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This is a "Reduce" post.
Many years ago I heard about a man who had an idea that would make him and the Toothpaste manufacturers a lot of money, for very little effort. He approached various manufacturers, wanting to sell them his idea, but they were reluctant to go into business with him because he couldn't actually tell them his idea - because it was so simple, once they knew what it was they could do it without him!
Eventually he found a company that would buy his idea, unseen.
His idea was very simple - he had observed that people always squeezed the same amount of toothpaste onto their brush - say an inch long squirt. However, if you enlarged the opening of the toothpaste tube by a very small amount, every squeeze would be bigger in diameter and, hence, more toothpaste would be used.
I'm sure our resident Dentist will put me right
but I think the recommended amount of toothpaste is about the size of a pea.
All the toothpaste ads show the toothpaste laid out along the length of the brush (so you use a lot more than a pea). I squirt it across the width, (not the length), which is more pea sized.
That's the introduction done - now for the real reason for the post!
Applying the "every squirt is the same size" theory to other things, I've applied it to washing up liquid! Always the same size squirt, whenever I do the washing up. However, when the bottle is virtually empty, I add a bit of water, shake the bottle and use the contents to washup. It still does as good a job of washing up as when used full strength!
This week, I poured 100ml of washing up liquid and 50ml of water into a squeezy bottle and am pleased to report that there is no difference in washing up power, or bubbles.
Once I've finished this lot, the next batch will be equal quantities of liquid and water - to see if I can make my washing up liquid wash twice as many dishes as previously.
Are you still awake??
PS This is my new Thing for this week.
Many years ago I heard about a man who had an idea that would make him and the Toothpaste manufacturers a lot of money, for very little effort. He approached various manufacturers, wanting to sell them his idea, but they were reluctant to go into business with him because he couldn't actually tell them his idea - because it was so simple, once they knew what it was they could do it without him!
Eventually he found a company that would buy his idea, unseen.
His idea was very simple - he had observed that people always squeezed the same amount of toothpaste onto their brush - say an inch long squirt. However, if you enlarged the opening of the toothpaste tube by a very small amount, every squeeze would be bigger in diameter and, hence, more toothpaste would be used.
I'm sure our resident Dentist will put me right
but I think the recommended amount of toothpaste is about the size of a pea.All the toothpaste ads show the toothpaste laid out along the length of the brush (so you use a lot more than a pea). I squirt it across the width, (not the length), which is more pea sized.
That's the introduction done - now for the real reason for the post!
Applying the "every squirt is the same size" theory to other things, I've applied it to washing up liquid! Always the same size squirt, whenever I do the washing up. However, when the bottle is virtually empty, I add a bit of water, shake the bottle and use the contents to washup. It still does as good a job of washing up as when used full strength!
This week, I poured 100ml of washing up liquid and 50ml of water into a squeezy bottle and am pleased to report that there is no difference in washing up power, or bubbles.
Once I've finished this lot, the next batch will be equal quantities of liquid and water - to see if I can make my washing up liquid wash twice as many dishes as previously.
Are you still awake??
PS This is my new Thing for this week.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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