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to be insulted when implied that my home smells like fish?

40 replies

dizzydixies · 19/04/2008 23:16

the new febreeze advert - WTF? my house doesn't smell of fish and therefore I feel no need to buy your new product, so there

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Pablop · 19/04/2008 23:30

tee hee. I do like the new febreeze airfreshener though, if I spray before I go out, it still smells nice when I come back in.
Doesn't seem to be as chemically?

pinkyp · 19/04/2008 23:33

spray it in ur car, lasts 4 ages mmmmm....

Flynnie · 19/04/2008 23:36

I often wonder why did they choose fish?
Aren't the smells the men let off enough?

lucyellensmum · 19/04/2008 23:38

what puzzles me is this, and im not a greeny or anti chemical geek BUT WHY is it that mothers, or anyone for that matter will happily spray chemicals in the form of aeresols around their house just to make it smell nice???? I never ever buy air fresheners, the whole idea is just abhorrant to me - i mean WTF??? If you want a smell, get some lavender oil, something natural, dont spray god knows what into the air that your babies and children are breathing just to keep in line with the media brainwashers - honestly, i just dont get it, its the sort of thing that keeps me awake at night.

Also, if your house is so minging you need to disguise it with aromatic chemicals and phosphates and the like, try cleaning it

FWIW my house constantly smells of wet dog or dog fart, rather that than those awful airfresheners, and as for plug ins, bluuueeghhh dont get me started

Spidermama · 19/04/2008 23:39

I think I'd rather my car smelt of fish than febreeze tbh.

hana · 19/04/2008 23:39

just open yer windows, back and front and get a nice breeze flowing. I always have the windows open a crack

Flynnie · 19/04/2008 23:40

Ditto on plug-ins.
Whatever happened to fresh air?

Flynnie · 19/04/2008 23:41

xpost Hana

itsahardknocklife · 19/04/2008 23:41

my car currently smells of wet dog and my house smells of dog farts! Nothing that open windows tomorrow won't fix.

Twominutes · 19/04/2008 23:41

That advert makes no sense at all

DrippingLizzie · 19/04/2008 23:43

Top 3 household smells:

  1. Teething child's nappy festering in bin during hot summer months.
  2. Slimy gruel exuding from nether regions of unclean fridge.
  3. Half-eaten sardine sandwiches left in child's lunchbox over weekend.

Abovementioned certainly not related to my sparkling abode, good god no.

dizzydixies · 19/04/2008 23:44

thank you

all very welcome to visit house of dixie as proof that it, in fact, does NOT smell of fish

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Flynnie · 19/04/2008 23:48

Actually think I would rather the smell of fish to fabreeze. at lease lighting a candle will get rid of the fish smell!

moondog · 19/04/2008 23:50

dOES IT SUGGEST THAt houses stink of fish?
How bizarre.

dizzydixies · 19/04/2008 23:51

moondog, it says something along the lines

'fed up or your house smelling of fish, try new febreeze blah blah blah'

errrr, no as my doesn't thank you though

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moondog · 19/04/2008 23:53

Fucking hell.
That's one of myriad reasons why I don't watch tv.
So bloody offensive.

itsahardknocklife · 19/04/2008 23:54

don't you watch any TV at all?

Flynnie · 19/04/2008 23:56

I dont....too busy watching MN

moondog · 19/04/2008 23:56

No
Well, maybe 1/2 hour once or twice a month.
I have no desire to do so.

itsahardknocklife · 19/04/2008 23:56

tee hee I am upstairs on MN while DH and BIL watch boxing downstairs.

dizzydixies · 20/04/2008 00:00

here

its bad enough having your home smell like fish - I beg your farking pardon??

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itsahardknocklife · 20/04/2008 00:01

it's not an English ad, is it?

itsahardknocklife · 20/04/2008 00:02

I mean it is on TV here, but wasn't filmed here. Maybe homes elsewhere smell of fish!

moondog · 20/04/2008 00:02

God,that is gross Dixie.

dizzydixies · 20/04/2008 00:04

so I can take it, for the first time ever, that I am in fact NBU!!!??!

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