I used to think having hardwood floors would be such a pain. Sweeping wouldn't seem to get all the dust and dirt, so you'd have to stain the floors, and that would require moving furniture and blah, blah, etc., etc. Then, I discovered the Swiffer.
I'm pretty sure the Swiffer was actually invented in the last decade, but it was in this most recent decade when they spread the Swiffer empire out to dusters (since we were all already using the Swiffer cloths as dust cloths), the Wet Jet (if you really can see the dirt getting pushed around, it's been too damn long since you cleaned your floors!), and even the Swiffer Vac (now they're just messing with us).
Beyond the cleaning world of Swiffer, I've also found the various erasers to be incredibly effective (the Arm and Hammer ones are often most expensive and also the best), you just wet the things and you can scrape the dirt and stains off without having to really scrape or put up much physical effort at all. Oh, and now you can buy these Lysol or Clorox wipes that wreak of cleaning fluid, but, when you want a quick, easy clean-up of your kitchen or bathroom you cannot get better than these things.
In all, cleaning products have advanced much in this past decade by appealing to both the public's desire for cleanliness and our pathological laziness, as everything becomes more "germ-fighting" and "dirt destroying" while also becoming easier to use and "guaranteed fast-acting." Though I will always be baffled as to why lemon is the go-to scent for anything clean.
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Cleaning products, really? Ten years of stuff to talk about and choose new cleaning products (none of which I use, BTW) to highlight? I will give it up for the orginality, but if you are straining on number four of the decade to write something, anything, and settle on cleaning products, then maybe you should quit while you are ahead (or behind, as the case may be). But then again, maybe you wrote it on purpose, knowing someone would respond due to the fact that NO ONE mentions how we always are striving to make our environment completely germ free but don't want to put in the work to do it, and that it is almost become an obessission in our swine flu related times, in which case, good call. You got me to respond, and please, forgot what I said earlier. Now I can't wait until the next item on your list, to see what bizzare shit you choose to highlight next from the last ten years. Oh, and on your previous post about how even Charlie Brown has become commerical even though he preaches aganinst, remeber he isn't the only one. The Grinch, Mr "maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store" has also sold out and can be bought in a myraid of forms from the Dr Suess empire. Another case of greed winning out over message, as both Theodore Giesel and Charles Schultz flip over in their graves, screaming "They missed the point! How could they when we spelled it out for thme! How is that possible?". Never underestimate the ability of the American public to make a buck of anything
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I posted about kick-ass cleaning products because these clening products really do kick ass! And they make it SOOO easy to keep everything nice and clean that it appeals greatly to someone as lazy as I am. And yeah, part of why I mentioned it was just to be original and weird, but that's because no one else seems to be focusing on how greatly our cleaning technology has come lately. I mean, were there this many new cleaning products coming out so much in any other decade? And did they they kick as much ass as the new ones do? (I think not!)
ReplyDeleteSecondly, if you're going to comment on a previous post, why not put it on that post?
Thirdly, both Charls Schultz and Teddy Giesel had obscene abilities to make a buck; have you ever really read "Green Eggs and Ham?"
Finally, the hypocrisy of The Grinch is actually in the original cartoon (NOT the original book or live-action film, thank you Opie), as you'll notice he gets all roided up and strong in order to save the presents which aren't supposed to be the main focus of the holiday (Opie has him getting strong to save Cindy Lou Who, well done Opie).
I think the fact that you wrote an entire post about cleaning products just shows what you have truly become, a live in butler like Benson. Congratulations, man!
ReplyDeleteI'm not David, of course.
ReplyDeleteThe word is "reek," with regard to smell.
Your old (in two ways) teacher
Also, did you know that the fact that kids have so many allergies and shit now is blamed on our obsession with cleanliness. That kids who are in a house with pets are way less likely to be allergic to stuff. And the little fuckers get more illnesses in preschool when they come from super clean homes. I now feel completely vindicated about my housekeeping habits.
The hottest guy I ever knew owned a cleaning service--that's how I met him. Maybe you should consider that.