To think the craze for all things 'vintage' has finally gone too far...

[FatLaLaLaLa]

grabbed bottle of floor cleaner at tesco tonight. Had a picture of a floor on it, didn't look too closely... Just unpacked my shopping to find I've bought 'FLASH -Vintage Edition' all-purpose cleaner.

I suppose I should have noticed the floor in picture was a circa-1950's black & White lino, being cleaned by a woman in a dress and pumps -- looking like a cross between a Mad Men character and the cartoon of Sabrina from the titles to the old "Bewitched" series.

So what could possibly be 'vintage' about a floor cleaner? Maybe it's full of good old fashioned chemicals which are now banned, but brought back for this 'special edition'? Oh goody!

The smell would take me back to my childhood

I think it's an anniversary edition or something. Don't forget to put on your fifties style housecoat when you next clean the floors and your hair in curlers

Does it say 'with added asbestos!' on it?

How strange!

It is a load of old shit innit? The worst thing about 'vintage' is stuff styled to look it. The only vintage that counts is actual vintage - the fake stuff sucks.

Bloody hell YANBU. That's absurd. Unless, of course the bottle came with your very own 1950s housewife to actually do the cleaning for you...

Vintage Flash is just stoopid.

I confess to finding the soft teal of the vintage esque Heinz baked beans far more appealing than its modern compatriot....

i am more shocked that anyone would just pick up a bottle of floor cleaner without smelling it lol it could smell of lemon < really hates the smell remiinds me of work>

i am more shocked that anyone would just pick up a bottle of floor cleaner without smelling it lol it could smell of lemon < really hates the smell remiinds me of work>

Good point, McPants. It's honestly never occurred to me to smell the stuff, as someone else washes the floors! All scent gone by time I get home from work :-). So I buy whatever is cheap :-0

Vinegar t'is much better at cleaning and less chemicallical.

Yabu to get upset about that.

YABU buyin Flash. Its shite crap full of shite crap tested on animals. Anything made by this immoral company (P&G) is also shite crap tested on animals.

Avoid it at all costs.

i bought this one to,smells the same as the usual (bathroom one)

and nothing cleans my bath like flash,no effort what so ever
also the flash spray bleach fantastic

the best thing for baths and sinks is the cheapest cream cleaner you can buy - less than 30p and WORKS.

Being vintage myself, the only floor cleaners I remember were Ajax or soapy stuff. I have a vague recollection of home-made "mixtures" which probably included bicarb of soda and vinegar. But then I was as disinterested in domesticity as a child as I am now.

This whole vintage nonsense does get on my wick. Although I was quite amused when someone in Brighton assured me that "you've got a really vintage dog there".

I really want a housecoat now...

Pink flash with fabreeze

Re. Bewitched - it's 'Samantha'

pandemoniaa I loved Ajax :)

I don't buy cleaning products now so I don't care what they are like!

pandemoniaa was it stuffed and on wheels? You're so cool

Vintage would be cleaning with what they had in days gone by. Like soda crystals etc....

Fancy doing your washing the vintage way?!

I don't like the pretend vintage stuff in shops. They are not antiques!

I clean with star drops and white vinegar anyway. chokes on halo

@ YouBroke. No, he was walking on his own four (vintage) little legs!

PS. Ajax was great. You did have to rinse the bath out properly after using it though or it was a bit abrasive on the bottom when you sat down.