 Poster: A snowHead
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| And where did they keep their second ball when serving? |
pam w, in their hand? That's what I do when serving (clothed).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
| Scarpa, what's a northern thing? I am semi-northern myself after all. |
Norks. Actually an Aussie thing but seemed to have been taken up by the northern guys.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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someone's going to post that picture again in a minute....
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Public saunas / tubs / pools are frightful.
Full of old people with foot disease.
Only peaches aged 18 to 24 should be allowed in.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Whitegold, and you, of course 
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
Well OK I personally find it unpleasant and unnecessary. Surely no one can think the human body unclothed is a beautiful sight to behold? 
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It is nothing to do with whether the sight is beautiful or not.
It is about the fact that it is both more hygenic, and more in keeping with the purpose of a sauna or steam room.
The whole point is to open up your pores to let you sweat freely. Wrapping yourself in damp nylon/cotton is hardly conducive to that.
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Someone up there was having a laugh when he/she designed people. |
Most people do find at least some other people attractive to look at, but I do agree that the human body doesn't seem to be particularly well designed from that point of view.
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queen bodecia, hmmmm.....you could be right there....actually I have always wondered if saunas are such temples of debauchery and lust, what happens when a man gets aroused??? Please don´t tell me seepage  |
It happens so rarely in that context that I can't recall ever seeing (or experiencing) it.
You're not generally there for sexual reasons, and the fact you are all naked has nothing to do with sex, so you are no more aroused than you would be if everybody was wearing swimming costumes.
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
| Kramer, I daren't! |
It's safe enough. A song "99 words for boobs".
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
Colin Bell, I couldn't agree more. Nudity is unpleasant and unnecessary.
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To you.
For some of us, clothing in a sauna is unpleasant. Clothing is certainly unnecessary in saunas etc.
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Clothes were invented for a very good reason.
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Indeed. Namely for protection from the elements.
In countries where such protection was not necessary, clothing often came very late, although body adornment often metamorphosed into clothing as adornment even when it wasn't necessary for protection.
It is mainly only modern society (and not even all modern societies) which has seen clothing as being something whose function is to hide the body.
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I would always steer clear of German/Austrian spas and saunas, even German swimming pools on a Saturday morning (shudders at the recollection).
Actually, I disagree with the perviness comments. It clearly isn't that, it's just highly unpleasant to someone like me. |
Which is unfortunate for you, if you would otherwise like to use the wellness facilities.
If you had been brought up in that society, you wouldn't think anything of it at all. It would be so normal.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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alex_heney, totally understand that. I just wasn't brought up that way.
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I really don't get this hygiene thing. Sitting on a towel - totally fine. Sitting on a cossie/trunks? A million trillian bacteria causing that well-known phenomena "death by wellness"  .
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maggi, The towels supplied in the wellness areas will normally be boiled between uses. Swimming costumes are very rarely washed at anything like that high a temperature, and are more often than not worn several times between washes (particularly when you are away on holiday without proper clothes washing facilities), and are left slightly damp to boot - providing a good breeding ground for bacteria.
Plus, of course, the towel will normally be much thicker than a swimming costume, thus making much more of a barrier between anything on your skin and the bench you sit on.
But more important even than those is the fact that you will only get yourself properly clean if the shower you take beforehand is naked. It's impossible to wash properly under a swimming costume.
I saw the results of some research a few years ago (sorry can't find it now) which proved conclusively that nudity in all Wellness facilities was more hygenic overall than wearing clothes. And in the case of hot tubs, also resulted in the filters lasting 2-3 times as long because they weren't being clogged up with fibres from the costumes.
Having said all of which, it obviously is not a huge problem, or there would be far more health problems from users of saunas etc. in the UK and other similarly inhibited countries.
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You know it makes sense.
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The Germans know about Hygiene.
The English fit carpets in there Bathrooms/Toilets It would appear from the discussion above a lot of naivety about sauna/spa hygiene
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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stanton, remove yourself from the 1970s. No-one has had carpet in the bathroom for years.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Lizzard, If you live in a cold 500 year old house with wobbly moving uneven floors like ours, yes you do. In 3 bathrooms. Gets replaced every few years. I'd love to see some evidence that there were any ill effects from this. People who live in a modern house with floors which don't bend when you walk on them, or have apartments with concrete floors may get away with tiles/stone etc.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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People are more likely to be made sick by tea-towels which have been left around too long than by the carpets in a bathroom. I heard an article on the Today programme some months ago (so it must be true) that amongst the most potent source of bad bacteria are car steering wheels - which had hugely more than toilet seats. However, I'm still not going to sit in one of those bacteria stews, clothed or not.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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When I was investigating hotels in Obertauern I was amazed and amused at a few websites, they showed men and women lounging around in the rooms dressed in underwear and ski boots The pool and wellness centre in the hotel we stayed at certainly had more nudity than generally acceptable in the UK but obviously that's the norm in Austria, I do think we're quite prudish about our bodies.
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you live in a cold 500 year old house with wobbly moving uneven floors like ours, yes you do
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No we don't. 
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| Lizzard wrote: |
| stanton, remove yourself from the 1970s. No-one has had carpet in the bathroom for years. |
We've got one. So has my mum.
