There are some choices in life which require some serious thinking about.
I am no longer required to use the bucket and jug anymore ever since I got a shower. The shower although saving so much more water cannot reach the places the bucket and jug always did.
This we only find out when we have experienced both sides of the coin. When I was a wee little boy I used to think the shower was for the posh folk. Only those with money had a shower - everyone else had to make do with the bucket and jug.
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I would go to a friends house and marvel at their shower.
Wow!' I exclaimed, You have a shower with all the knobs on it. How I envy your wonderful life...your family is much better than mine.'
But ever since getting married I have learnt a valuable lesson. One must bathe to get clean...not to smell better.
If I was to smell better try put some Ittar' (Asian perfume stuff which me uncle uses) on.
The bucket and jug allowed me to sit in the bath and everything could be cleansed from that one position.
If my feet were dirty I could If remove the maayl' (dead skin) easily without having to bend over like an idiot.
If I ever needed to rest in-between washes I could sit back and take a breather. And most importantly of all there was never any need to hurry bath time...I finished when I wanted.
The shower on the other hand is for the scum of the earth (well, that's what my mum always told me.)
I only ever used the shower once when I was a kid and that was at a swimming pool. It was a treat at first as I stood there with my Y-fronts on. I felt so special.
I felt relieved that the water kept coming and I didn't need to keep filling the bucket up with the right amount of hot and cold water.
However, things have gone downhill over the years. Wherever I go I must use the shower. No-one knows why the bucket and jug was replaced but somehow we kind of got modernised.
Some bathrooms even have those bidets' now, thus making the use of the jug totally obsolete.
I met a brother the other day who had never washed himself with a bucket and jug. So being the helpful type I decided to show him. He was well impressed and although a little embarrassed we both agreed never to speak of it again.
However, he did agree on one thing - that the bucket and jug method rules.
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