“Hey Gary, what’s this white scummy film on the floor?”
“Oh, that’s the Mop and Glo.”
“So…didn’t you rinse it?”
“Evidently not very well.”
“Okay. It’s not enough for the Scooba, I’ll just run the mop over it.”
“No! Don’t do that. It’s soap, it’s not hurting anything.”
“Well, it’s attracting dirt to the floor. That’s what soap does. That’s why you rinse off soap. Instead of attracting dirt and rinsing away, it’s attracting dirt and staying on the floor.”
“Oh, you are so wrong! Soap repels dirt.”
“No.”
“No, that’s how soap works. Everyone knows that.”
So, yesterday I thanked you for inspiring my husband to be more adventurous. Now I think he’s just saying stupid crap to see his name on the blog. He’s like that Prince Von Anhalt guy.
10 responses to “The Science of Soap”
Lather. RINSE. Repeat.
As long as Gary isn’t claiming to be Anna Nicole’s baby daddy, you got yourself a very entertaining keeper there.
P.S. You do realize your “Pronunciation” title is cut off, don’t you?
P.P.S. Unless that’s some derivative of Latin or something.
I have no words.
But Caroline, Gary could argue that you only have to repeat the lather portion, not the rinsing. *chuckle* Ellen, he’s certainly entertaining.
Gary is about as adamant about very wrong things as Matt is. For instance, I referenced Lewis and Clark in conversation the other day and Matt says this:”LEWIS?? Whos’s Lewis and Clark? Don’t you mean Lois and Clark? HAHAHAHA…poor wife born in a third world country doesn’t know 2nd grade American History.”I almost ripped my hair out and frustration and disbelief. “Uh, no. It’s Lewis and Clark. It’s Lois and Clark Kent. Dear.”Of course when he went and Google’d it (to prove me wrong), he was quickly deflated. At least Gary didn’t mock your mother country and lowly-birth.
Caroline – See Jammies comment.Friend #3 – Oh, change your font size.Autumn – And to that I say, “.”Jammies – And he would. This is why I don’t bring these things up.Melati – That’s like a HATE CRIME. I would protest.
The discussion of “how detergent works” (one end of the molecule sticks to the dirt, the other end sticks to water, if I recall correctly) was one of the more memorable days in 9th Grade chemistry. I can still see the squiggles on the blackboard.
TasterSpoon – here’s whats sad: I mopped again and while it’s better, I can’t get it up. I need to suck the soapy water molecules entirely off the floor, I guess.