WATER

South East Queensland’s current water crisis has pushed us call to for desperate measures in a bid to save precious water resources. Restriction is a word which resonates... no washing cars, no watering plants, and limit those showers to four minutes.

Four minutes may seem like a lifetime to some of us. But what about those occasional ‘essential’ shower duties? Sure, the definition of essential varies for each of us; male or female, long hair or short hair, shaver or waxer. Nonetheless, occasionally these duties are certainly necessary.

I truly believe the usual routine can be done in two minutes. Tap on, soap it up, wash it off, and you’re out of there. But what about when Friday night comes around, you’ve just come back from the gym, the hair in is dire need of some attention, and you’re legs vaguely resemble a jungle? It is times like these when four minutes seems a near impossibility.

I’ve gone out on a limb and asked the ‘four minute’ question of a variety of friends and family, and have received a mixed reaction. Some whisperingly reveal they indulge in a fifteen minute flood. Others wash in a bucket and are considering pitching a latrine in the back yard to save from flushing. But having a bath in an inch of water when I need to wash my hair just doesn’t cut it for me.

If you agree, be careful who you divulge this information to, as you may be likened to the devil incarnate- which I found out the hard way. Sure, restricting flushing and trying to keep to two minute showers every other day seems a given. But desperate measures for the long haired, shaving women out there may not actually be delivered via the four minute shower. Even if they won’t actually admit it.