I've seen a few posts here in which the poster (i.e. mishie) spoke of being required by someone in the mission to sing in the shower.

The obvious reason for this is to prevent mishies from masturbating.

If you have been told to sing in the shower, what reason was given? Since folks with power in the LDS SCC are terribly nervous about anything having to do with sex, I'm pretty confident that nothing was mentioned that seemed even remotely connected to sex.

I've had friends, family and pets beg me not to sing in the shower.

Back in the good ol' days of youthful excess, I would have recorded my voice, put the tape on play, put in ear plugs and then contentedly masturbated. (You know why they replaced the 'e' in masterbate with a 'u'? Because that's what it's all about...)

If singing in the shower prevents you from masturbating, you should stop singing.

sings-while-masturbating crew checking in

I've forgotten all the words.....

RB

...credit where credit is due: Ron, you win the funniest line in this thread award. Try to stay humble...

Do you know what it is they sing ?
























I didn't think so.

"We Thank Thee oh God for a Prophet!" But, Dave, it never worked for me, I still wanked. The Boner.

dammit !

You ruined a perfectly good joke.

*LOL*

Dave the Atheist Wrote:
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> Do you know what it is they sing ?
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Probably something by the Tadpoles?

"The obvious reason for this is to prevent mishies from masturbating."

This is funny - they sure don't know my former middle school boys choir!. These boys actually made up a song to sing about MASTURBATION to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic. Music teachers can go through hell and back!....

"Singing In the Drain" with Kene Gelly

donbagley Wrote:
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> "Singing In the Drain" with Kene Gelly

This is kinda wonderful...

:D :D :D

Never thought a thing of it.

As a young married adult, however, I was happily singing one morning in our apartment (having grown up in a rural area) when irate neighbors began pounding on the wall.

I was so mortified that I've never willingly sung since then. Even when it's "Happy Birthday to You!" I just mouth the words. Singing (unless I'm alone, driving, and singing along with music from a favorite CD) brings back a rush of shame. I NEVER sing if anybody (at least, anybody human) is within hearing distance.

Happy exception: The first time I held my newborn baby granddaughter, she was crying when my son handed her to me. I sang "Raindrops on Roses, and Whiskers on Kittens" from "The Sound of Music." She stopped crying, and nestled against me. I was startled to look up at my tall son, who had tears in his own eyes.

"God, Mom," he said, "I can remember you singing that one to ME!"

Ahhhh...catnip thats a beautiful story...brings a tear to my eye too...tiny ones arent old enough to have had the beauty drummed out of them..as age and time kicks the crap out of us...little ones give us hope that this life was not for naught

Haven't any of those folks seen "The Right Stuff"?

They sing Come, Come ye saints. Obviously. ;o))

Wasn't it Kirby who wrote that when on a mission in Brazil and he saw attractive women in bikinis, he was supposed to sing hymns. So now he gets horny in Sacrament meeting.

A year or so ago I was following a missionary blog in the Seattle area where the mission president required that the missionaries sing in the shower, presumably to distract them from unworthy thoughts. It was about six months ago that that missionary's blog disappeared, and I know that he was expressing a lot of doubts, so no surprise. I think this might be what the OP is referring to, but I don't know if this is still required.