The French Aristocracy Of Centuries Past Were Filthy Pigs

Sounds like Mar a Lago

This fascinates me as I wonder how they dealt with the smell without ripping out and replacing the historic floors.

The Romans were into baths.

I visited Versailles in August a few years ago. That place was unbelievably hot and stuffy. The Hall of Mirrors was tolerable because it was so big but the ground floor rooms just felt fucking gross to be in.

How the hell did the men in those days hold their stomachs well enough to actually have sex with those disgustingly filthy, unwashed women. You know their cooches must have reeked.

I loved the bit about the French King who passed a 6" long tape worm.

My Uncle Heinie passed a 7-foot-long tape worm in August Busch's (Busch/Budweiser/Michelob) horse barn in 1946 and left it there for a stable hand to find.

But it was the back passages, not the formal areas, where the horrors were. Piss and shit and all sorts of sex drippings.

R5 - I'm sure the men's crusted taints smelled like poseys and the large, crusted networks extending from Royal or aristocratic anuses fed a small, tickled male army, many of whom were promptly filled by a mysterious, but completely incapacitating bacteria no one epidemiologist could identify despite the convergence of disease vectors on one particular individual.

What exactly is "body filth"?

[quote]What exactly is "body filth"?

Don’t change your bedsheets for a few months and you’ll find out.

Lice

Sorry, this thread is grossing me out. Bye.

Centuries past? The French? Wasn’t Prince Andrew known for pissing in the potted plants at Buckingham Palace?

I had to stop watching as that was too gross to listen to. They and I realized the pictures must have been AI.

[quote]The French Aristocracy Of Centuries Past Were Filthy Pigs

Well, they've always spoken very highly of you, OP.

That's not all he was known for.

I don't think women's pleasure was much of a consideration back then, r5. They probably pounded away for 45 seconds and ejaculated as quickly as possible. While breathing through their mouths.

When is someone going to bring up the pox

I was shocked to learn this as a kid. They seem so fancy

And then there was the physical condition of Louis XIV, who suffered from an anal fistula that became gangrenous.

They certainly weren't filthy in old MGM movies. They were clean and classy. OP I think you like to revel in imaginary filth. You sound like your favorite movie is Salo.

[quote] You sound like your favorite movie is Salo.

Or the 120 Days of Sodom?

There is a reason why the term "French Bath" become the byword for people who didn't bathe well or frequently.

Was this a uniquely French phenomenon in the 17th century?

We're they not, it would have been opportunity spoiled

Don't forget the fleas

"The specific practice of keeping fleas in cages or small containers, often as jewelry or keepsakes, is most notably mentioned in 17th-century European contexts. According to historical accounts, some individuals kept fleas from a loved one’s body in tiny containers, such as lockets or small decorative cages worn as necklaces. This was seen as a romantic or sentimental gesture, symbolizing closeness, as the flea had fed on the beloved’s blood, keeping their essence near the wearer""

I actually don't mind a bit of dick/ball/armpit stink so I think I would have done alright.

Sadly, true. No, not all European castles were like this.

Vers. was a special case because it was built on a swamp, and plagued with mosquitoes, fleas, and packs of rats. There so many rodents that when they crossed the Hall of Miirrors, the aristos waited for them to pass.

Uneaten food was everywhere, left where the diner lost interest. Although non Royals were not allowed to die in Vers. Dead (and) their stench were found in closets, cabinets and behind curtains.

The lower levels were filled with destitute homeless people who would venture to upper floors late at night to find something to eat.

About Louis 14th anal fistula—it’s a tunnel that forced its way from an infected anal gland, surfacing in his buttocks. No cure, other than to keep draining it, yes he stunk, but covered himself with perfume.

[quote] reeked of body filth, human waste, and god only knows what other stenches.

Not unlike most enclosed spaces with the French.

Try a Parisian bus in July - if you’re brave.

Dick/ball/shit/urine/foul armpits/rotting mouth stink getting you down?

Modern French women - and men - of the 15th century, HAVE NO FEAR.

May we present, for your inhalation pleasure: