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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Musings of an American Housewife

Have you seen those Scrubbing Bubbles new toilet cleaner thingys? They are little gel blobs that you stick onto your toilet bowl. I know this is of vital interest to most people so I feel compelled to write this.

If you are interested in having about 1 minute of border-line "fun," go ahead and buy this stupid product. I had a coupon, so I gave it a go. The science behind these things, seriously. What fourth grader can't tell you that this magical gel blob is purely novelty?

So, I take out the "wand" applicator. It's called a wand because the only way this thing is actually going to clean your toilet is if some kind of magic is involved. You push the blob up to the surface of the wand, stick it to your toilet, pull the wand back, and shazam, you've got yourself a very fragrant blue blob attached to the bowl of your potty. The fragrant part isn't so bad, although might I suggest going with the lemon scent rather than "fresh" which would more aptly be named "hazardous toxic chemical scent". But it's really your call- perhaps chemical scent is better than what your husband can leave behind after a big chili dinner.

Ok, so any actual cleaning this thing does is nominal. Every time you flush, water rushes past the blob, supposedly distributing that bit of cleaning fluid or whatever to the entire bowl. Yeah. I didn't take physics, but I think I can tell when something just isn't logical. My best guess as to how this thing is going to play out is like this: My toilet will be exceptionally clean in a small one-inch wide stripe, directly below the blob, where the water runs around it and down into the bowl. As I can see you are rife with interest, I will most assuredly update you on the progress. We are at day 4, and the blue blob is still in the same place, not noticeably smaller, and as odor-ific as ever. Oh, I just can't wait to see what happens.

And for those of you who just read that entire spew of nonsense, I apologize. I will now write something of more actual vital interest to maybe a few people. Mostly conspiracy-lovers and doom and gloom "we're all gonna die and the government is going to be holding the knife" type people.

Colloidal Silver. Ever hear of it? That blue guy that was on the Today show and Oprah, remember him? He was using colloidal silver on his face for a while, and now he drinks the stuff. I'm doing some research into this silver stuff. I'm hoping I find positive stuff- that will outweigh the negative. The whole turning blue thing is a very rare side-effect that only happens to some people, and it's from using IONIC silver, rather than true colloidal silver.

However, this actual colloidal silver stuff supposedly kills anything bad that could possibly enter our bodies- bacteria, viruses, fungus, whatever. It's like the best antibiotic ever- except it's even better because it kills viruses and it doesn't have all the nasty possible side-effects like liver damage. (I'll turn blue any day over liver damage.) Can this be true? Do your own research. I want to believe it because I want to have something on hand for when, you know, they release whatever stupid virus or bio-weapon killer thing they have planned. Even if you don't believe there is a giant killer conspiracy of elite mega-rich a-holes that want to kill us all in the name of environmentalism or satan or money or all of the above- what a cool thing to have on hand for say, the common cold virus? I've had a cold for like, 7 weeks, and I'm just now getting over the stupid thing. Coulda been gone in a week if this silver business turns out to be legit.

So, let's review. Gel toilet cleaner thingys: Bad. Colloidal Silver for health: outlook is good, but more research is required. Do your own.

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