My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
When I was a kid and my parents would take me along to a friend's home, I would find a time to disappear into the bathroom and just hang out for 20 minutes or so. And I was especially fond of people who had multiple bathrooms, because that meant I could spend a few minutes snooping in each one.
My parents and their friends loved to play cards. So, right in the middle of a good hand, I would slowly work my way towards the “loo.”
Once inside, I'd lock the door and proceed to snoop like hell. Even back then, I was a product junkie and enjoyed seeing what products other people used.
I would start with the medicine cabinet; checking out what brands of aspirin, cough syrup, toothpaste, deodorant, mouthwash, shaving cream, and prescription drugs they used.
And I was very careful to replace each item back to the spot where I found them, so that no one could tell that they had been touched...
The cabinets under the sink were always interesting because I came across various cleaning supplies for the bathroom. Things like Comet and Ajax. Or, Mr. Clean and Pine-Sol.
Sometimes I would also find face and body moisturizers, tampons, a blow dryer, curling iron, and even dirty hair brushes!
Oh, and the bathtub was a magical place as well. I discovered shampoos, conditioners, back brushes and bar soaps. I would sometimes sit down in the empty tub and pantomime taking a bath. And if they had a really fancy shower curtain, I would close it and then slowly open it; pretending I was onstage singing and dancing.
And then, of course, the inevitable would happen. Someone would always knock on the bathroom door and disrupt my snooping.
When I would return to the room where the card game was going on, my mother would say, “Dear God, Ronnie….where have you BEEN?”
I would say, “Oh, I was in the bathroom and had a hard time making #2.”
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To this day, I clearly remember the aroma of Jergens face cream. *Notice the price ($1.09 for 10 oz.)...
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Lavoris mouthwash tasted like you OD'd on cinnamon...
Back then, people used Bactine for EVERYTHING -- sunburns, bee stings, pimples, cuts, scratches, and even brain tumors...
The tagline for Brylcreem was... "a little dab'll do ya!" In case you're interested, here is the 1960s commercial for Brylcreem. It's hysterically corny...
Sucrets lozenges gave a wonderful "numbing sensation" to your mouth and throat...
And because my favorite room to clean in the house is the bathroom, I always enjoyed snooping around; finding cleaning products like Sani-Flush with bubble action...
Happy Snooping, y'all!
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*Admit it, did you ever snoop through someone else's bathroom when you were a kid? Or even now? Please tell. Your secret is safe with me.
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