I have a vague memory of reading about taking a bath on a blog...did this happen or am I making it up? In either case, this is what triggered the memory...

"Americans prefer showers because showering is a kind of job - you stand, you scrub, you shampoo. In comparison, bathing is inactive. You lie in a bathtub, your eyes closed. You accomplish nothing. By the end of a long bath, you're slightly older and slightly cleaner." (from Bathifying by Sparrow, The Sun, Aug 2002)