Wednesday 16 March 2022

A Non Fizz Sort Of A Day

Yesterday was another one of those run of the mill sort of days when it’s hard to put your finger on the highlight ……..

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……..sooooooo in the end it came down to Darrell treating himself to and then trying out some new toilet cleaning tablets, I think, after all these years blogging,  we may have finally plunged the very depths of mediocrity!

Astonish Fizz and Fresh

He reckoned that bleach, although it does do the job, is just a bit boring …….  so when he spotted the Fizz and Fresh box on the shelf in Home Bargains the thought of having a little effervescence in the shower room might be a pleasant change, while getting a serious job done………

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…… not of course, you understand, that he would ever allow our bowels bowls to ever get beyond the any point of redemption!

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And, how did he get on? Well, I’m not sure what he was expecting, but he said that there was no hint of a fizz or any robust foaming action as the tablet hit the water, just a plop!

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So, what was going on up the u-bend at this point to our calcium, rust and limescale is anybody’s business.  He just had to put his cleaning faith and trust in 40 years of Astonish’s product history.

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All in all our highlight of the day was a bit of a damp squid squib. I have seen the way Darrell wields his toilet brush, I told him he should feel proud and that I doubted whether we would even have the tiniest build up of said deposits to get rid of anyway. The next time he felt compelled to try something new of a cleaning type nature, he should treat himself to a little something instead, bless his little hygienic heart! 

2 comments:

Mr.D said...

The packaging says removing "limescale, calcium and rust.?"

Limescale? Yes. Limescale is mainly calcium carbonate.

Rust? Yes, but I'm sure there isn't any rust in Darrell's bends - U or otherwise.

Calcium? The word calcium on its own implies the element. Calcium is a reactive metal, that reacts with water to produce calcium hydroxide and highly-flammable hydrogen gas. There may be calcium compounds, but there certainly isn't any of the element calcium.

Tom the Scientist will be able to confirm this.

Here endeth today's lesson, from Mr. D, the former Chemistry teacher.

Anonymous said...

I just plop a couple of Steradent tablets down my U bend occasionally and all is well with the world. I'll watch out for these, sound very similar! JantheFan x