{"id":223,"date":"2006-11-04T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2006-11-04T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/04\/australians-cant-sing-in-the-shower\/"},"modified":"2010-11-22T23:24:25","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T04:24:25","slug":"australians-cant-sing-in-the-shower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/04\/australians-cant-sing-in-the-shower\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians can&#8217;t sing in the shower"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>No, I don&#8217;t mean that they can&#8217;t sing.  I mean they <em>can&#8217;t<\/em> sing in the shower.  One of Australia&#8217;s largest power suppliers suggested that Australians should stop singing and daydreaming in the shower because they are wasting hot water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* square 250x Oddplanet_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7033143591\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>Apparently the average Aussie showers for seven minutes according to a survey conducted by Energy Australia. A spokesman for the company said that shower time is being taken up by activities such as shaving, singing, day dreaming, playing with toys, and brushing teeth.  He suggests that Aussies could do a number of those activities over the sink.  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