PO, BO

I’ve had this post in my drafts folder for yonks now. Yes, YONKS!  That’s a long time, right… I know. I am lazy and I am sorry.  Hopefully this post won’t stink… (hehe).

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I have always had a bit of a sweat issue.  Let’s cut to the chase – I am a pale redhead, and I am slightly on the cuddly side.  Therefore, I sweat pretty easily.

It is also a genetic thing:  my father, who was not a redhead and was a reasonably fit bloke, would sweat at the thought of sunshine.  True story!  We used to do Taekwondo when I was younger, and he’d be drenched in sweat 5 minutes into our warm-ups.  The incredibly creative people there called him ‘sweathog’.  Left brain people, all of them.

So anyway, I sweat.  The past few months have been especially challenging, and I am not sure why.  I have long been an anti-perspirant user, and for the past few years, Speed Stick have helped keep me natural.  Then, they stopped being effective!  I was all underarm phooey and dank patches in shirts once more.  Unpleasant, to say the least.

I tried to outflank my BO, by using a bunch of different deoderants for a day here or there, and mixing it up in between – never let my sweat glands relax, y’know?  IT DIDN’T WORK!

Then, I finally cracked the shits and spent $11 on some Rexona Clinical Protection… and hey presto! Problem solvered.  It has been a month now, and I am nice and fresh once more.  Sure, the weather’s cooler, but that has never really bothered my pits, they sweat all year round.

But now I am clean and happy and thankful to Rexona. Even if Ricky Ponting endorses them, I don’t care. They work for me and that’s enough.

Postscript: I have embraced my Ricky Ponting-inspired life choices, and now take Swisse Men’s Ultivite daily. Vitamins, eh Ricky?