Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Screw the planet with Mwa

I have realised that on this blog I have now sung the praises of many activities to be performed in the shower, which strictly speaking do not need a shower for the performing thereof.
Today - not unsurprisingly in the shower - it struck me that I am being rather irresponsible in this time of planetary peril. I am advocating the wanton waste of both water and energy, and I am doing so in a public forum. But then I thought "Fuck that, compared to exploding nuclear power plants and burning BP platforms, I am merely misusing a tiny drop of a very large radioactive and very oily ocean." So here are some more things you could do in the shower, if you love showers as much as I do:
  • Socialise. Put a friend or relative on the toilet, or take them in the shower with you. Be sure to take a bottle of wine and some salami. Do not take crisps; they go soggy.
  • Educate your children. Be prepared for the lessons to be about biology or personal hygiene.
  • Write a novel. Hang a pad of paper above the waterline. Be prepared for the story to be about biology or personal hygiene.
  • Ponder the major questions of humanity and make that Nobel prize winning breakthrough discovery. Be prepared for any great insight to be about biology or personal hygiene.
  • Sleep, if you don't have a blanket. The water will keep you warm all night. Make sure to keep your head out of the water.
This educational post was brought to you by the Committee for Rapid Acceleration of Pollution (CRAP), which aims to give the environment just that little extra push so that everyone can stop worrying about climate change and we can finally see what we have to deal with.

You're welcome.

21 comments:

  1. Shower during labour, longest shower ever. But sooooo right.

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  2. You missed out one or two major shower activities. Surprised at you!

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  3. I need to buy a carbon credit, I too am an environment slaughtering nightmare. I bring once used plastic grocery bags to my day care so they can wrap individual stinky diapers in plastic to keep odors down during the day, ensuring further the already long life of that diaper. Take that, earth! I guess its a good thing I only bathe daily because I ought to or I'd also be wasting water like Mwa.

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  4. Try doing all of the above while having rubber ducks chucked at you - that's often the name of the game with my showers these days!

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  5. I just don't feel really clean after a bath like i do after a shower. In fact I always shower after a bubble bath. Let's save the planet some other way.

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  6. I so need to take notes and learn from you...oh CRAP master. All I ever do is clean the bath whilst having a shower. :(

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  7. MWA: did you know that peeing in the shower is actually quite common? Lots of people pee in the shower, but think it's a secret..
    this is a brilliant post btw...
    your intellect never ceases to amaze me.

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  8. LOL! what a bunch of funny CRAP :-)

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  9. Is it a continental thing? I remember staying in a flat in Germany and someone just walking in whilst I was in the shower, settling down on the toilet for a crap and starting a conversation. Quite disturbing for your average Brit.

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  10. I went away with a friend for the weekend (years ago) we stayed in a Motel, she snored for the two nights, I didn't sleep, she said she didn't sleep, huh, like hell. We came home I ran a bath, got in and fell asleep, but woke up when the water went cold. End of story.
    x Sandi

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  11. I remember hearing something on the radio that if everyone would do their morning pee in the shower, thousands of gallons of water would be saved every day...

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  12. Your powers of reasoning are quite something. You are brilliant and extraordinary!

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  13. I tried the cleaning my teeth in the shower one, you're right, it's absolutely fantastic.

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  14. I could never brush my teeth in the shower. I'd sooner blow dry my hair in there.

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  15. I needed cheering up today and you've done it - thanks!

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  17. Here is my secret shower activity.

    The house we lived in when I was pregnant with children number 2 and 3 had one of those plastic cabinets that you open the door of and step into. It would steam up when I was having a shower, because the bathroom was always cold (Scotland...). So I used to write potential baby names on the steamed-up plastic door with my fingertip, to see what the name looked like. It's a very fond memory.

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  18. 1. I am a big fan of singing and dancing: our shower doesn't hang up on the wall, it's one of those annoying ones that you have to hold the watering thing over your own head, whereby arms get tired and showering becomes tedious, however the showerhead makes excellent microphone, even if (a) the bathroom gets covered in water and (b) it's embarrassing when my husband catches me doing Wind of Change.

    2. Additionally, I find that my backside is wide enough that when I sit down showering in the bath, it forms a blockade and all the water gets stored behind me. Lift one hip, and the floodgates open. I can't imagine ever tiring of this.

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  19. Daughter writes me lovely 'I love you' messages in the steam on the glass. I like shaving my legs in the shower then watching the trickles of blood go down the hole...

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  20. Thanks for these great ideas. Will put them into my schedule immediately.

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