The Four Minute Shower

As a nation the Aussies are big into conservation and bio-diversity. Water conservation is huge here, especially as they have had a drought for the last eleven years. (Until I came and then see Saw Doctors, 'Songs From Sun Street, track 12!) The most common advertising is recommending that you do not spend longer than four minutes in the shower. You can even buy a four minute egg timer for the shower, entitled ‘Our Future’. It has a little suction pad to attach to the tiles. Yet you can, in certain places and at certain times water your garden for an hour. Another suggestion is that you shower the length of your favourite song. That is a problem for me, although I could let on that my favourite song was Bohemian Rhapsody or maybe share the shower with someone else and then I could have eight minutes!