Soapless in Cincinnati (1 Viewer)

[Chaka]

You know how when you're eating something sticky (garlic/cheese/onion), you can't smell it cause you're the one eating it? Or how Indians (dot) don't think they have a curry odor? Yeah, just cause you can't smell it doesn't mean it's not there.

My farts smell hilarious, everyone else's not so much.

 

[Early_10]

Stinky, not sticky...you get the point.

 

[Postradamus]

Seems like some here are really determined for me to be bad smelling. Sorry. Not happening. Keep hating.

 

[Road Dogg]

Seems like some here are really determined for me to be bad smelling. Sorry. Not happening. Keep hating.

I think you need to send someone your boxers and they can give them an independent smell test

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Keep fighting the good fight, soldier.

 

[desert rose]

I have a Japanese friend who says most Americans have a greasy smell to them. They eat food with red meat and fats, and even if they have showered, she can still smell them. Your head gives off oil. People smell. You can't help it. And I don't know how you can stand yourself if you aren't using soap. I wouldn't just give plates and silverware a good rinse and use them again. It's disgusting. This would be grounds for divorce.

 

[Postradamus]

I have a Japanese friend who says most Americans have a greasy smell to them. They eat food with red meat and fats, and even if they have showered, she can still smell them. Your head gives off oil. People smell. You can't help it. And I don't know how you can stand yourself if you aren't using soap. I wouldn't just give plates and silverware a good rinse and use them again. It's disgusting. This would be grounds for divorce.

I smell fine.I think someone else should try this. It works for smart guys like me and MT, maybe it'll work for you.

 

[Postradamus]

Keep fighting the good fight, soldier.

:salute:

 

[Guster]

update?

 

[Harry Manback]

QUOTE (desert rose @ Feb 17 2011, 12:31 PM) I have a Japanese friend who says most Americans have a greasy smell to them. They eat food with red meat and fats, and even if they have showered, she can still smell them. Your head gives off oil. People smell. You can't help it. And I don't know how you can stand yourself if you aren't using soap. I wouldn't just give plates and silverware a good rinse and use them again. It's disgusting. This would be grounds for divorce.I smell fine.I think someone else should try this. It works for smart guys like me and MT, maybe it'll work for you.

I think about this...I like the idea of speeding up "showers".

 

[Postradamus]

QUOTE (desert rose @ Feb 17 2011, 12:31 PM) I have a Japanese friend who says most Americans have a greasy smell to them. They eat food with red meat and fats, and even if they have showered, she can still smell them. Your head gives off oil. People smell. You can't help it. And I don't know how you can stand yourself if you aren't using soap. I wouldn't just give plates and silverware a good rinse and use them again. It's disgusting. This would be grounds for divorce.I smell fine.I think someone else should try this. It works for smart guys like me and MT, maybe it'll work for you.

I think about this...I like the idea of speeding up "showers".

Well it's not really about speed. I still scrub for a while as if I were using soap or shampoo. The difference is in the results. My calves get really dry and flaky in the winter normally. Not this winter. Smooth calves I tell you.

 

[El Floppo]

Oh sorry, been cashing checks and snapping necks, forgot about the updates

Days laterer

I'm still no soap no shampoo, I smell fine. I do use baby powder occasionally now in my pits. That's been going good. No odor. I was sweating somewhat more than I used to I noticed, so the powder has come in handy. My skin is really a lot softer except my hands since I do soap them. I think soap is definitely harmful to the softness of your skin. As far as hair, it's softer too. It doesn't leave that hair smell in hats like it used to. It's something I won't stop. I'm thinking I'll shampoo 4 times a year once for each season. I did get a face pimple the other day but I was on a 4 day bender and didn't see much of the shower that weekend. It's gone quickly. Again, no smell.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

QUOTE (desert rose @ Feb 17 2011, 12:31 PM) I have a Japanese friend who says most Americans have a greasy smell to them. They eat food with red meat and fats, and even if they have showered, she can still smell them. Your head gives off oil. People smell. You can't help it. And I don't know how you can stand yourself if you aren't using soap. I wouldn't just give plates and silverware a good rinse and use them again. It's disgusting. This would be grounds for divorce.I smell fine.I think someone else should try this. It works for smart guys like me and MT, maybe it'll work for you.

I think about this...I like the idea of speeding up "showers".

Well it's not really about speed. I still scrub for a while as if I were using soap or shampoo. The difference is in the results. My calves get really dry and flaky in the winter normally. Not this winter. Smooth calves I tell you.

How about some pics?

 

[wazoo11]

link

 

[Vrana]

Update?

 

[Guster]

You don't by chance play hockey on the weekends and sit next to me at work, do you? 'cause that guy sometimes looks like he hasn't washed in a while

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Yeah, just cause you can't smell it doesn't mean it's not there.

