Opcn]

The foreskin does better if you pull it back and clean it, it makes sense that lady bits would be similar. Douche doesn't work, but at least it has prior plausibility.

[GodSlayer]

at least it has prior plausibility.

from what? the awesomeness of vinegar?

didn't the ancient Greeks use olive oil to wash themselves? that always seemed implausible to me (as someone with oily skin, oil being what I want to wash in order to get rid of), and alcohol on wounds always seemed odd, too. is vinegar similarly unexpectedly* useful? (i.e., having prior plausibility to those who know sumn about it)

*to ignint folk like me.

[lonely moa]

Even if the sun doesn't quite rise above the horizon, it's still quite light in the higher lattitudes.  At least that's what I have experienced. 

[Philby]

Re the Quote. I have always had a theory that the person who is the greatest in the world at anything doesnt actually do it.  The greatest violinist could be  living in some village in Africa but has never ever seen a violin let alone a chance to play one. Also the greatest NFL Quarter back could lay soccer for his local team in a small town in Leichenstein but given the chance could have been great. I would have made the greatest Astronaut but NASA never replied to my letters.

[Hazzel]

I find it insane that we even need to talk about douche...

Trivia: In Scandinavian languages, "dush", pronounced almost like douche, means shower. 

[pandamonium]

Unless you have an infection, you only need to use soap and water to wash the vulva. The vagina takes care of itself mostly. It's a pretty sanitary place - secretions take care of bacteria and flotsom and jetsom that get in there. It doesn't need vinegar. All that does is screw up the pH of the vagina, makes you more susceptible to infection, and makes you smell like a damned pickle.

The foreskin does better if you pull it back and clean it, it makes sense that lady bits would be similar. Douche doesn't work, but at least it has prior plausibility.

Only if you have absolutely no idea how the vagina works, which is why the douche has had such a success historically. The foreskin of a penis is analogous to the clitoral hood, not the vagina. Would you douche your vas deferens?

The "prior plausibility" of the douche is based on ignorance and the assumption that women's vaginas are in a constant state of grossness. There is no actual plausibility to the douche, since, like I mentioned earlier, the vagina takes care of itself pretty well.

I find it insane that we even need to talk about douche...

Trivia: In Scandinavian languages, "dush", pronounced almost like douche, means shower. 

Is that an "uh" 'u' or an "oo" 'u'? In America speak, we pronounce it "doosh".

[Kwisatz Haderach]

I would have thought that the colloquial usage of the word "douche" to mean "someone who is phenomenally, disgustingly worthless" would have tipped most people off to the notion that douche is not an effective or worthwhile product.

[pandamonium]

I would have thought that the colloquial usage of the word "douche" to mean "someone who is phenomenally, disgustingly worthless" would have tipped most people off to the notion that douche is not an effective or worthwhile product.

But, in general, they aren't bad smelling.

[GodSlayer]

Trivia: In Scandinavian languages, "dush", pronounced almost like douche, means shower. 

Is that an "uh" 'u' or an "oo" 'u'? In America speak, we pronounce it "doosh".

look at the book about the doosh?

[pandamonium]

Trivia: In Scandinavian languages, "dush", pronounced almost like douche, means shower. 

Is that an "uh" 'u' or an "oo" 'u'? In America speak, we pronounce it "doosh".

look at the book about the doosh?

more like "boo" than "book".

"Lou didn't say 'boo' to the dude with the douche."

[Anders]

"Dusch" is pronounced with the u-sound from put.

One of Björn Borg's managers wasn't very good at English; he tended to grab a word that sounded similar and say it. So at one time he said to the journalists at a press conference: "Björn is going to be late, he's having a douche."

(He also said about one of Björn's opponents that he's "not much to hang in the Christmas tree." A perfectly sensible sentence in Swedish...)

[pandamonium]

"Dusch" is pronounced with the u-sound from put.

One of Björn Borg's managers wasn't very good at English; he tended to grab a word that sounded similar and say it. So at one time he said to the journalists at a press conference: "Björn is going to be late, he's having a douche."

(He also said about one of Björn's opponents that he's "not much to hang in the Christmas tree." A perfectly sensible sentence in Swedish...)

lol. That's okay, no one knows how to speak English.

[ZomZom]

As a gay guy with limited vagina experience I will add that a friend became uncharacteristically agitated at her husband while he was discussing her vagina with me.  I was curious if my college girlfriend's vagina was typical and he assured me that certain aspects that I found displeasing were rather common.  My friend didn't mind us discussing her vagina, but rather her husband's impression of it.

She is someone I respect and I made a mental note to be thoughtful when discussing vaginas in the future.

[geroronimo]

As one who has grown up practically on the arctic circle (or a few kilometres north of it at 67° north) I can testify that you in reallity never get 24 hours of darkness - even at winter solstice. Around noon there are a few hours of daylight. I believe this is because of atmospheric refraction. Even where I live now (at 69°N) it doesn't get really dark at noon on winter solstice. Even though the sun is well below the horizon it is "bright dusk" (enough light to read without a problem) at noon.