Time for another edition of Life without cable TV… Some guy in Russia has built a sauna in a four wheel-drive vehicle, so it can go just about anywhere, and now they are charging customers.
This is a brilliant financial model, what with fuel being so cheap these days. Why not take a gas-guzzling personnel carrier and drive all over creation just to reach a handful of customers? Oh, and did I mention this is in SIBERIA, an actual synonym for nowhere?
Meanwhile, we can only guess what’s going on in this photo. It appears the guy in the middle is flailing the other dude with branches because he just found out what it’s costing them per gallon of sweat to sit in this thing that would be free at any decent gym. And the one on the right, well, I don’t even want to know what his story is…
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Men sit in mobile sauna that is mounted on a four-wheel drive truck, in Russia, April 5, 2008. A local craftsman installed the sauna in a four wheel-drive personnel carrier. The rugged army vehicle can master almost any terrain. REUTERS/Andrei Kasprishin
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This flailing with branches is actually part of the sauna ritual, and very common in Russia, although it looks quite bizarre to us.
They probably do a pretty good business because a lot of folks just go to the bathhouse and bathe weekly.
- Posted by Dee TBoris, Andrei and Aleksandr’s Excellent Adventure.
- Posted by John C AbellI refuse to make any comparison with German saunas.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksAre you sure this is Russia? Where are the ‘cigs?
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks