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Hill Walker · 08-11-2023, 16:19

I'm not sure if this is in the right thread - but it relates to education, both domestic and school - so here goes.

At a very young age it was drummed into me to wash my hands regularly and always before food. Every approach to a meal table (and several other occasions) was always greeted with the question "Have you washed your hands?". Naturally the answer was "yes" (99.999% honest) but what to this day I still do not understand was the follow-up question "and behind your ears?".

I have always assumed the rigorous and regular hand washing regime had been drummed in my parents by the Spanish Flue epidemic when they were young. But what is special about the back of the ears? "Have you washed your ears?" or "Have you washed your face?" I could have understood but "behind the ears" was and is a mystery.

08-11-2023, 16:19	#4
Hill Walker Full Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 200 Liked: 136 times Rep Power: 14222	Re: Memories of school I'm not sure if this is in the right thread - but it relates to education, both domestic and school - so here goes. At a very young age it was drummed into me to wash my hands regularly and always before food. Every approach to a meal table (and several other occasions) was always greeted with the question "Have you washed your hands?". Naturally the answer was "yes" (99.999% honest) but what to this day I still do not understand was the follow-up question "and behind your ears?". I have always assumed the rigorous and regular hand washing regime had been drummed in my parents by the Spanish Flue epidemic when they were young. But what is special about the back of the ears? "Have you washed your ears?" or "Have you washed your face?" I could have understood but "behind the ears" was and is a mystery.