Originally Posted by
reppans
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Mine is an ultra-conservative ‘Navy’ shower - 1/3 water for a wet-down and 2/3rds water for rinsing, with the trick of using head hair as a ‘sponge’ to retain water and soap lather. Excess/drip water from hair takes care of most your body/legs, then use hands to move water and lather from hair to rest of body.
My experience is that Navy hair styles are not conducive to storing as much liquid like a spong as you suggest. Maybe sailors can have longer hair than I was allowed to have years ago?