Over the years, we’ve had several conversations about terms for washing up quickly without getting in the tub, such as taking a bird bath or a possible bath. A listener chimes in with her family’s version. They take an airplane bath — wings, nose, and tail. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Airplane Bath”
We’re still getting responses to our conversation about what you call a quick wash-up, a sink bath or a bird bath or a possible bath.
Lori Martin tells us that her mother-in-law calls those quick wash-ups an airplane bath.
Why is that? The kids standing there with their arms out where the parents just give them a quick wipe down?
Yeah, nose, wings, and tail.
Oh. Nose, wings, and tail. Nice.
Might be a good way to entice the kid to get cleaned up.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, boy, because every trick matters when it’s a kid.
And the trick that worked the last time won’t work this time necessarily.
