Remember when you used to use Hydrated Magnesium Silicate? No? I do. I'll explain. You climb out of the bath, straight into a towel. After some frantic drying, and a look in the mirror to sort out your hair it's time for the Silicate. You reach for the tub, and swizel the top, allowing an ample amount to fall into your palm. You pat it all over you. Yes folks, remember talcum powder? Maybe i'm alone in my remembrance? Surely everyone used it, or maybe everyone still does. I've asked everyone, they all agreed that they use talc no more. Growing up bath time wasn't bath time without a dash of talc at the end.

It was always beyond me as to it's purpose, but give any young boy something they are allowed to throw all over themselves, coupled with the excitement of being allowed out of the bath that you never wanted to get into in the first place and you're onto a winner. I don't have any young mothers at hand to ask if they still lavish talc on their young-uns, although if I did I would probably warn them off. Research dating back as late as the 60's shows that talc can cause tumours, and according to Wikipedia "in 1971 researchers found particles of talc embedded in 75 percent of the ovarian tumors studied." So why the hell were our mothers covering us in talc powder in the 80's??? Is talc the cause of cancer? Who knows. It's worth the risk, it's just so soft. Bring back Talc.