Facecloths!

[FangedRose]

Excellent piece of thread drift starting there!

 

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Just passing time waiting for the OP to acknowledge the pertinent replies.

[ashley@cruisecritic]

...waits for the first comment about facecloths not being hygienic to appear!

 

I've always wondered why they're rare in Europe. Is this the reason people give? I'm confused why a facecloth is any less hygienic than a towel. What's their logic? I'm also curious how people who don't use washcloths (or flannels or whatever we're calling them) apply soap to their bodies. If it's bar soap, how do they rub it in the right places without the bar getting totally gross, and if it's liquid soap, how do they not waste half of it when it slips through their fingers? Plus, rubbing it on your body with your hands doesn't exfoliate or scrub off dirt the way a cloth does. (Not trying to stir any pots. Just genuinely curious about the mechanics behind this!)

Edited August 30, 2018 by ashley@cruisecritic

[ashley@cruisecritic]

British face cloths are for the face. Flannels are for other parts of the body. Wash Cloths don't exist.

 

They do in the US, but they generally aren't used for the face.

 

 

Also, regarding your other comment, how do you eat cake with a spoon?

[FangedRose]

I've always wondered why they're rare in Europe. Is this the reason people give? I'm confused why a facecloth is any less hygienic than a towel. What's their logic? (Not trying to stir any pots. Just genuinely curious.)

They are not any less hygienic of course.

[grapau27]

Again, another thread where the OP asks a question, gets answers, no acknowledgement

TBF he did reply once post#7 and thanked the responses.

[FangedRose]

TBF he did reply once post#7 and thanked the responses.

Oops. So he did. I missed that, just saw comment about hotels. Apologies.

[grapau27]

Oops. So he did. I missed that, just saw comment about hotels. Apologies.

I agree with you though there have been a number of single figure posters who have asked questions then not had the decency of thanking people who have answered.

[wowzz]

I've always wondered why they're rare in Europe. Is this the reason people give? I'm confused why a facecloth is any less hygienic than a towel. What's their logic? I'm also curious how people who don't use washcloths (or flannels or whatever we're calling them) apply soap to their bodies. If it's bar soap, how do they rub it in the right places without the bar getting totally gross, and if it's liquid soap, how do they not waste half of it when it slips through their fingers? Plus, rubbing it on your body with your hands doesn't exfoliate or scrub off dirt the way a cloth does. (Not trying to stir any pots. Just genuinely curious about the mechanics behind this!)

I use one of those round 'scubbers', about the size of a tennis ball. Ideal for use with shower lotion.

 

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[FangedRose]

 

 

Also, regarding your other comment, how do you eat cake with a spoon?

Cake is eaten with the hand. Not considered a dessert. Cake is for tea time.

[Cristaltips]

Cake is eaten with the hand. Not considered a dessert. Cake is for tea time.

 

If the cake has cream/Jam in it, it often requires a fork if to be eaten in polite company!!;p

[FangedRose]

If the cake has cream/Jam in it, it often requires a fork if to be eaten in polite company!!;p

Only if one hasn't had enough practice :p

And that's when face cloths come into their own.

[MicroPilot]

Again, another thread where the OP asks a question, gets answers, no acknowledgement

 

I did! Perhaps you should carefully read the thread before being quite so judgemental......

[FangedRose]

I did! Perhaps you should carefully read the thread before being quite so judgemental......

If you read more carefully you will see that I have already apologised

[jh1809]

We are British so they are flannels, Wash Cloths in the USA are used for a very different part of the body.

 

I suspect it's partly an age thing. I'm of the generation that not only calls them flannels but also refers to lorries rather than trucks and pushchairs rather then baby buggies.

[grapau27]

I suspect it's partly an age thing. I'm of the generation that not only calls them flannels but also refers to lorries rather than trucks and pushchairs rather then baby buggies.

Mother in law is 96 and always called them facecloths.

[brillo]

Before her time !

[grapau27]

Before her time !

No,in Sunderland the common people called them Flannels.

Pauline's family always called them Face Cloths and my family were 50/50.

Nothing wrong with either but only saying it as it was.

[wowzz]

More important than the nomenclature is the part of the body they are used on!

 

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[FangedRose]

Wash Cloths and flannel is more or less interchangeable. There is no definite age or regional demarkation. It varies from family to family. I myself has been known to use both terms.

Apart from wash cloths which is definitely USA.

[terrierjohn]

Since P&O launder them daily, presumably at high temperature along with the towels, and they replace them frequently, then it hardly matters what parts of the body they are used on; or indeed what you call them.

[annieuk]

Just to confuse matters we always called them face flannels when I was growing up. I agree, seldom seen in hotels these days - even some 5 star ones in this country haven't always supplied them.

[FangedRose]

Flannels, face cloths whatever, were really used for a "stand up wash".

Before the days of showers, en suite bathrooms in hotels, and a weekly bath was the norm, this was the standard way of washing yourself daily. You would fill the sink with soapy water, and use the flannel to wipe yourself clean.

Now we normally have a daily shower the need for flannels/face cloths is no more.

[kalos]

The need for flannels/face cloths is no more.

 

There must be a use as most supermarkets still sell them in a range of colours £1 for two of them.

 

If there is no use, do you think the supermarkets "are trying to flannel us" (old saying) :);)

[FangedRose]

There must be a use as most supermarkets still sell them in a range of colours £1 for two of them.

 

If there is no use, do you think the supermarkets "are trying to flannel us" (old saying) :);)

Somebody must be buying them if the supermarket is selling them. It certainly isn't me 😋

I'm still got the ones I was given for my kids when they were born.