Sig worthy.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Oh sorry, been cashing checks and snapping necks, forgot about the updatesDays latererIAs far as hair, it's softer too. It doesn't leave that hair smell in hats like it used to. It's something I won't stop. I'm thinking I'll shampoo 4 times a year once for each season.

Didn't you say you shave your head?

 

[Postradamus]

Oh sorry, been cashing checks and snapping necks, forgot about the updatesDays latererIAs far as hair, it's softer too. It doesn't leave that hair smell in hats like it used to. It's something I won't stop. I'm thinking I'll shampoo 4 times a year once for each season.

Didn't you say you shave your head?

I did but I have maybe 3 inches now. It's really soft and doesn't smell bad. Smells like hair is supposed to. Skin is softer and not dry at all. I think all the soap was leaving a film on my skin preventing normal circulation or something sciency like that. My legs never tanned well for some odd reason but already I have a nice glow in the springtime. It feels right.I use the shower powder on the pits, works perfectly. Haven't shampooed in a while, going to try to stick to the 4 times a year plan.

 

[Postradamus]

You don't by chance play hockey on the weekends and sit next to me at work, do you? 'cause that guy sometimes looks like he hasn't washed in a while

Not a big hockey fan.

 

[Postradamus]

I do use soap occasionally. I am not completely without it, but I can tell a difference now after I use it because it dries my skin and leaves a residue that flakes off. I don't like it but sometimes you sleep with a dirty girl.

 

[Chairshot]

Can we get an update on this? How many friends have you lost? Still have your job? Are dogs and cats avoiding you? Or are they strangely more attracted?

 

[Dr. Gobbler]

Can we get an update on this? How many friends have you lost? Still have your job? Are dogs and cats avoiding you? Or are they strangely more attracted?

The bugs they ates him!

 

[pinequick]

My calves get really dry and flaky in the winter normally.

It doesn't leave that hair smell in hats like it used to. It's really soft and doesn't smell bad.

Flaky calves? Stinky hair? And this is when you WERE showering? What the hell is wrong with you?

 

[Postradamus]

I figured out why the calves got flaky. Because I used too much soap and didn't get it all rinsed off most showers being in a hurry and in college. Calves look olympic gold right now. Hair smell =/= bad smell, but it's less noticeable now especially in hats.

It's funny that this thread was bumped today because I did the "traditional" soap shower today and someone at the reds game moved down the row when someone left and made a joke, "There we go. Some space. I tell ya, you could use a shower buddy. [jovial laughter]"

 

[dwarfboy]

Silver water kills bacteria. That should work for deodorant. You can find the recipe online and make your own.

My family swears by this stuff. They drink it, spray it, use it on and for everything.Works good as scent blocker on hunting clothes. Seen a Manswers show where some European army issued silver threaded underwear for it's allweather gear resulting in underwear that only had to be changed every few months.Invest in a good bar of silver to use as soap I guess. Don't drink too much or you'll literally turn blue.

WTF?

I was about to post about the turning blue part. Saw some crazy dude on a talk show once that basically said he knew he should stop since he was blue, but decided he didn't mind the blueness.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Somebody I hugged today commented out of the blue about how good I smelled, and asked what kind of awesome lotion (or whatever) I was wearing. I told her that I hadn't used soap, deodorant, or shampoo in about a year and a half. I then asked her to smell my armpits specifically (so I could report back to the FFA), and she declined.

 

[Wingnut]

Somebody I hugged today commented out of the blue about how good I smelled, and asked what kind of awesome lotion (or whatever) I was wearing. I told her that I hadn't used soap, deodorant, or shampoo in about a year and a half.....

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

update?

 

[Guster]

update?

 

[chet]

update?

He hasn't been around since November.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

update?

He hasn't been around since November.

died from dirty

 

[Jaysus]

My farts smell hilarious

 

[BRONG]

#### it, I'm in.

 

[Chaka]

Been doing this for eight days now, gotta say I'm surprised at how well it's working out.

 

[BRONG]

Day 2 Sans Soap:

I caved and shampoo'd my hair. I was already starting to look like Kurt Cobain and that's not really the look I'm going for these days.

It's weird when you get in the shower. You don't know what to do. I just kind of stand there and make a guess at how long is long enough to clean me. There is nothing to do (FOR THE MOST PART). I finally grabbed the shampoo. But was careful to not let it rinse off down my face.

I am going to order that Japanese rag you guys linked/liked. Then I'll have something to do.

 

[urbanhack]

#### it, I'm in.

Boom!

 

[Nipsey]

You guys wiping your ###? or just slide it out, stand up and walk away?

