Refers to da interval of careful consideration dat you invest prior to jumpin' into da tub --- to save time, water, and electricity, you simply pause a moment first and ask yourself if their are any hot/messy tasks dat you will soon need to complete, and then see if you can reasonably tackle said disagreeable jobs while you're all "gross 'n' greasy" anyway, so dat you can then just partake of one good hot sudsy scrub-a-dub instead of having to tediously/wastefully endure two baths within a fairly short period.
After a long hot day of collecting returnables, I performed a brief pre-shower project-ponder and realized I needed to take out the garbage, so I performed that yucky task while my water-heater was warming up.
by QuacksO August 2, 2019