posted by AlbinoLove on Dec 1, 2005:
First off, I would like to say that I am a fairly dirty individual. Not personal hygine-wise, but I am very unorganised and throw things around everywhere without giving it a second thought. That said, here is what I have learned from not cleaning my room for the past three or so years:
1. roaches can survive a nuclear holocaust, but apparently not my closet
2. milk can solidify
3. shoe deoderizer takes away the smell of said milk
4. sweat soaked socks, if left alone long enough, can become brittle enough to break
5. sleeping on a bed without sheets leaves crop circle like marks on your chest.
6. a wet rain coat left in a bundle in a corner will procure life within three days
7. said raincoat provides an excellent dwelling for small mammals.
8. dried out orange peels provide an excellent potpourri.
9. I can get my radiator hot enough to cook an egg.
10. the smell from your room can get bad enough that the neighbors complain
(note: all of these things have all either been tested or happened to me.)
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by sayin999 on Dec 1, 2005:
very classic story.
very classic story.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by mairsil on Dec 1, 2005:
11. Some forms of mold actually do glow in the dark.
12. Walking barefoot on unvacuumed shag carpeting can hurt more than sharp gravel.
11. Some forms of mold actually do glow in the dark.
12. Walking barefoot on unvacuumed shag carpeting can hurt more than sharp gravel.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by Hawanja on Dec 1, 2005:
That is seriously nasty.
One time there was so much crap on my carpet that I was able to roll up a significantly large ball of debris (hair, dustbunnies, specs of strange organic material, etc.) I now vaccum more than once a year.
That is seriously nasty.
One time there was so much crap on my carpet that I was able to roll up a significantly large ball of debris (hair, dustbunnies, specs of strange organic material, etc.) I now vaccum more than once a year.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by Mr. Casual on Dec 1, 2005:
I have to vacuum and / or wash my carpet all the time.
Thats commonplace for me. But I have two dogs. Usually, there is always an ubsurd amount of hair on the floor, and the other night my Dog was sick, and before I knew it, he threw up and pooped Diarrhea-like liquid poop on the carpet. -_-
Hawanja said:
That is seriously nasty.
One time there was so much crap on my carpet that I was able to roll up a significantly large ball of debris (hair, dustbunnies, specs of strange organic material, etc.) I now vaccum more than once a year.
I have to vacuum and / or wash my carpet all the time.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by PhreQuencYViii on Dec 1, 2005:
Last week/month/year I opened up a Baby Ruth candy bar and the peanuts flew everywhere across my little room. I haven't vacuumed it up yet, which I really should do since about everything in my room is on the floor; my bed is a mattress on the floor, systems are on the floor, tv and comp are close to the floor, I don't really elevate much of anything, but maybe I should elevate a vacuum over my floor so I don't wake up covered in carpet peanuts and pringles and other assorted crap.
Last week/month/year I opened up a Baby Ruth candy bar and the peanuts flew everywhere across my little room. I haven't vacuumed it up yet, which I really should do since about everything in my room is on the floor; my bed is a mattress on the floor, systems are on the floor, tv and comp are close to the floor, I don't really elevate much of anything, but maybe I should elevate a vacuum over my floor so I don't wake up covered in carpet peanuts and pringles and other assorted crap.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by madhatter256 on Dec 1, 2005:
Am I the only one who actually knows how to clean a house and keep it clean??
Formula 409, that's all you need.
Am I the only one who actually knows how to clean a house and keep it clean??
Formula 409, that's all you need.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by PhreQuencYViii on Dec 1, 2005:
Yep.
madhatter256 said:
Am I the only one who actually knows how to clean a house and keep it clean??
Formula 409, that's all you need.
Yep.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by Greatsaintlouis on Dec 2, 2005:
- Fascinatingly enough, coffee grows mold - both on old grounds, and on the surface of the liquid itself.
- Coffee with milk seperates disgustingly AND grows mold.
- Tea bags shrivel up into a mummified form but do not grow any sort of mold.
- Orange juice produces the most disgusting mold known to man.
- Moldy muffings, even when sealed with duct tape in an airtight zip-lock bag, will continue to mold until they no longer resemble muffins. Do this to gross the hell out of any annoying and squeamish roommates you have, and cite it as an experiment.
EDIT: Muffins also work. I have no idea what the hell a muffing is. It sounds dirty.
Note that the heat of the radiator can often affect other items on the list - namely, decaying leftover food and dirty laundry - often giving them a shorter half-life and intensifying the smell they emit.
AlbinoLove said:
9. I can get my radiator hot enough to cook an egg.
- Fascinatingly enough, coffee grows mold - both on old grounds, and on the surface of the liquid itself.
- Coffee with milk seperates disgustingly AND grows mold.
- Tea bags shrivel up into a mummified form but do not grow any sort of mold.
- Orange juice produces the most disgusting mold known to man.
- Moldy muffings, even when sealed with duct tape in an airtight zip-lock bag, will continue to mold until they no longer resemble muffins. Do this to gross the hell out of any annoying and squeamish roommates you have, and cite it as an experiment.
EDIT: Muffins also work. I have no idea what the hell a muffing is. It sounds dirty.
10 things I have learned from not cleaning my room.
posted by PhreQuencYViii on Dec 2, 2005:
(sorry, couldn't help it, I saw the word muffings and couldn't stop laughing, typos are so damn funny)
Will muffins work?
Greatsaintlouis said:
Moldy muffings, even when sealed with duct tape in an airtight zip-lock bag, will continue to mold until they no longer resemble muffins. Do this to gross the hell out of any annoying and squeamish roommates you have, and cite it as an experiment.
(sorry, couldn't help it, I saw the word muffings and couldn't stop laughing, typos are so damn funny)