 

[phrozen]

Little GreasersSmellyhana'sChunk-Fil-ACrusty Barrel Original ####caked HouseMax & Germa'sJoe's Crab Crotch

excellent crescendo to the Joe's Crab Crotchbravo

 

[BRONG]

#### it, I'm in.

Boom!

BAM!

 

[Chaka]

Day 2 Sans Soap:

I caved and shampoo'd my hair. I was already starting to look like Kurt Cobain and that's not really the look I'm going for these days.

It's weird when you get in the shower. You don't know what to do. I just kind of stand there and make a guess at how long is long enough to clean me. There is nothing to do (FOR THE MOST PART). I finally grabbed the shampoo. But was careful to not let it rinse off down my face.

I am going to order that Japanese rag you guys linked/liked. Then I'll have something to do.

I can't imagine starting this without one of these.

 

[commisholio]

I tried this for a while, maybe 6 or 8 weeks? I didn't tell my wife to see if she would notice a difference. She didn't, but I felt greasy all the time after a while. It wasn't comfortable to me so I went back to soap and shampoo.

 

[BRONG]

Day 2 Sans Soap:

I caved and shampoo'd my hair. I was already starting to look like Kurt Cobain and that's not really the look I'm going for these days.

It's weird when you get in the shower. You don't know what to do. I just kind of stand there and make a guess at how long is long enough to clean me. There is nothing to do (FOR THE MOST PART). I finally grabbed the shampoo. But was careful to not let it rinse off down my face.

I am going to order that Japanese rag you guys linked/liked. Then I'll have something to do.

I can't imagine starting this without one of these.

Hopefully it will get here tomorrow, BEFORE the weekend.

 

[BRONG]

Catching up on my experiment...

Day 3:

Still just saying no to soap. However, I caved again on the no shampoo deal. I don't think that's ever gonna happen; my hair's too thin to think that it looks good oily and stuff. Do I smell, yet? Don't think so. I ran 4 hard miles, rinsed off, then went out. It didn't seem to matter, smell-wise. Not one person noticed at the Fartbarf show, as far as I know.

Day 4 (today):

Haven't even showered and probly not gonna.

Only difference so far, is maybe my face is a little oily, which might actually be good. I really don't think I smell.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

You have to give the no shampoo thing a couple weeks. If your hair is oily at first, that should go away.

 

[Drifter]

I'd be willing to do this but if I don't use deodorant, I definitely have a good musky smell going be the end of the day.

Also, I'm okay shaving my face without shaving lotion if I'm shaving every other day or so but don't think I'd be willing to do my head without shaving lotion.

 

[BRONG]

You have to give the no shampoo thing a couple weeks. If your hair is oily at first, that should go away.

Really? What is the benefit to no shampoo, again? I can see the skin thing, that's why I'm trying this, but my hair is thin and it looks and feels way better after shampooing it. In one of your links, it was directed at super curly or thick hair, which obviously doesn't apply. I would rather my hair be thicker and don't see how this could ever help that. In fact, what's funny is I just went to a new barber recently who went on and on about the benefit of shampooing your hair not once, but twice. Yeah, he said the first wash doesn't do the job and that the second shampoo/rinse gets the rest of the gunk out. And no, he didn't try to sell me shampoo after.I still haven't used soap, btw, and I think I'll be able to stick with that part, but the hair thing, I don't know, it just doesn't feel nearly as good when you get out of the shower. And I look like Kurt Cobain.

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

You guys are neanderthals.

 

[Chaka]

You have to give the no shampoo thing a couple weeks. If your hair is oily at first, that should go away.

Really? What is the benefit to no shampoo, again? I can see the skin thing, that's why I'm trying this, but my hair is thin and it looks and feels way better after shampooing it. In one of your links, it was directed at super curly or thick hair, which obviously doesn't apply. I would rather my hair be thicker and don't see how this could ever help that. In fact, what's funny is I just went to a new barber recently who went on and on about the benefit of shampooing your hair not once, but twice. Yeah, he said the first wash doesn't do the job and that the second shampoo/rinse gets the rest of the gunk out. And no, he didn't try to sell me shampoo after.I still haven't used soap, btw, and I think I'll be able to stick with that part, but the hair thing, I don't know, it just doesn't feel nearly as good when you get out of the shower. And I look like Kurt Cobain.

Two weeks.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

You have to give the no shampoo thing a couple weeks. If your hair is oily at first, that should go away.

Really?

Yeah. "There is some evidence that constantly washing [the natural oil] out [of your hair] makes your scalpal sebaceous glands overactive, so when you first ditch the shampoo you might find yourself with ugly oily hair until your body figures out that you aren't going to constantly dry it out with shampoo and it doesn't need to overproduce." Everybody's different, so the only way to know the effects of going without shampoo for a couple weeks is to try it. If you can make it a couple weeks, that should be enough to find out whether you find it preferable.