Saturday, October 17, 2009

You think you've got problems!

Cleaning the toilet today in a rush and whaddya know, the brush broke. I was busting and had to clean it before I could use it, of course. The brush handle broke into three pieces, the bit in my hand, the bit with the brushy thingy on the end, and a middle bit which fell into the, uh, water - the foaming water.

No gloves (gloves are for sissies, and besides, I have a brush, I don't need gloves, that suff isn't touching my skin!), the dunny was cleanish so I plunged my hand in and grabbed the middle 2 inches of the brush handle.

Now I'm just hoping that my right hand doesn't dissol

8 comments:

Mine Host said...

Nothing to worry about Kae, I never use gloves to clean toilets, and I often do a half dozen or so pedestals & scrub several metres of urinal just to get my juices flowing in the morning.

Been doing it for years.

kae said...

Pass, I find cuppa tea gets my juices flowing in the morning.

Cleaning other people's wee and skiddies - ick! (I know, you have to do it.) I have friends who cleaned the arcade shops in Bowral for several years. I couldn't do it.

Unfortunately, one of the reasons I have a dishwasher is that I can't tolerate the very very hot water I prefer to wash with and the detergent gives me dermatitis... now I've got Floyd and I'm always patting him and so on, I'm washing my hands all the time and they're just cracking up if I forget the moisturiser.

Just watching a bit of the motor racing at the moment. I should be doing other stuff!

kae said...

moisturiser. arrgh

And I forgot to add after the dermatitis thingy that I have to be a bit cautious with all cleaning products.

Mine Host said...

Er.. not quite clean other people's "stuff", we squirt industrial solvent on from a trigger pack, give it plenty of time to work, then wash off the foam.

I am more concerned with getting the industrial solvent on my hands, or inhaling some, than anything else.

kae said...

I envisioned that there were ceiling to ceiling tiles and it could be hosed out...

Somewhat like the completely tiled pubs of old, like the ones I've seen in Sydney...

Minicapt said...

No more even-handedness?

Cheers

kae said...

c rrect ca t

kae said...

bloody thing left out the spaces grr