...to wonder what kind of loon powders her minge?

[badbride]

So the "using talc on your nether regions increases your ovarian cancer risk" story is doing the rounds in the media again. (Daily Mail)

There's an argument to be had about how these risks are being communicated in the media. That's not my point. My point is that I'm flabbergasted by the claim that 40% of women feel it necessary to dust their bits with talc on a regular basis.

Is this really true? If so, WHY???? The thought of doing this never even occurred to me. Are these women mad, or am I just a manky old bint?

Apologies for the Daily Mail link. For the sake of balance, here's Cancer Research UK's take on the topic.

BadBride whats wrong with Dettol in the bath now?

I will admit to pouring Dettol in my teenagers baths before they get in them if I get the chance.

OMG - Dettol in the bath when we fell over...and fairy liquid in the bath and for washing our hair when mum ran out of bubble bath/shampoo [frown].

I loved this thread - stomach sore from so much laughing now!

Dh used to put dettol in his bath when we first met, made me laugh. All his family do it.

Yes and butter on bumped heads.

What's the dettol in the bath for?

Nothing wrong with it at all, missnevermind . It's just that it seemed to be part and parcel of the belief that EVERY part of a lady needs to be thoroughly disinfected, see this lovely advertisment http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/05/14/vintage-lysoldouching-advertisement-corner/ here

argh, soory, link thing did't work. Try this one here

Dettol in the bath Sparkling is because they are smelly teenagers who do not allow me to scrub them like toddlers and play rough games like Rugby and Gaelic.

It's my effort to stop their bits going mouldy and falling off.

When I met by XDH he used to put bleach in the washing-up water.
I once saw my mum (aeons ago) put a handful of Daz powder on her head to wash her hair with.

Ooh I will try it on my smelly teenager miss.

My mum is obsessed with Dettol soap, it cures any and every ailment apparently, from acne to athletes foot.

You can get soap oh Dh would love that!

It smells so clean, I think my mum gets it at semichem, it's definitely something that has to be hunted down as it seems quite hard to get. Believe me, I know because my DM has told me on many occasions

There is something nice about the smell of soap rather than shower gels etc. We had Imperial leather soap growing up.

I'm with VikingLady. On hot days, my overly large upper thighs do benefit from a bit of Palmer's Cocoa butter (same effect as Vaseline but smells nicer).

Just in case my last comment gives everyone a mental image that I'm shaped a bit freakily, I'm not. Every part of me is a bit overly large (BMI 31) but nicely in proportion.

I will admit to a liberal sprinkling of Johnson's Baby talc in my undergarments after my morning shower. I just feel fresher. I can't quite fathom a cancer risk, surely you've got to have a bit of suction to get it up there? Do fanjo's suck up bits during the course of the day ?

I also sprinkle under my pits after a bath of an evening. I adore the smell and it really helps when the weather's hot.

I have always used it on the DCs when babies, applied with a bit of cotton wool to their chunky bits and nappy area.

God, I must be really old!

My dm powders herself and insisted doing it to me as a child.

It's so dry and horrible. ( not my bits obviously)

Hate it.

My sils use detol in the bath. Bit wierd.

Oh yes sparkling butter in head bump and bizarrely a key down the back for a nose bleed!!

I thought the key down the back was for hiccups. What was the butter meant to do thebody?

No bloody idea re butter. Mad really and the key !!well my dm is a bit loopy.

She's 80 and getting her hair blonded!!! Bless

Been reading choice bits of this tread out aloud to DH ("dual purpose, poonani pinata").

He now seems a bit worried that I might like to try this.

Why is it normal to cover a baby in talc if it's so dangerous? Presumably after a bath some talc can end up in baby's vagina?

Just clicked on this thread and weeping at the piñata foof/doodah/front bottom/minge/clunge. :o

Priceless.

Husband calls talc 'ball powder' as he uses it liberally on his sweaty nutsack multiple times daily. This is the downside of living in the desert with someone who sweats profusely.

MIL uses talc. We thought it was cocaine, for a long while. Whenever she came to stay there would be white powder deposits on the top of the wall mounted chrome loo roll holder. DH drew a line in the powder and rubbed it on his gums. I asked him if it was cocaine, but he said he didn't know as he didn't use it but that is what they did in the movies. Fool. eventually we detected the smell of Lily of the Valley which suggested it was not cocaine.

I couldn't understand why it was only on the top of the loo roll holder as the bathroom is pretty big, why talc yourself near the loo? But apparently MIL liked to prop one leg up on the loo seat and talc her bits that way.