13.7.09

Experiments

So, I realise I've been maintaining blog silence for some time. My life has been mostly just dealing with classes and hanging out inconsequentially with friends, so I just haven't been that interesting lately. But I am running an interesting experiment, so I thought that all of you who are still tuned in might like to hear of it.

I have suspected for a few weeks that one of my room-mates is using my soap. I keep it in a little orange container, and I am always very careful to drain all the water out. Yet, when I go to take a shower, I often find the thing with water in it. I thought maybe the soap was somehow leaking water, so I just kept my suspicions to myself, but then to-day the container was mostly full of water. So after my shower I took it back to my room, to see if water would magically appear. It didn't. *Edit*: The soap box lives in a drawer next to the shower. Water would have a hard time migrating to the drawer, I think.

Next experiment: I continue to keep the soap in my room, and I see which one of my room-mates begins after a few days to stink.


5 comments:

  1. I had a similar experience freshman year. I, apparently, was the only person in my room who bought shaving cream and toothpaste. I decided to go without shaving for a few weeks. One of them also "decided" to grow a beard.

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  2. I'm taking the fact that I'm traveling this summer as an excuse to use my friends' soap. It's been working out great so far.

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  3. Does the soap box live in the shower? If that is the case then water can easily get in while other people take their shower. If not then I feel that your conclusion is highly likely.

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  4. Maybe you could leave the soap box in the shower, closed so that it appears that there is a soap-bar within. The presence of any water later would be incriminating, no?

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  5. You actually think your German roommates would use bar soap in the shower?

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