Lessons in the Painfully Obvious

A retired school principal has gone back to teaching the basics, this time on the Internet, the Wall Street Journal writes.

Robert Jackson, of Silver Spring, teaches virtual students how to shower, care for one's teeth and clean a kitchen floor in a series of 5-minute joints posted on VideoJug.com, a site dedicated to instructional video. In his film, "How to Use the Shower," the 79-year-old offers these four nuggets of wisdom:

1. Shampoo the hair and especially around the ears to avoid itchiness.
2. Scrub between the buttocks to prevent hemorrhoids.
3. Soap the rest of the body.
4. Use a brush to clean beneath the fingernails.

Jackson provides more insight on his personal website, "You Should Have Told Me." There, the Harvard graduate describes the proper technique for hand washing, trimming nose hair and taking a shit.

"When you get to be 79, you've learned some things that other people don't know," Jackson tells the Wall Street Journal. Most of his tips are drawn from personal experience, with some web research to back him up, he says.

Image courtesy of VideoJug.com.

"Not Sure How to Tie a Tie?" (Wall Street Journal)
"How to Use the Shower" (VideoJug.com)
"You Should Have Told Me" (Robert Jackson)