For some reason, this reminds me of a funny dialog from Major Petkoff in the play “Arms and the Man” by George Bernard Shaw:

Petkoff (over his coffee and cigaret): I don’t believe in going too far with these modern customs. All this washing can’t be good for the health: it’s not natural. There was an Englishman at Phillipopolis who used to wet himself all over with cold water every morning when he got up. Disgusting! It all comes from the English: their climate makes them so dirty that they have to be perpetually washing themselves. Look at my father: he never had a bath in his life; and he lived to be ninety-eight, the healthiest man in Bulgaria. I don’t mind a good wash once a week to keep up my position; but once a day is carrying the thing to a ridiculous extreme.

I know that this makes no sense in this context, and it is probably a very old stereotype from the 19th century, just wanted to share it here.