Monday 22 January 2007

Monkey Bath

This is something I have done for a while, but never realised it had been given it's very own term until now.

Picture the scene: (play along at home, delete as applicable)

Dandan gets home from work/the pub/climbing, all sweaty, and possibly aching too from all the exertion and effort he put into making signs/drinking JD/dragging himself up walls.
He is such a committed employee(ha)/drinker/climber that after putting in so much effort he is in dire need of some relaxation.

He can't afford a massage parlour/sauna/'special' massage parlour, so his only option is to run himself a nice hot bath, and hope that it will suffice instead of the massage/steamy room of sweaty hairy naked guys/immigrant girl stealing your wallet when you fall asleep. (according to a, er, friend of mine, anyway)

So he turns on the taps, puts the plug in (usually after wondering why the bath is not filling up after ten minutes worth of steaming hot water has headed down the drain) and waits for it to fill up.
Perhaps he adds a little bubble bath/bath salts/er, something else (I may be a modern man but I can't name 3 things you could add to bath water, unless you include bodily fluids) to make the experience a liitle more foamy/fragrant/um, if it involves adding bodily fluids, it would make the experience a little more brief, thats for sure.

He takes off his work uniform/jeans and tshirt/bear suit (that genuinely happened once, I swear) and checks the water, perhaps adding some more hot water to make it nice and steamy.

Then, with the work/pub/climbing done, and the making signs/drinking JD/dragging himself up walls finished for another day, and with no massage/sauna/'special' massage in sight, and the bubble bath/bath salts/fluid of dubious origin added, and the work uniform/jeans and tshirt/bear suit well and truly discarded, he climbs gently into the hot, steaming bath, and says:

"Ooh, ah, ooh ooh, ah ah ah!"

And that my friends, is why it is called a Monkey Bath.

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