a friend has just asked this on FB

[BooyFuckingHoo]

so i thought I'd ask here too for another perspective.

she has asked how come the likes of mr muscle, mr sheen, henry etc have male names when it is usually women that use them.

i told her it was so that mr sheen got the money in his bank account rather than mrs sheen's. it was in jest but i can't help think there may be some truth in that.

well you see cilit bang does quite wel without having a male or female name so i don't see why drain cleaner has to be named bruce or mavis to accurately reflect it's purpose.

Oh come on, everyone knows Cillit Bang is Barry Scott's lovejuice

who is barry scott?

ah right! thanks.

I like the Jedward version better

you're right, faced with that choice of drain cleaners I would pick Bruce.
If they were furniture polish I would probably go for Mavis.

Mavis sounds like a downtrodden charlady though

They should seem me scraping the aluminium mop bucket up and down the tiled hall when I'm cleaning it. They's soon call my floor cleaner Monty27 THE BIG ONE! or whatever.

Oh and there's always MR MUSCLE!! lolol

Wasn't Mr Muscle done as a scrawny wimp though? I wonder whatthe thought process behind that was?

he may be a scrawny wimp but he made a better job of my oven than dh did last Saturday.

Ah that was a 'men are shit at cleaning, women are better at it so we will supply the tools and you will do the work' thing I think

I cmplained to advertising standards about Cilit Bang and they said something like "Athough we have recieved a number of complaints, there have to be over a certain amount before we can take action."

I want to smack Barry Scott upside the head with a can of that shit.

Ah yes who moved....that's it!

SeeJaneKick - what was your complaint? Other that he's an irritating twit ?

I buy oven brite - I don't care whether it's male or female, I want intelligent oven cleaner

Mr Muscle used to be a scrawny wimp a few weeks ago - I think it intended to suggest that because the product was strong, the user didn't need to be strong.

But now they have changed him to a more conventional muscly superhero-type.

few years ago I mean, not few weeks

Oh right! Shows how much it affects me anyway doesn't it!

Personally if they make a product look like it was made pre 1970 it always appeals to me. Don't know why...I go for vintage looking things all the time...why? Do I secretly want to be rubbing my step with a donkey stone? Or mangling my whites i the back yard? Who knows...

Has anyone seen the episode of the Simpsons where Marge Simpson fantasises about "Chad Sexington", the macho mascot of Burly paper towels. This was based on Brawny paper towels.

A quote from the Brawny website:

"Kids knock over glasses of milk. Dogs make a mess drinking out of the toilet. Dads leave footprints down the hallway after gardening. There's always a mess for someone to clean up! "

Hmmm, I wonder who that someone will be?

Yeah...they'll have a pic of some woman in a
t- shirt with "Someone" on the front.

Kids knock over glasses of milk. Dogs make a mess drinking out of the toilet. Dads leave footprints down the hallway after gardening. Mum loses her mind and squirts Daddy's Sauce all over the walls "There you bastard! Have your fuking sauce! Who says it's YOURS anyway!!??... There's always a mess for someone to clean up!

But that's okay... because messes happen! With Brawny® paper towels in the house, you've got the strength to get things done.

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