biological geyser

[ramtops]

I don't often use biological washing powders or liquids - perlmonger is a little sensitive in such matters, bless him, so we use ordinary washing powder (in a big box, because I don't like paying and using the extra in the tablets).

however, I had some laundry to do this morning which would benefit from bio, so I dug out the box of Persil gel sachets.  Two of them had stuck together, due to the heat I guess, and as I  (rather foolishly) tried to separate them, a column of greeny bio gel spurted forth over my hair, the worktop, the kitchen floor, and almost certainly any cat who was daft enough to be in the way.

so beware -- and keep your washing gel sacs in the fridge, like any sensible person would.

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[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

My worst detergent disaster was in a flatshare during university; it was my turn to clean the kitchen (not so bad as we had a dishwasher), but just as I wiped the final counter and prepared to start the dishwasher, I saw that we were out of dishwasher detergent. "It's too late to go pick up more, so I'll just squirt in some washing up liquid." Dishwasher closed, light off, off to bed.

About two hours later I was awoken by a scream of "EASTERBUNNY!!!" (it's a real nickname) and ran to the kitchen to find one of my roommates barefoot, in her nightie, and knee deep in soap suds. Apparently washing up liquid is a little foamier than your average detergent powder. It took me an hour to scoop up all the foam with a dustpan and throw it out the window. Fortunately, the foam was fairly dry, so there was little damage beyond a filmy coating on everything within 2 feet of the floor.