Subdeacon Joe Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 There's Soap That Makes You Smell Like Gunpowder, Campfire, and Whiskey Quote here's nothing quite like the smell of the outdoors, especially when you've been dealing with gunpowder, sitting around a campfire, drinking whiskey. Now, that of course sounds like deadly combination, but that's also kind of the point. To live dangerously, to live like a cowboy! If you'd rather live in your McMansion, listening to Kenny G on your Amazon Echo in the bathtub, while lathering your skin with essential oils, you may need this manly soap substitute. It'll make you smell like a cowboy, without having to experience all of the life-threatening danger of the outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I ran out of soap once while on a Med cruise. All they had in the ships store was Camay bar soap. We were not a co-ed Navy back then so why did they have a bunch of Camay I don't know. I bought it and it worked as intended to clean with. Manly no but it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 You can be manly if you want to, for $8 a bar, but I believe I'll stick to Dial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 9 hours ago, Dustin Checotah said: I ran out of soap once while on a Med cruise. All they had in the ships store was Camay bar soap. We were not a co-ed Navy back then so why did they have a bunch of Camay I don't know. I bought it and it worked as intended to clean with. Manly no but it worked. My wife got me started on Camay and I've used it for years. It is as close to non-allergenic as you can get for the money...and it's cheap. I get ten packages at a time (30 bars) from Amazon once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Soap....Shmoap.....I go down to the creek and beat myself on the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Alpo said: You can be manly if you want to, for $8 a bar, but I believe I'll stick to Dial. Aren't you glad you use Dial? Don't you wish everybody did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sixgun Seamus said: Soap....Shmoap.....I go down to the creek and beat myself on the rocks. Well, if you'd bathe more than twice a year you could use soap instead of rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Hey Tyrel Looks like he beats hisself onna rocks too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Dustin Checotah said: I ran out of soap once while on a Med cruise. All they had in the ships store was Camay bar soap. We were not a co-ed Navy back then so why did they have a bunch of Camay I don't know. I bought it and it worked as intended to clean with. Manly no but it worked. Weird. What year was this? The same thing happened on my ship. I started using Zest in boot camp. I have used it almost exclusively ever since. If I want to smell like a manly man I just have to go through my day. I can just see Hipsters, or whatever label they use now, clamoring for that “manly man” Outlaw soap. I used to get the biggest kick out of all the “Lumberjacks” I encountered in downtown Portland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Duke Cannon. Pricey, but there's somethin' about soap that you can get in an ammo can with a screwdriver or hatchet. Good stuff, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Sixgun Seamus said: Soap....Shmoap.....I go down to the creek and beat myself on the rocks. I live not too far from Mt. St. Helens. The pumice rocks work best. It pays to let them cool to the touch first though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Yesterday, at Wally World's check out line, there was a prolonged conversation about soap dishes. I thought to myself, who the "heck" uses bar soap anymore. I use: and Hubby uses: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 PS For those of you with limited water supplies, the EO Lavender soap does not make much lather. I use it in my tiny trailer to wash my hair, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Sixgun Seamus said: Soap....Shmoap.....I go down to the creek and beat myself on the rocks. You don't have to go to all that trouble. I'm sure someone would be happy to beat you on the rocks and save you the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Eye Jim Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I can just see Hipsters, or whatever label they use now, clamoring for that “manly man” Outlaw soap. I used to get the biggest kick out of all the “Lumberjacks” I encountered in downtown Portland. Portland hipsters are a very odd lot. Of course every time I see one I start humming Monty Python's "Lumberjack Song" figuring it has to fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Duke Cannon. Pricey, but there's somethin' about soap that you can get in an ammo can with a screwdriver or hatchet. Good stuff, too. >Duke Cannon Hatchet made of sharp US steel forged to genuine American hickory< Boy howdy, I'd like to see how they forge that axe head to that wood handle. Even if they cold forged it, so it didn't set the handle on fire, seems like the pounding would break the handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 7 hours ago, Alpo said: You can be manly if you want to, for $8 a bar, but I believe I'll stick to Dial. Yep. Dial, yellow bar or Dial Basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 You know what the neatest thing about Dial is? It's soap - it gets you clean. But just about any soap gets you clean. No, it's that little divot on the back of the bar. When the bar you are using gets so worn down that there's just a little sliver left, and most people would throw it away, you just get yourself a new bar