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paulio, that's frankly quite nasty.
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starkenbergen are presumably mountains where nobody wears any clothes? Chilly im Winter, I should think.
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paulio, Lizzard, those with continence issues are obviously are best avoiding them 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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This isn't a problem. Just wrap your towel over your privates - or round you if you are a woman - and avoid looking down too much when sitting next to others. I have never heard anyone demand that you drop yer towel if you choose to wear one. Hot tub might have to be avoided if you are bashful.
Last trip to Zell am See there was a bloke who left the wellness, went out into snow and sat cross legged in front of restaurant window flicking snow over himself. The folk having lunch didn't seem too distracted!
Personally I had to make an effort to get used to the nudity to begin with. But that is the way they feel comfortable and who am I to criticise when the host nation considers it acceptable?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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geoffers, thats quite cool coming from someone from Bristol!!!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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what is this sudden group denial of being pervs ????
this whoel website is full of them , i can;t believe that as soon as the words "naked sauna" appear everyone statr pretending they are all modern europeans !!!
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Yes... this did make me wonder. I have only been on here for a few months but in that short time I've seen various bikini shots posted - whilst I've just been admiring "THAT Alain photo" - and some definite perving (especially during the Olympics)! In fact, the results of a forum search for "naked" or "breasts" (I stopped there,  ) suggest that spa users might be considered prudent, rather than prudish, if they are reluctant to strip off in the sauna while SHs are in the vicinity
Obviously the point of Wellness centres is relaxation (not perving or exhibitionism) and they are really not sexually-charged places. However, I think it's understandable that some people might not achieve total relaxation if they are compelled to go naked in a fairly intimate situation with relative strangers, whom they will continue to encounter during their stay. As we are a small set-up, we decided to put in a booking system in our spa area for each apartment; partly because it gives us the opportunity to give things a quick clean in between each individual use... (I also like to use that spa when it's free, and festering "seepage" + "bacteria stews" =    ) and partly to allow coyer guests a totally private relaxation experience (though of course people can choose to share their sessions with other apartments if everybody wants to - we're not enforcing prudishness!) Obviously a hotel wouldn't want to do this, but they don't need to because the majority of their guests couldn't care less who else was in there and what they looked like. And for the more timid minority, it's probably easier to adopt the "when in Rome" attitude in a more anonymous environment (especially when it's not your face people are going to remember anyway )
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
| Well OK I personally find it unpleasant and unnecessary. |
Your prerogative, certainly.
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| Surely no one can think the human body unclothed is a beautiful sight to behold? |
What, no-one thinks anyone is attractive naked? You're having a laugh, no?
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| Someone up there was having a laugh when he/she designed people. |
Quite possibly.
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I think it is a cultural thing - maybe in a culture where nudity is seen as more acceptable and less stigmatised it isn't an issue for folks. The UK is not like that, hasn't been since Victorian times. I am not comfortable with nudity in public places if I have to join in. I never used to like the shared changing rooms in school for the same reason, and am not keen on public changing rooms in swimming pools. I don't see anything wrong with a little privacy. I would no doubt strip off if there was no other option, but I am more likely to forego using a facility than strip off if I had an option.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| what happens when a man gets aroused??? |
Well, it would be more interesting than the usual big, fat, hairy belly almost covering the button mushroom .....
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maggi, eeewwww. But so true.
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queen bodecia, it was a he,
Jesus, don't jump all over the guy.
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Actually, the thread title was a bit Goldfish.
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maggi,
Megamum, it is a cultural thing and that's why it's not surprising that our culture can sometimes be a source of amusement to others - we love a good bit of smutty humour and (harmless) 'perving', and then turn into prudes in a relaxation spa... Of course, if you haven't stripped off in a public sauna before - and towels are permitted - you may feel a bit strange at first, but it's generally no big deal (as maggi so rightly points out!)
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the results of a forum search for "naked" or "breasts" (I stopped there...) suggest that spa users might be considered prudent, rather than prudish, if they are reluctant to strip off in the sauna while SHs are in the vicinity
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miranda,
When a whole lot of little girls of 11 arrived at our grammar school in the '50s, it was rumoured that after gym you had a compulsory communal shower. We were all worried about this, to varying degrees, but most of us found it took very little time to get used to the idea, and to be extremely impressed with Carol Joseph's breasts - she was a very pretty girl and considerably more developed than most of us. I have no problem with communal changing areas in swimming pools, though they are all female (in Hampshire, at any rate...). It would take me longer to get used to mixed ones, but it took me about 10 minutes to get used to going topless on a beach where everyone was, so it probably wouldn't take long.
I think I would be more than a little concerned about a daughter of mine who found it very uncomfortable to be naked around other similar aged school girls. I don't need to worry on that score about mine - when she was new to breastfeeding, and not very adept at it, in the Marks and Spencer café a few weeks ago it was me who was faffing round with muslin sqares trying to cover her up a bit.
I wonder if the OP is one of those who has problems with women breastfeeding - however discreetly - in public?
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pam w, I'd go for public feeding over squealing hungry infant every time.
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