> wrote:

> Gregory Morrow > wrote:
>
> > 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 odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting
> > married.
>
> Really? If I go for a couple of days without a bath, I start to get
> very aromatic! The only time I do not take a bath is when I am sick
> and I know I will not be going out at all that day.


A few hundred years ago (in Europe) it was considered unhealthy to
bathe...apparently it was considered some kind of un - Christian thing or
something like that....

Why do you think the French "invented" perfume...it was to mask the horrible
body odors that ensued from months of not bathing (or so I've heard)....


> I am thankful I am alive at this time. I can lay in bed and post messages
> like this with my Powerbook via my wi-fi service while I prepare for
> a talk I plan to give this Saturday on computer programming on the Mac.
> Life is good!


It is ;-) Did you know that as late as 1940 almost half of US households
did not have indoor flush toilets?

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Best
Greg