of Dial, get it wet, get the sliver wet, and set the sliver into the little divot. When they dry they have melded into one piece of soap. You actually can use all the soap you paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Alpo, I first read that li'l nugget of a "Helpful Hint" right here on the Wire many, many years ago. I may be wrong, but I seem to recall it being presented by our own Mr Rod, of Forty fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Great idea. Now I'll meld all my Dove, Dial, Ivory Snow, Caress, and Irish Spring slivers together and make Aquafresh™ soap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Willie Nelson Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 MINTY TASTE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Great idea. Now I'll meld all my Dove, Dial, Ivory Snow, Caress, and Irish Spring slivers together and make Aquafresh™ soap! Barney Miller episode, and one of the cops showed Mrs. Miller a cardboard box full of slivers. He told her that when he had enough he melted them down and made another bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 23 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Alpo, I first read that li'l nugget of a "Helpful Hint" right here on the Wire many, many years ago. I'll give you another helpful hint. They package soap while it's still damp, so when you unwrap a new bar to use, it gets used up faster. If you take your soap and unwrap it and let it dry, it will last longer in use. I buy mine at Sams - 20 or so bars at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 One other suggestion from The Tightwad Gazette Was to use a grater on those slivers and use them as laundry soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 29 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: One other suggestion from The Tightwad Gazette Was to use a grater on those slivers and use them as laundry soap. I could foresee a tragic mixup happening there between the bathroom and the kitchen, especially if you make your own pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: I could foresee a tragic mixup happening there between the bathroom and the kitchen, especially if you make your own pizza. Not so tragic, grandma would not have washed your mouth out with soap if it were poisonous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I seem to recall it was SOAP POISONING that made Ralphie go nlind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 5 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Weird. What year was this? The same thing happened on my ship. I started using Zest in boot camp. I have used it almost exclusively ever since. If I want to smell like a manly man I just have to go through my day. I can just see Hipsters, or whatever label they use now, clamoring for that “manly man” Outlaw soap. I used to get the biggest kick out of all the “Lumberjacks” I encountered in downtown Portland. That happened I think on my second Med cruise Dec77 -July78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: My wife got me started on Camay and I've used it for years. It is as close to non-allergenic as you can get for the money...and it's cheap. I get ten packages at a time (30 bars) from Amazon once a year. I certainly understand that is works but maybe out of habit I stuck with Dial. If it happened again I would not have hesitated to use it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 6 hours ago, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: Yesterday, at Wally World's check out line, there was a prolonged conversation about soap dishes. I thought to myself, who the "heck" uses bar soap anymore. I use: and Hubby uses: Me. Liquid soap leaves me leaving slimy. I do use it at our farm since bar soap doesn't work with gyp water. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 I’ve used Duke Cannon Big Ass soap for quite a while. It’s costly but lasts a lonnng time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Dustin Checotah said: That happened I think on my second Med cruise Dec77 -July78. Funny. It was on our Med Cruise in 82. I wonder if Camay was just such a good deal that Navy supply officers snatched it up to save money. We had Zest and Camay in the ship’s store. The Camay was super cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Alpo, I first read that li'l nugget of a "Helpful Hint" right here on the Wire many, many years ago. I may be wrong, but I seem to recall it being presented by our own Mr Rod, of Forty fame. Nope. I got that from here, too. Don't recall who it was, but I've done it ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Pretty sure it was me. I know I've posted that before, although possibly not on this forum. But you know how it is. Guy over at Smith and Wesson was posting about his Thompson, and he had an L drum. I posted that "maybe you already know this, but ..." and he said that yes he knew. That two years previously, when he first got the gun, he'd made a post about it and I'd told him then. I told him that if he made another post about it in two more years, I'd most likely tell him again. Like Yoda said the last time he saw me - THE CRS IS STRONG IN THIS ONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 50 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Funny. It was on our Med Cruise in 82. I wonder if Camay was just such a good deal that Navy supply officers snatched it up to save money. We had Zest and Camay in the ship’s store. The Camay was super cheap. A GS 12 in Procurement owned stock in P&G and Unilever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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