and how do you wipe?

some people wipe back to front, reaching between their legs... i am uncertain as to the potential for contamination of the frontal organs that way as i don't, but i especially wonder about the risk for girls... and i've always wondered how obese people wipe because, well, how do they reach it and for that matter, how do they reach a lot of places most of us actually rub soap on daily, but that's another story... and on the other hand, reaching around from the side can be quite challenging for the shoulder as aging comes around, especially if there is a shoulder or arm injury... and which arm, the dominant or the other arm?... and we have not even touched on the complication of hair... but i won't ask you if you have a hairy butt, or more politely, how hairy are you down there and do you do anything about that?...

these questions arise as i am struggling with what is most likely a partially torn biceps tendon making extending the arm extremely painful and reaching around or even between relatively physically impossible... see, it's my dominant arm and i always use my dominant arm to wipe so learning how to use the other arm has been a bit of a challenge lately... and i thought the human body was of inconvenient design and not just for the planet... and hair makes the cleaning even more inconvenient... i am happy to see at least one company in the usa understands that wet wipes are more sanitary than the wiping we've been doing in this country... perhaps bidets will happen here in this century...

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the human body

the human body is really built inconveniently in some ways... as you may guess basd on this particular blog theme, i specifically refer to the physical need to empty the bladder daily, usually a few times a day or more even if the choice is to drink a healthy amount of fluid, and the need to empty the bowels more or less daily... just look around, everything in our modern culture is built around toilets, bathrooms, rest rooms, water closets, lavatories, johns, or whatever we choose to call the place we leave our excrements... so much plumbing infrastructure and waste management and water usage, fresh water, no less... can you imagine a life without having to poop and pee and wipe and wash every few hours or clean the bathroom, for that matter... more efficient bodies would be nice, and good for the environment too... these are some thoughts that being immobile have inspired lately as every trip to the bathroom and every shower is a painful chore...