Disney Star Bette Midler Goes on Profane Environmental Rant: ‘I Bathe Once a Month! F**k You!’

FWIW: daily bathing is a fairly modern concept. As recently as 100 years ago, a weekly bath was considered more than adequate with just washcloth touchups filling in the rest of the week. But, it gets better... since those baths were usually taken on Saturday night so everybody would be fresh as a daisy for church the next morning. So, now you know where the saying "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" came from!

In the 1880's old west few buildings had indoor plumbing which made basin-bathing with a washcloth the norm. If you wanted a bath or that new-fangled invention called a "Shower" you'd have to go to a special place and pay for it and hot water/soap/towels were extra.

And further back in history, regular baths become even more rare and often considered a medical treatment [especially for skin disorders]. During the Renaissance a palace may have had elaborate bathing areas, but they weren't used every day... mostly -like Midler- it would be a monthly ritual.

But the Romans REALLY did it up right with their massive bathhouses where stripping down and scrubbing up was a social event where you'd spend four hours in what amounted to a huge public spa.

And beside the basic facilities there were gymnasiums, Libraries and theaters. Around the outside of the main bathhouse you'd find little shopping malls where you could grab a snack from the world's first fast-food joints, pick up some clothing/furniture and a live Chicken or two to offer up as a sacrifice in a temple on the way home.

But the BATHS were the main attraction, since there were separate rooms each featuring different bathing pools: a cold plunge, a warm room, a hot room and even a steam room. They'd also have other rooms where slaves would give you a good rubdown or even pluck your body hair out.

But Soap was NOT used. Instead, the Romans used a tool called a "Strigil" that had a curved sharpened blade that matched body contours and came in LOTS of sizes from tiny to 10"-12" long.

Slaves would rub your body down with a scented oil and then the Strigils would be used to scrape off the oil and dirt. A final wipedown with a cloth and you were done.

I have a couple of Strigils in my Roman relics collection; made of iron they are still sharp although the original wooden handles are long gone. But yeah: if I wanted to I could still grab some Olive oil and take a bath the ancient Roman way because they were some of the cleanest people in ancient history.

So: don't be too quick to assume that your daily bath routine is the norm, even though common sense suggests it should be. Personally, I think God's greatest gift to mankind was a nice 6-setting shower wand with enough water pressure to strip paint!

Last Edited by GSB/LTD on 12/01/2022 08:09 PM

Why are these people so insane. it's almost... scratch that it IS to a cartoonish level now. how is this possible? did we jump dimensions or something? did cern do this? I mean this is just literally insanity passed off as "Normal" I'm genuinely thinking we are in a stranger things type place at this time. lol why? why???!!!



I mean look at these "people"?

https://twitter.com/_/status/1598402450889011201

Not sure if serious or insane

https://twitter.com/_/status/1598410396758470656

https://twitter.com/_/status/396042261697277952

https://twitter.com/_/status/364252340083105792

Broom Hilda could go a step further by flying into a skyscraper one dark night & never have to bathe again. Removing the carbon footprint equivalent to a large cow. Check. And conserving the equivalent of an Olympic size pool of water every month. Check.

Noice post

Everything she wrote is exaggeration and bullshit. Her pompous outrage and anger shines through in a crazy way. I think she losing it. Vax?

Midler: “If you knew what I have done to mitigate the criminal environmental craziness in this country, you would kiss my ass,”

Bathing once a month........no one would even get close enough to plant that kiss.

Anyone who has worked with her can tell you what Midler is like. Even by Hollywood standards, she is special, very special.

Butt Smelledher.

Spit beer out reading that!

Interesting Roman history.
Thanks for posting this.

S typical of an irrelevant, has-been, whale of an entitled Karen. If someone sprayed her with Lysol, she’d melt into wading pools of slime.

All these celebrities that nobody liked suddenly getting fame on Twitter for being weird.

Old crusty ass white lady

You're being racist. Typical shit for brains.

Black people cant be racist white boy

Nasty a-s beyotch. GROSS.

What’s so great is he was right. Again and again.
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What’s so great is he was right. Again and again.
[link to www.mourningtheancient.com]

Holy God. What a nutter.

More like a dead cat that's been pissed on

"They" are only allowed to bathe once a month arent they?

it's not water is it?

When you look at these people and say demonically possessed it all becomes clear.

I thought they didn't like people living off-grid? Weird

‘Disney’ Star lol. Both liberals and conservatives hate her she was almost canceled and hocus locus 2 was about to not be made

I once sat at a restaurant at a table next to Bette midler and I can attest that she's not lying.