Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children - last of all the babies.
By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." 

Sunshine,please moderate your language.There are many ex English type persons to whom the word "Bath"is like having a curse put on them. I am surprised that the censor allowed "Bath" to be printed.From a personal point of view our bathtub was always filled with coal,yes I was once an unwashed Pom.I still get the shakes when shopping at Bunnings and passing through the Bathroom accessory dept,all those gleaming tubs cowering away as I walk past them.I hear them whisper"Don't pick me,don't pick me".They have nothing to fear from me.I have my annual bath on New Years Day in a Bath hired from Kennards Hire Mob.Sorry Sunshine I did not mean to pinch your post(Shut up Ducky).It was just seeing the word Bath that brought on a moment of madness and fear and panic.Cheers.Ibbo.

Oh!! - Thats what a bathtub is for, I have only ever used it to fill with ice and keep the stubbies and tinnies cold

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.




Did most people get married in June ????

Seem to remember  it was mostly

 "Get married before the baby starts showing or me mum and dad will murder us"
Perhaps the flowers were to hide the bun in the oven

Mike

I always used bath tubs for keeping yabbies..............and eels !! The messdeck on a Pommie minesweeper, in the tropics, was always very interesting!!

Was that some sort of memory flashback Mike?? It looked as if your post was typed while you were sweating?? LOL

Yeah and did you know getting a Geriatric rellie to have a shower is like trying to stand on your head and ballance a ping pong ball on the tip of a biro...."Yes I had a shower" what did you do with the wet towel? what wet towel? the one you used to wipe yourself... "why would I need to wipe myself?" after your shower... is it raining? no the shower you said you had in the bathroom.... oh I'll have a shower tomorrow.... Ahhhhh we are going out for dinner tonight..."what are we going out for dinner for to expensive to eat out" you'll need to shower before we go out.... "Ohhhhhh". "I'll have a wash in the laundry tub" have a shower the laundry tub is for clothes.... Whats the time? nearly lunch time... "Oh can you turn ther tellie on to watch the cricket" Sorry I only let clean people watch TV you can watch TV after your shower....
I tell ya Aged Car workers should be paid $700/ hr...

LOL LOL LOL..............Basil.....mate.................!! Come on .........be nice to us.....MAKE THE VIDEO !! Or at least tape it!!

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Oh!! - Thats what a bathtub is for, I have only ever used it to fill with ice and keep the stubbies and tinnies cold

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Address pal and we will come and empty your bath for you, no need for you to lift a finger, ........... just wear your alfoil beanie and glasses and we'll have that bath emptied before you even know it.

Now where's that address?

 

oh jeezz!! Basil theres some memorys in amongst that lot, we cared for our mother in law for four years and then our father in law around the same and then my mother, all suffered some slight dementure have you seen my glasses I've got to go to the toilet,..... well what do you need your glasses for,.... so I can see where I'm going,... but arent they reading glasses,... yes but not my good ones I want my old ones that are no good anymore,... well if they are no good why would you wear them,...... oh if you are going to take that attitude then I will go without them if I fall over it's your fault and you will have to look after me,....well I look after you now dont I,....not properly you wont find anything I ask you for, have you seen my glasses have you had your tablets this morning,...yes of course I have,...what are these on the table,...they are yesterdays,....so you didnt have any yesterday,...of course I did, I only got to take them once a day,...yes so which day did you miss out on,...I didnt miss any, those ones are just in case I lose some!,........... but you have the webster to tell you when to take them,.....oh thats useless I cant get them out,..........so how did all these tablets get out of the webster then,.......I took them out this morning so I wouldnt have the bother of doing it tomorrow it's too hard to get them out

Tablets, Tablets mmm I think I have to take some tablets but buggared if I know why, maybe it's something about being allowed out four days a week

yeah - if it was not so sad you could get a real belly laugh out of it.... anyway 2 down 3 to go, 2 went home to Nowra as they have a big eveningk planned at the IRT....