SilverBird
Sep 24th, 2004, 11:07 AM
Did anyone watch this television programme on Tuesday evening? Too Posh To Wash (http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/T/too_posh_to_wash/)
Do you know anyone who avoids personal hygiene ... and did you avoid mentioning the problem or did you try to help them?
The programme reminded us of someone we knew ... he wasn't "posh" but firmly believed that the smell of superstale body odour and clothes that hadn't been washed for ages, if ever, was natural ... his gums were receding and badly infected due to lack of dental hygiene and never visiting the dentist ... his unkempt hair was wet with grease ... fortunately he never removed his trainers but rumour had it that his socks were once white ... we gave him some new clothes but it did nothing to help change his attitude ... when he visited we would put a sheet on the chair before he sat down ... his attitude was to accept him as he was or not ... even the dogs wouldn't sit or lie near him ... the last time he called we said that we were just going out, something he wasn't too happy to accept as he had a habit of calling late in the evening and would stay into the early hours to avoid going home ... that was the last time we saw him ...
Do you know anyone who avoids personal hygiene ... and did you avoid mentioning the problem or did you try to help them?
The programme reminded us of someone we knew ... he wasn't "posh" but firmly believed that the smell of superstale body odour and clothes that hadn't been washed for ages, if ever, was natural ... his gums were receding and badly infected due to lack of dental hygiene and never visiting the dentist ... his unkempt hair was wet with grease ... fortunately he never removed his trainers but rumour had it that his socks were once white ... we gave him some new clothes but it did nothing to help change his attitude ... when he visited we would put a sheet on the chair before he sat down ... his attitude was to accept him as he was or not ... even the dogs wouldn't sit or lie near him ... the last time he called we said that we were just going out, something he wasn't too happy to accept as he had a habit of calling late in the evening and would stay into the early hours to avoid going home ... that was the last time we saw him ...