a peek inside the fishbowl

1 | Hellcat13

February 8th, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Ick. For me, it’s cleaning my hair out of the drain. It’s MY HAIR. I’m the only person who uses that shower. It shouldn’t be that big of a deal. But I gag until I can’t breathe. It’s now my husband’s job.

2 | andrea

February 8th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

Hair in the drain! Oh yeah. That’s gross. I’m sure you can imagine the extent of this issue here at Casa Fishbowl too.

p.s. hair-in-drain removal should be written directly in the wedding vows if you ask me. *shiver*

3 | Dave

February 8th, 2010 at 2:05 pm

A door-to-door salesman came to our house when I was a kid selling a cleaning product he promised could tackle the ‘worst stain in our house.’ My dad took him to the kitchen and pointed at the black goo that lived on the range hood — a product of 40 years of flying frying oil. The product didn’t work. Dad stood proud, realizing he’d exposed the product as false. Then he suddenly became very embarrassed about what he was proud of.

4 | bushidoka

February 8th, 2010 at 3:11 pm

My suggestion may gross you out even more - but just toss it in the dishwasher :-) Everything gets sanitized in there so it is really no different than washing cloth diapers in your washing machine.

5 | Betsy Mae

February 8th, 2010 at 3:59 pm

Gag! I don’t do hair in the drains, nor do I do the toilet brush ‘drippings’. I am married to a great guy and I better give him a big ol’ smooch when he gets home!??!!!

For me it’s picking up the dog poop (a chore Bert and I both do….okay Bert does it more often than I do). We try to pick it up everyday but once in a while a couple of days will pass by (usually when the weather is bad) and then the poop needs to be picked up. Let’s just say our dog weighs 85lbs and poops three times a day. GAG!

6 | Stefania (Ingredients for Life)

February 8th, 2010 at 4:31 pm

Betsy Mae, When I was pregnant with Baby #1 Hubby started picking up the dog poop and then it continued to this day. I better give my great guy a big ol’ smooch too!

7 | Sarah

February 8th, 2010 at 4:52 pm

For me it’s ANYTHING to do with, in or around the toilet.
I am the only female in a house with 5 males… 4 of whom are children that can’t aim. ‘Nuff said!

8 | Marla

February 8th, 2010 at 5:06 pm

I have no problem with the toilet brush - after all, it’s used along with cleaning products, so the ew factor is cancelled out.

And I do poop patrol for almost everyone under five feet tall in this house - the kid, the dog, the cat, the fish (not the snake though) - and I’m okay with that, kind of, because there’s not much touching…though somehow with the kid, there’s often some contact. She might need more fibre in her diet.

But yes, the hair in the drain makes me retch. The big, long, soapy clog that has to be fished out with tweezers and sometimes cut from the trap? Bleargh. Why hasn’t the world found more things to do with recycled hair? We could fling hair clogs at people and win wars with them.

9 | Laura

February 8th, 2010 at 8:04 pm

Yup, I agree with Sarah…anything about cleaning the toilet makes me gag. Hair in the drain = double gag. I would also add that anything involving maggots gives me the itches for days…ie the green bin in the summer. Ew. Ew. Ew.

10 | KJT

February 8th, 2010 at 8:04 pm

I try and let the toilet brush dry (sandwiched between the bowl rim and the seat) for as long as possible. Minimizes the ick. I have no problem cleaning a toilet but I hate the area on the floor at the back. Gives me the creeps.

11 | sherry

February 8th, 2010 at 9:35 pm

I’m strangely zen about the toilet brush thing. I do fine with all things toilet (which is good since I’m apparently the only one who notices that it needs cleaning, ahem).

I don’t care for hair in the drain but it ticks me off more than it grosses me out.

What makes me want to gag is having to deal with cat or dog vomit. BLARGH. Last week I had to deal with both on the same day, I nearly traded them both in for a fish!

12 | Nadine C.

February 8th, 2010 at 9:44 pm

I was about to reach for a snack (that I certainly don’t need!) and then I read all of the above …Thanks for stopping my munchies!
Oh and I do agree with all of your comments!

13 | hillary

February 8th, 2010 at 10:58 pm

* Marla - flinging hair clogs at people…. EEEEW! So funny!
* Dave - That’s FANTASTIC!
* Andrea - so, um, how do you feel about me commenting to your commenters! ha! Somehow I feel like that’s YOUR job! And as for the drippings in the little cup…. you mean you have to clean those things out???

Ah, I kid, I kid.

Blech!

14 | andrea

February 9th, 2010 at 8:29 am

Even thinking about hair in drains, toilets, hairs behind toilets - all make me want to retch. Gawd, especially before I’ve had my first coffee. Like now.

