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Wed 12 Jan, 2005 04:08 pm
I got this in an e-mail today. Is any of it true, or is it all just a bunch of crap?
Subject: Bounce
My mail carrier told me that the US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow jackets away. Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you. And all this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!
It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.
It also repels mice.. spread them around foundation areas, or in trailers, cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
Repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
Eliminates static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond Between the food.
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. Keeps them smelling fresh.
And now that you know, print and keep on file or pass it around!
I'm mostly wondering about the bee-repellant quality that it supposedly has. That's gotta be bullshit, right?
dang. that is either one well planned out sales pitch or bounce is some tuff stuff.......
i agree. if it repelled bees so well, why do people who use it in thier laundry get stung?
kickycan wrote:I'm mostly wondering about the bee-repellant quality that it supposedly has. That's gotta be bullshit, right?
I think you are better off using Bounce than bullshit...because bullshit may actually attract the bees.
Just an opinion...but you ought to consider it.
Jeez...New Yorkers!!!
Do insects know something we don't? Why would they be repelled?
Ive been told its good for removing blood splatter from leather seats.
I can't speak to most of these claims and none directly to Bounce but I do always keep a bottle of fabric softener and water in the photo studio. When you spray it in the air it does ground the dust and prevents static charges from building up.
boomer... out of all the avatar's on this site i think yours has to be the creepest. not that i find it scary or anything. Its the wink. It will never wink when i Look at it... it seems only to wink when my attention is drawn somewhere... and i catch it out of the corner of my eye.... scary...
as for the Bounce... give it a try... cover yourself in them Kicky and then break a bee's nest over your head... you should be golden....
Yeah. I know. That winking thing is weird.
I let someone else pick it out.
Maybe they think I'm a creep.
Really though, it sounds like Bounce is trying to position itself as the new Avon "Skin So Soft" which is known to repel fleas, ticks, mites and other pesky pests.
Avon.. thats what i was trying to remember... we used to mix it with water and spray our horses with that stuff... worked wonders at keeping horse flies and what not off of them
And you arent creepy at all boomer... i think you're about one of the nicest people on this site...
Awww.
Thank you!
Next time I'll let YOU pick my avatar!
lol no need to change it on my accord... its cute... just creepy at times....
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