Time to put bleach down the toilets. Part of me sometimes feels sorry for those germs

[Emily1583]

Exactly that really. Gonna put bleach down the toilets before bed. Not been done since Sunday. Those germs are probably minding their own business not knowing the bleach is coming for them. Sometimes feel sorry for those little blighters.

DD used to feel sorry for the nits. She wanted to rehouse them and start a headlice colony.

It’s a great example of our brain’s preference for anthropomorphism. Also, I wonder if women do it more than men!

I’ve noticed children will create stories around objects- particularly girls. Give a boy toddler a brick and he goes brmm brmm and drives it around. A girl starts having a chat with it and sharing her drink.

Goodness knows why- some research suggest socialisation, regardless of how careful parents have tried to be about neutral gender roles.

I love this thread! My garden is currently a mess because I worry about all the insects etc who will be made homeless if I tidy it up!

All my house plants have at least one companion. Can't have them getting lonely! And I've realised i never leave a lone bean in the bottom of the tin.

I have those thought 😁

You're right actually they don't seem to use that slogan anymore do they. So Domestos joins the other bleaches at 99.9% germ kill. I wonder if the 0.01% germ tells the new germs about the previous bleach attack. That would perhaps mean the germs are perhaps indeed aware of potential bleach attacks 😯

Yes, all of this ^

Currently allowing 3 small spiders to stay who are guarding eggs sacs they laid around the garden door because I keep imagining the poor little baby spiders if I got rid of the egg sacs.

Don't worry - not all of the germs are killed and the ones that are left will continue to multiply.

(But there's really no need to send bleach down the toilet.)

When I see an earthworm in daylight on a footpath I always pick it up and put it in a hedge or on the grass as I fear it's in danger of being stepped on or gobbled by a seagull or something 😆

I do this with sweetcorn, cant have any left out and staying in the tin!

I've never understood the point of religiously disinfecting the toilet. Antibac the seat by all means but the bowl? I'm not planning to stick my hands in there or drink the water or anything so I'm not really sure what the issue is presuming it gets regularly flushed.
I particularly hate those bloo blocks - why would you want to add chemicals to every bit of water you use??

I agree. Each plant and creepy crawly has their place and purpose.

Either the germs that survive are grief stricken at witnessing the slaughter of their germ buddies, or they mock the new weaker germs that sooner or later they will be killed.

I guess it's just intuitive really. Something passed down by seeing our mum's doing it. That and the bleach propaganda from cleaning companies adverts to kill kill kill. Maybe a bit of a power thing too. Dunno. I'm certainly more liberal than my mum who seems to bleach her loo most days from memory as opposed to my once or twice a week. My mum has even been known to put bleach down my loo when she pops round. The cheek of it. They are my germies and I'll decide when it's time for them to go.

The bleach cleared up whatever was at the bottom without me having to glove up and scrub when I moved into my house. It's not something I normally buy, I was using up what was left in the house. I'll probably try whatever I can from the"bring your own bottle" shops that should be eco .. just hope they do as good a job of keeping clean 🙏I don't care about germs, i do care about everything visible to the eye. I'd like to do without a loo brush too, they're a bit yuk & landfill once dead :-s

There was! And sometimes there would be two greens or two oranges left and I would allow them to marry each other!

I might be known to mow around the daisies. And make sure every single bean makes it out of the can on their mission to get served up on to the plate.

That's so 8nteresting. It's like they learn their lives will be short

Exactly!

Lol love it 😁

Daisy's should definitely be taken off the weed list. They are too pretty to be put in the same category as stinging nettles.

They're little faces when you walk away. Kills the fuck out of me.

Also, what about the lost glove.

No more hand to hold and warm.

It's purpose has gone.

Stinging nettles are beautiful, they flower and host caterpillars, they can be made into shampoo, wine and tea.

I also can't hurt a soft toy and once when I was a v poor student spent my week's food money on a sad looking bear. I've forgotten the hunger bit still have the bear.

I like MN, you realise you are more normal than you thought

The worst ones are the Facebook posts in local groups with parents seeking help find a child's list cuddly toy 🙁

And yes lost gloves. Not only does the glove lose their owner but the remaining gloves inevitably gets binned too.

I wear odd gloves for a reason OP.