This is a product promotion & a recipe for keeping a 100% Hygiene paranoid perfectionist wife happy. Ladies & Gentleman, I give to to you the Swiffer Sweeper.
Once upon a time there was this girl who wanted to help her mom clean the house. The mom didn't really want her little girl's dainty hands get dirty or exposed to cleaning liquids so without hurting her feelings, she told the girl to pick up a mop and clean wherever she liked. Now this girl had some super-natural powers. Least did she know that if she started mopping, she could mop like anything. Once she started mopping, she just wouldn't stop. She could go on and on and not get tired. Her mom started loving the idea of having a sparkling house so she would ask her to help with the mopping everyday and she would go happily at it singing a tune or two also.
She came to be known as the Super MOP Girl!!!
As the girl started growing up she started enjoying mopping so much that she ran out of space to clean. So she would go out on the road and clean the roads and the neighbour's house and the shopping mall in front of the house. This girl was using her super-natural powers to good use. Least did she know what was in store for her in the future. If she had known how God's system works, she would have stopped mopping this much.
God gave her the filthiest and laziest man alive as a husband. She didn't realize how big a challenge this was as she had never been beaten at MOPPING. There wasn't a place or a spot she couldn't clean. She had never even thought that one day she would say...."I cant clean this". But it seemed, nature had given her, her MATCH, in the truest sense.
This guy would pick his nose and stick it to the bedsheets and walls and to his own clothes and under the table...and basically anywhere he could find... He would fart without any knowledge of it and if he got a slight hint that he had farted, he would acknowledge and actually appreciate the beauty of it. He would leave his stinky socks and clothes where he pleased and the poor Super-MOP girl had to clean and bear with all of that. It was one February night she prayed to God, "Oh God!!! Help me!!..." and help came for sure....
God decided this super-heroine required a special weapon. A special weapon that good help her be that Super-MOP girl without a compromise on her image. A Google search one day gave her the much awaited, the perfect cleaning pal, SWIFFER SWEEPER!!! This thing could clean anything that came to sight. Easily maintainable and could last forever. It was easy on the back aches as well. She searched the Internet for where she could get it....and told her husband, I need this. I have no problems bearing you and your filthy antics because I love you so much, but help me out....I need my SWIFFER SWEEPER....
So, one fine weekend, they went to get that weapon of mass destruction and you should have seen the smile on that lady's face. The lady on a mission. She got home, opened the package and back she went to her Super MOPPING duties...umm...and they lived happily ever after...This time with a SWIFFER SWEEPER touch.
And that my friends is the story of the Super MOP Girl and her SWIFFER SWEEPER...
16 comments:
lol!! i was in love with the swiffer until i realized it isnt the greatest at cleaning the corners - infact it just pushed the grime to the corners and doesnt pick up hair too well. so ive returned to cleaning by hand coz then i can get out the grime that gets stuck between the walls and baseboards =(
oh btw no bubble bursting intended by the last comment! its great for everyday cleaning! :P
:D I suppose there is no need for mirrors anymore, there is the floor. This reminds me of all those tele-sales ads, only this time you are the guy telling the story with real excitement.
@ sheza - aik tou UTP and his "dramatic adaptation" of an everyday happening! uff... and yes I was looking for swiffer sweeper but found something more practical at the store, I got one of those easy to sqeeze sponge mops and its so much better than the standard "jharoo-pocha" scenario.. my back couldnt take it anymore. plus now I'm able to clean every other day instead of waiting for my depression to mount for being unable to clean more often!
@ the deleted comments ;) - iknowww black is so not my thing either, it goes against all standard practices that we as interface desingers are religious about adhering to... but bless UTP and his idea of "coolness" he absolutely insists that black is the nicest and has his other blog in black too.. this time i just let him and his black be hoping somebody would be able to talk him out of it and you went ahead and deleted the suggestion.. sigh..
@ raza - with his talents, UTP could've made it big in telemarketing if only it wasnt for emirates group wanting him bad enough LOL!
lol.
great ad.
i have ocacsional bouts of cleaning, so the next time one hits me, i know what product to get.
though! since i have hair all over my floor, maybe not?
OK this is really turning into a silly tele marketing ad! But in all honesty, I am happy to spread the wisdom since this new easy squeeze sponge mop has done wonders for my back. Instead of jharoo+pocha-ing I simply wet the mop and drag it along to catch all the hair and dirt, flip the side if one gets too dirty and then rush it to the washbasin where I clean the sponge head under running water. Agreed I do that 3~4 times cleaning the tiled living room but thats all I need to do. All the grime in the corners, although not a lot, can really wait for those intensive "cleanliness drives" every once in 10 days or more!
@ sheza - Swiffer might not be all that great around corners but this baby is sure worth a try..
@ mona - just be careful about buying a sturdy one, you get all sorts of tacky china made ones too and they break too easily, I bought mine at the ACE store just in case you're wondering hehe :)
Iknow I'm over-doing it but this is precisely the one we got..
OMG!!! mayg, i'm in love. one device for carpet AND hardwood? it really does look awesome. altho, it doesnt look like it'd be great for corners but then that can be done at the end.
No, no, you are not overdoing it. I have a libman mop with a sponge, just like in the first link you posted, and it is so hard to move it on the floor, its sticks to the floor and so hard to move. does this glide through the floor. definitely looks like it in the movie. Do let me know if it is smooth. I have been planning to switch to swiffer, but have been dilly dallying cuz, 1. it is disposbale (not green), 2. expensive cuz of being disposable.
3. not sure it can stand heavy duty cleaning. With 3 kids, i need to clean all the time and using swiffer seems outrageous on my pocket. And your blog is such a delight to read. Lovely writing. Keep cleaning information coming as that is my biggest challenge as of now.
GOD, I hate daily cleanings :s
Why Allah made so much dust :((
I'm impressed by UTP's dramatization skills but I hope by no means that filthy guy is UTP, or is he, mayG? :/
Why don't u ppl come to wordpress :) and black is so dull for ur lively blog. Try some lighter shade ... black gives an impression of gloom :P
hahaha!
OMG this post has been absolutely hilarious & it has definitely made my day although i wonder if mayG's that much "safai" conscious & you're that much filthy & lazy:S
anyways goodluck with that swiffer sweeper mayG:P
@ taamommy - I noticed if you wring out ALL the water from the mop, even this one gets difficult to slide along, leave just a little water in the end and its absolute bliss! The mop skims along all surfaces and the floor dries up in no time..good luck!
oh I really should get some commission for this endorsement and "muft mashwaras".. better still, with my gone case of cleanliness-ophilia I realize I can make it big if I open some online "cleaning advisory" company!!
@ asma / illusion and the rest of you wondering how much of it is actually true.. let me keep you wondering some more *evil grin* UTP will be happy to tell himself!
More power to the super-heroine and God bless her charge too and always keep them together! :)
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