The Wonders of Bounce ! 1. 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.
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your TV screen or computer screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12. To freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
13. 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 and the pan.
14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.
Bounce away not only odors, but small rodents and insects? I don't know whether to be thrilled or run in fear at the possibilities!
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Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
"I can only express puzzlement that borders on alarm."
in other words, wow
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I used to have nightmares about that commercial... scary bottle with scary picture falling on scary towels...
or was that downy?
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Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
does this have a link somewhere?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
quote: 4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season
I'm somehow not believing this will work. Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
I don’t know where my SiL got the original list, but this one is pretty similar.
Stormy- You know you want to run right out and test the theory!
eHow.com 16. Camper's quick mosquito prevention Doug Campers and fishermen may not remember dryer sheets (which work well, by the way), so I've found something you can remember and that works better - vanilla extract. I've got a small vial in my tackle box. It works well on bare skin, like face and arms.
18. Bounce repellant G.T. Hemingway, Sr. I have found that "Bounce" dryer sheets have proven to be an effective repellant against mosquitoes. Tuck one in a belt loop or under your cap when outdoors to keep the blood suckers at bay and smell "dryer fresh" all day!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
22) Turns liberals into neo"conservative"s.
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Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
Someone had a lot of time on there hands to figure all that out.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Booiiing!
-Trevor
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Used bounce sheets are great for cleaning whiteboards.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
Why in the world would anybody want to do that?
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
Snopes is still researching this one, but the mosquito bit, at least, isn't true.
I'd imagine most of the "freshening" things are about right, though I'm not sure how long they'd be effective.
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
quote: 13. 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 and the pan.
This one IS true, particularly for burnt on food. Use very hot water, a bounce sheet, and soak overnight.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I was wondering if anyone could confirm the mosquito one, and was gonna check snopes. That would've been helpful.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
You gotta wonder how all those chemicals affect your skin, lungs, and other bodily systems.
Mwahahaha *evil grin*
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
If you attach a sheet of Bounce to a couple of strings, it makes a really sexy, sweet-smelling thong.
Or so I learned from Martha Stewart ...
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
EW! (the thong thing)
I was hoping this thread would be about Tigger...
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
I bet Tigger uses Bounce.
Does all this necessarily have to be Bounce? Wouldn't it work with any dryer sheet? I can attest for the dryer sheet in the stinky shoes. It works.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
All of these should work equally well with Brand X dryer sheets.
Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
Ugh! Martha Stewart and dryer sheet thongs all in the same thought. I'm afraid that this might be one of those time release images that will pop-up at the most inappropriate times. Sort of like Bob-Scopatz's chain mail underwear.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
The more cynical part of me thinks these things are spread by the manufacturers as a way to make outlandish claims to increase sales with no liability for false advertising.
But then, I'm half convinced that anti-virus software companies are responsible for many of the the viruses on the net.
[ April 17, 2005, 03:18 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Yay! I'm not the only cynical one that thinks that about the antivirus companies!
Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
Chain mail underwear, hmmm. Two strings and that offensive letter, voila!
Sadly, *I* think these thoughts are hilarious!
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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Makes you wonder what MacGyver could do with a dryer sheet.
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
If you are exhaling anything with a particularly noticeable smell, stuff Bounce sheets into an empty toilet paper roll and breathe out the tube.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:Two strings and that offensive letter
Oh, that kind of chain mail. When I read "chain mail underwear", I thought of something else. Something much less comfortable. Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
No, Verily, you were right...the original chain mail underware was refering to the same kind of chain mail armor can be made out of. I believe it first came up in one of the Wenches' Tavern threads.
[ April 17, 2005, 05:43 PM: Message edited by: Vána ]
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just thought it was interesting to note that someone tested a bunch of these and told Snopes about it. Surprise, surprise; most of them aren't true.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Actuyally, over half of them were...and a few of tehm probably were, but they couldn't tell for sure.
I KNOW that suitcases have a smell to them after a while, and a few sheets kept in them can and does work wonders. That was just one of the things I have tried that DID work that the tester was "unsure" of....
Another thing...about the trashcan..you aren't suppose to put it in teh bag, but under the bag in the basket itself. It DOES work, keeps it from stinking if a littl e stuff leaks into the basket itself.
Now as far as some of the other, more outlandish stuff, I have no idea....and no plans to try and find out either.
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