LOL! I have a nephew who wishes he lived in the Middle Ages. I've mentioned things like, not only no plumbing, but no toilet paper. Yeah, go wash yourself, your clothes, and your food in that water, but keep in mind your neighbors upstream already used it. And those crunchy bits in the food? Care to guess what those might be? Fleas, ticks, flies, worms, maggots, bedbugs (now making a comeback) all love your straw mattress, and your woolen clothes, and your hair! And, darn it, bathing will make you sick in the winter!

It's easy to romaticize things in the past, but the truth is, we'd all last about 10 minutes. (What?! No disinfectant wipes for the grocery cart handles?!)