Rosendula wrote:
I could go on (an on and on....), especially about adverts for cleaning products. In fact, I once did - my dissertation was called 'Parental Attitudes Towards Cleaning in a Spermophobic Age of Advertising'. I basically tried to show that advertisers have made us all spermophobic (fear of germs) in order to sell us all the cleaning products. The only decent advertising is word-of-mouth, and even then it's not always reliable.
I once stood open mouthed as I watched a child build a sandcastle and his mother wipe his hands after every single scoop of sand.
We have something which protects us from bacteria, it's called an immune system and the more you use it the more efficient it becomes. I despair for those kids brought up in homes that are little more than sterile bubbles. What happens to them when they eventually start school and come into contact with bacteria and viruses for the first time? What happens when an unchallenged (and therefore 'out of practice') immune system meets something truly awful? I've also seen parents who, for several months, would only handle their newborns whilst wearing surgical masks. I'm not advocating that we all live in filth, but frankly, in my opinion, we're taking cleanliness to the point where it's becoming dangerous.
I do reserve my pet hates though for the 'beauty' products. 'Hey, Guys, lets make everyone feel insecure, give them a low self esteem, then make them think they can be happy again if they buy a useless pot of gunk or put some black muck on their eyelashes' It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
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Two bottles are all you need - they clean everything..... How long before there is a Cilit Bang for each different job around the house? 
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