Hilary: anyone is free to respond to any comment! I love the dialogue that often happens here. I don’t think I need to respond to each one. I just don’t have the time! :)

15 | Binky

February 9th, 2010 at 9:12 am

I’m with Sherry. No problem at all with the toilet thing. In fact, I don’t ever use a toilet brush. It’s a lot faster with a good old rag and liquid soap. And you get into all the nooks and crannies, so it’s super clean, super fast. How is this different than changing diapers? My spouse can’t do the toilet cleaning thing, which I found really odd. But reading these comments, I see that toilet-fear is common. Hair in the drain is not a problem but a year or so ago the bath started draining very very slowly, so I got out the plumber snake and I have to admit, the long BIG slimy alien-like thing that came out got to me. Ew!
What else is ew? Um…if I had a dog, I think it would gross me out to pick up “droppings” several times a day. I’d probably eventually get over it. Oh and maggots give me the willies but I think that’s universal.

16 | Marla

February 9th, 2010 at 10:15 am

The winter when I was very pregnant we treated ourselves to “Super Scoopers”, who, for $11 a week, came and cleaned a week’s worth of Rottweiler poop from the back yard every Friday morning. As we’d watch out the back window, and calculate the cost per poop, we realized we’d never felt richer. Now that that’s not the case any longer, I have to say - there are some things in life worth paying for, and those are dirty jobs done dirt cheap. But you can’t call someone over to pull hair clogs out of your drain for you (can you?).

17 | Carla

February 9th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

This post is hilarious!

Hair in drain, toilets, no problem. My first job at 16 involved hosing down toilets at a scout camp every week, that was fun. Cleaning vomit fine - but hearing someone vomit that is too much.

What gets me is hair in combs or brushes, now that is disgusting! ew. Someone in my house… leaves hair-filled brushes or hair ties with hair all tied up in them in the shower and I can’t even touch it, I have to call the offending party and demand it be removed immediately! yuck

18 | andrea

February 9th, 2010 at 12:32 pm

I actually haven’t had to clean up vomit too much, but I can deal with it. Diapers? As long as they belonged to my own poopy offspring I was ok.

Hair is a funny thing.

I don’t mind it in hairbrushes, but I *do* mind when it’s a wet and soggy clump in the bottom of the drain.

Also, I can’t stand to have one errant hair tickling me. It is sheer torture. And for some reason this always happens when I have my hands full of bread dough or raw chicken.

19 | Vicky

February 9th, 2010 at 2:54 pm

My husband does the dirty jobs around here. I cannot stand doing them!! Cleaning cat puke tops the list, as does emptying the litter box, hair in the drain, or pretty much anything that involves getting your hands wet. I know I’m pretty lucky, but I gave birth. So we’re even. ;)

20 | Vicky

February 9th, 2010 at 2:56 pm

Oh and husband also kills the spiders, and any other creepy crawlies I happen to find. Earwigs in the patio umbrella, or under the patio cushions make me cringe!

21 | Alan

February 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm

Call me weird…I can take toilet brushes, hair in the drain, vomit, cat box scooping but I find dealing with the green bin disgusting!!! Rotting food grosses me out. I am using it like a responsible citizen but it disgusts me to empty the small container into the big one, paper bags and all!!! I gag every time. I am rather anxious about dealing with it in the summer time. lol

22 | DaniGirl

February 9th, 2010 at 7:24 pm

This was a “peek from behind the fingers over my eyes” funny kind of post and comments to read! And hey, I too blogged about the toilet brush today (kind of) what are the odds? ;)

Me, it’s mold. Mold (mould?) and mildew freak me right out. Ickity ickity ick ick ick.

Further to Marla’s last comment, you could TOTALLY pay me to pull the hair clumps out of your drain. Hell, I wouldn’t even charge much, it doesn’t bother me in the least. Hmmm, maybe I shouldn’t admit that before we discuss my fee?

23 | Ginger

February 9th, 2010 at 8:02 pm

This makes me laugh. None of those things bother me. They are jobs that have to be done and well…I just hurry through them. Maybe it is because I taught middle school science and we dissected things or because the boys thought they could gross me out by bringing in all kinds of disgusting “science” things. I must have lost my sensitivity to it all. The only time I remember being completely grossed out was when we moved into a new house when I was 15 and I had to clean my new bathroom. I don’t think it had ever been properly cleaned…just kinda of wiped down. It was gross….but maybe it was because it was someone else’s grossness! The only thing that really creeps me out has nothing to do with cleaning and everything to do with spiders and those huge water bug roach things that live in the south…I don’t even know if you have them Canada…I really can’t stand bugs.