Magical Filth
June 17th, 2016Faithful as the Dew
I am cogitating on the tenacity of household filth.
Today after I showered, I took a wet sponge and wiped the floor in the general area of the trash can. This floor was mopped with bleach this week. It should be as clean as a clean room at Intel. The sponge came up with a grey line of crud on it.
Where does this stuff come from? How can this happen in four days?
I think the underwear gnomes from South Park are shredding their stolen drawers, turning them into dust, and spreading them on my floors.
1. Spread underwear dust on floors.
2. . . .
3. Steve loses mind.
Is that reference too obscure? I don’t care. When did that ever bother me?
The hairs are even worse. They reappear on the floor within two hours of vacuuming and mopping. I actually find hairs on the floor while I’m putting the vacuum away.
Maybe I have some sort of condition. Maybe I’m the Reverse Bubble Boy. Instead of protecting me from the world with a bubble, I should protect the world from me.
MOOPS! MOOPS!
I can never resist a good obscure reference. Never.
I would ask for suggestions, but I don’t think the problems can be fixed. I should put grey tile on the floor so nothing shows.
I need to do what elderly women all over the world do: have one filthy bathroom for actual use, and one spotless, cordoned-off display bathroom which no one is allowed to approach.
MOOPS!
June 17th, 2016 at 11:46 PM
The only question that comes to mind about ‘the grey filth’ is, are you changing your furnace/AC filters enough? Also, there is one of the steam cleaning services that offers cleaning of duct work. It may be worth looking into. The genius squad that set up our house uncovered the carpet and air ducts before installing the drywall, so we have awful grey dust in our carpet. I would have the duct cleaning done but it’s not offered in our area yet.
June 18th, 2016 at 10:51 AM
I’m not worried about the ducts because I have seen them up close, and they don’t appear to be a problem. I suspect a lot of this stuff comes from the birds, which is why I’ve been laundering them in the kitchen sink. They don’t like it all that much.
Carpeting is nasty stuff. Sometimes I think the only people who should have it are those who can afford to replace it every two years.
June 18th, 2016 at 8:27 PM
Ha! The Underwear Gnomes!
Well, at least you know one person got it.