What a DOUCHEBAG!

Many people use the term "douchebag" quite a bit. It is a pretty fun one to say, multi syllabic and it drives your point home. But,do most people these days really even know what a douchebag is? Well....I am here to admit...I do.

About 15 years, I had a best friend who I hung out with all of the time. I had a tough home situation going on, so I was living with her and her Mom pretty much full time. So... you can assume I used their shower at least once a day. For some God-awful reason, her Mom was super old school and had an actual douche bag. Hanging in the shower. I don't mean like hanging from the ceiling....it hung from the freakin shower caddy! Plus, it had a rather long coil of tubing that was wrapped around the hook thing most people hang their puffy sponge from.

I have some strange phobias, as do alot of people, but I can not even describe to you the pure fear that would course through my veins at the sight of that thing. It took 100% concentration to ensure I didn't accidentally brush up against it.

After the 2nd or 3rd time seeing it, I finally asked my friend "DUDE, what the hell is the story with that douchebag hanging in the shower???" She then told me that her Mom had always used that thing, that she used it too....and......(I shudder now at the memory)...that I could use it as well.

Well....it was one of the few times in my life I was rendered speechless. I mean, really, what kind of funk factory was I brewing down below that would be helped in any way by nozzle sharing with my friend and her Mom???? I didn't see any way of sanitizing it enough to make it even a remote possibility. There was no blow torch, acidic acid, bleach.. anything really. Plus, I was never a fan, nor did I ever see the use, of shooting a bladder bag full of water up there.

I am not sure whatever happened to that douchebag.....all I know is that I successfully avoided the use of it...and THANKFULLY the accidental arm contact of it while reaching for the shampoo. I do know I will never, ever hear the term "douchebag" without at least a quick flash of memory of that awful thing.