I have a problem.

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Registered: 03-25-2003
I have a problem.
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Mon, 11-03-2008 - 12:49am

None of us likes to admit that we are influenced by advertising gimmicks that have no real value except to encourage us to buy a particular product.  But I have come to realize that I am strongly influenced by the color of dishwashing liquid. I think we are all old enough to remember when it was all creamy white or creamy pink. Then we got the dark green stuff, then lemon yellow and then germ-killing brownish-orange. I liked the green and was able to live with the yellow because it had a nice scent. But the brownish-orange was just totally unacceptable.


And now! Now we have Sea Breeze Blue, Country Garden Pink, Green Apple Green (light) and Lavendar Medley Purple in addition to the regular green, yellow and b-o. I would buy one of each (except the b-o) just to be able to line them up and have all those colors on my shelf...with a couple extra purple ones because I like that scent. But a few days ago, when I was in the store, I found some dishwashing liquid that was...RED! My kitchen is red! It matches and I love it. Even then, I didn't think too much about it until that evening when I was getting ready to wash up the dishes...and suddenly experienced a little spurt of excitement because I was going to be able to use my red dishwashing liquid. At that point, I realized that I've gone way beyond normal boundaries and I need to do something about it. What should I do? If I hadn't just bought six bottles of red dishwashing liquid, I do a self-intervention and force myself to use another color...brownish-orange would probably be best. As it is, the only thing I can think of is to create some really greasy, crusty pans that will be absolutely awful to clean. Even the red liquid won't help me there.


Help me, ladies!


Kat

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: kcope47
Mon, 11-03-2008 - 3:56pm
Oh wow, thanks for the tip, I will try that!!



       


 


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In reply to: kcope47
Mon, 11-03-2008 - 9:54pm

Ah, Kat, sometimes it's the little things in life that drive us around the bend, isn't it. Because of allergies, I pretty much stick with the lemony scented yellow ones. I don't react as badly to them as I do to the flowery scented ones. An apple/cinnamon scent would really be nice, though.


Yep, the dishwasher powder is great for really greasy things.

Jan


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In reply to: kcope47
Tue, 11-04-2008 - 8:33am
What a great laugh I had at this!!
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In reply to: kcope47
Tue, 11-11-2008 - 11:41pm
I did use melon/cucumber (and still buy it for the church kitchen because I love the scent), but I switched to vanilla mint because vanilla's my absolute favourite, and it's BLUE - and so is my kitchen!

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Registered: 03-01-2006
In reply to: kcope47
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 7:30am

Ah, yes, Kat, you have succumbed to the "Hidden Persuaders" of marketing..they are so sneaky and diabolical...catching us with our hidden desires...colors scents...


you have taken the first step: admitting you have a problem...LOL


now what to do? yes, force yourself to use the ugly ones,,,at least sometimes


of course, what you do in the privacy of your home..is your own business!!


we won't tell


as for me...I like the blue ones (what is it with me and blue: my house, my car, my dish detergent,..all blue)


and if I could find that blue one WITH the vanilla scent..well, it would be heaven


doesn't take much to make us happy!


Dutch

 

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Registered: 07-28-2006
In reply to: kcope47
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 10:57am

You can do what ever you want.Your not hurting anybody.Not even yourself.


So you like a rainbow in your kitchen.


I get excited over buttons. See we all have our things that make us happy.


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Registered: 09-19-2003
In reply to: kcope47
Thu, 11-13-2008 - 7:44am
LOLOLOL kat your killing me!! i hate to admit this,but i have a shelf in the basement where i keep the supplies and its loaded with ajax dish detergents of various colors. i do enjoy the red myself rite now as i look on the sink i have grapefruit with bleach. good luck with that intervention when your done send it my way. LOL...thanks for the laugh.. hugs mindy

    

                      

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: kcope47
Thu, 11-13-2008 - 4:41pm
Grapefruit with bleach....I haven't tried that one, will have to look for it....hee-hee!!



       


 


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