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Hmmm...
Can you spot the mathematical error in this quote?:
"The majority of Russians (35 percent) take a shower or a bath on a daily basis."
This could just be a translation error (perhaps indicated that the majority of Russians take a shower or bath daily, but only 35% do so on a daily basis), but considering that it comes from Pravda one can never be sure.
You will, of course, be pleased to note that:
"Residents of Europe turned down their medieval habit of washing themselves twice in a lifetime. However, they still prefer not to take a shower too often. The Britons and the Germans usually wash themselves twice a week."
And also that,
"The Hindus are the cleanest nation in the world. They wash their hands and bodies twice as often as Germans and 1.5 times as often as Americans. A Hindu will always go to the bathroom after he or she sneezes, touches a pet or visits a toilet."
Hopefully this will not come as a surprise to the estimated 900 million South Asians without access to proper sanitary facilities. I suspect that they may wash their hands, but may not be doing it in a bathroom.
Of course, no actual study that can be scrutinized is provided.
Ah Pravda, you never fail to amuse.
Thanks to Passport.
"The majority of Russians (35 percent) take a shower or a bath on a daily basis."
This could just be a translation error (perhaps indicated that the majority of Russians take a shower or bath daily, but only 35% do so on a daily basis), but considering that it comes from Pravda one can never be sure.
You will, of course, be pleased to note that:
"Residents of Europe turned down their medieval habit of washing themselves twice in a lifetime. However, they still prefer not to take a shower too often. The Britons and the Germans usually wash themselves twice a week."
And also that,
"The Hindus are the cleanest nation in the world. They wash their hands and bodies twice as often as Germans and 1.5 times as often as Americans. A Hindu will always go to the bathroom after he or she sneezes, touches a pet or visits a toilet."
Hopefully this will not come as a surprise to the estimated 900 million South Asians without access to proper sanitary facilities. I suspect that they may wash their hands, but may not be doing it in a bathroom.
Of course, no actual study that can be scrutinized is provided.
Ah Pravda, you never fail to amuse.
Thanks to Passport.
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Also, I am unduly amused by 'Hindus' -- I imagine this refers to India, in which case the approx. 150 million Muslims might have a lot to say about that.
(Given that 'going to the bathroom' is roughly synonymous, in India at least, to 'visiting the toilet'...)
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