shit shower shave

Shit, shower, and shave (the British military called it "ablutions") was a phrase that originated in WWI, where the US military tried to "train" soldiers to perform certain functions ( to shit, shower, and you guessed it) in the morning so as to not be interrupted during actual combat (WWI was primarily a "daylight" war). By the end of WWII, combat was a 24 hour event, and they could never actually TRAIN the body to crap on command, so the practice was dropped. I've never heard anyone use it who wasn't a veteran of WWII. My dad (a WWII marine) used to say it in the morning and assumed that I (A Vietnam vet) knew what he was talking about. I just thought to myself "gee, dad, that's a weird thing to share..."

the most refreshing order to clean up, a three step process.

1. take a shit, never do this last
2. have a shower, feel clean
3. shave, either in the shower or alternitavely after the shower, if you got face hair.
FINALLY YOUR BAREABLE TO LOOK AT.

The three S's of hygiene.

See also, SSS.

getting yourself ready to go out.

1. a routine that all men should follow if not already doing.

2. something most of Europe hasn't done.

Originating in the U.S. Army of WWII, this is the shorthand slogan to describe the hygiene preparation an enlisted soldier must do to ready himself for a military inspection by superiors.

"Shine" refers to the careful and thorough polishing of one's black military boots.

Now it has entered civilian use to mean preparation for any important social event in which one must look good, often abbreviated nowadays to just "shit, shave and shower".

to do four functions while using the least amount water and still be clean.