[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'maH vagh: <butlh>

[Steven Boozer]

IIRC many of the Trek novels refer to a "sonic shower" - developed presumably to conserve potable water on long voyages.  In fact, I thinks this was also a way to wash one's uniform (while wearing it even?) in the pre-replicator era.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

From: Brent Kesler [mailto:brent.of.all.people at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:38 PM
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'maH vagh: <butlh>

Aren't saunas dry heat? You sweat out the dirt then scrap it off. Seems very Klingon.

bI'reng

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:28 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy at alcaco.net<mailto:qunchuy at alcaco.net>> wrote:
On Jan 2, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Qov <robyn at flyingstart.ca<mailto:robyn at flyingstart.ca>> wrote:
Klingons do not engage in swimming or bathing. Either all Klingons are perpetually filthy, as admittedly many on the shows appear to be, or they have some other method of performing basic hygiene. Any suggestions?

Showers are not like swimming. Perhaps not the full-body style, maybe just a handheld sprayer. And it might include an abrasive component in the manner of sandblasting rather than a simple detergent, though that's probably a bit far-fetched.

John Ford's Klingons luxuriated in something akin to a sauna. Hot and steamy works to get clean as well as dirty.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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